Right? I swear some folks must put their 70 year old mother in the home the first time she loses her car keys. We were 0.5 game out one week ago and now we're talking about 2019? I would not trade anyone who can help in 2018 unless what they get back offsets it or is overwhelming. If 2018 doesn't pan out we can trade Dozier and Santana a year from now. Kintzler/Garcia are the only ones I'd definitely move. But if anything of value can be had for Grossman or Castro I'd move them too.
Not shocking that Rogers hit a tough stretch. Was saying they should have left Belilsle for the 8th and used Rogers in the 9th. Not sure it would have mattered
All of this. There is literally no downside to this at all. There will be plenty of chances to watch the kids of the season blows up. People want Gibson gone. They want Santiago gone. They want Santana traded. They're irate we signed Colon. How many kids do y'all think we have that can pitch up here?
You're right on Radke. He was under-appreciated. He took some heat after getting a 'huge' contract in the late 90's for not earning his 'ace' salary. But he was who he was. The shoulder may have forced him out a year or two sooner, but I think he was satisfied and wanted to go watch his kids grow up. He was never a guy who was going to be pitching at 38-39 IMO.
This game shows how poor Molitor's game management was yesterday. You have the lead in the 7th inning and you hold Duffey and Rodgers for a tomorrow that doesn't come.
If we're desperate for starting pitching, why are we trading Santana? He can be under control through 2019, and despite his nice start, no one is giving us a massive haul for him.
Not him specifically, but we run at least two .200 hitters out there every night, and Rosario is streaky as hell. Meanwhile we cling to having two redundant middle infielders.
Tonkin and Breslow are both replacement level at best. Tonkin can't be used in a meaningful innings without runners doing the conga on him and he's HR prone. Breslow is cooked. I could care less which one they get rid of. Just get Park or Vargas up here ASAP.
I get that the new regime has their own way of doing things and this is temporary. But not keeping Park is now the main headline heading into the season. It's not worth the amount of flack they are taking to keep whoever they consider the 8th BP guy to be. Park 2.0 was one of the few intriguing story lines in the every day line up and no one wants to spend time or money watching Robbie Grossman.