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batman
Kang for ROY
Brixton
Its a same that he won’t win it. He means more to the Pirates than Duffy, Bryant, Joc or Franco mean the their teams in terms of winning. All 4 of those teams wouldn’t be a whole lot worse if they had someone else at their positions. Without Kang, the Pirates would be in a real bad spot right now.
pitnick
Without Duffy, the Giants would have given way more playing time to McGehee and Arias, probably the two worst players on their opening day roster. I doubt they’d be sitting in a WC spot without him.
thecoffinnail
Agreed.. I had serious doubts about how he would translate to the major league’s.. I guess most baseball executives thought the same thing as his posting fee was a modest $5 million or so.. I wonder if teams like the Yankees are regretting passing on him after seeing his production so far this year..
ronnsnow
Randall Grichuk should be the favorite right now. Take him away from the Cardinals and the Pirates are probably leading the NL Central right now. He’s more than made up for he loss of Matt Holiday
kingjenrry
Does he have rookie status? If so, he should definitely be in the conversation. Man, the Angels look bad on that trade.
kingjenrry
Kang’s been tremendous and should be right in the thick of RoY voting. It’s a great field in the NL with the 5 guys you mention and Noah Syndergaard just tearing it up and getting better with every start.
willreily
Yeah but the ‘modest’ upgrades have worked. Both The bucs and Cardinals rarely give up top prospects (Kaminsky was the first since Heyward, and who knows how long before that.) And look where the both are, 1st and 2nd place. Because both teams refused to give up prospects like Cole, Polanco, Martinez, Wacha ect., when they were just coming up, they now have cost efficient young talent who are impacts everyday. Now look at teams who trade the farm away like San Diego. They struggle.
thecoffinnail
Totally agree.. Had the Padres left Byrnes alone for another year or 2 they would have been set to become the next Pittsburgh.. Granted they were a bit lacking in hitting prospects but they could have used someone like Wisler to bring one in.. Plus, Byrnes would have kept Turner.. He is looking more and more like the next Tulowitski.. I will admit I was all aboard the Preller bandwagon for most of the off season.. I jumped off when he made the Kimbrel trade.. Kimbrel had a big contract already so it wasn’t like he was getting paid peanuts.. But to pick him up and his entire contract plus the Upton contract for his best prospect showed he was way over his head.. I feel really bad for Padres fans.. Their wait was almost over and now they are set back at least 4-5 years while they run out the clock on all of those bad contracts..
joew
Dint know if I would call Happ an upgrade. .. maybe side grade. Hopefully Worley clears and stays in the system.