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13 Jan 2016 21:57:29
Astros have inquired about OF Ender Inciarte of the Braves.
They could look at acquiring Inciarte and Freeman. Who do the Braves ask for outside of AJ Reed, George Springer, and Preston Tucker or Kyle Tucker?
1.) 13 Jan 2016 22:27:42
"Who do the Braves ask for outside of AJ Reed, George Springer, and Preston Tucker or Kyle Tucker? "
Carlos Correa?
Considering what the Astros gave up for a reliever, they may have priced themselves out of the market for Inciarte. If they want him, they'll have to say goodbye to 2-3 really good elite prospects or one MLB ready stud. And with the price they gave for Giles and Gomez in the last 6 months, I don't see them eager to clear the farm system they spent years developing.
2.) 14 Jan 2016 00:33:47
The jerk he's not only saying for Inciarte but also freeman so it'd take a whole bunch of young players.
3.) 14 Jan 2016 01:35:55
Astros may inquire, but that does not mean a deal is imminent.
4.) 14 Jan 2016 02:48:23
I see them rolling with Springer Rasmus and Gomez as their starters and Gattis sometimes working in the outfield as well and giving someone else a rest at the DH role. And the group of Springer Rasmus and Gomez is a good group with Marisnick and Tucker as backups they will be fine they have no need for another outfielder, if anything they need a 1st baseman or another cheap reliever.
5.) 14 Jan 2016 03:21:46
I didn't even see you asked for Inciarte AND Freeman.
Yeah, the Astros would have to give up Carlos Correa for a trade like that.
29 Dec 2015 07:33:55
The Yankees acquiring Chapman is good, but they can make it great by trading Andrew Miller for a reliable #2 or #3 starting pitcher. The Yankees had a decent bullpen last year and Justin Wilson (who they traded to Detroit) was a solid reliever last year. Yes, Chapman is better than Wilson, but neither Wilson, nor the bullpen was the Yankees downfall last year.
The Yankees rotation consists of 2 pitchers with great stuff and health issues (Tanaka and Pineda); a pitcher who just flat out sucks (Sabathia) and 2 pitchers who showed a ton of promise but who are unproven (Eovaldi and Severino). Now, I have no doubt that Eovaldi and Severino will have solid MLB careers, but you can't count on that because things change.
Trade Andrew Miller for a durable 2 or 3 starter and the Yankees will be better. They won't have to deal with Sabathia starting every 5th day and their bullpen will still be good.
1.) 29 Dec 2015 14:52:49
Or - and this is the better option - the yankees keep miller, and sign a guy such as ian kennedy or wei yen chen. if they want, the yanks could then deal a hitter to get rid of some salary.
2.) 29 Dec 2015 16:34:11
Not sure why it posted twice.
Signing Wei-Yin Chen is a better option. I just didn't think the Yankees wanted to spend $20 mil on a pitcher.
3.) 29 Dec 2015 18:17:46
what if the yankees chose to put chapman in the rotation and keep miller and betances cause those 2 seems to do the job all by themselves last year so why screw that chemistry up
the yankees need a starter and whynot move chapman to the rotation.
29 Dec 2015 07:12:32
The Yankees acquiring Chapman is good, but they can make it great by trading Andrew Miller for a reliable #2 or #3 starting pitcher. The Yankees had a decent bullpen last year and Justin Wilson (who they traded to Detroit) was a solid reliever last year. Yes, Chapman is better than Wilson, but neither Wilson, nor the bullpen was the Yankees downfall last year.
The Yankees rotation consists of 2 pitchers with great stuff and health issues (Tanaka and Pineda); a pitcher who just flat out sucks (Sabathia) and 2 pitchers who showed a ton of promise but who are unproven (Eovaldi and Severino). Now, I have no doubt that Eovaldi and Severino will have solid MLB careers, but you can't count on that because things change.
Trade Andrew Miller for a durable 2 or 3 starter and the Yankees will be better. They won't have to deal with Sabathia starting every 5th day and their bullpen will still be good.
1.) 29 Dec 2015 14:53:03
posting once is enough.
27 Dec 2015 21:20:05
Remaining Top Free Agent Predictions
Upton - Angels
Davis - Orioles
Cespedes - Giants
Chen - Astros
Desmond - Padres
Kazmir - Royals
Gordon - Cardinals or WhiteSox
1.) 27 Dec 2015 22:18:11
Parra - Padres
Span - Indians
Fowler - Orioles
2.) 28 Dec 2015 00:53:24
ian kennedy? KC.
3.) 28 Dec 2015 02:30:52
Giants have no $ left. Left field will be very low budget.
4.) 28 Dec 2015 04:28:58
It will be either Parker or Parra in my opinion.
5.) 29 Dec 2015 03:58:14
I think they grab Gordon or trade Heston, Crick, Bickford for somebody like Odorizzi.
22 Dec 2015 17:45:54
I am not a fan of either of these 3 teams. However, given the Dodgers pressing need for another impact SP, here we go.
Marlins trade: Jose Fernandez
Dodgers trade: Urias, Pederson, one of Montas/De Leon
Marlins trade: Marcell Ozuna
Indians trade: Danny Salazar
Dodgers get their big number 2 and everyone can stop talking about it. Indians get their CF and middle of the order hitter. Marlins get 3 young studs in the rotation and a replacement in CF.
1.) 22 Dec 2015 18:26:38
Not enough for Salazar.
2.) 22 Dec 2015 18:27:33
Not enough for Fernandez, the Marlins previously asked for Urias, Seager, and Pederson as well as 2 more prospects.
3.) 22 Dec 2015 20:30:03
The Marlins are ridiculous! Fernandez has unreal stuff and unlimited upside, but none of that means anything when you are only on the field for 70-100 innings.
I would've included Seager instead of Pederson but the Dodgers see him as untouchable.
I'm not too sure about the Marlins minor league system, but I'm sure they could throw in a young prospect and get Salazar in that deal.
4.) 22 Dec 2015 22:01:29
I think Fernandez is insanely talented, but there is no way I am giving away that much talent for a guy that's already had one major surgery and a questionable attitude.
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29 Jan 2016 03:18:56
After Rays and Rockies trade, lineups could look something likes this:
Rays
CF Kiermaier
LF Dickerson
3b Longoria
2b Forsythe
1b Loney
RF Souza
DH Morrison/Pearce
SS Miller
C Conger
Jennings, Beckham, Pearce/Morrison, Casali on bench
Rockies
CF Blackmon
SS Reyes
RF Gonzalez
3b Arenado
LF Parra
2b Lemahieu
1b Reynolds/Paulsen
C Hundley
20 Jan 2016 22:17:56
It's interesting to see the teams out there that have followed the Royals game strategy in terms of having a solid back end of the bullpen to turn games into 6 innings.
NYY- Miller, Betances, Chapman
SEA - Furbush, Benoit, Cishek
STL - Manness, Siegrist, Rosenthal
HOU - Sipp, Gregerson, Giles
BOS - Smith, Uehara, Kimbrel
KC - Herrera, Soria, Davis
TO - Sanchez, Storen, Osuna
WAS - Perez, Kelley, Papelbon
1.) 21 Jan 2016 04:20:08
Sanchez is likely in the rotation, luckily they also have Brett Cecil.
2.) 21 Jan 2016 05:07:48
People tend to forget why the Royals were able to do what they did: because relievers are cheap.
They didn't drop $20M on 3 relievers, they built it from scratch. So teams that spend lots of money (or prospects) aren't following the Royals' model.
In fact, the best comp I can think of is the Dodgers bullpen a few years back when they went crazy by creating a bullpen of Chris Perez, Brian Wilson, and Kenley Jansen. And we all know how poorly that turned out.
Bottom line: building a super bullpen isn't always a recipe for success.
3.) 21 Jan 2016 05:23:39
And for what it's worth, only one of those teams has an exclusively "organic Big 3": the Cardinals.
They also have had the most over the past several seasons. Perhaps there's something to just building your bullpen from within instead of forcing it.
4.) 21 Jan 2016 12:54:45
Seattle and Washington being on this list of yours is a joke. Neither trio compares to the top ones. For Toronto they only have a duo since Sanchez is probably going to be in the rotation.
5.) 21 Jan 2016 17:58:49
BATMAN! I think you're forgetting that Cecil is also an elite setup man as well.
6.) 22 Jan 2016 00:02:12
I can't forget something that isn't in this post.
7.) 22 Jan 2016 00:20:46
It really should be common knowledge how good Cecil is, or just look up the numbers.
8.) 22 Jan 2016 03:20:15
I'm not denying he's good, but I'm not going to acknowledge him if he's not in this post.
9.) 24 Jan 2016 02:08:00
You also forgot about Tazowa in the Red Sox pen he makes it four deep and then Ross makes it 5 deep then Layne and Wright round it out and both are pretty good so the sox pen could be viewed as 7 deep and that is impressive to have when you have 7 people in their pen.
10.) 24 Jan 2016 04:54:26
Tazawa, Ross, Layne and Wright were all mediocre to bad last year.
11.) 24 Jan 2016 09:04:25
Brett Cecil- 1.4 WAR
Junichi Tazawa- 1.1 WAR
Unless you think that a 0.3 difference in WAR is the difference between elite and mediocre, facts and statistics would suggest you are wrong.
(And for what it's worth, I loathe the Red Sox, so standing up for them makes me cringe, but I stand on facts, not biased fan perspective)
12.) 24 Jan 2016 21:35:23
WAR is pretty meaningless when it comes to relief pitchers, Cecil has a much better k/ 9 innings rate along with a much better ERA and FIP. I'm not being bias at all it's fact.
13.) 24 Jan 2016 23:35:01
The guys who work at FanGraphs (Dave Cameron, especially) and Beyond the Boxscore think otherwise.
Comparing a reliever to a starter is obviously unfair, as the starter has more chances, but using WAR to compare reliever to reliever is completely fair.
There are countless articles that show a good formula to account for the low win opportunity (win in the sense of Wins Above Replacement, not pitching wins) for relievers to help make it so you can compare relievers to other players in a fair sense.
In recap: WAR does count for relievers, so long as you're comparing reliever to reliever, which I did.
14.) 25 Jan 2016 02:34:23
I'm not saying it doesn't count but it's much less important than it is for other positions, especially when all the other measurements heavily favour Cecil.
15.) 25 Jan 2016 04:11:52
You said it was meaningless, which is far more hyperbolic than "doesn't count" Not to mention, incorrect.
Tazawa's WAR is held highly because he is put in high leverage situations, a lot.
A 4.00 ERA in high leverage environments is as valuable as 2.00 ERA in low-to-medium leverage environments.
20 Jan 2016 05:58:34
Efron Navarro a fit for the Brewers?...he would be a good compliment to Chris Carter. Carter strikes out a a lot but has a ton if power. Navarro has solid Ken ratio but doesn't have a ton if power.
1.) 20 Jan 2016 13:27:36
Maybe would work but what would it takes to get him? And it wouldn't be in a trade for Luccroy and the only other real rebuilding pieces left on that team are Luccroy Braun Segura and Graza, and the Angles don't need any of those guys so I don't see how a trade would work between these two.
2.) 20 Jan 2016 14:46:56
CS, Navarro was DFA'd. Milwaukee would need cash and that's it.
You have internet access. Please, look stuff up before you post. It'll save you tons of grief. This isn't a contest for quantity of posts.
3.) 20 Jan 2016 15:32:06
Sorry I just realized.
20 Jan 2016 03:54:03
If the Cubs plan to make Schwarber their #1 catcher anyway...could they sign Cespedes to play LF with Schwarber being the main catcher and Montero becomes the back up? David Ross doesn't have much longer anyway as he's quite old in terms of a catcher.
Of course they could trade Soler or Montero.
Thoughts?
1.) 20 Jan 2016 13:29:42
Nope. Not happening.
2.) 21 Jan 2016 02:49:59
Its possible.
16 Jan 2016 08:22:03
Teams with an OF need and pitching to spare. I'm thinking one of the Rockies OF here (CarGo, Blackmon, Dickerson).
Angels - Richards, Weaver, Skaggs, Heaney, Tropeano, Santiago, Wilson
Mets - Harvey, DeGrom, Syndergaard, Colon, Matz, Wheeler (injured), Montero
Tigers - Verlander, Zimmerman, Boyd, Norris, Sanchez, Fulmer, Peltier, Greene
Indians - Kluber, Carrasco, Tomlin, Salazar, Bauer, McCallister, Anderson
Rangers - Darvish, Hamel, Holland, Perez, Martinez, Gonzalez, Lewis
Mariners - Hernandez, Paxton, Iwakuma, Miley, Walker, Karns, Montgomery, Nuno
1.) 16 Jan 2016 12:54:13
So personally I really don't understand the Rockies at all. They have a really great offense, stadium or not but their pitching is horrible. They have a pretty decent farm but really they aren't winning unless they rebuild that pitching staff. Jon Gray is a start but he's still got to mature some. If the Rockies want another pitcher, I think it has to be an ace that they are looking for. Looking over the lowest HR rates and highest ground ball rates for the past two years I think that they would be interested in some of the following players.
Gio Gonzalez
Garrett Richards
Nate Eovaldi
Zack Wheeler
Sonny Gray
Tyson Ross
Chris Archer
Alex Wood
Two of these guys (Archer and Gray) are probably very unavailable as I cannot see the Rockies emptying their farm system. Richards could also be seen this way as he is basically the Angels ace and probably the least likely of their pitchers to be moved.
Gio and Eovaldi are both on teams without excess SP's already so barring an unlikely 3 team deal, I doubt they are dealt. (Neither of them really need an OFer at this point either)
That leaves Wheeler, Ross, and Alex Wood. The Padres don't seem to clear on what they are doing and there were rumors earlier in the year about Ross possibly being moved.
I believe the other two could pretty easily be moved.
2.) 16 Jan 2016 13:34:52
So how about a crazy blockbuster of
Rockies get -
Zack Wheeler - When he is healthy becomes their #1 or #2
Alex Wood
Andre Ethier - Taking on this contract is a substitute for CarGo's
Juan Lagares - Becomes their 4th OF (better defender than Parra in CF, meaning any injury or days off for any of the OF gives him CF)
Dodgers get
Carlos Gonzalez - Get a power OF with 2 yrs of big money on contract, they'll pay him if the Rockies take on Ethiers contract.
Mets get
Charlie Blackmon (a better hitting CF then Lagares without to much downgrade in the fielding dept)
3.) 16 Jan 2016 15:08:53
Ray, you just listed two separate trades.
Wheeler and Lagares for Blackmon.
Wood and Ethier for Gonzalez.
Neither is a great trade. The Mets need an outfielder, so they trade one away?
And Gonzalez is not a bad player. The Rockies shouldn't have to take on a bad contract to have him moved. Adding Ethier to the mix would only require an additional piece from the Dodgers.
4.) 16 Jan 2016 20:48:31
I'd agree to that @thejerk, I guess I would say this is the base of a deal, so more pieces could be added. Maybe the Mets send Montero as part of it.
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31 Dec 2015 21:12:11
I like your general structure, but...Seattle doesn't trade Walker unless it's in a package for Goldschmidt, Harper, Trout, or Stanton...and obviously none of those are happening.
They also don't have as much logjam of pitchers as people think. Currently it's Felix, Iwakuma, Miley, Karns, Walker...Paxton starts in AAA. Bass and Nuno are long relief/spot starters in pen. Neither will receive consistent starts. Montgomery won't make the squad and may get picked up by another team as a result. Outside of Paxton, there's no real extra guy that is expected to provide consistent quality starts.
29 Dec 2015 16:34:11
Not sure why it posted twice.
Signing Wei-Yin Chen is a better option. I just didn't think the Yankees wanted to spend $20 mil on a pitcher.
27 Dec 2015 22:18:11
Parra - Padres
Span - Indians
Fowler - Orioles
22 Dec 2015 20:30:03
The Marlins are ridiculous! Fernandez has unreal stuff and unlimited upside, but none of that means anything when you are only on the field for 70-100 innings.
I would've included Seager instead of Pederson but the Dodgers see him as untouchable.
I'm not too sure about the Marlins minor league system, but I'm sure they could throw in a young prospect and get Salazar in that deal.
02 Nov 2015 19:54:53
Peralta is the odd man out in Arizona's outfield (Tomas, Pollock, Inciarte). Elias is also a decent starter; his numbers are decent. However, I am sure the Mariners could add in another piece or two - I am not sure what the Dbacks need outside of pitching. Corbin is their ace, but after that - De La Rosa, Anderson, Ray, and Webster are all decent but elias would slot in as the 3 or 4 guy in my opinion. Has Bradley pitched in the bigs yet? Hellickson is poo.
Outside of that trade, what don't you guys like? Iwakuma is NOT a #2 pitcher anymore. He can't stay healthy and his arm is much older than he is. Samardjiza had a down year but his stuff is electric. I like the idea of Estrada, especially if they can sign Navarro. You want to have both Walker and Paxton in the rotation, but they aren't ready to be #2 and #3 yet.
The bullpen doesn't need a complete overhaul; the worst relievers for the Mariners last year were Rodney, Guaipe, Rollins, Rasmussen, and Farquhar; none of them will be in the bullpen this year.
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