zeke said:well the thing is it helps if the "facts" are actually "facts".
for instance, the waiver priority is no longer league-based, so no, the entire AL didn't pass on him. The Reds were about #10 in waiver priority, I think, and maybe the first team in priority that was in any kind of playoff contention.
true, i looked through a couple and clearly couldn't see that oneWaiver priority goes by alternating worst records with the player's league first. Worst AL club, worst NL club, 2nd worst AL club etc. So the Reds, who have the 4th worst record in the NL right now, were 8th.
e: I am basing that off of this article (Deals not done: A guide to waiver trades), which also has very ambiguous language but I'm going to trust more than Wikipedia.
We are very quickly going from an old expensive injury prone team to a young exciting team in a hurry. May not like the plan or process but they are clearly sticking to their rebuild.
Why was it the proper thing? How did it help the Jays? They got nothing for him and he went to a team with only a few more wins, so hardly a contender.Sux about Galvis, but they did a proper thing to let him go
Why was it the proper thing? How did it help the Jays? They got nothing for him and he went to a team with only a few more wins, so hardly a contender.
Galvis goes to a team that will likely give him more playing time ... Might help Galvis land a contract next season
I liked what he brought, somewhat surprised they couldn't garner a return for him at the deadline.
Why was it the proper thing? How did it help the Jays? They got nothing for him and he went to a team with only a few more wins, so hardly a contender.
I don't understand releasing a player with value especially since we have an option on him next season and he meshes well with our young players
Wouldn't releasing Smoak make way more sense? Recall Tellez and let him get regular at bats to end the season
He's playing over a young guy either way. Biggio is at 2B (Vlad at 3B and Bo at SS). DH is either Smoak, Tellez, McKinney, Drury (also at 3B to spell Vlad), Teoscar when Gurriel is back, and then Tellez in a couple weeks when rosters expand. You're either sitting him, which is not good policy, or you're deciding not to play the kids in a season that's all about playing the kids.I'm all for letting Galvis go to a contender if his contract was done at the end of the year but it's not.
With Gurriel still injured Galvis could find playing time at 2B/DH and then through off days when Gurriel comes back until somebody goes down again. Eventually, over the next year and a bit somebody would have given up an asset for him. The market for middle infielders isn't always this bad.
Look it's probably just a rookie ball starter that's not even in their teams top 20 with their best-case scenario being a middle of the pack reliever but eventually, they're going to need those types.
He's playing over a young guy either way. Biggio is at 2B (Vlad at 3B and Bo at SS). DH is either Smoak, Tellez, McKinney, Drury (also at 3B to spell Vlad), Teoscar when Gurriel is back, and then Tellez in a couple weeks when rosters expand. You're either sitting him, which is not good policy, or you're deciding not to play the kids in a season that's all about playing the kids.
For the life of me I don't understand why people are up in arms about this when there's evidence from the deadline that other MIFers who are better players than Galvis either got nothing or cash considerations.
Why was it the proper thing? How did it help the Jays? They got nothing for him and he went to a team with only a few more wins, so hardly a contender.
The existence of another veteran blocking someone isn't an argument for keeping another one.If anything, Smoak (unlike Galvis), a pending free agent is blocking Tellez
We didn't need to trade Galvis as he's not a FA this off-season and you can't have an entire roster of kids next season
A few things here.He's playing over a young guy either way. Biggio is at 2B (Vlad at 3B and Bo at SS). DH is either Smoak, Tellez, McKinney, Drury (also at 3B to spell Vlad), Teoscar when Gurriel is back, and then Tellez in a couple weeks when rosters expand. You're either sitting him, which is not good policy, or you're deciding not to play the kids in a season that's all about playing the kids.
For the life of me I don't understand why people are up in arms about this when there's evidence from the deadline that other MIFers who are better players than Galvis either got nothing or cash considerations.