I don't get the sense Darvish really wants to play there. He probably wouldn't be able to handle the media.
After the Cole trade Houston is at $150M without trading away McHugh ($5M). Adding Darvish would put them around $170M which should still be doable. Not that it should be expected but at this point Houston is a reasonable player for any elite player who is available, whether free agent or trade. Sign Darvish, move McCullers to Closer. Boom. Best pitching staff in baseball history.
I still think McCullers has a future as a staff Ace. I’m not ready to stick him in the pen just yet. Rotation: Verlander, Keutchel, Cole, Mcullers, Morton Long Relief: McHugh, Peacock, Martes Relievers: Devenski, Harris, Giles, Rondon, Smith Options: Hoyt, Sipp, Goose, etc.
Our pen is terrible. With the way MLB is moving its not about the starters any more. You really need a great bp.
Yep, thats just how f**king good our team was. We could have done things the "logical" and "proven" ways. But we needed a challenge to make it interesting, so we just played without a bullpen entirely.
The current one where the starters pretty much go 5 innings. We were using all our starters in bullpen roles because bullpen was so terrible. How many innings did our game 7 starter go. Did you watch any of the post season?
