If I were Herrera, I'd be worriedYikes!
Jeff Passan @JeffPassan 2m2 minutes ago
Awful news for the Royals: Wade Davis is headed back to Kansas City for an MRI on his arm, source tells Yahoo Sports.
If I were Herrera, I'd be worriedYikes!
Jeff Passan @JeffPassan 2m2 minutes ago
Awful news for the Royals: Wade Davis is headed back to Kansas City for an MRI on his arm, source tells Yahoo Sports.
I'm wrong.That is close to $30M that SD will be paying three guys to play for other teams next season (Shields, Upton, Kemp), all players that Preller acquired since being hired in August 2014. Yeah, he's doing an impeccable job.
Huh? That trade 1) happened two weeks before Preller was hired and 2) hasn't been an especially good or bad move either way.After that Headley deal, I can see you not liking Preller.
If I were Dombrowski, I'd be thanking my lucky stars I didn't move anything of significance for Davis this year.If I were Herrera, I'd be worried
We will have to see the official deal, but this seems like a good return for the Brew Crew. Mejia is a sexy prospect, a few years away from the big leagues, but the Brewers are going through a rebuild and so they don't need a major league ready catcher now. I would take Mejia over T.d'Arnaud, Swilhart, or Vazquez. Meija has a higher ceiling (whereas the other three have a higher floor) and I prefer the higher ceiling prospect. Sheffield and McKenzie (it sounds like the Brewers got one of the two) are intriguing pitching prospects. A good return for a season and two months of Lucroy.Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports tweets that top catching prospect Francisco Mejia is headed to the Brewers in the deal. Yahoo’s Jeff Passan tweets that one of left-hander Justus Sheffield or right-hander Triston McKenzie could be in the deal as well, and Paul Hoynes of the Cleveland Plain Dealer also mentions Sheffield as a possibility (Twitter link). Rosenthal tweets that shortstop Yu-Cheng Chang and outfielder Greg Allen are going to the Brewers as well.
Jeff Passan @JeffPassan 1m1 minute ago
Francisco Mejia, switch-hitting 20-year-old catcher, during his current 42-game hitting streak at Class A: .385/.408/.609 with 8 HR, 37 RBI.
In all seriousness, it's a dark day for Red Sox fans to see the Yankees finally understanding the value of youth. Damn good weekend for the MFY.He is the nephew of former MLB All-Star outfielder Gary Sheffield.
Sheffield was arrested on January 12, 2015, and was charged with underage drinking and aggravated burglary. He pleaded guilty to charges of underage drinking and criminal trespass with a deferred judgment, so that the charges could be expunged from his record in a year.
Maybe he wanted something to waive it and the Indians said no?Why in hell would Lucroy reject a deal that puts him in position to win a ring and in a small market which is what he reportedly wanted??? I can't believe he would do that. Why would he even have the Indians on a no-trade list in the first place?
Not to mention they bought the entire world of international prospects a few years ago - when do those kids approach high minors?That would give NY 5 of the top 39 prospects on the current MLB.com list, 7 of the top 100.
Not for a few years still.Not to mention they bought the entire world of international prospects a few years ago - when do those kids approach high minors?
Texas also.The only other contender on his NTC is Washington, unless you count Seattle as a fringe team.
If the Sox are really out - that leaves maybe the Mets as a team that potentially matched up.
Weird. Maybe the Red Sox can take advantage and try to buy low on Lucroy: Swihart and T.Ball. Get it done, DD.Whoa, Lucroy vetoed the Indians deal.
This is silly. The Brewers can just keep him, pick up the option, and unload him in the offseason. I doubt his play works.Probably wants acquiring team to not pick up his 5.25 million option for next year.
So you're suggesting that anyone else who had interest in Lucroy will lower their offers now that they have another crack at him?Weird. Maybe the Red Sox can take advantage and try to buy low on Lucroy: Swihart and T.Ball. Get it done, DD.
Yup.Probably wants acquiring team to not pick up his 5.25 million option for next year.
If Lucroy is demanding his option for 2017 is declined, then you could argue that 2-3 months of Lucroy is worth substantially less than 2-3 months with a very cheap team option for 2017.So you're suggesting that anyone else who had interest in Lucroy will lower their offers now that they have another crack at him?
Seems like a pretty similar haul to the one SD got for Kimbrel; less impressive if anything, I think. And Miller right now is better (and cheaper) than Kimbrel. So if they're on crack, Dombrowski must be on heroin.Sweet Jesus that's a haul for Miller. Are the Indians on crack?
Frazier I rate higher than Margot. That dude is going to be legit. The SD deal at least could work out for both sides. Outside of winning the WS in the next 2 years I don't see how this Miller deal is a win for Cleveland.Seems like a pretty similar haul to the one SD got for Kimbrel; less impressive if anything, I think. And Miller right now is better (and cheaper) than Kimbrel. So if they're on crack, Dombrowski must be on heroin.
The Indians do have a legit chance to win a WS the next two years with their rotation and now their bullpen. If Brantley does come back healthy in September, look out.Frazier I rate higher than Margot. That dude is going to be legit. The SD deal at least could work out for both sides. Outside of winning the WS in the next 2 years I don't see how this Miller deal is a win for Cleveland.
The Indians do have a legit chance to win a WS the next two years with their rotation and now their bullpen. If Brantley does come back healthy in September, look out.