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AL Notes: Keuchel, Twins, Avila, Rothschild, Athletics/Mariners Coaches

By Jeff Todd | December 4, 2017 at 11:31pm CDT

Let’s check in on the latest from the American League:

  • Astros lefty Dallas Keuchel is currently sporting a walking boot after suffering a foot sprain, MLB.com’s Brian McTaggart writes. Keuchel told TMZ Sports that he was banged up in the team’s World Series parade. Fortunately, the expectation at the moment is that the injury won’t prove to be much of a hindrance to Keuchel as he begins to prepare for the 2018 campaign.
  • Now that the Twins are out of the chase for Shohei Ohtani, the team could consider dealing some of its remaining international pool money, LaVelle E. Neal III of the Star Tribune reports. Minnesota has a relatively hefty $3.245MM of pool capacity to work with and could offer that up to teams looking to bolster their coffers for an Ohtani signing. Of course, there are also a variety of potential targets left on the international amateur market.
  • Tigers GM Al Avila chatted recently with David Laurila of Fangraphs, who details their discussion. While the club is obviously settling in for some bumps, Avila says there’s “already a nucleus there for our future” on the current roster. While there are still quite a few more pieces to be added, the club’s top baseball decisionmaker suggests he is fairly high on several of the team’s controllable players who are at or near the majors. He also frankly acknowledged that the Tigers’ two middle infielders — Ian Kinsler and Jose Iglesias — could be on the move this offseason. “Whether they’re going to be with us this year or not, we’ll see,” he said of the two veterans, each of whom will reach the open market next winter. There’s more in that post from Avila as well as a few other execs from around the league.
  • The Yankees announced that Larry Rothschild will indeed remain on board as the team’s pitching coach. That move was reported prior to the team’s decision to hire Aaron Boone as its next manager. The club still has a variety of other vacancies to fill on Boone’s staff.
  • In other coaching news, the Mariners announced that Brian DeLunas has been hired as the team’s bullpen coach. Per the club, DeLunas has most recently worked for private entities CSE Baseball and Premier Pitching and Performance (P3) and previously served as a pitching coach at a variety of levels, including at the University of Missouri. Meanwhile, the Athletics have added Al Pedrique as the club’s new first base coach while shifting Mike Aldrete to assistant hitting coach and Marcus Jensen to bullpen coach. Pedrique, a former big leaguer, was most recently the manager for the Yankees’ top affiliate and has previously coached in the majors for the Diamondbacks and Astros.
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Comments

  1. dirtydan

    5 years ago

    Anybody have a good PB&J recipe? I can’t seem to get it right

    Reply
    • buddhablessed

      5 years ago

      Culinary school is expensive

      Reply
    • sufferfortribe

      5 years ago

      Goobers.

      Reply
      • dirtydan

        5 years ago

        Last time I used goobers it caught on fire.

        Reply
        • Patick L

          5 years ago

          Try peanut butter with honey added to it

        • whereslou

          5 years ago

          Peanut butter on both sides of the bread it keeps the jelly from soaking in. Then you have to get the perfect amount of jelly on the sandwich too much and it squeezes out and you have a stain not enough and the peanut butter over takes it. This part takes a bit of practice. Hope that helps.

        • mlb fan

          5 years ago

          maybe food prep is just not in your future….

        • whereslou

          5 years ago

          You also need to decide on jelly or jam. First though you need to know the difference. One has seeds one doesn’t. You can Google it to find that answer. I can’t give everything away.

        • SimonSwings

          5 years ago

          I find this really offensive for people with PB allergies. I know someone with a PB allergy and we never make PB comments in threads with her because she has a PB allergy

        • brucewayne

          5 years ago

          Plus try using a good whole wheat bread !

        • mlb fan

          5 years ago

          is this what Tigers baseball has become, a discussion of P&B recipes?…..ha ha….

        • dirtydan

          5 years ago

          Definitely more of a jam man myself

        • thickiedon

          5 years ago

          Why wouldn’t you want the jelly to seep into the bread? Sicko

    • Reflect

      5 years ago

      The best PBJ has apricot or orange preserves. So good.

      Reply
    • TBaggins

      5 years ago

      Peanut butter both sides of the bread, jelly in the middle. 12 seconds in the microwave. That’s the secret.

      Reply
      • dobsonel

        5 years ago

        My girlfriend toasts them. Delicious!

        Reply
        • dirtydan

          5 years ago

          I tried to toast the whole sandwich once, that’s how the first started

  2. OaklandKAM

    5 years ago

    Who is the Tigers’ future nucleus?

    Reply
    • WalkersDayOff

      5 years ago

      Id imagine it involves the #1 pick

      Reply
      • mlb fan

        5 years ago

        @walkers…the number one pick in the next MLB draft is the ONLY “future nucleus” that the Tigers have on their team…you are right about that one…….

        Reply
        • TheWestCoastRyan

          5 years ago

          I’d include Fulmer but realistically, he’ll probably be traded before the Tigers are good again.

    • mlb fan

      5 years ago

      @Oakland….”future nucleus”…..I thought that was a fairly ridiculous thing for Avila to say too, but I guess a GM has to say things like that to keep his job……

      can you imagine Avila saying “Man, we have nothing on our current roster and our minor league farm system is completely barren”……he would be looking for a new job in less than a week…..

      Reply
      • GoGreen_GoSoylentGreen

        5 years ago

        And never get another one…

        Reply
      • lysander

        5 years ago

        Follow BB much?

        Reply
    • Reflect

      5 years ago

      I’d be more concerned with the future mitochondria. Without that, the Tigers will not have a powerhouse.

      Reply
    • jimmyz

      5 years ago

      Miguel Cabrera

      Reply
  3. GoGreen_GoSoylentGreen

    5 years ago

    What could the Twins feasibly get with the international money in a trade? I assume it would sweeten the pot of the frame work of an existing offer, or otherwise be better spent on international prospects…am I wrong?

    Edit: I assume that the money straight up wouldn’t get much.

    Reply
    • GoRav114

      5 years ago

      Orioles use it all the time. It’s worth a 25 year old double A prospect who is decent but short on options approx

      Reply
      • JDGoat

        5 years ago

        Decent is pushing it

        Reply
    • jimmyz

      5 years ago

      The Mariners recently traded Thyiago Viera for international money. He throws absolute gas, just doesn’t really know where it’s going a lot of times. The Twins could get some useful prospects but realistically they’d be getting a player with some solid tools but with one or two big holes in their game that need to be fixed.

      Reply
  4. andrewgauldin

    5 years ago

    I’d love to see an infield of Andrelton Simmons, Dee Gordon, and Jose Iglesias… but I can only wish.

    Reply
  5. driftcat28

    5 years ago

    Hoping Marcus Thames and Tony Pena remain on Boones staff

    Reply
  6. forwhomjoshbelltolls

    5 years ago

    Why would teams like the Twins (or Pirates, I’ve heard this suggestion for them, as well) trade their international bonus money when they could sign some of the ex Braves’ prospects like Maitan?

    Reply
    • jimmyz

      5 years ago

      On the one hand, their remaining international bonus money has its peak trade value right now with a short window and very few teams able to lock up Ohtani. Also there’s only 12 Braves prospects available and only 1 team to get Ohtani which means several teams are going to still have 2-3 million for the ex-Braves and there’s always the chance the Twins, or Pirates, end up without Ohtani, without any of the best former Braves prospects, and still are sitting on a couple million that they didn’t spend and don’t get to rollover into next year.

      Reply
    • Cam

      5 years ago

      Because they’re not the only team who wanted Maitan.

      Reply
  7. sidewinder11

    5 years ago

    The teams that are out on the Otani sweepstakes should use this time to snatch up all the international guys that the Braves had to let go. Those 7 teams are going to be saving their pennies for Otani and won’t be worried about guys like Maitan right now.

    Reply
  8. GarryHarris

    5 years ago

    Why would the Twins trade their bonus money to help other “teams bolster their coffers for an Ohtani signing” ? Perhaps they will work on their own team’s future. Just a thought.

    So many teams are moving veterans and salaries now, I hope that Al Avila made his statement about Ian Kinsler and Jose Iglesias because there’s a high demand for them.

    Reply
  9. ray_derek

    5 years ago

    So Boone’s decision for pitching coach was made for him?

    Reply
    • JKB

      5 years ago

      Yea Ray it was made for Boone like many of his “decisions” in the coming season will be made for him

      Reply
  10. Jack Johnson

    5 years ago

    When Will The Front Office For My New York Yankees,The Steinbrenner Family & Brian Cashman,Fill Out The Rest Of The Coaching Staff?

    Reply

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