Greg Pappas

Thanks for posting that. I will say that I personally think the trade was pretty even, but I REALLY don't like trading within the division.

I agree that Eflin should not be the #2/#3 starter we'd like to add, but he is a solid #4 type and improves our rotation. Hopefully Elias gets that ToR and a great reliever.

FWIW and for those who are interested, these are our mid-range player trade values, via BaseballTradeValues.com: Note: Green are incoming players and red are outgoing players. I had issues with formatting for some reason, but did the best I could. I also had to have a cutoff point to not completely plagiarize their site. Value Name Age Level Pos 171.30 Gunnar Henderson 23 Majors SS 80.40 Jackson Holliday 20 Majors 2B/SS 62.20 Samuel Basallo 19 Minors C/1B 58.80 Jordan Westburg 25 Majors 3B/2B 55.60 Grayson Rodriguez 24 Majors SP 55.20 Coby Mayo 22 Minors 3B/1B 54.90 Adley Rutschman 26 Majors C 34.00 Heston Kjerstad 25 Majors OF/DH 33.50 Colton Cowser 24 Majors OF 28.80 Kyle Bradish 27 Majors SP 21.80 Albert Suárez 34 Majors SP 19.80 Felix Bautista 29 Majors RP 17.40 Zach Eflin 30 Majors SP 15.60 Ryan Mountcastle 27 Majors 1B 13.50 Cade Povich 24 Majors LSP 12.80 Corbin Burnes 29 Majors SP 11.70 Chayce McDermott 25 Minors SP 11.10 Enrique Bradfield 22 Minors OF 10.70 Keegan Akin 29 Majors LRP 9.90 Connor Norby 24 Majors 2B/LF 9.10 Dean Kremer 28 Majors SP 8.90 Dylan Beavers 22 Minors OF 8.90 Jud Fabian 23 Minors OF 7.10 Mac Horvath 22 Minors 2B 5.60 Cionel Perez 28 Majors LRP 5.50 Yennier Cano 30 Majors RP 5.20 Seth Johnson 25 Minors SP 5.20 Luis De Leon 21 Minors LSP 4.10 Cedric Mullins 29 Majors CF 4.10 Danny Coulombe 34 Majors LRP 3.90 Jacob Webb 30 Majors RP 3.70 Anthony Santander 29 Majors OF 3.30 Ryan O'Hearn 31 Majors 1B/OF 3.30 Frederick Bencosme 21 Minors SS 3.30 Blake Hunt 25 Minors C 2.70 Kiefer Lord 22 Minors SP 2.70 Jackson Baumeister 22 Minors SP 2.70 Michael Forret 20 Minors SP 2.50 Leandro Arias 19 Minors SS 2.50 Juan Nunez 23 Minors SP 2.50 Max Wagner 22 Minors 3B 2.50 Creed Willems 21 Minors C 2.50 Emilio Sanchez 17 Minors SS 2.30 Noah Denoyer 26 Minors SP 2.30 Moises Chace 20 Minors LRP 2.20 Brandon Young 25 Minors SP 2.20 Stiven Martinez 16 Minors OF 2.00 Trace Bright 23 Minors SP 2.00 John Rhodes 23 Minors OF 2.00 Alex Pham 24 Minors SP 1.90 Matthew Etzel 22 Minors OF 1.50 Christian Pache 24 Majors CF 0.60 Austin Hays 29 Majors OF -0.70 Seranthony Domiguez 29 Majors RP

Yeah... Rooker is mainly a DH, and I had simply forgot that when thinking about a new LF upgrade over Hays. A RH LF/RF bat would be nice.

I know I'm getting old when people give two options and mine is not one of them (Desktop PC)!

Could the Hays trade lead to a deal for Brent Rooker of the A's?

403 errors are killing me. It has been okay for some time, but not today. It's been hours and I still couldn't post until this moment. Ah well, I know Tony is on it.

Right... the injury is not going to be an issue. The cost, as always is the determining factor. A ToR is more important to me, but a potentially great closer for 5 more seasons equals .

Sorry if it's been posted before, but for those (like me) who had missed it, Mason Miller's pinky fracture was on his non-throwing (left) hand.

...was curious if anyone had seen this great instruction AND whether anyone recognizes these young players? It's from 5 years ago. Mods feel free to move.

That would be great.

FWIW indicates it’s subjective. I agree he shouldn’t be first. I’d have to take a more detailed look at his stats to see where I’d put him, but Miller is head and shoulders above the competition IMHO.

Switching my earlier post from Kyle Finnegan to Tanner Scott. I see that Finnegan's stats are not as impressive as I first thought. Scott will cost more, I presume.

https://www.covers.com/mlb/rookie-of-the-year-odds Langford is currently the betting favorite, FWIW. I hope Cowser has a great finish to the season, and can win it, but Langford is not "all hype". Mason Miller would be my pick at this time. He's been outstanding.

Ahhh... thank you both for that.