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The OP was put there before the trade and I will stand by it now. I all too vividly recall that the way we got to 55 win seasons was by emptying the talent in the farm system and then being forced to overpay aged veterans. I hate the geometry of the trade. It steals playing time from Preston Tucker who has already proven to be a remarkably adaptable bat. If Mrasnick stays, it moves him to LF, where his ability to go get it is largely wasted. If Jake goes today to SD it messes with the chemistry in the clubhouse and once again removes a significant support piece from Springer's team. It didn't address the teams fundamental flaw ... 1b. And the logjam now for playing time at 1B and more importantly at DH just gets worse. Gattis, in my view, needs to be in the batting order every night. But then, what of Preston Tucker? Who can argue with Jeff's success. He has turned the ship around. But that doesn't mean that I have to agree with every deal he makes. I had grown very comfortable with the rebuild of the team through the farm system. To me Brett Phillips was the last big piece to come up and make an impact for the team for years. I hate seeing an Elite talent go ... particularly when I would bet $100 to $1 that Gomez will not be here in 2018 when Phillips is potentially reaching his major league prime. History. Lessons. All of that said, I will continue to enjoy the unexpected ride of 2015. My wife may divorce me for never turning off a game, but its truly worth every dirty look I get to stay up late and watch Castro go yard.
Yeah, that's my impression, too. He can take the 150 with no appeal, or he can appeal and risk a life-time ban. I would take a lot more pleasure from that if it didn't mean that the Yankees were going to be delivered from one of the most idiotic contract decisions in history.
Because Boggs' hit tool got him into the HOF. Moran's BA has been very good, but not exceptional for a college player. Dustin Ackley hit over .400 all three seasons at UNC, but hasn't taken off as a professional, yet. He had elite patience, also. Boggs hit .357, or better in 5 of his first 10 seasons, .325 in 9 of those, with .302 as the outlier. That's just a very rare hitter.
Can Moran be a good hitter? Sure. I wouldn't be surprised if he had several seasons hitting .290 or .300. It's just a big jump from there to a career .328 average.
Very poor. More power, but the hit tool won't be nearly as good. I didn't see enough of Boggs to compare the two defensively.
I really feel like you're underestimating the importance of all their players being dead. That is just a huge, huge hurdle to overcome.
That said, I had to look them up on B-R out of curiosity and HOLY SHIT was that team bad. They actually allowed 8.13 runs a game, so you can give them the spit ball, throw in a full complement of emory boards, sandpaper, laser pointers and vaseline, and I'm still taking the worst baseball team I've seen in my lifetime without a second thought.
No, he's on the DL. We cannot consider anyone on the DL.
The Spiders had a worse record, but they gave up when it became obvious it was the end of the line and they were folding. And I don't judge "better" or "worse" simply by winning percentage. If it helps you, knock yourself out.
.111 is not my winning percentage, it's the Astros winning percentage over the last month or so. Over a full season, this team, as it currently is, would struggle to win 10 games. You don't think so. Congratulations.
You haven't proven anything, especially not anything that I've said is false. You've simply said "they're not *that* bad.". Well, they are.
THIS team is the worst in the history of baseball. It's not even close.
This is a team that would struggle to win 10 games in a season.
You mean they might be better than the 1899 Cleveland Spiders? The team that was so bad they only played 42 home games? The team that lost 40 of 41 to end the season because they were disbanding? That should be the slogan: "Your 2012 Houston Astros...Probably Not As Bad As The 1899 Cleveland Spiders". That'll put asses in the seats.
BTW, after starting a respectable 32-43, the Astros are 4-32, a blistering .111 winning percentage.
No, the team that won 10 games in June had Carlos Lee, J.A. Happ, Wandy Rodriguez, Chris Johnson, Brett Myers, etc. THIS team is the worst in the history of baseball. It's not even close.
I haven't backed off of anything. This team would struggle to win 10 games. I don't know what kind of sunshine you guys have been mainlining, but this team is bad. Historically bad.
Reuben: Fair enough. Let's take a look. For starters, I think that AL clubs will be particularly wary of Wandy's 9-12 5.09 ERA in interleague play. So let's look around the NL at teams in contention. Let's start in the West.
I don't think that Wandy would prime Cain, Bumgarner or Vogelsong in SFO. And that assumes that he would even prime Lincecum, who, even though he has sucked eggs this season, is a two time Cy Young winner. To me, the only one that Wandy is clearly better than is Zito. In Arizona, you've got Miley, Saunders, Cahill and Kennedy, so Wandy slots in 3-5 there. In LA, you've got Kershaw, Capuano, Harang and Billingsley, so Wandy slots in 3-5 there. That takes care of the NL West teams in contention. Let's head to the NL Central.
You've got three teams in the hunt right now, with Milwaukee on the outside looking in. Pittsburgh has McDonald, Burnett, Correia and Bedard. I think that he slots in a solid 3 there. That might be a trading partner, but it is within the division, so maybe not. In Cincy, the Dickities have Cueto, Arroyo, Bailey, Leake and Latos. Wandy probably slots in 3 or 4 there. In St. Louis, you've got Kelly, Lohse, Lynn, Wainright and Westbrook. Where does he slot there? Anywhere from 2-4. Who's in contention in the NL East?
Washington-Zimmermann, Strasburg, Gonzalez, Detwiler and Jackson. Wandy slots in 4 or 5 there, tops. steM: Dickey, Santana, Niese and Gee. Wandy goes in 3 or 4 there. ATL: Hudson, Hanson, Delgado, Minor and Jurrgens. Now there, Wandy slots in a solid 3-there's another potential trade partner. And they've still got some prospects.
So, in conclusion, you and Chuck were probably right about Wandy. Even though Wandy is an 80-81 4.01 career pitcher, which are arguably pretty pedestrian numbers, he slots in at 3 or better on several of the teams presently in contention. But the question is how much of an upgrade would he be? To me, even on most of the teams where I have him at least at a 3, he's not a significant enough upgrade to give away many prime prospects, especially given his salary price tag. To me, the best NL trading partners are Pittsburgh and Atlanta, given their needs.
Thanks for nudging me to do a little homework.
Maybe I'm seriously underestimating Wandy and you're probably right about some club (even the Rangers given how Oswalt has looked so far) that is desperate for starting pitching will want him, especially this year given the added wildcard playoff spot. However, I've always seen Wandy as a June/July pitcher, and not as an August/September pitcher when it is all on the line. When the leaves turn brown, I expect Wandy to go down.
His career numbers seem to bear that out. He's 17-16 in June and 20-10 in July, but 13-15 in August and 6-13 in September/October. Granted, even though he's been pitching for a traveling horseshit show for the past few seasons and his numbers this season (7-6 3.39) are pretty good, especially for this team, I just wouldn't bet on Wandy coming up huge in a big game. Wandy beats the lesser clubs (8-5 against Pittsburgh) but not the upper echelon clubs. For example, he's 0-2 with an 11.70 ERA against the Yankees and only 6-11 against the Cardinals.
I think that we're going to see him pitching for another club this season before too much longer. I hope that he surprises me and rises to the occasion. I'll be pulling for him. However, I won't be surprised if he doesn't.
Yikes.Actually when you are talking just about hitting that description is 100% accurate.
10th rd: Kyle Hallock, LHP from Kent State.
BA: A Kent State lefthander was named Mid-American Conference pitcher of the year, but it wasn't Andrew Chafin. It was Kyle Hallock, who returned for his senior season after the Phillies drafted him in the 49th round last June. The 6-foot-2, 190-pounder is a craftsman who gets outs by throwing four pitches for strikes. He excels at pitching off his fastball, working both sides of the plate at 87-88 mph and peaking at 90. His changeup and slider are solid offerings, giving him a chance to remain a starter when he gets to pro ball.
Astros sign NDFA Matison Smith (RHP, Lamar). LINK. (h/t Astros County)