The latest from the East Coast…
- As the best player on a rebuilding team, Marlins catcher J.T. Realmuto has been mentioned in trade speculation for a while, but it sounds as if first-year co-owner Derek Jeter wants to keep the star in the fold. “I don’t ever like to talk about specific players, in terms of their futures, but he’s a guy we’d love to have long term,” Jeter told Joe Frisaro of MLB.com and other reporters on Wednesday. Realmuto wanted out of Miami as recently as last February, but he sounded more open to staying there when discussing his future last month. For now, the Marlins are in position to control the 27-year-old via arbitration through the 2020 season.
- Left-hander Drew Pomeranz has been one of the few weak links on this year’s juggernaut Red Sox team, and he may not be long for their roster as a result, Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com suggests. Boston has an upcoming 25-man roster crunch, Cotillo points out, and it’s likely Pomeranz, Hector Velazquez or Ryan Brasier won’t survive it. Working in Pomeranz’s favor is that he, unlike fellow hurlers Velazquez and Brasier, is out of minor league options. That means Boston could simply send either Velazquez or Brasier down and keep all three players in the organization. On the other hand, parting with Pomeranz would mean saying goodbye to a player whom the Red Sox paid a high price to acquire from the Padres prior to the 2016 non-waiver trade deadline. Pomeranz was a high-end starter at that point, but injuries and inconsistency have weighed him down in Boston. Thus far in 2018, the 29-year-old pending free agent has posted a 6.31 ERA/5.95 FIP with 7.71 K/9 and 5.61 BB/9 in 51 1/3 innings.
- Considering Buck Showalter’s contract is up at season’s end and the Orioles are beginning a full rebuild, the manager isn’t a lock to continue with the club into 2019. The O’s would be wise to re-sign Showalter, though, opines Rich Dubroff of BaltimoreBaseball.com, who argues that he’s the right fit for the franchise in its current state. And Showalter, even though he’s 62 years old, is “fully on board with the team’s new direction,” writes Dubroff.
Cue the Jeter bashing…
Jeter blows.
Always expect a quality response from the playground folks.
Is that a solicitation?
To baseball pun; And this from the peanut brain contributor!
Way overated
If Buck Showalter doesn’t come back, does he manage again?
Let’s play a game: Showalter, John Farrell, or Dusty Baker
Who returns to managing first?
Joe Girardi.
Too easy. Was not on the list for a reason
OK…Dusty Baker
Bobby V!
HAHA.. Ozzie Quillen since it’s comedy night.
Dusty Baker? Hope so. Already seems like a better manager than Dave Martinez…
At least Dusty made the playoffs!
Girardi should have much better opportunities.
I’m probably the only poster who. believes while Bobby V. made mistakes, he generally did what the team wanted him to do after the way 2011 ended. They wanted a manager to take back control of the clubhouse. It was a big time failure but they knew in hiring him, he’d be the opposite of Tito. Their mistake then was firing TF.
“TC”.
He agrees to manage for FREE and the Wilpon’s jump on it.
At the news conference he admits that he admits that he missed the attention.
Probably Baker -> Buck -> Farrell. Although Farrell I think has the inside track on being the next Cincy Manager
Whatever happened to Manny Acta managing rebuilding teams?
That was never in the Cards…
Unlike Joe Girardi, probably going to the Cards.^
Girardi grew up in Peoria Illinois as a Cub fan. The likely hood of him managing the Cards is the same as Don Mattingly managing the Red Sox. It’s not going to happen.
Girardi is basically a slightly more successful version of Matheny. They have similar qualities and similar deficiencies. That’s why he shouldn’t be the Cards next manager.
But him growing up a Cubs fan? Who cares about that? It’s not like his boyhood dream of seeing the Cubs win would ever trump his desire to manage a winning team. He’s not going to throw games against the Cubs because of how he felt when he was 14.
And I’m not sure where you’re from, but you seem to have made a point to mention that Peoria is in Illinois. Peoria is 3 hours south of Chicago. It’s not a suburb. People in Peoria are pretty split between Cubs fans and Cards fans.
And again – even if it was a suburb of Chicago … who cares???
You do realize that he played for the Cardinals in 2003. Oh, and has said he is interested in the job. But don’t let facts get in the way of a nonsensical belief that professionals hold on to their childhood allegiances when making these decisions.
“Girardi is basically a slightly more successful version of Matheny. They have similar qualities and similar deficiencies. That’s why he shouldn’t be the Cards next manager.”
Girardi is made the post-season 6/10 times, including winning a Championship 2nd year, and one game away from WS, leading a team that wasn’t expected to contend, 2017.
Mike Matheny regressed every year with the Cardinals, had Cardinals’ fans screaming for his job almost, if not everyday.
BTW… Joe is quite literally the antithesis of Matheny, when comes to managing bullpen
I could see the Nationals going after Buck in the off-season.
Showalter
Freddi Gonzalez
The O’s would be wise to re-sign Showalter says Rich D
I think Rich D has been getting into some bad crabs
Showalter is awful and should be shown the door!
Enough is Enough!
His players won’t even run through cheesecloth for him
SMH
I’m glad I’m not the only one to think that. I’d love Girardi. Idk how he lost his job
Lofty standards in the Bronx and poor decision-making.
The young players didn’t like feeling that they were in the army
Time for a new manager for the Orioles. (And a new hitting coach and pitching coach.)
Instead of Girardi maybe Omar Vizquel.
Lefty, Showalter has been an outstanding manager during his tenure with the O’s. Both he and DD should be brought back.
Showalter was great for years, but last few years he’s made some questionable calls with leaving starters in too long. DD hasn’t done anything compared to macphail. Davis instead of possibly keeping Machado, trumbo instead of Cruz, didn’t keep markakis, never went all out for a starter at the deadline (told teams gausman was untouchable), couldn’t learn from the Manny mistake with schoop (should’ve extended him last year), kept o’day instead of Andrew Miller, traded arrieta away (not his fault that Orioles can’t develop a starting pitcher though: total separate rant), signed too many bad starters to too large a contract (ubaldo, Cobb, gallardo). He destroyed what macphail created. I don’t want him back.
Crazy, Andy had how many top Pics. Andy made 1 good trade (Bedard) dan has been handcuffed by Peter now that the sons have taken over look at the changes being made. The Davis contract was all Peter and Brady Anderson. Nick was offered a 4 year deal at end of season for more money then he ended up signing for, he declined. Ubaldo was coming off the best second half of any American league starter the year we signed him (and only for 48 million I might add, not huge money for a starter) Andy and his player development couldn’t do the job with Jake, Brian Matuz,britton as a starter. Idk how you can lay blame on Dan. Did he make a dumb trade for Para,yes. Did he make a good trade for Miller to get us 2 the ALCS, yes. I want Dan back. As far as Buck goes I think a change is probably something we should do. Maybe Mike Bordeik.
I agree with you on DD. The last 3-4 years was all Peter. DD wanted to rebuild a couple years ago. I just question if he wants back after being C blocked on a promotion to the Jays. I would be bitter too. He had his bags packed and ready to go.
Buck on the other hand should stay. Why? No really big name wants to come at the bottom of the rebuild. Sign Buck for 2 more years and evaluate. It will give time to hit bottom and start climbing. This job will be a premier stop for anyone.
Buh bye Pomeranian
Could care less what they gave up for Pomeranz, he hasn’t performed and has been lucky with poor competition his last 2 starts, plus luck with stranded runners to not have given up more runs than he did.
Going 4-5 innings a start isn’t worthy, nor is not being able to locate the only effective pitch he has (curve), leading to walking 3-5 per outing. The FB velocity is down to 88-90 and not seeming to improve either. I’d like to see him.
Velazquez has been the most effective long reliever on the team and Brasier has stepped into a late inning setup role where Joe Kelly miserably failed. Workman is an option. Read at 1 site that the team burned his last option remaining, but I don’t think so. issue was recalling him within 10 day wait period between periods, but it was for an injury (Sale) and I believe the last CBA addressed that issue and his option was not burned, so he should still be on his last option still and is my choice, tho would still definitely want Pomeranz gone 1st.
Walkeranz should be DFAd
The writer of this article continues to perpetuate the myth of Boston minor leaguers being “great”!!! Boston is fabulous at overhyping their prospects!!! The writer claims that “the Red Sox paid a high price to acquire Pomeranz from the Padres”…yes I remember they were calling the 17 year old pitcher another Pedro Martinez!!! What a joke!!! The next “Pedro” hasn’t pitched since 2016!!! As usual the Red Sox only gave up an overhyped nobody!!!!
Roster crunch for Sox won’t matter in 3 weeks..
Wish the Red Sox reverted their trade for Pomeranz as soon as it was found that Pomeranz’s medical records weren’t up to snuff due to AJ Preller’s trickery. I get that it was past deadline and GM Dave Dombroski wanted a great pitcher, but I would have taken my chances on what was available in August.
I remain grumpy to this day that DD didn’t take the chance to undo that trade when he had it.
Red sox got more out of pomeranz than the Padres have espinoza who immediately needed tjs when he came to the padres and hasnt pitched in almost 2 years.
Pomeranz meanwhile gave the red sox a great 2017 season.
I don’t know why any free agent would sign with Miami, can’t trust any of the owners
Lots of reasons. Prestige of the franchise unfortunately isn’t one of the highest ranking reasons. But I hope that changes quickly.
It makes more sense to keep Pomeranz in the rotation to see if he can right the ship and possibly be effective. Since the Sox have a comfortable lead in the division they can afford to send him out there every 5 days in hopes that he could suddenly turn it around a possibly be a weapon in the playoffs.
He’s also pitched out of the bullpen before and given that the Sox don’t have a lefty out of the pen he could be useful in that role.
I’ve always felt bullpen was most likely for him.
Showalter is a manager who is generally able to get the most of what players are available to him – he has his biases, but he also has an acute understanding of managerial timing. He’s one of the last of the old school managers, and he has managerial instincts.
“Acute understanding of managerial timing.”
Ahem.
foxsports.com/mlb/story/buck-showalters-awful-deci…
Look at that look on Wieters’ face.
“Ubaldo? Really, boss?”
When you play Uno, do you save your drawfour for a needed situation or do you just throw it down immediately upon picking it up and needing to dis-card something? You hold on to that card unless you have another drawfour.
Buck had only one drawfour and he still needed to keep playing. The offense was the problem that day. Ubaldo could have pitched 3 perfect innings and the score still would have been tied. SMH
Anybody who thinks the O’s problems are Showalter’s fault, is fooling themselves.
Correct. He’s done his job, and done it very well.
He may not be the only problem, but he is certainly a large part of it. You can’t say it’s not a problem that he continued to trot out Ubaldo Jiminez and Chris Tillman to start games and bat Chris Davis in the heart of the lineup (or lead off!). Those are a manager’s decisions, and he made them poorly.
Did showalter sign ubaldo or davis tillman to those contracts? No.
Yeah. Benching high priced guys like that would have gone over great with the guys who hire and fire you. He put out there what he was given. 99% of managers would do the same. 1% would get fired for not doing so.
Bring back Birdie Tebbits.
Or John McNamara! LOL
Or even Birdie Tebbetts !
Think the Sox need to make a trade for a reliever. Liriano maybe? Who else is out there and available?
Think a reason they didn’t look at strictly LH weapons at the deadline is they already had Poyner at Pawtucket and could call him back up if a LOOGY is what they wanted, so that’s out. A LH relief weapon was another story and Liriano isn’t that, neither would Pomeranz be IMO who can’t find home plate.
For the playoffs: Sale, Porcello, Eovoldi and one of Price/E Rod gives them 2 RHSPs for the roatation and a multiple inning LHP in the pen. Kimbrel, Barnes, Hembree (he has been great stranding inherited runners) gets them to 8. That leaves 4 of Brasier, Thornton,Kelly, Pomerantz, Johnson, Velasquez, Workman, Poyner. I expect all 16 will be active in Sept.
Red Sox Nation….very interesting that you are counting on Nathan Eovaldi to be such a big part of your end of year and playoff rotation…..acting as if this guy is the closest thing you have to SALE.
Love to see the comments when he breaks your heart and he ends up on the DL again!!
Showalter is a loser. He just good enough to have never won a damn thing.
No trades, the Sox have plenty of weapons..`
Sale, Porcello, Price and Eovaldi will be the playoff starters.
ERod, Johnson, Velasquez long relievers.
Short relievers—Brasier, Barnes, Hembree, Kelly, Thornburg.
Closer–Kimbrel
Pomerantz and Workman——out.
There will probably be injuries before the season ends.
Bobby Poyner is a good option with ML experience.
Durbin Feltman is a fast mover draft choice out of TCU in the ’18 draft.
He has moved through Lowell, Greenville and Salem since June. My guess is he will reach
AA Portland in 10 days and be in line for a Sept. call-up.
Check him out on YouTube–He looks like an ordinary pitcher with good stuff.
The writer of this article continues to perpetuate the myth of Boston minor leaguers being “great”!!! Boston is fabulous at overhyping their prospects!!! The writer claims that “the Red Sox paid a high price to acquire Pomeranz from the Padres”…yes I remember they were calling the 17 year old pitcher another Pedro Martinez!!! What a joke!!! The next “Pedro” hasn’t pitched since 2016!!! As usual the Red Sox only gave up an overhyped nobody!!!!