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arcadia Ldogg
Weaver has been an intense warrior ever since he came into the league out of Long Beach State. Angels need him next year.
ryanw-2
He’s definitely been a trooper out there but at a certain point even that’s not enough to stay on a big league mound. I applaud his efforts but it’s time to move on from Weaver.
Philliesfan4life
Weaver has been a warrior, A bulldog for the angels for so long. He’s pitched in a lot of big games for them over the years, a very underrated pitcher , But the intensity is gone that he use to bring, the energy every time out when he would get out of big jams, so he can fire up the crowd. I want him back next year if he will accept another short term deal
whereslou
Not sure how you can call Weaver underrated he was an ace of the team and considered for the Cy Young for a few years. In his day he was considered one of the best. So I would not say he was underrated he is just not as good as he was.
martinc27
I agree, one thing the Angels don’t have is depth. Weav will finish the season with 12-14 wins. That’s fine for a number 4 or 5 and until Heaney and Trop are back in 2018, we need his influence around the rest of the rotation.
thelostcause
Correction in first point. It’s Marlins five back not the Padres. In the wild card hunt
Steve Adams
D’oh. Thank you. Need to mentally disassociate Cashner with that franchise haha.
thelostcause
I agree. Although that bare face helps make me remember.
A'sfaninUK
I wish MLB’s media would stop saying “recalled” in regards to players who have never been called up before. It makes no sense!!!
ray_derek
He is already on the 40-man roster, so he would be recalled even though he’s yet to make his debut. If a player is not on the 40-man his contract is purchased and could be called up. Recalled is used for any player on the 40-man.
Steve Adams
This is correct. “Recalled” is the formal term for a 40-man player being brought up from the minors. “Selected the contract of” (or “purchased the contract of”) is in reference to non-40-man players being added (e.g. Olson). It’s not a media thing — the Mariners’ press release specifically uses the word “recalled,” even, as do all team releases for such instances — it’s just the league’s terminology.
notagain27
If I were in Houston’s situation I would stand pat unless I was able to get a rental pitcher for three starts without giving up too much. It is awfully hard to catch two teams ahead of you in the standings and I believe they have four teams ahead of them which would be close to impossible. Get Dallas healthy and get em next year.
astros_fan_84
There’s no reason to burn a top 30 prospect just for 3 starts.
coldgoldenfalstaff
The problem being we can only rely on 2 good starters next year (Keuchel & McCullers) with McHugh a decent mid-rotation option, Fister leaving in FA, Fiers unreliable and the three prospects (Musgrove, Rogers and Paulino) so far underwhelming enough to only save one rotation spot for next year, and Devenski too valuable in the bullpen to move to the rotation.
So we’ll need 2 big league starters added to the rotation if we want a title contenting team in the slowly shortening window of affordability for our key hitters.
Why not send a lesser prospect or two for a pitcher to help make a playoff spot and try them out for next year, rather than have to make two larger and more painful trades this offseason or take our chances in a disappointing crop of SP free agents and over-rely on prospects, which got us to this point in the first place…
soxfan1
Could Jeff hit the 90s consistently if he came out of the bullpen?
OaklandAs2005
Jeff Weaver probably couldn’t hit 90 to save his life at this point. Jared on the other hand.. still probably not.
jkim319
Looking forward to vogelbach getting a chance with Mariners. Great kid with great skills/make up.