Scholarship table
It's pretty bad when you trade for a first baseman who has an OPS of .732 and it's a major upgrade.
On one hand I respect teams playing to win. And its nice to not just see teams selling off talent. But idk about this one Angels. The odds of them making the playoffs is still very slim. They have to catch most of Houston/Texas, Toronto, New York, Boston. And stay ahead of Seattle. They already have a bad farm system. So now they will lose a generational talent for nothing. Still have a bad farm.For the White Sox, pretty meh return for Giolito AND Lopez. Bush is starting to project as a potential reliever himself. And the Angels already have a top catcher close to the bigs and the guy they gave up while he has great potential is flat lining a bit too and his big season may be a product of hitter friendly minors league. So Sox coulda tried for a little more since Angels were not even trading from a need.
I don’t know about that. I feel like they’ve done pretty well not giving up prospects that end up hitting.
Super young top-100 prospect (Top in Angels Org) and a lefty who could start as soon as next season for two expiring contracts in a year that is all but over? not sure what is meh about that. Unless you mean they could have gotten more?
Cardinals fans at peak cardinals fans last night
Chip Caray is an absolute moron. Imagine believing that situation needed “policing”. And good on the umps.
One of the few I remember was Michael Taylor for the Sabathia trade. Also, Lorenzo Cain in the Greinke trade.
Agreed that LoCain was probably the most impactful player traded away by the Brewers in recent memory,
Nelson Cruz is right up there with Cain.
Nelson Cruz turning into an absolute monster was not something many people saw coming.
That whole deal, Carlos Lee and Nelson Cruz, for Layne Nix, Kevin Mensch (and his enormous head), and Francisco Cordero was a bit of a fleecing by the Rangers.
I believe after the trade, the Rangers DFA’s him, so he was available to all. But definitely still someone who had a great career after the trade. Thanks for the Brantley correction!
Ahhh...forgot about the DFA.And the funny thing about Brantley was he was a bit of a throw in on the CC trade. Matt LaPorta, who ended up as a big nothing, was the big name in that trade.
Are the cubs becoming buyers here in the last days of July? 6 straight wins and 9-4 since all star break. Or is it the more likely case of another hot streak followed by a very cold streak?