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bigpapi4ever
The Ranaudo/Ross Jr trade was an absolute steal for my Sox. Ranaudo is AAA fodder who might be good enough for a spot start every now and again IF he figures out any control. Robbie Ross Jr on the other hand looks like he is going to develop into a nice lefty arm out of the BP. You can never have enough quality lefties, especially when you play in the AL East.
A'sfaninUK
No one cares – this is an AL West thread.
bigpapi4ever
And Ranaudo is on an AL West team now and he’s mentioned by name in this post. How is my post not relevant again?
AidanVega123
You over value Ross too much here.
jrwhite21
Ross is vastly overvalued in this comment. Is he a decent lefty pen piece, yeah, but as we all know, bullpen pitchers have a tendency to be very volatile. To this point, yeah it was a steal for the Red Sox, but that could change in the future. Ranaudo does still have at least four more years under Rangers control..
AidanVega123
Exactly. Also, calling it a steal isn’t really saying a whole lot since Ranaudo hasn’t really gotten the chance to contribute at the major league level with Texas.
charles stevens
Ross was good one year and bad the next in Texas. Ranaudo has more control and more upside. Texas needed starting depth at the time of the trade and seeing as how they have an elite bullpen Ranaudo will be just fine starting every 5th day in AAA.
With that side I like Robby. He was a good dude and was a competitor on the mound.
relic
Sogard might be a better fit for the Cardinals rather than Erick Aybar or Nick Ahmed. Sogard could fill in at ss until Peralta comes back from injury at the All-Star break, and then could serve as a nice utility player to fill in at 2b, SS and 3b.
A'sfaninUK
Agree strongly with this, and Beane does have a history of dealing with Mozeliak and generally sends his longtime players to contenders – its a fine matchup. Sogard is more of an NL style player than an AL one, guys like Skip Schumaker are pretty much on Sogard’s level of talent and carved out long careers in the NL. The A’s have plenty of more interesting/cheaper depth in Chad Pinder & Tyler Ladendorf. Hope they are at least talking about this deal…
baseballrat
No One cares about your opinion
jrwhite21
I’m curious…..what’s the difference between and AL and NL style player?
ryanw-2
There is none. It’s just a myth someone created and fans just believed it. Fact is that we’re in an era where offense is hard to come by so all of MLB has to implement this so-called NL-style of play.
Bryan 15
In theory, in the NL, a reserve player has “more opportunities” to get into the game with pinch hitting, double switches, etc. Also without the DH, there is one more “utility” spot available to an NL team than the AL teams.
stymeedone
Due to the DH, AL benches have one fewer player. Doesn’t that make the need to play multiple positions more important in the AL? One is the back up catcher. The other 3 need to be able to cover the other 7 positions defensively. In the NL, 4 bench players to cover 7 positions.
Bryan 15
AL bench players likely start more games in place of the regulars. NL bench players likely get into more games late in the game.
McGlynn
I doubt the cards would want him. according to fangraphs his defense at short is slightly below league average, and his offense is replacement level at best
kingfelix34
Chris Taylor for a reliever