I'm surprised he didn't catch on. Decent positional versatility, power, speed, still young. His numbers didn't turn out great, but he never can quite get consistent time.
He has the ability I think - he just needs to make some adjustments. I wouldn't be surprised to see him thrive in Japan for a few years and then decide to try back again in the USA and stick, or maybe he decided to play a decade in Japan and call it a career. Either way, I am happy for him. He is known as a hard worker.
Interesting that Will Wagner is the one in the Kikuchi trade that would actually play for Toronto. I noticed that he played DH yesterday. A DH with no pop is barely useful.
Underwhelming opening day for former Stros: Bregman: 0-4, 1k Correa, 0-4 1k Springer, 0-3, 2k, 1bb Wagner 1-3 Tucker 1-5, 1 RBI, 2 ks, 1 bb Pressly: 1 IP, 2h, 1ER, Kikuchi: 6 IP, 5h, 3 ER, 5K, L K. Lee: 1-3, 1R, 1bb, 1k Trent Thornton: 1 ip, 1h, 1er, 1k Jake Rogers: 1-3, 1bb, 1k Teoscar: 1-4, 1r, 3rbi, 1hr, 1k Hector Neris: 0 IP, 3h, 3er, L I'm sure there are others. Also, Wilyer Abreu with a fantastic day, 3-4, 2HR (game-winning HR in 9th against Rangers), 4 RBI, 3R, 1 bb
I liked that trade bc I liked Vasquez and we definitely needed him, plus he caught the WS no hitter. What I didn't like is how we traded good prospects for him and Dusty barely used him after we acquired him.
i am dying to catch a game over there. I don't care what team. They bleed baseball it's awesome. So much energy.
I get mad about this trade all the time. Not because I dont like Vazquez or regret the trade. I hate it because we made a trade and the stupid manager refused to play him.
What's a bummer is that Enmanuel Valdez was the hotter prospect when we made the deal. Abreu was a lotto ticket throw in. Both of his HR were rockets, too.
Bregman 1-4, K Tucker 0-3, k, bb, sb Springer 2-4, k, r, sb Wagner 2-3, r, 2b, k Cionel Perez 1ip, 2er, 2h, 2bb, 1k Yimi Garcia 1ip 1k Hayward 0-4 Maldonado 2-3, rbi Teoscar 0-3 bb, k Wilyer Abreu stays hot, 2-3, rbi bb, hitting .833
Pressley almost blew a save. 4 hits and 2 runs and only won on a base running miscue. Yikes. He will always be a hero but I'm glad we were able to trade him for something good.
