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11 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:
Giolito is the only SP that would better us for a playoff series. We have the horses to get there. Now we need to buy based on who is a difference maker enough to help us. Giolito.
Montgomery, Stroman, and others, would be strictly regular season moves in terms of improvement, and only a negligible upgrade over Kremer/Grayson/Means/Gibson for Game 3 and 4.
I disagree on both points.
Stroman/Montgomery are a big step up from Kremer/Gibson. There's a big difference between a 3.5 ERA guy and a 4.5 ERA guy. We have no idea what we can expect from GRod/Means this fall. Same with Wells/Bradish who have never started 30+ times before like Stroman/Montgomery have.
2 years ago, I would have agreed that Giolito is the ace we need. But both Stroman and Montgomery have been at least as good as him since the beginning of last year. I'd be happy if we got him, but he's in the same tier as those two.
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Ramon played a great 3B today and came up huge in the 10th against a tough pitcher yesterday.
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Really nice outing by Irvin tonight. It would be huge if he can be a reliable 6 innings 3 runs guy the rest of the way. That's what Mike acquired him for.
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34 minutes ago, Alasdaire said:
Absolute gem of a video/channel. 20 minutes of Coby breaking down select at bats on a pitch-by-pitch basis. Rare insight into a hitter's mentality at a granular level.
Thanks for posting, that's one of the best baseball videos I've ever seen.
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8 hours ago, CHIP said:
I agree, if the deadline was 3 days ago... I would leave Handley off. However, as your guy is Easton then I guess that makes my guy Maverick.
I disagree that this year has been injury prone. He was hit by a 94 mph fastball on his left hand and was given a week for the swelling go down. I actually checked with my friends during the Stanford Super Regional and it sounds like his treatment may not have been appropriate... thereby causing a change resulting in a muscle strain while compensating for the hand injury. I would say being hit on the hands with pitches and foul balls into the mask causing concussion protocols, these injuries do not make a player 'prone' to injuries.
With that being said, after a 2nd opinion and being shut down for a couple weeks, he seems to be doing well. Playing 4 games of 6 each week. In the 11 games since his return to AAA, 0.342/0.419/0.447 resulting in a OPS of 0.866
He's raking right now, love to see it! I'll check back in at the end of the month to see if he's keeping it up.
Charles got shelled tonight in Norfolk.
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July Update
Lock
Heston Kjerstad: Nothing needs to be said here.
Probably added this season
Wandisson Charles: He's come out of nowhere. 2.95 FIP in Bowie, now 1.75 FIP in his first 3.1 IP in Norfolk.
Need to step it up to get added
Hudson Haskin: Tony's #18 prospect right now, but he's hurt again. .268/.368/.463 in AAA is okay, but he also struck out 36% of the time and had a .422 BABIP. He's a McKenna type, so I could see a team taking him.
Jean Pinto: Tony's #21 prospect right now. Strong 50 IP with a 3.21 FIP in Aberdeen, but he's walked 5 guys in his first 5 innings in Bowie. He could get added with 50 strong innings in Bowie to finish the year.
Maverick Handley: .252/.389/.301 in an injury prone Norfolk year is not good enough to get added unless his defense is transcendental. He needs to prove he's better than the Anthony Bembooms of the world.
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My guy Easton Lucas made it to AAA but has an 8.23 FIP after 8 IP there.
There will be plenty of space on the roster this offseason. There are more than 10 guys on the 40-man now who will not be here next year.
If the deadline was today, I would protect Kjerstad, Haskin, and Charles. I'd leave off Pinto and Handley for now.
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I'm over Hicks. He's alright, but let's get Cowser up here.
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Next inning is our shot. They have a strong closer, but no one good to pitch the 8th from what I can tell with Adley, Tony, and Gunnar coming up.
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3 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:
LHPs on both Monday and Tuesday. Could we see Ortiz and Westburg in the lineup together with McKenna going down?
Mullins Cf
Rutschman C
Santander DH
Hays LF
Hicks RF
Westburg 2B
Gunnar 3B
Ortiz SS
Urias 1B
DFAing Frazier today and seeing this lineup tomorrow would make me very happy.
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The Angels just outscored the Rockies 32-12 and lost the series.
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Redemption for Mac!!! The slate is wiped clean for me.
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2023 Hicks = 2012 McLouth
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I'm loving the hot streak, but if we're being honest with ourselves, O'Hearn a DJ Stewart/Renato Nunes caliber player. Capable of putting up a 100 wRC+ in the right situations, but no value otherwise. I'd give the position back to Mountcastle full time when he's back for a month. If Mounty still can't hit or aim the ball right, we start thinking about Santander at 1B full time, or Kjerstad if he's mashing. But Ryan O'Hearn is not the answer anymore than Tim Beckham was.
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10 minutes ago, e16bball said:
Off to a solid start tonight, seems to be “good” Povich out there.
15 up, 15 down, 10Ks, only 65 pitches so far.
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I'm beating a very dead horse, but this is a big game and I'm certain O'Hearn in RF and Lester at 1B is not the best this organization is capable of tonight. Hopefully O'Hearn will make a great play in right and Lester will have 3 RBIs to prove me wrong. But I'm disappointed right now.
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Implementing a salary floor is a better way of getting teams to spend more on payroll, which seems like the ultimate goal of this move anyway.
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Hicks is reminding me of Nate McLouth in 2012 right now.
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1 hour ago, Legend_Of_Joey said:
Tonight, he will collect his meal money and enjoy room service. Tomorrow, or very soon, he will be a blip on the waiver wire.
I did the math once. A day of ML service time is worth around $2,000 after taxes if you're making league minimum. Not bad for a night of work although catching Cionel Perez can't have been fun.
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This is actually great strategy by Hyde. Pitching Voth takes the lead down to 7 meaning they have to use a bullpen arm for another inning rather than using a position player pitching.
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It's very likely that Kolosvary was already in the locker room on the taxi squad and they didn't have time to get another guy here before the game once they decided to IL Mounty. He's probably just here for the day and I'll go ahead and hope he's cut tomorrow for Westburg, Cowser, or Ortiz.
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Rule proposal: If the 4th wild card team has a better record than a division winner, the two teams play one game to see who makes the playoffs.
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Really good series win. Don't take that one for granted. They have a decent lineup and play great defense, and we scraped one by their ace and beat up a good #3 pitcher.
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4 hours ago, wildcard said:
I don't think Elias thinks highly of Handley. Probably not protected.
Reading the tea leaves, I don't think he likes Haskin or Pinto much either.
Rom got moved to Bowie after 67 strong innings in Aberdeen at age 21. Pinto is still in Aberdeen at age 22 after 134 strong innings.
IIRC, Haskin didn't receive a ML ST invite despite a good statline last year at Bowie.
Haskin and Handley need to get healthy and rake to get added. Pinto needs 50+ IP with a sub 4 FIP at Bowie to get added.
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June Update
Locks:
1. Jordan Westburg
2. Heston Kjerstad - Nothing needs to be said about these two.
On the Bubble:
3. Hudson Haskin - You can't make the club from the tub. He needs to get back and hit.
4. Jean Pinto - 2.58 ERA, 2.36 FIP, 13.85 K/9 in A+, he needs to be promoted.
5. Maverick Handley - Same as Haskin, .232/.398/.261 won't get him protected
Other notes on eligible guys:
- Easton Lucas has a 1.69 ERA, 2.99 FIP in 16 IP in Bowie.
- Garrett Stallings has a 3.89 FIP, only 1.63 BB/9 in 38.2 IP in Bowie.
- Xavier Moore has 18 Ks in only 10 IP but also 10 BBs in AA.
We'll see how it plays out with Haskin, Pinto, and Handley. Anyone have strong feelings at this point?
Mariners looking to trade pitching for hitting?
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He has a career 4.63 ERA, 4.69 FIP, 4.66 xFIP. To me, he's that guy until he proves otherwise over a large sample size. I like Dean a lot, but he's a 4th starter. Not someone I want starting in the wild card series.
Means, Bradish, and Wells are guys I'd give the ball to, but I don't know how much we can count on them down the stretch. A proven vet with #2 stuff that has started 30+ games before and has postseason experience would be huge. Stroman, Montgomery, Giolito, and ERod all fit that mold.