Early Sunday morning, Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports released his latest edition of Full Count (video link). Let’s dive in and take a look at some of the highlights..
- A trade of highly-regarded young right-hander Kevin Gausman would be quite unpopular with many members of the Orioles organization, Rosenthal hears. It was reported late last week that the O’s appeared to be willing to discuss the 24-year-old but skipper Buck Showalter said on Saturday called that notion “comical.”
- Tyson Ross is drawing the most interest of any Padres starting pitcher, thanks in large part to his contractual status. Ross is under control through 2017 while Ian Kennedy is a potential pending free agent and Andrew Cashner can be a free agent after next season. Unsurprisingly, the Padres want a greater haul for Ross than any of their other arms.
- Dan Haren is on pace for about 33 starts and 205 innings, totals that would trigger an additional $3MM in incentives. The Marlins could have some extra incentive of their own to move the veteran starter since they’d only be on the hook for the prorated portion of that, saving them roughly $1MM.
- With the pending returns of Jaime Garcia and Marco Gonzales, the Cardinals are one team that is not in the hunt for starting pitching.
I realize that everyone is at risk for TJ now-a-days, but Ross really scares me with the amount of sliders he throws. Hopefully, he can stay healthy and improve on his command a little bit the rest of the season. I can definitely see why teams are interested.
Thanks Dr. Andrews
Yeah he had a solid breakout season last year with 195 innings of 3.24 FIP and a ERA+ of 122.. The only potentially serious surgery that I can remember him having was the shoulder surgery after the 2013 season.. I am pretty sure that was on his non throwing shoulder though but I could be wrong.. I didn’t realize that he threw so many sliders which could be cause for a bit of an alarm..
Love the name by the way..
Yeah, he is always near the top of the boards for slider% thrown.
Come on Rockies…. Carlos Gonzalez for Gausman
Pending return of Jaime Garcia followed by a pending return to the DL.