Anthony Gose traded to Tigers for Devon Travis

[jaysfan2014]

And meanwhile, Gose is basically a platoon bat, playing mostly against RHP.. despite hitting .371, they're pretty empty ABs, with no plate discipline, as he strikes out almost 1/3rd of the time. Meanwhile, Travis is a ROY candidate, and has finally fixed our 2B problem.

[BTS]

Lol Law

 

Wow, that's embarrassing.

[Deadpool]

Devon Travis >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Anthony Gose

 

Okay, so you're not dumb, you just hate Sanchez. Gotcha.

[Deadpool]

Lol Law

 

Can someone reply to that tweet now and remind him of it?

[RealAccountant]

He's good

 

He is Micheal Young Good

 

Karma :-)

[MatBarnes]

Okay, so you're not dumb, you just hate Sanchez. Gotcha.

 

I don't hate him, but he does suck really really bad so far.

[KingKat]

Lol Law

 

On par with his Game of Thrones review.

[o2cui2i]

Lol Law

 

he's some sort of professional... lol

[Caper]

I can't think of a sport that could make a prospect prognosticator look more stupid more often. Keith Law is bound to get many wrong.

[KingKat]

I can't think of a sport that could make a prospect prognosticator look more stupid more often. Keith Law is bound to get many wrong.

 

Yes but he wasn't merely wrong. He was a snarky twit. He should know better than to be so smug but there's no helping him. He's Wilner with a better education.

[Sammy225]

I may catch s*** for this but he reminds me a lot of pedroia

[TwistedLogic]

I can't think of a sport that could make a prospect prognosticator look more stupid more often. Keith Law is bound to get many wrong.

 

Law pompously defended his stance repetitively throughout the winter. He never admits when he's wrong, and he deserves to eat s*** for it. f*** Law.

[BTS]

I don't think anyone would be bringing it up if Law had said something like "I have my doubts that Travis will become a major league regular".

[KingKat]

I don't think anyone would be bringing it up if Law had said something like "I have my doubts that Travis will become a major league regular".

 

Yes exactly, you can give an honest opinion and not be a twerp. Law fails at this repeatedly.

[o2cui2i]

I may catch s*** for this but he reminds me a lot of pedroia

 

Pedroia has such an over exaggerated upper cut swing. Travis has one of the most level swing you could use and his swing is super compact. He shouldn't have slumps because of that and the fact that he literally uses the whole field. his spray chart is ridiculous.

[TwistedLogic]

I don't think anyone would be bringing it up if Law had said something like "I have my doubts that Travis will become a major league regular".

 

This ^

 

Law's follow up tweet to the one JFaS just quoted was this:

 

Isaac ‏@IB_BlueJays 1m1 minute ago Toronto, Ontario

@keithlaw But apparently he's not a NP

10:30 PM - 12 Nov 2014 · Details

 

keithlaw ‏@keithlaw 20s20 seconds ago

@IB_BlueJays oh, he is. Getting traded doesn't change that.

 

And he took that same hard-line everytime someone asked him about Travis in his chats or on twitter. It's one thing to express doubts, it's another to completely dismiss a guy and play it off like he has absolutely no chance of succeeding.

 

Especially for a guy like Law, who isn't even scouting anymore, and is only going off of what other people tell him.

[o2cui2i]

Yes exactly, you can give an honest opinion and not be a twerp. Law fails at this repeatedly.

 

he's got a large portion of drama queen in him and that why it's hard for him to go back and say he was wrong. it would ruin his drama queen image.

[metafour]

I don't think anyone would be bringing it up if Law had said something like "I have my doubts that Travis will become a major league regular".

 

Yup. His problem has always been that he takes a rigid black/white approach to scouting when he should know full well that anything can and WILL happen in baseball. Law deserves all the flack he receives for this reason alone, because he brings it upon himself. The snarky replies he gives just makes it even worse. Remember when Yan Gomes was a "non-prospect"? 8 WAR the past two seasons.

[dineke]

I may catch s*** for this but he reminds me a lot of pedroia

 

I don't understand, Devon's not white.

[Caper]

Yes but he wasn't merely wrong. He was a snarky twit. He should know better than to be so smug but there's no helping him. He's Wilner with a better education.

 

You are exactly right. But Wilner isn't bad. He gets a lot of s***... not all deserved.

[Caper]

Yup. His problem has always been that he takes a rigid black/white approach to scouting when he should know full well that anything can and WILL happen in baseball. Law deserves all the flack he receives for this reason alone, because he brings it upon himself. The snarky replies he gives just makes it even worse. Remember when Yan Gomes was a "non-prospect"? 8 WAR the past two seasons.

 

Does he!!

[Stangstag]

I don't understand, Devon's not white.

 

Travis and Pompey are like the whitest black guys i've ever seen.

 

The Pedroia comparison obviously comes from the fact that both guys are short and play 2B.

[Stangstag]

Yup. His problem has always been that he takes a rigid black/white approach to scouting when he should know full well that anything can and WILL happen in baseball. Law deserves all the flack he receives for this reason alone, because he brings it upon himself. The snarky replies he gives just makes it even worse. Remember when Yan Gomes was a "non-prospect"? 8 WAR the past two seasons.

 

Ugh. Giving away Gomes for nothing is probably the organization's worst mistake in the last decade. I can't believe none of the coaches realized that Gomes was at least an above-average defensive catcher.

[Spanky99]

Is this kid real?

 

Attagirl...Zee/Dogg.

[Nightmaul]

Good trade for both teams and will leave it at that. Both players won't be hitting .380 for much longer lol. The thing that has impressed me most about Travis is his defense. I had no idea he could pick it like that. Turns the fastest double play we have seen in years.

 

Travis could very well be hitting .300 by the end of the year though (with XBH ability) and Gose will be batting somewhere around .220 as per usual.

[Sorrow]

Ugh. Giving away Gomes for nothing is probably the organization's worst mistake in the last decade. I can't believe none of the coaches realized that Gomes was at least an above-average defensive catcher.

 

Kevin Cash and Fasano both apparently spoke about it and said don't trade him because he is a good defensive catcher.

[KingKat]

Kevin Cash and Fasano both apparently spoke about it and said don't trade him because he is a good defensive catcher.

 

Oh really? That's interesting. Link?

[flafson]

I may catch s*** for this but he reminds me a lot of pedroia

 

Not sure why you guys keep saying that, he's more like Altuve IMO.

[jays4life19]

Not sure why you guys keep saying that, he's more like Altuve IMO.

 

How so? (Other then being short)

[Deadpool]

Really, he kinda reminds me Aaron Hill, when the fans weren't s***ing on him