Rogers has been worth 0.8 fWAR. Relievers are volatile, Erceg is flirting with replacement-level fWAR, and I'm not going to be outraged they didn't get him.
Only? We're first in the division. It appears a lot of people think a mediocre month of July where we'll play just under sub .500 ball is how this team is going to play going forward. I would not bet on that.
Preller seems to not care about giving away the farm. They're going to regret 11 more years of Xander and Manny so they have to do something to show for all of the stupid contracts they are saddled with before they slip back to a 65 win team with a 280M dollar payroll.
Controllable SP is much more valuable than RP. Erceg was Brett Phillips, a failed hitting prospect and he's not without warts, he's not been very valuable this season among RP fWAR.
They broke down the trade on the radio. Called Stowers a 2nd division OF and said Norby's upside is a .250 bat with 15 HR pop and was the prize of the trade for Miami.
I'm not sure. One thing for certain is, this is the worst time to announce your Ace is not well. The price goes up for SP. I don't believe there will be any Aces traded today, though.