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seamaholic 2
De La Rosa is more than just “rotation depth’. When he’s on he’s a solid middle of the rotation pitcher, and he’s been on lately. He’s a rental, but unless guys like Teheran and Gray and the Rays starting five are really available (doubtful) he may be just about the best out there.
Austin0723
You’d have to imagine that with how well he’s been doing for a team like the Rockies that he’d do even better with a change of scenery to team that’s actually in the playoff discussion
Ray Ray
He’s actually kind of weird in that his numbers in Coors are much better than his road numbers. In theory, he is a much pitcher for the Rockies than he would be elsewhere. Of course baseball is not played via theory, so who knows.
YourDaddy
Career 4.61 ERA. Last 2 seasons he has put up a 4.66 ERA. Played in the prime of his career for a team in an extreme pitchers park and put up ERAs over 5.50. I just don’t see where that equates to anything but rotation depth. A few good starts this year don’t change that prognosis. Doesn’t mean some contender with a rotation in distress won’t trade for him.
Austin0723
Well take him, most of the ppl that come to the Red Sox struggle anyway so it might as well be someone with a smaller risk
Sky14
His ERA+ since joined Colorado in 2008 has been over 100 in all but two seasons, including this one.
Ray Ray
This season is marred by the month of April. He was SO bad in April and early May that even though he returned to his normal self in June, the season numbers look a lot worse than he is pitching now. The other “season” under 100 was just a couple of September starts after returning from TJ surgery. If he is traded, I don’t expect a great prospect, but I don’t want him given away either. An average farm system’s #5-10 prospect in a one for one deal or a pair of prospects in the #11-20 range seems fair. Of course those ranges would change depending on the strength of the farm as well. Anything less that that and I’d rather we just keep him and let him continue building his team pitching records.
jakem59
The prime of his career was in Colorado, or are you speaking about his year and a half with the Royals at age 25-26? His troubles have always been injuries and control. He’s a pitcher anyone can slot into the 5th spot and run with.
johnsilver
Waiving Brad Hand was another of the wild moves the Fish FO made which made no sense. The guy was then, as is now as servicable 5th starter and middle reliever who sits 92-94 with a power slider. Many teams right now could stick him back into their rotation who have bucholz types imitating starters.
thebighurt619
Ryan Buchter? 2.76 fip, 3.89 xfip 13.00 k/9 4.75 BB/9 and hes 29. Rather the padres sell high on buchter than trade hand who theyll need to replace buchter.
People have talked about miller chapman rodney betances but nobody seems to talk about buchter, probably cause of his emergence this year, but he’s having a great year and wont cost as much as miller betances chapman and comes with more team control.
AndThisGameBelongsToMySanDiegoPadres
He probably has more value to the Padres org than he could bring back in a trade. He is controllable through 2021 and with his lack of a track record I don’t think teams are lining to trade blue chip prospects for him.
jp08
He needs saves to increase his value. Let him close the rest of the year then talk in the winter.
yankees500
What about buddy boshers or Christian Friedrich?
philliesrule
I was hoping that Bourjos would make the list!
itsme
How in the world can you say Nunez “never lived up to the hype”? He never got a CHANCE before. He came up with the Yankees and hit a ton, but only played sparingly. Remember a guy by the name of Derek Jeter that played short at that time. Remember a guy named Arod that was still n his prime at third base? Where was Nunez supposed to play? Would you have sat Arod or Jeter? ha ha ha ha. The Yankees ALWAYS called Nunez a great hitter! In fact, he was so good they kept trying to find a place for him.. He now finally get’s a chance to prove himself and you say he “never lived up to the hype”! Oh well, everybody makes a fool out of themselves once in awhile. You guys are usually really good on your info and I’d be lost without it! Keep up the (usually) good work.
domingotav
Eduardo Nuñez jugó un montón de juegos con los Yankees pero su defensiva fue desatroza, se le dió muchas oportunidades de juego y no mejoró su juego.
andropov4
He didn’t exactly “hit a ton” with the Yankees. Nunez ran an 88 OPS+ over 4 years, without a single year over 100. It’s really only been the last two years (and mostly this season) that he’s developed any power, and he’s very likely to see his BA regress some. He’s got a solid bat for a middle infielder or a utility guy, but he’s not exactly setting the world on fire even now.
dlevin11
Bourjos did make the list
Ted
Rzep back to the Jays makes plenty of sense, right? Jays aren’t in a position to deal for the elite relievers, but as long as they’re trying to win now they might as well add a decent lefty arm to the pen. Cecil and Loup are back, but Loup hasn’t been the same for a couple years and Cecil doesn’t really dominate lefties.
disgruntledreader 2
The line about service time for Solarte may be a bit unclear. He started the season with exactly two years of service time, so he’s in his third year of service and has three full seasons (plus remainder of this) of control remaining.
His should be one of the more interesting arbitration projections to see just because his track record is of good but unspectacular production at the plate (despite being the worst baserunner this side of someone wearing a Chico’s Bail Bonds uniform).
sascoach2003
+1 awesome
ericm25
please trade Peter Bourjos. …now is the time b4 he gets back to the 150 batter that hr is…or this could his “breakout” year.
666stan
Coco isnt going anywhere with that no trade clause in his contract
Colby 2
Really guys u suck
Jeff Todd
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