ChosenOne21

The last 7 games have been rocky for Cano, but he's pitched to like a 3.00 ERA over his past 30 games. It's not elite, but it's pretty darn good for a reliever.

Is there any other team with two relievers as good as Cano and Bautista whose fans have as little confidence in them as we do with our guys? It's kind of nuts.

Webb doesn't seem to have a clue where the ball is going, but the stuff is nasty

July 28th was a long time ago

As a dog returns to his vomit, so does Ryan Mountcastle return to swinging at too many pitches off the plate. The Bible, probably

I see no downside to sticking him in AAA, but I doubt he makes it to us

I'm guessing they think Walltimore will help with the home runs, too.

Looking at the thread title, all I can say is, wow, making it to AA when you're two years old is pretty impressive

It looks like inflicting him on the FCL is cruel and unusual punishment

I've always said Hays would be one of the best 4th outfielders in baseball. If we have three outfielders better than him, we're pretty blessed. That said, he's definitely not of the defensive replacement/pinch runner/backup centerfielder mold, though I think he could be adequate in CF for a short stretch in case of injury.

Right, I got that. Just saying I would if we could and he pitches extremely well for the rest of the year.

If he finishes the rest of the year looking like an ace and we could get draft pick compensation for doing so, I'd totally do it. At his age, he'd make way more than that on the open market. But we can't, so it doesn't matter.

How many more times does Povich have to do that before he's knocking on the door in Baltimore?

Fujinami is a free agent. We can't QO Flaherty because he was traded mid-season. Not really down to resign any of them except maybe Flaherty if he finishes the year strong. Wouldn't hate having Hicks as a 4th outfielder next year if he finishes strong, but with all the OF talent we have, I doubt that happens.

Get injured, come back throwing much less hard, turn your cutter into a 70-80 slider on the scouting scale allowing you to stick around the league for a couple of years, then be on your way out of baseball shortly after your 30th birthday.

Well, to start, he can have Mateo's at bats.

You are aware the guy has a 3.90 career ERA, right?

My guess is Krehbiel is getting optioned, so might as well use him up.

Kind of surprised Bradish is still out there, but it's the bottom of the lineup, and a pretty weak bottom at that.

98.8

Imagine intentionally walking Austin Hays to get to GUNNAR FREAKING HENDERSON!

He's having his hot month a little later than usual. And god, do we need that right now.

I think Prieto is going to have issues in MLB. He doesn't walk a ton and since he doesn't have even double-digit home run power, he'll probably walk even less in MLB. He's not remotely a shortstop which limits his value as a utility infielder, and his glove isn't an asset anywhere in the infield. I think if everything breaks right, he could be a second-division starter at second base for a handful of years, or maybe a bench piece on a contender. Basically, he's Hanser Alberto. That's a decent career depending on how you define decent. But you're 100% right that he was never going to sniff the majors in Baltimore.

I liked the Flaherty trade a lot more before it had Zack Showalter in it. Still think it's fine though. Fujinami trade is looking pretty great, but I give the overall package a B-. We have the best record in the AL and the second best record in baseball and it's hard to say those trades didn't make us better. But I was hoping for more.

I wonder if he was the DFA for Flaherty anyway.