Suggested Deal w/Marlins

[Moose Milligan]

Must be nice to trade for a good pitcher.  Wouldn't know.

[HakunaSakata]

2 minutes ago, RVAOsFan said:

 

A .316 batting champ who doesn't hit for any power and who can't play a single position (defensively) well. And the Marlins will have to play him in the field for most of the season because they're stuck with Soler for another year. I'm not sure who won this trade, mostly because of Lopez's horrendous home/road splits and struggles last season, but Arraez is not the superstar they are making him out to be. 

[interloper]

Just now, Moose Milligan said:

Must be nice to trade for a good pitcher.  Wouldn't know.

Bud Norris! Joe Saunders! Scott Feldman! 

 

[interloper]

Just now, interloper said:

Bud Norris! Joe Saunders! Scott Feldman! 

 

Jason Hammel!

[HakunaSakata]

4 minutes ago, JR Oriole said:

I don't think the Os are ever on anyone's train.  

Maybe John Angelos can pull some strings and get Train to open up for Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks. 

 

[interloper]

3 minutes ago, interloper said:

Bud Norris! Joe Saunders! Scott Feldman! 

 

The Duquette era was fun man. I like Elias a lot, but he's kind of like if the MacPhail era was good. Guy desperately needs a marquee trade. 

[HakunaSakata]

6 minutes ago, interloper said:

Jason Hammel!

I LOVED me some Jason Hammel. 

[interloper]

Just now, HakunaSakata said:

I LOVED me some Jason Hammel. 

A great trade. It didn't look like anything great at the time, but then he had a career year suddenly. 

[owknows]

8 minutes ago, HakunaSakata said:

but Arraez is not the superstar they are making him out to be. 

I'd take him.

[oriolediehard]

Elias M.O. is finding diamonds in the rough.  It did work last year.

[sportsfan8703]

The Marlins gave up a lot for Arraez. It’s hard to hide his glove with the shift ban.

Time to move onto signing Wacha, or trading for Eric Lauer from the Brewers. Or just rolling with what we have. 

[RZNJ]

26 minutes ago, HakunaSakata said:

A .316 batting champ who doesn't hit for any power and who can't play a single position (defensively) well. And the Marlins will have to play him in the field for most of the season because they're stuck with Soler for another year. I'm not sure who won this trade, mostly because of Lopez's horrendous home/road splits and struggles last season, but Arraez is not the superstar they are making him out to be. 

There is so much misinformation in your post, I don't know where to start.   Araez has decent defensive numbers at 1B according to Fangraphs and Lopez had a better ERA on the road (3.00) than at his pitchers park (4.55) at home.     What is your point and can you actually back it up with numbers instead of thin air?

[JR Oriole]

2 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

The Marlins gave up a lot for Arraez. It’s hard to hide his glove with the shift ban.

Time to move onto signing Wacha, or trading for Eric Lauer from the Brewers. Or just rolling with what we have. 

I don't bet, but if I did, I would go with "rolling with what we have." They don't seem at all interested in signing players or trading for anyone we have ever heard of.  

[sportsfan8703]

Makes you wonder what we could’ve gotten for Mullins?  If only Cowser, or Mateo could play CF. Probably could’ve gotten Lopez and Rogers. 

[Just Regular]

I wonder if MIN is pessimistic on Mahle or Maeda, or if they are thinking 6-man.

On paper, none of Mahle, Maeda, Ryan, Ober or Sonny Gray are as flimsy as our back rotation guys.     Someone about as good (or better) at baseball as Ramon Urias is looking at not starting one of their first five games.