I try not to dig to deep - none of the outfielders really strikes me as can’t miss but all have solid potential - so I’ll trust Brown on which ones are special.
Huh? Blanco needs to skip starts and be in a 6 man staff because of innings. Verlander has essentially been injured like 75% of the season and there is no guarantee he stays healthy. He also hasn’t been effective. Spencer Arrighetti has an era of nearly 6.00 and is within 30 or so innings from his career high. As for Garcia, he hasn’t pitched in a long time and probably will eventually end up in the pen. Bloss and Arrighetti? They are rookies with an era of like 6. The Astros to go to a 6 man rotation and they need a solid innings eater.
Mentioned him a week ago and noted his last 3 starts were good. Did he start bad because he signed late and had no spring training? Anyhow if he finishes strong, probably opts out??? But if he goes back to being horrendous, probably opts in. Would Houston be fine with that?? Would it be cheaper to make a big trade with TB and acquire Paredes and Eflin or make 2 separate trades. One with TB for Paredes and one with another team such as Fedde or Taillon? I do understand Eflin will have different value vs Fedde or Tailon so perhaps better question is which route is smarter, 1 big trade or 2 separate trades?
All true but my point stands. If one of JV or Garcia returns an acquisition becomes becomes the sixth man. If both return he becomes the seventh man. How much is that worth?
How about 2 big trades? I dont think Taillon is going to be near as expensive as Fedde because on their contracts. Something like Cole, Wagner, Gordon for Taillon. Melton/Baez/Bloss/Chas would have to be involved in a Paredes type deal. IMHO I'm hoping for one of Fedde/Taillon/Sears in one trade and one of Paredes/Diaz/Rooker/Mountcastle in another deal. I also could see another cheaper trade happening to add more depth to the rotation if JV doesn't make it back. A guy like Detmers for a guy like Gordon.
Depends on how the new guy is pitching? If he's pitching well he will stay in the rotation. Too many if's not to make a deal. Let's cross this bridge when they get to it.
The fact that Snell is coming off a Cy Young season and had issues getting paid bothers me. I understand they asked for more and it wasn't there, but he's had only 2 seasons pitching over 130 innings- makes me want to stay far away from him. After his Cy Young year in 2018 (and signing his first big contract) he fell apart. Traded to San Diego and was average before his contract year last year then suddenly he has a banner year once more. Reminds me of a young Adrien Beltre whose stats would constantly decline until magically he'd bust out in his free agent year. At least he stayed healthy.
That's way too much for Paredes. If I thought that was the value for a guy like that then I would hope we would look into trading Pena, who is much more valuable than Paredes.
Mariners get Randy Arozarena according to MLB pipeline: these were the Mariners #12 and #22 top prospects. Plus a PTBNL who could possibly also end up coming from their top 30
Paredes does two things: Gives us the bat sorely needed at 1B. Is our future 3B after Bregman walks. 3 more years of team control at a fairly cheap cost. He's worth it at this point. My dream: Peredes Fedde Tanner Scott
