It’s not sexy, but is Ross Stripling a good fit?

[interloper]

2 minutes ago, DrinkinWithFermi said:

This is becoming more and more plausible by the second.

1/$9 with incentives to bring him up to the original $11 option. Lol. 

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, interloper said:

1/$9 with incentives to bring him up to the original $11 option. Lol. 

If you keep signing the same guy to one year deals you keep getting the best year.

[DrinkinWithFermi]

2 minutes ago, interloper said:

You could throw Kluber and Smyly in there I guess. But otherwise, yep. 

I'd opt for a trade at this point. Nothing exciting about any of these guys. Stabilizing, sure. But not exciting. 

I would almost just prefer to hand Wells a rotation spot over Kluber or Smyly and see if his couple of good months from last year can translate to a full season.

1 minute ago, HakunaSakata said:

In all honesty, aside from Eovaldi, they all seem like a waste of money to me.  Agree with going to the trade route, but if we're not willing to part with prospects I feel like we have little or no leverage to make that happen either. 

I recently went through pretty much all of the trade candidates and the only one where I found a particularly good fit was Flexen or Gonzales from Seattle. Everyone brings up Miami but there are much better fits for them than us tbh.

[eddie83]

27 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Yeah, I think I’ll stop now.  

All you have to do is say Eovaldi is a poor fit. Next thing we know he is an Oriole.

[Ripken]

They aren't paying for Rodon so it's Eovaldi or someone no better than what's already here.  I hope the trade talks are going well...

[DrinkinWithFermi]

18 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

If you keep signing the same guy to one year deals you keep getting the best year.

[Emory Eagle]

I actually would prefer Eovaldi to Stripling.  Fingers crossed.

[jamalshw]

I wrote off Stripling early on, but after Frobby started this thread I went back and looked at his numbers and he has been very good (mostly) when given the chance to start. I think the Giants will get their money's worth on that deal. I imagine they're now out on Rodon though now that they've added Manaea and Stripling. At this point what SF really needs is a star offensive player and Correa is the guy. 

Of course, the Yankees probably end up with Rodon. 

As for the Orioles, it's Eovaldi or trade for me. 

[Roll Tide]

 

Edited December 13, 2022 by Roll Tide

[SteveA]

Looks like Giants gave him 2/$25mm

[btdart20]

22 hours ago, tabletop said:

Probably low. He should be able to get $10m+ guaranteed I would think. He’d be a real nice back of the rotation target for teams like the Mets, Dodgers, etc. who are still signing starters.

Good call on the $ amount.  He liked the insurance player option I was thinking as well.

[interloper]

31 minutes ago, Emory Eagle said:

I actually would prefer Eovaldi to Stripling.  Fingers crossed.

Sell me on Eovaldi because I'm struggling to get past having to give up a pick for him. I feel like he's always been hit or miss in the AL East. 

[Sanity Check]

1 hour ago, Can_of_corn said:

If you keep signing the same guy to one year deals you keep getting the best year.

And, if it's a really good year, then you can't afford to sign him again... 

[MarCakes21]

16 minutes ago, interloper said:

Sell me on Eovaldi because I'm struggling to get past having to give up a pick for him. I feel like he's always been hit or miss in the AL East. 

Riddle me this, give up the pick for Eovaldi, or trade Mullins for Lopez.  I'd say they're similar quality, but you have to get rid of one piece.  What do you get rid of?

[Sanity Check]

26 minutes ago, jamalshw said:

I wrote off Stripling early on, but after Frobby started this thread I went back and looked at his numbers and he has been very good (mostly) when given the chance to start. I think the Giants will get their money's worth on that deal. I imagine they're now out on Rodon though now that they've added Manaea and Stripling. At this point what SF really needs is a star offensive player and Correa is the guy. 

Of course, the Yankees probably end up with Rodon. 

As for the Orioles, it's Eovaldi or trade for me. 

Orioles Hangout calling Frobby,

Can you please start a thread as to why Eovaldi is such a poor fit for Baltimore?  We need you to be doing the opposite of what you've been doing  

Should be an Oriole in no time......