OT: MLB Thread Part XX: Title incoming.

[RGY]

Ok so there you go. One source has him at 6. One has him at 9. One has him at 10. One has him at 12. I don't know why you would possibly go solely by one data point instead of looking at them all.

Same for the scouts comment. I'm sure there are other scouts that think he can be a 2. There are probably other who think he will only be a reliever. And there are probably others who think he won't be a MLB player in any way. There's hundreds of scouts in baseball I'm not really sure what the relevance of one particular scout's opinion is.

Well I agree with these points. Dont think this is wrong.

Yankees were willing to pay all of the remaining salary and that seemed to also be a factor favoring them against BOS and HOU.

I still think Mets couldve made the same trade of Familia today and that they shouldve waited. That is all. Not saying they wouldve done a ton better...but until today there was no clear front runner for Britton. Now all those teams who were in the thick of it will be shifting gears, especially Houston who desperately needs bullpen help

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Sheffield, Florial, Acevedo, Abreu, Adams, Loasiga and Sauer I'd take over Tate. Seigler too. That's 8 and a guy like Pereira is tough to rank.

Schmidt as well.

That’s before getting into some of the other guys with crazy high ceilings in the lower levels

 

[RGY]

Holder, Warren, Cole, Kahnle, Green, Robertson, Betances, Chapman and Britton.

It just seems redundant since they have a strong 8 man unit already.

Because I still prefer to go with your best and I think Kahnle is better than Cole and Warren.


Also GOOD BYE SHREVE after this deal...thank the lord

 

[Cassano]

Houston has 2nd lowest bullpen ERA IIRC, they just look bad bcuz their closer is mentally fragile and punches himself.

 

[SA16]

Astros bullpen has the 2nd best ERA in the league, 2nd best k% in the league, and best bb% in the league.

There's been this thing going around for two years now that their bullpen isn't good. It's elite.

McHugh has been one of the best RP in the entire league, Rondon has been great, Sipp has been great and has absolutely dominated lefties, Peacock great, Devenski really good, Smith hasn't been too good but he has a history of being a pretty good reliever. Harris has been bad but it's mostly lefties crushing him he's been real good vs righties and he's another guy who is historically very good, and Giles is really good no clue what his deal is.

 

[darko]

Andujar with another double...

Not that good is what I was told earlier this year

1.3 WAR.

The race to finish the season at 2 is well and truly on.

 

[Cassano]

Because I still prefer to go with your best and I think Kahnle is better than Cole and Warren.


Also GOOD BYE SHREVE after this deal...thank the lord

Shreve seems like a Boone glue guy. No idea how Kahnle isn't up yet.

 

[darko]

Astros bullpen has the 2nd best ERA in the league, 2nd best k% in the league, and best bb% in the league.

There's been this thing going around for two years now that their bullpen isn't good. It's elite.

McHugh has been one of the best RP in the entire league, Rondon has been great, Sipp has been great and has absolutely dominated lefties, Peacock great, Devenski really good, Smith hasn't been too good but he has a history of being a pretty good reliever. Harris has been bad but it's mostly lefties crushing him he's been real good vs righties and he's another guy who is historically very good, and Giles is really good no clue what his deal is.

Yup. They just have a closer prone to meltdowns on the big stage.

 

[darko]

I've been trying to tell you this for years just unrelated to baseball.

Shots fired.

 

[darko]

Schmidt as well.

That’s before getting into some of the other guys with crazy high ceilings in the lower levels

Like Medina for instance.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Yup. They just have a closer prone to meltdowns on the big stage.

All of their guys basically shit the bed in the postseason last year.

They had to rely on starters to eat innings. That hasn’t changed.

No one in that pen scares me.

 

[sbjnyc]

He's also injured

Sure, he injured his groin walking to pick up a passed ball. To me it seems like a benching without calling it a benching.

 

[LaffyTaffyNYR]

Tanaka still capable of throwing a gem

 

[sbjnyc]

Huh? Reading comprehension problem? No. My point was the Mets handled it wrong and did not need to rush to deal him. That same deal was going to be there today, tomorrow, and thursday, next weekend.

So now you're saying it's when they made the deal not the players? Just want to be sure what you mean this time.

 

[RGY]

Yup. They just have a closer prone to meltdowns on the big stage.

Famila and Britton both closers so

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Sure, he injured his groin walking to pick up a passed ball. To me it seems like a benching without calling it a benching.

Yeah except he was put on the DL.

You can’t make shit like that up. The players union would be all over it.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

 

[17futurecap]

It seems like Kahnle is still throwing 94-95 in AAA, that won't play with his below average secondary stuff, have no problem given him a chance come roster expansion on Sept.1, but he needs to earn it.

Think it was a fair trade for both sides, I'm a big strikeout guy, so think the loss will be Carroll, but with the 40 man roster crunch, think it was worth it. The Yanks did a nice job getting Tate back to being a respectable prospect.

 

[Cassano]

 

[Cassano]

I'd rather get Hamels or Nasty Nate back, but Happ could work as our #4 guy.

 

[2Leetch_94]

Trade official:

 

[Bob Richards]

The trade made me peek back at Zach's stat page.

That 2016 season was truly f***ing disgusting.

 

[Cassano]

Unreal season for sure, but Betances and Miller were better that season tbh.

 

[One Winged Angel]

Just call up Sheffield and Adams after 8/1 now and hope that Sanchez can come back healthy and wake up.

 

[darko]

Padres are silly if they chase Syndergaard. They'll pay premium and they are about couple years away from potentially making some noise. Just in time for Syndergaard to hit free agency.