With trade season officially in the past, here are three things we’ll be keeping an eye on around the baseball world throughout the day today:
1. Post-Deadline Roster Moves:
While the trade deadline has come and gone, yesterday’s trades figure to continue impacting the rosters of clubs going forward. While clubs need to clear 40-man roster space for acquired players at the time of the deal, most active roster moves take longer to be completed. Some players arrive in town quickly enough to report to their new clubs the same day a trade takes place, as newly-minted Royals shortstop Paul DeJong did yesterday after switching dugouts to join the Royals after being dealt by the White Sox mid-series, but travel often takes a day or two. After a busy deadline day where upwards of 30 trades were hammered out, there figures to be plenty of roster maneuvering today both for buyers who need to make room for additions as well as for sellers who need to replace their departing players internally.
2. Cabrera to undergo imaging:
After a busy deadline day that saw the Marlins deal a long list of players that includes lefty Trevor Rogers and outfielder Bryan De La Cruz, the club is facing an injury scare regarding one of its rotation members who stayed in place. As noted by El Extrabase’s Daniel Alvarez-Montes, right-hander Edward Cabrera “tweaked” his left knee while covering first base during the sixth inning of yesterday’s 9-3 loss to the Rays and needed to be taken out of the game. Manager Skip Schumaker told reporters (including Alvarez-Montes) following the game that the Marlins plan to send Cabrera for imaging and further details about his injury will be available today.
It’s the latest frustrating setback for Cabrera, 26, who has been limited to just nine starts amid a variety of injury woes this year. When he is healthy enough to take the mound, he’s struggled badly with a 6.65 ERA and a 5.58 FIP in 43 1/3 innings of work that have seen him walk 13.6% of opponents. If Cabrera winds up missing additional time due to yesterday’s knee issue, the club could turn to right-hander Valente Bellozo to round out the rotation. The 24-year-old rookie made two starts for the club earlier this year, pitching to a 4.50 ERA and 3.06 FIP in ten innings of work.
3. Lynn dealing with knee issue:
Cabrera wasn’t the only NL starter to struggle with a knee issue yesterday. Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat relays that veteran right-hander Lance Lynn struggled with a “bark-y” right knee during his start for the Cardinals last night. The issue caused a dip in velocity, but Lynn still managed five innings of one-run ball against the Rangers before exiting. Lynn noted that he and the club will monitor the issue and see how he recovers today following last night’s start before determining a path forward. The Cardinals appear to be decently well-equipped to handle the loss of Lynn if the veteran, who sports a decent 4.04 ERA and 4.44 FIP in 106 1/3 innings of work this year, requires a trip to the injured list. The club just added right-hander Erick Fedde to their rotation mix on Monday in a three-team deal where they also acquired Tommy Pham and dealt Tommy Edman to the Dodgers.
Good thing the Pirates didn’t trade for Edward Cabrera before the season. Turns out he would have been their 8th or 9th best option as a starting pitcher, and probably would have spent most of his time in the bullpen.
Great restraint by Cherington. Marlins shouldn’t have asked for so much for him, especially now that they’re rebuilding.
It would be a lot easier for the knees if he wasn’t so frickin FAT!
6’5” and 217 is fat now?
He’s listed at 280. Hasn’t been 217 since 5th grade.
No way no how he’s only 217. He’s over 300 pounds easy.
I made the same mistake when I first read the original comment. There were two pitchers with knee injuries in the article. The comment refers to Lance Lynn who is a bit tubby, while the 6’5″, 217 lbs is the listed bio for Edward Cabrera, the other pitcher with a knee injury.
My criteria for a pitcher’s weight is whether I can see their belt. I’m not even sure if Lynn wears one.
Yeah I guess all he has to console himself after reading this is a stack of money we couldn’t imagine and a place on a professional baseball roster waiting for him when he returns.
Poor guy.
No, Witt will stay at SS. DeJong will play either 2B or 3B.
Indeed, the “newly minted SS” description was weird.
Cashman told teams why the Yankees backed out of the flaherty trade and lowered the return Detroit brought back. Dude is ruthless.
I’m just kidding, I understand why back problems would make teams cautious. Especially after getting burned on the Montas trade but Scott Harris probably isn’t the biggest Yankee fan after this
Everybody is on to their bs.
Eugenio Suarez raising his OPS some .040 points after a 3 home run game is more news than any Dollar Menu Deadline Trade, fyi
This is a trade rumor site, not a stat site. go to mlb’s site for that instead of complaining that this site is doing what it does.
Lynn is pushing 285 according to Jim Edmonds on a broadcast a couple weeks ago. Sure those knees have barked before. I hope the big boy holds it together and gets that option picked up after all.