Orioles Trade Hector Velazquez to Astros

[Yardball85]

File this under the "oh, cool" section.

[interloper]

I mean, the fact that we will turn Hector Velazquez, a 31-year old waiver claim, into ANY other player, is pretty great. Even if that new player is bad, which he probably will be. 

[wildcard]

O's were just not impressed with this guy.

[interloper]

I was thinking we may see a ton of PTBNLs due to the 60-player rule. 

[Yardball85]

45 minutes ago, interloper said:

I mean, the fact that we will turn Hector Velazquez, a 31-year old waiver claim, into ANY other player, is pretty great. Even if that new player is bad, which he probably will be. 

Another Velazquez perhaps.  That said, no qualms from me even if we just got a bag of peanuts.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

I was just thinking about Velazquez a few minutes ago and what was going to be his fate with the O's. Should have taken that as a sign there was news on him. 

[Tony-OH]

This guy couldn't break the opening day roster when it was at 30. He's 31. My only surprise is that anyone wanted him.

[Philip]

21 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

This guy couldn't break the opening day roster when it was at 30. He's 31. My only surprise is that anyone wanted him.

Maybe the return is a trashcan?

[AnythingO's]

9 minutes ago, Philip said:

Maybe the return is a trashcan?

Probably just the lid and the can was beaten like a drum lol.

[25 Nuggets]

2 hours ago, interloper said:

I was thinking we may see a ton of PTBNLs due to the 60-player rule. 

Stockpile dem PTBNLs for after the season!  It'll be like a second Rule 5 draft!

[SteveA]

3 hours ago, interloper said:

I mean, the fact that we will turn Hector Velazquez, a 31-year old waiver claim, into ANY other player, is pretty great. Even if that new player is bad, which he probably will be. 

When we acquired him in February we had to bump someone off the 40 man roster, so the question is whether John Doe who we got for him is better than whoever that was.

[MurphDogg]

The 40-man roster crunch this offseason is going to be something, considering a whole new class of guys has to be added or be Rule 5 eligible without any competition this year to judge them on.

[Ruzious]

It might be a sign that teams are already desperate for mediocre pitching.  

[SteveA]

2 minutes ago, Ruzious said:

It might be a sign that teams are already desperate for mediocre pitching.  

Astros have had 7 pitchers make their major league debut already this year.

[Ruzious]

1 minute ago, SteveA said:

Astros have had 7 pitchers make their major league debut already this year.

Wow.  And with more teams contending this year, I think we'll see selling teams able to make some good deals.