First of all, this assumption is incredibly dubious. Artificially restricting the field of potential trade partners will absolutely lower your return. That’s just basic supply and demand.
Second of all, if the Blue Jays cared about winning in the last year and a half of Stroman’s contract, they wouldn’t have traded him in the first place.
As a Dodgers fan I’m annoyed by the Greinke trade. Sure it makes sense for both teams but damn did it make the Dodgers life harder. I guess the 'stros still have to make it through the Yankees but that is a terrifing group of pitches they’ve got now.
I haven’t seen anything about bullpen help for the Dodgers or at least no headlines hopefully we got some help.
If I was a fan of a competitive AL team, I would be upset about the Greinke trade. Luckily, I’m a fan of the Orioles.
That said, if the Tigers couldn’t win with the Verlander/Scherzer/Price/Fister/Sanchez rotation, I wouldn’t count my chickens right now if I were an Astros fan.
No doubt Aaron Sanchez will see an increase in velocity and spin rate while posting a 1.75 ERA in August/September.
The lineup is probably a bit better than the Tigers’s was. Even as well as former Astro J.D. Martinez ended up doing there.
Player: OPS+
Alvarez 188
Springer 153
Bregman 141
Brantley 139
Altuve 132
Correa 127
Guriel 124
even the catcher has an OPS+ of 115.
It’s a pretty damned good team. And they only had to historically tank for three years to help make it.
Still, what did the Mariners win in 2001, 116 games? And lost the ALCS to the Yankees. How many rings did all of those great Braves teams win, with Glavine to Maddox to Smoltz?
It’s not a sure thing, but I definitely like Greinke on the team more than him not being on the team.
even Chirinos at 115 isn’t bad.
We got this guy, that’s about it: Adam Kolarek Stats, Age, Position, Height, Weight, Fantasy & News | MLB.com I don’t get it, hell, we got better guys in AAA. We needed a STUD. On the other hand, we’re set up to go deep into the offseason for the next hundred years, we’ve got to win that last series sometime before I croak.
So, the Giants traded away four relief pitchers and about $25 million in salary, have already picked up half a game on Washington, and are leading the Phillies 5-1 in the 8th.
So far, it’s been a good trade deadline day.
If they can continue to play anywhere close to where they’ve been for the last two months, it’s going to make for a very interesting October.
Wowow Greinke. I have my doubts about whether the Astros pitching staff can turn Sanchez around, but I guess he has done it once and he does supposedly have a very high spin rate on his curveball or something. Anyway, even if they are the best team in the league right now, that still only translates into one chance in four or so of winning the World Series. But still wow.
August thread here.