Which career, the starter or the reliever? As j44thor noted above, even within this season there's been real inconsistency in results, along with major changes in his stuff. Trying to draw a line from last year, where half his innings were as a starter, through this year and into the future based on xfip predictions is just silly.
Thanks for the link to Rosenthal--I had looked on Fox Sports for his columns to no avail. To clarify, after reading Rosenthal's piece, it was he, and not Dombrowski, that suggested both Cozart and Kinsler. Rosenthal also noted that Kinsler has only played third once--for 2 innings--in his career. At 35, switching teams and coming to Boston to learn a new position in the heat of a pennant race might be a tall order for him. And he does have a convoluted history with Pedroia--Kinsler lost the starting shortstop job at ASU to Pedey and eventually transferred to Missouri, and they have been pretty much regarded as competitors for best secondbasemen of this generation--or at least as runners up to Cano. Would Kinsler even want to come here to play in Pedroia's shadow? And he does have a no-trade clause to 10 teams.
They don't need a spark. They need another hitter. None of these options are any good. If he's not getting Machado, then it's not worth it. Make do until they want to bring Devers up.
No, it's not silly. Even in years when he's spent a lot of time in relief (there are no splits for FIP by starter and reliever, unfortunately), like 2012 and 2013, his FIP and xFIPs have been up over 4. The guy has yet to give us a reason to think he's actually better than that, and tossing out his xFIP here is probably not wise.
I tend to lean here re: making a trade for 3B. I think we'll upgrade our bullpen with either Wilson or Addison Reed. I have been a big proponent of Addison Reed and will be content if he's our only move of the deadline. He will cost less because he becomes a free agent this offseason and as this BTBS article states, is known for bringing a fire hose to any high leverage situation.
If you're looking at the Mets, wouldn't Lucas Duda be a better answer? 17 HRs, 133 OPS+, a first baseman who has played plenty of OF in his career, and makes considerably less than Bruce.
You're right, his performance as a starting pitcherr in 2013 is obviously far more relevant.
Yeah can't imagine Jay Bruce as a UFA would be excited to move from OF to 1B, a position he has never really played, in a contract year.
Wait so because he was angry someone else blew the save means he can't be trusted? By your words he's pissed he wasn't called upon? It's not like he gets to decide when he goes in
They may be steamed but they had a chance to undo it or get some form of compensation right? And they chose not to do it. They have a right to be upset to some degree but there was a window to have redress and they didn't take it.
I asked my Mets buddies more about Reed and Duda. He's been a rock out there with or without Familia. They're in a spot where a new prospect is breathing down Duda's neck next year. No chance of him going back.
They had a window to undo it, but it was already after the trade deadline and would have weakened the team right before going into the playoffs. It might have been fair to give the Sox a chance to undo the trade in the winter, but that didn't happen.
Hahaha, Amed Rosario would like to have a word with you. You know, the guy who is the top prospect in the entire minor leagues with Moncada up now, the guy who is impatiently waiting his turn to play SS for the Mets.
Yikes, blanked on Rosario. So maybe Dalbec or Chavis might be the answer for them. For Reed and Duda I wouldn't mind one of them going with another add on.
I doubt we'll have the luxury of being that pick and choosy with Reed coming back in the package. We are not the only team looking for relief help atm, and he's good/cheap enough where a winning deadline bid probably isn't going to be stealing him off the table.
This is a shame IMO because I'm getting my first glimpse of Brad Hand and he looks very, very good.
I see you edited this and added some more information but I don't see how it helped your case.
I dont know about Hand or the Sox interest in him, but the tweet is meaningless, unless you think this is a possible scenario:
No, they are likely mad at the dishonesty and deception that was exhibited by Preller (two sets of medical records) and don't trust doing future business with him.
it has nothing to do with how the trade worked out, its that they hid medicals from the Red Sox
Right. The results and the process are easy to compartmentalize, and the process is worth being wary of.
Of course it is worth "being wary of.". But thinking that DD is going to try and be even less professional than Preller by rejecting an otherwise good trade, or not exploring one at all, just because its Preller, is silly. In fact, DD probably is quite secure, knowing a) if Preller does it again, he's probably out of baseball; and b) that even last year, MLB gave the sox a chance to rescind the deal.
I would far prefer Duda to any of the options being discussed and actually don't even really understand the obsession people have with getting a 3rd baseman. The solution at 3rd seems pretty clear. Stick with the current platoon until Devers is ready sometime next month. Once that happens, it seems like there is a good chance that the team gets at least league average offense from him for the rest of the season.
Those Moreland #s are terrifying. Duda could very well be the best value out there. If they acquired Duda, do you think they can DL Moreland until rosters expand? It seems like someone's going to have to get DFA'd with Holt and Rutledge without options. Lin seems to be the more productive infielder, and he's stuck in AAA because of Holt and Rutledge. With Duda, then you'd also have 3 roster spots going to 1st baseman -with Travis getting stuck in AAA. Hopefully Moreland would accept a lengthy DL stint. Then they could cut Rutledge and bring up Lin and possibly Travis until Devers is ready. There's a logjam of underperforming veterans on the major league roster: Young, Moreland, Holt, Rutledge- while at Pawtucket you've got Brentz, Lin, Travis and Castillo- any of which might be an improvement.
I know it's a small sample and I'm still rooting for the guy, but I think Brock's days are numbered. Concussions are nothing to mess around with and he really got hit hard by them. Some people simply can't come back from that.
Given Moreland's contract year status and the fact he's a recently signed vet who just gave us a pretty solid first half, I'm guessing he'd need to be going to other way in the trade.
Yeah I'm seeing DL for the toe (well deserved) then bench for a Doug Mink role. Mitch can't hit like this and have too many complaints about DD looking elsewhere.
