The savior is on his way to save their season and is now in single A!!! Like Wilbon said,I don't want to hear about Puig disrespecting the game when you have this junk.
Last year they traded for Melancon, and now that trade has haunted them as Melancon left as a FA and the piece they used to acquire him is closing for another team.
Honestly thought the Dodgers were going to get Braxton Lee for Cody Bellinger. I guess we'll see if they made the right call 4-6 years from now. Best of luck to Braxton
Hoffman will get in because the longevity allowed him the counting stats; if K-Rod were to turn things around and put together 4 or five more quality seasons the numbers are going to be pretty even.
Hoffman lost velocity around that same age (34), adjusted and had a few good seasons and lasted until 42. It's possible - even probable - that Rodriguez is done, but I'd like to give him more than 25 innings before declaring him toast.
Saw him pitch for Louisville last year and I was impressed. Mid 90s FB, a good curve, and a decent change. Wonder why he has not been able to put it together?
I kind of agree. Blevins should definitely stay. Reed, unless you get something "almost" as good as the yanks got last year, almost, then I think he has more value being offered an extension during the season to again pair with Blevins and maybe familia next year.
The others need to be traded. Maybe keep Bruce if he can agree to a contract similar to what grandly got four years ago.
No need to keep any of the others beyond the deadline as none of them will be back on the team next year. Even if u get a bag of balls. It's worth dealing them.
Familia is expected to be back towards the end of the season (we'll see)......but he'll be back in the closer role in 2018. Reed would be a nice set-up guy, but probably will command more than the Mets should pay.
Jake McGee has actually been very good this year. Although he has had 2-3 bad appearances recently. But overall he has been much better this year than last. Dunn just reminds me of Boone Logan. Well Boone Logan before his contract year.
Shouldn't the Mets keep Blevins and resign Reed if they plan to contend next year? Unless they get big prospects in return I think trading either is a bad idea
twins have one of the worst run differentials in baseball. any semi intelligent front office isnt sending farms hands anywhere in their situation. obvious fluke
Well the Rox have shown under Black their willing to cut players under performing regardless of contract (ie: Jason Motte and the soon to be dfa -ed Chad Qualls). Could be a wake up to McGee & Dunn...
What kind of money is usually traded when the term "cash considerations" is floated around? I've tried searching to see if it's thousands, tens of thousands, but haven't been able to find anything.
While trades within a division are not impossible, they would cost prospects and taking flyer on Rodriquez at this point. does not.. Still time for trades to happen if he fails. Maybe, even if he doesn't.
I was never suggesting that one was worse then the other. My point, rather, was that most pitchers who have had an anterior capsule injury have also had labrum and rotator cuff issues and this significantly complicates the anterior capsule repair. Urias is facing a very serious (whether it is arthroscopic or an open repair) and no one is suggesting otherwise. The fact that Julio does not have labrum or rotator cuff issues and that no scar tissue has been identified in the MRI does provide some hope, however, that the surgery may be less comnplicated.
Despite the fact that Matt Duffy has been out of commission the entire year, I still think the Rays got the better end of that deal with SF. Matt Moore just isn't getting in done for the Giants.
Don't expect this dud of a signing to inspire anyone in DC to strike up the band with a stirring rendition of Happy Days are Here Again. The only sound you'll hear in WAS is the sound they play on the Price is Right when someone loses.
Reed is a viable closer option for any team with a need in that area, yet the Nats jump all over 9th inning arsonist Francisco Rodriguez. Miami's AJ Ramos is also available, but WAS prefers to shop for this critical need at Dollar Tree.
The Rays taking a page out of Toronto's book. A younger Tulo, all defense with a limited bat! Maybe a change of scenery will help Adeiny out offensive wise.
Zero hope
Zero ownership commitment
Zero guts in the front office to manage the players
Zero brains in the dugout
Zero confidence to let young talent play
Over rated farm system
Destroyed dream team pitching staff
Summary: stop financially supporting this team until the Fred and Jeff are forced to to sell.
I'm with LA Sam. Funny how long it took the Marlins to trade Hech... and how many articles readers like me clicked on obsessively in pursuit of closure.
Trade miggy to a comteneder such as Houston or Colorado or twins or Red Sox. But anyway enough with the teams. They should trade him for prospects that could be ready next year or two years
I'm going to out on a limb and say that if you're implying a possible Hall of Fame candidacy by comparing K-Rod with Trevor Hoffman, I would say that would've been more likely had K-Rod stayed with the Angels. Because that's the club he made headlines with and got his "K-Rod" reputation with. Since then he's been thrown around and hasn't really impacted the game nearly the same way. I've always said that he was the Angels' Mariano Rivera and is a big reason they had their run, and then him leaving is a big reason they fell off so quickly. I remember year after year I'd see the graphic on TV where the Halos would be something like 65-1 when leading after 8 innings because of both Scot Shields and K-Rod. And if they would've kept him it probably would've been a better outcome, and K-Rod probably would've continued to impact the game as the legendary K-Rod. That's just me though. Regardless, that's a very intriguing comparison.
These franchise's in the Tigers and Nats are cursed at the closer position which in turn has them signing the same re-treads in hope of squeezing the last ounce of whatever is left in them. Didn't work with Joe Nathan, doubt it works with K-Rod here.
Oh what the last decade would have been if Zumaya didn't blow his arm to smithereens and if Chad Cordero could have repeated his ROY season for multiple years there-after.
There are some organizations that will not allow their top prospects to throw the Split-Fingered FB due to injury concerns, especially starters. Cut Fastball is probably the second most likely type of pitch to cause TJ because of how most guys attempt to throw it.
Because he popped off to the media and threw a tantrum when he was lifted from the closer role after being consistently terrible for a month and a half - then proceeded to suck in every other role. Good teammates keep that stuff in-house.
The grip is what does it. Spreading the index and middle fingers puts extra strain on the elbow unless every single pitch is thrown with proper mechanics... which never happens. But often it's actually the MCL not UCL.
Once Beckham comes back from injury, I don't think this move affects the amount of playing time Beckham sees. I'm guessing the Rays will play Hech at SS and Bex at 2B against LHP and Bex at SS and Robertson at 2B against RHP. Once Miller returns, Robertson will get sent down and Miller will take his place at 2B against RHP.
Cool comparison, but Pitcher B of now and Pitcher B of the past 16 years are not the same guy. Dude's done. His numbers this year should be even worse than they are - tons of hard-hit balls were caught on the Comerica warning track.
How do you figure that? A splitter is thrown no differently from a fastball in regards to throwing motion. The only difference is the grip. It's not like throwing a slider or a curveball.
Where are you getting Hechavarria being a better career hitter than Robertson? Robertson has an 86 wRC+ this year. Hechavarria's career high in any season is an 87 wRC+ and he is sitting at 74 wRC+ this year and 70 wRC+ for his career.
I do agree that he should represent an upgrade over the likes of Featherston and Martinez as a UTIF who can truly handle SS. However, once the Rays start getting some of their MIF back from injury, I have a feeling we'll be seeing Hech mostly playing SS against LHP and as a late inning defensive replacement.
1.) Rolen for Glaus.
2.) Worrell & Gregerson for Khalil Greene
3.) B. Ryan for Cleto
4.) Rasmus for bag of baseballs
5.) Barraclough for Cishek
6.) Adams for prospect
When you factor in a few minor trades where we got major leaguers for minor leaguers who didn't get promoted after trades, a few 'tossup' moves, and the good trades of Edmonds for Freese and a bag of baseballs for Holliday, I would hardly argue that people who complain are being ungrateful.
My primary beef with Mo is not his inability to net much in trades, but rather his overvaluation of prospects who then sit and never progress, or who do get called up and are nowhere near as good as advertised, and his inability to lure or sign star-level players and then overcompensating by signing second-tier players for mega contracts.
I love Yadi, but the 3 year deal of $60M while "the best catching prospect in the game' stalls at AAA makes zero sense. The ridiculous money for Cecil, Fowler (end of that contract is going to end up like...) Peralta's insane contract that ownership just ate, are all costing this team and will for years to come.
Meanwhile, the team has a logjam of streaky outfielders and despite all the hype don't have the depth of pitching -- and can't seem to find an infielder capable of hitting the dang ball or fielding consistently.
Despite all this, I'm actually not a big hater of Mo. I'm indifferent for the most part, but not a fan. I'm much more critical of the manager of this team, who is the most over-rated manager in baseball. Give him a championship team, and he'll choke in the playoffs. Give him an aging core with a bunch of overrated youngsters, and we're fighting to stay out of the cellar of a crappy division. MM's ineptitude wouldn't be so glaringly obvious had we not had a HOF manager for 15 years prior, but since Tony's left we've veered off the cliff, fast.
The Rays should call the Padres if they want to address that LHP vacancy in the pen or in the rotation. Ryan Buchter, Brad Hand and Clayton Richard could all help them stay in the race. Richard being the cheapest/most cost effective solution, could continue to start or come out of the pen, depending on what need is more warranted.
Dusty Baker might know when to use him better than Brad Ausmus did. Baker has a reputation for being able to manage his pen better than most other managers.
K-Rod had a significant part in defeating Dusty's Giants in the 2002 WS.
"But don't stand his old tired body & story as the reason those outside the game shouldn't be able to bet on it."
Nobody is doing that. The discussion/argument here is about whether it's a good idea for MLB and this website to be partners with folks who run contests which involve gambling on baseball. What you and the gambling entities do elsewhere is irrelevant; nobody is or will be telling you that you can't gamble on baseball or the gambling elements that they can't run these contests.
"The reason Pete is banned & should be is after he was caught. He continued to lie about it & drag others thru the mud to cover himself."
The reason "Pete" is banned is that he was caught gambling on his team's games. That's an auto-ban by MLB standards. While lying about it for 20 years may well have hurt his chance for reinstatement that is not why he was banned.
"Love Pete all you want."
I don't. And didn't when he was playing and managing either. He got exactly what he knowingly risked and deserved.
"You people who get all worked up over whether someone is gambling or not. Come off your moral high ground."
That's not what is going on here. I don't see anyone denouncing gambling on moral grounds. What I and others are saying is that it's a bad idea for MLB to both run baseball games and partner in gambling on those games. Is the likelihood high that this will result in 'fixed' outcomes? No, probably not as there's too much money involved. But, as baseball fans we shouldn't even be asking the question. The integrity of the games must be beyond question. Even Landis recognized that, which was why he reacted to the 1920 scandal the way he did.
"We all have vices folks."
Indeed. That's why this discussion is not about convincing people not to gamble.
"It is a game whether it's free or I put money on it."
It's only a game when it's a legitimate contest. If any portion of the outcome is fixed it becomes an exhibition, similar to pro wrestling. You betting on a game isn't the problem. MLB's partners handling your wager is a problem.
"MLBTR advertises DK MLB advertises. MLB advertises beer. That doesn't mean you have to have one."
True, but besides the point. This website had choices as well and it chose to ally itself with gambling elements. And we aren't talking about your typical banner ad with link to their site here. The owner of this site posted under his own name an invitation for his readers to participate in this contest, the only purpose for which is promoting gambling on baseball. There are places in this country where weed is now sold legally. Will this website accept advertising which encourages people (in legal states only) to smoke? Using your argument they should. And I wouldn't have a problem with it as it wouldn't reflect on the integrity of the game of baseball.
It's crazy how well the Rockies have been playing with virtually no contribution from Cargo, their ace being on the shelf up until this point and the unfortunate situation with Chad Bettis.
If Cargo gets hot when he returns from the DL then it's scary how good this team will be.
There's nothing wrong with being an innings eater. Every player has a role on their respective team. Clayton Kershaw is an ace. Ted Lilly was an innings eater. Then there's end of the rotation pieces that get swapped out every season like old shoes, like Edwin Jackson. It happens.
The Rays with 1/2 of their starting team including the entire middle defense on the DL as one of the best teams in the AL vs. the Tigers with all their star players in the lineup as the worst record in the AL.
The Rays look like they need a LHP or two in the pen or in the rotation.
What will the Rays OF alignment be when Kevin Kiermaier and Colby Rasmus return?
Yet another White Sox reliever bites the dust. This is not helping the their cause to sell off some bullpen assets to contenders this summer. Jake Petricka has struggled since coming off of the disabled list. Nate Jones would have been their best asset, aside from closer David Robertson, but his DL status makes that possibility virtually nil.
Now comes word that the Nationals are on the verge of signing veteran closer Francisco Rodriguez to a minor league deal which could impact Robertson's value come July 31st.
At least Jose Quintana has upped his stock this month as a rotation piece.
Fine. We'll throw in Harvey
That would at least get Bellinger off Satan's favorite team.
The savior is on his way to save their season and is now in single A!!! Like Wilbon said,I don't want to hear about Puig disrespecting the game when you have this junk.
Enuf is too much.
Last year they traded for Melancon, and now that trade has haunted them as Melancon left as a FA and the piece they used to acquire him is closing for another team.
I believe if we team up his arm with Cody Bellingers bat we have a dynasty
Rays should have sent Moore to LA along with Archer for Cody Bellinger and Clayton Keyshawn
Trade Cargo for Cody bellinger and get it over with
No no.... he has a point. 2002 seems like yesterday. Cody bellinger was 6 years old
Honestly thought the Dodgers were going to get Braxton Lee for Cody Bellinger. I guess we'll see if they made the right call 4-6 years from now. Best of luck to Braxton
Wow. Just wow. What's next? Cody Bellinger should be fired? He's worked to hard for that. He's a good boy
He's trade bait to get Cody bellinger. That's it
Blevins for Cody bellinger maybe?
I'd say try and trade Morse strait up for Cody bellinger and we're back in contention
Cody bellinger for Aaron judge maybe??
I agree. They should trade him strait up for Cody bellinger
They need Cody bellinger
What do you mean?
So the team with the best record in baseball needs a 2 and 4 starter, a reliever, a legit closer, and then in August a middle of rotation guy.
Got it.
Pirates will give the nats tony Watson in exchange the pierogies get to swim laps in the reflecting pool
Counts in my book. Please edit this article asap
We should trade him for Cody bellinger and Corey Seaver
How about mets trade syndergard, Harvey, and Curtis granderson for Cody bellinger?
If you are really his mom then I believe you. Seems like a good boy
Why is that interesting?
Any team offering free agent Harper a one year contract will be laughed out of the league
Joe Nathan was 'not good enough' to make this team.
Only 3 1/2 more years to go until the Yankees decline Ellsbury's 2021 club option pay $5M buyout instead of $21M and the nightmare is finally over
I don't know that five rookie-league games ten years ago counts as much.
If he wasn't out of rookie eligibility, he'd probably be a top 10 prospect in the Marlins' farm system
Hoffman will get in because the longevity allowed him the counting stats; if K-Rod were to turn things around and put together 4 or five more quality seasons the numbers are going to be pretty even.
Hoffman lost velocity around that same age (34), adjusted and had a few good seasons and lasted until 42. It's possible - even probable - that Rodriguez is done, but I'd like to give him more than 25 innings before declaring him toast.
No control.
Saw him pitch for Louisville last year and I was impressed. Mid 90s FB, a good curve, and a decent change. Wonder why he has not been able to put it together?
I kind of agree. Blevins should definitely stay. Reed, unless you get something "almost" as good as the yanks got last year, almost, then I think he has more value being offered an extension during the season to again pair with Blevins and maybe familia next year.
The others need to be traded. Maybe keep Bruce if he can agree to a contract similar to what grandly got four years ago.
No need to keep any of the others beyond the deadline as none of them will be back on the team next year. Even if u get a bag of balls. It's worth dealing them.
Familia is expected to be back towards the end of the season (we'll see)......but he'll be back in the closer role in 2018. Reed would be a nice set-up guy, but probably will command more than the Mets should pay.
Let someone else pay him "the big money".
Blevins needs to stay, for sure.
well said. that's awesome.
Ulysses Grant had a significant part in winning the Civil War, but neither of them should currently grace a major league roster...
I am not sure I want to trade Gardner, but his salary is much more palpable versus his production than Jacoby's is to other teams...
Jake McGee has actually been very good this year. Although he has had 2-3 bad appearances recently. But overall he has been much better this year than last. Dunn just reminds me of Boone Logan. Well Boone Logan before his contract year.
Shouldn't the Mets keep Blevins and resign Reed if they plan to contend next year? Unless they get big prospects in return I think trading either is a bad idea
twins have one of the worst run differentials in baseball. any semi intelligent front office isnt sending farms hands anywhere in their situation. obvious fluke
He's got pictures of Tito with a barnyard animal or something
I doubt the Nats view F-Rod as answer. He's depth move with likely more forthcoming. It's only June 26th.
Well the Rox have shown under Black their willing to cut players under performing regardless of contract (ie: Jason Motte and the soon to be dfa -ed Chad Qualls). Could be a wake up to McGee & Dunn...
Dude, mikeyank55, give your anti-Mets obsession a rest.
I liked Rosscup, but I'm cool with the decent return too.
What kind of money is usually traded when the term "cash considerations" is floated around? I've tried searching to see if it's thousands, tens of thousands, but haven't been able to find anything.
While trades within a division are not impossible, they would cost prospects and taking flyer on Rodriquez at this point. does not.. Still time for trades to happen if he fails. Maybe, even if he doesn't.
I was never suggesting that one was worse then the other. My point, rather, was that most pitchers who have had an anterior capsule injury have also had labrum and rotator cuff issues and this significantly complicates the anterior capsule repair. Urias is facing a very serious (whether it is arthroscopic or an open repair) and no one is suggesting otherwise. The fact that Julio does not have labrum or rotator cuff issues and that no scar tissue has been identified in the MRI does provide some hope, however, that the surgery may be less comnplicated.
yes
Cubs need Addi. He's been hot lately. He was on fire vs Miami. They need his bat.
So it was minor league player for minor league players.
They should put both on the 25 man roster just to do just that.
Despite the fact that Matt Duffy has been out of commission the entire year, I still think the Rays got the better end of that deal with SF. Matt Moore just isn't getting in done for the Giants.
Don't expect this dud of a signing to inspire anyone in DC to strike up the band with a stirring rendition of Happy Days are Here Again. The only sound you'll hear in WAS is the sound they play on the Price is Right when someone loses.
Reed is a viable closer option for any team with a need in that area, yet the Nats jump all over 9th inning arsonist Francisco Rodriguez. Miami's AJ Ramos is also available, but WAS prefers to shop for this critical need at Dollar Tree.
Carasiti will get to pitch to Caratini.
The Rays taking a page out of Toronto's book. A younger Tulo, all defense with a limited bat! Maybe a change of scenery will help Adeiny out offensive wise.
Everyone has a right to an opinion I guess
Throwing out a few fun trade proposals.
Twins get Addison Reed, Curtis Granderson, and Cash 5-7 mill
Met's get: Tyler Jay, Nick Burdi, and Wander Javier
D-Backs Acquire: Jay Bruce and Cash
Mets Acquire: Jasardo Chisholm
Here's the Big One
Astros give up a kingsome for DeGrom
Astros: Jacob DeGrom, And Lucas Duda
Met's: Alex Bergman, Francisco Marte, David Paulino, and Preston Tucker
This one hurts as a Met's fan, but Astros can move Gurriel to 3B and get a solid 1B and Ace
These are fake proposals. Don't roost me!
Zero hope
Zero ownership commitment
Zero guts in the front office to manage the players
Zero brains in the dugout
Zero confidence to let young talent play
Over rated farm system
Destroyed dream team pitching staff
Summary: stop financially supporting this team until the Fred and Jeff are forced to to sell.
It was meant sarcastically...as a Marlins fan, I can tell you...Dee Gordon is the worst baserunner I've ever seen in my life
Losers of 5 in a row, and now this. The season is getting away from them.
I'm with LA Sam. Funny how long it took the Marlins to trade Hech... and how many articles readers like me clicked on obsessively in pursuit of closure.
Trade miggy to a comteneder such as Houston or Colorado or twins or Red Sox. But anyway enough with the teams. They should trade him for prospects that could be ready next year or two years
I'm going to out on a limb and say that if you're implying a possible Hall of Fame candidacy by comparing K-Rod with Trevor Hoffman, I would say that would've been more likely had K-Rod stayed with the Angels. Because that's the club he made headlines with and got his "K-Rod" reputation with. Since then he's been thrown around and hasn't really impacted the game nearly the same way. I've always said that he was the Angels' Mariano Rivera and is a big reason they had their run, and then him leaving is a big reason they fell off so quickly. I remember year after year I'd see the graphic on TV where the Halos would be something like 65-1 when leading after 8 innings because of both Scot Shields and K-Rod. And if they would've kept him it probably would've been a better outcome, and K-Rod probably would've continued to impact the game as the legendary K-Rod. That's just me though. Regardless, that's a very intriguing comparison.
Watch out for that thing called Karma
Eat h out for that thing called Karma
That was almost 15 years ago. Considering Asmus had him overprotecting up until this year, not sure Baker can do much more.
These franchise's in the Tigers and Nats are cursed at the closer position which in turn has them signing the same re-treads in hope of squeezing the last ounce of whatever is left in them. Didn't work with Joe Nathan, doubt it works with K-Rod here.
Oh what the last decade would have been if Zumaya didn't blow his arm to smithereens and if Chad Cordero could have repeated his ROY season for multiple years there-after.
HR-od
"That production has been buoyed by a .397 BABIP, though, and Clark has never shown any power, with just two homers in his pro career."
It should read Lee... not Clark.
There are some organizations that will not allow their top prospects to throw the Split-Fingered FB due to injury concerns, especially starters. Cut Fastball is probably the second most likely type of pitch to cause TJ because of how most guys attempt to throw it.
Because he popped off to the media and threw a tantrum when he was lifted from the closer role after being consistently terrible for a month and a half - then proceeded to suck in every other role. Good teammates keep that stuff in-house.
The grip is what does it. Spreading the index and middle fingers puts extra strain on the elbow unless every single pitch is thrown with proper mechanics... which never happens. But often it's actually the MCL not UCL.
Once Beckham comes back from injury, I don't think this move affects the amount of playing time Beckham sees. I'm guessing the Rays will play Hech at SS and Bex at 2B against LHP and Bex at SS and Robertson at 2B against RHP. Once Miller returns, Robertson will get sent down and Miller will take his place at 2B against RHP.
Cool comparison, but Pitcher B of now and Pitcher B of the past 16 years are not the same guy. Dude's done. His numbers this year should be even worse than they are - tons of hard-hit balls were caught on the Comerica warning track.
How do you figure that? A splitter is thrown no differently from a fastball in regards to throwing motion. The only difference is the grip. It's not like throwing a slider or a curveball.
Getting Tiger reject wow
Where are you getting Hechavarria being a better career hitter than Robertson? Robertson has an 86 wRC+ this year. Hechavarria's career high in any season is an 87 wRC+ and he is sitting at 74 wRC+ this year and 70 wRC+ for his career.
I do agree that he should represent an upgrade over the likes of Featherston and Martinez as a UTIF who can truly handle SS. However, once the Rays start getting some of their MIF back from injury, I have a feeling we'll be seeing Hech mostly playing SS against LHP and as a late inning defensive replacement.
1.) Rolen for Glaus.
2.) Worrell & Gregerson for Khalil Greene
3.) B. Ryan for Cleto
4.) Rasmus for bag of baseballs
5.) Barraclough for Cishek
6.) Adams for prospect
When you factor in a few minor trades where we got major leaguers for minor leaguers who didn't get promoted after trades, a few 'tossup' moves, and the good trades of Edmonds for Freese and a bag of baseballs for Holliday, I would hardly argue that people who complain are being ungrateful.
My primary beef with Mo is not his inability to net much in trades, but rather his overvaluation of prospects who then sit and never progress, or who do get called up and are nowhere near as good as advertised, and his inability to lure or sign star-level players and then overcompensating by signing second-tier players for mega contracts.
I love Yadi, but the 3 year deal of $60M while "the best catching prospect in the game' stalls at AAA makes zero sense. The ridiculous money for Cecil, Fowler (end of that contract is going to end up like...) Peralta's insane contract that ownership just ate, are all costing this team and will for years to come.
Meanwhile, the team has a logjam of streaky outfielders and despite all the hype don't have the depth of pitching -- and can't seem to find an infielder capable of hitting the dang ball or fielding consistently.
Despite all this, I'm actually not a big hater of Mo. I'm indifferent for the most part, but not a fan. I'm much more critical of the manager of this team, who is the most over-rated manager in baseball. Give him a championship team, and he'll choke in the playoffs. Give him an aging core with a bunch of overrated youngsters, and we're fighting to stay out of the cellar of a crappy division. MM's ineptitude wouldn't be so glaringly obvious had we not had a HOF manager for 15 years prior, but since Tony's left we've veered off the cliff, fast.
An interesting comparison:
Pitcher A: 1089 IP, 7.0 H/9, 0.8 HR/9, 2.5 BB/9, 9.4 K/9. 2.87 ERA, 1.035 WHIP. Led the league in saves twice in 18 seasons
Pitcher B: 976 IP, 6.0 H/9, 0.9 HR/9, 3.4 BB/9, 10.5 K/9. 2.86 ERA, 1.155 WHIP. Led the league in saves three times in 16 seasons.
A is Trevor Hoffman.
B is Francisco Rodriguez
K-Rod likely has no effect either way on David Robertson's market. Different class of pitcher.
The Rays should call the Padres if they want to address that LHP vacancy in the pen or in the rotation. Ryan Buchter, Brad Hand and Clayton Richard could all help them stay in the race. Richard being the cheapest/most cost effective solution, could continue to start or come out of the pen, depending on what need is more warranted.
Dusty Baker might know when to use him better than Brad Ausmus did. Baker has a reputation for being able to manage his pen better than most other managers.
K-Rod had a significant part in defeating Dusty's Giants in the 2002 WS.
I knew this would happen. Called it the second he was waved
Gonna respond to both your comments here.
"But don't stand his old tired body & story as the reason those outside the game shouldn't be able to bet on it."
Nobody is doing that. The discussion/argument here is about whether it's a good idea for MLB and this website to be partners with folks who run contests which involve gambling on baseball. What you and the gambling entities do elsewhere is irrelevant; nobody is or will be telling you that you can't gamble on baseball or the gambling elements that they can't run these contests.
"The reason Pete is banned & should be is after he was caught. He continued to lie about it & drag others thru the mud to cover himself."
The reason "Pete" is banned is that he was caught gambling on his team's games. That's an auto-ban by MLB standards. While lying about it for 20 years may well have hurt his chance for reinstatement that is not why he was banned.
"Love Pete all you want."
I don't. And didn't when he was playing and managing either. He got exactly what he knowingly risked and deserved.
"You people who get all worked up over whether someone is gambling or not. Come off your moral high ground."
That's not what is going on here. I don't see anyone denouncing gambling on moral grounds. What I and others are saying is that it's a bad idea for MLB to both run baseball games and partner in gambling on those games. Is the likelihood high that this will result in 'fixed' outcomes? No, probably not as there's too much money involved. But, as baseball fans we shouldn't even be asking the question. The integrity of the games must be beyond question. Even Landis recognized that, which was why he reacted to the 1920 scandal the way he did.
"We all have vices folks."
Indeed. That's why this discussion is not about convincing people not to gamble.
"It is a game whether it's free or I put money on it."
It's only a game when it's a legitimate contest. If any portion of the outcome is fixed it becomes an exhibition, similar to pro wrestling. You betting on a game isn't the problem. MLB's partners handling your wager is a problem.
"MLBTR advertises DK MLB advertises. MLB advertises beer. That doesn't mean you have to have one."
True, but besides the point. This website had choices as well and it chose to ally itself with gambling elements. And we aren't talking about your typical banner ad with link to their site here. The owner of this site posted under his own name an invitation for his readers to participate in this contest, the only purpose for which is promoting gambling on baseball. There are places in this country where weed is now sold legally. Will this website accept advertising which encourages people (in legal states only) to smoke? Using your argument they should. And I wouldn't have a problem with it as it wouldn't reflect on the integrity of the game of baseball.
It's crazy how well the Rockies have been playing with virtually no contribution from Cargo, their ace being on the shelf up until this point and the unfortunate situation with Chad Bettis.
If Cargo gets hot when he returns from the DL then it's scary how good this team will be.
There's nothing wrong with being an innings eater. Every player has a role on their respective team. Clayton Kershaw is an ace. Ted Lilly was an innings eater. Then there's end of the rotation pieces that get swapped out every season like old shoes, like Edwin Jackson. It happens.
The Rays with 1/2 of their starting team including the entire middle defense on the DL as one of the best teams in the AL vs. the Tigers with all their star players in the lineup as the worst record in the AL.
The Rays look like they need a LHP or two in the pen or in the rotation.
What will the Rays OF alignment be when Kevin Kiermaier and Colby Rasmus return?
Can't decide if he's Dr PadreFan or Johnny Superscout
not only that, but they were between inning eaters. some people bar hop, those guys buffett hopped.
We need more comments like this. Cheap shots, but there they are.
"and Clark has never shown any power, with just two homers in his pro career."
Id consider 2 homers for a pitcher definite power production.
$50 bucks or 50 cents you still bought something.
Wrong Matt Duffy linked.
Having talent would be a start.
Yet another White Sox reliever bites the dust. This is not helping the their cause to sell off some bullpen assets to contenders this summer. Jake Petricka has struggled since coming off of the disabled list. Nate Jones would have been their best asset, aside from closer David Robertson, but his DL status makes that possibility virtually nil.
Now comes word that the Nationals are on the verge of signing veteran closer Francisco Rodriguez to a minor league deal which could impact Robertson's value come July 31st.
At least Jose Quintana has upped his stock this month as a rotation piece.
Was that meant sarcastically, or did you really hear that somewhere from someone?