Kimbrel, Upton to Padres?

[HERPDERP]

I wouldn't want Quentin. He's no defensive whiz and you can't tell me he'll be better than Pillar/Saunders.

 

Acquiring Quentin is at much deadweight as Lind was.

[Angrioter]

Joe Sheehan ‏

The #Padres just demoted two guys (Quackenbush, Maurer) who might be best two relievers for COL, ATL, maybe MIL.

 

 

AA, do it!!

[NorthOf49]

I think they're not competing this year, so why keep him when you can write him off the books?

Because baseball is an entertainment enterprise and letting Quentin take some at bats away from Johnny Gomes and Todd Cunningham won't affect them long-term.

 

Quentin projects as solidly above replacement. Should every non-contender just DFA all their players who project between 0.5 and 1 WAR? That they happened to acquire Quentin in trade today doesn't change his value as an asset.

[G-Snarls]

Holy s*** what a trade

[Angrioter]

Because baseball is an entertainment enterprise and letting Quentin take some at bats away from Johnny Gomes and Todd Cunningham won't affect them long-term.

 

Quentin projects as solidly above replacement. Should every non-contender just DFA all their players who project between 0.5 and 1 WAR? That they happened to acquire Quentin in trade today doesn't change his value as an asset.

Yes, Quentin is good

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[fatcowxlive]

Because baseball is an entertainment enterprise and letting Quentin take some at bats away from Johnny Gomes and Todd Cunningham won't affect them long-term.

 

Quentin projects as solidly above replacement. Should every non-contender just DFA all their players who project between 0.5 and 1 WAR? That they happened to acquire Quentin in trade today doesn't change his value as an asset.

 

That's if he's healthy. That's a huge if for Quentin. He hasn't played 100+ games since 2011 when he played 118 games with the sox. It's an even worse idea to bring him here on the turf when he has such a poor injury history.

 

I think the Braves are playing this right, he's not going to be worth that $8m payout for the season, not with the direction they're going. Markakis in right, Young Jr. in CF and a platoon of Kelly Johnson and Gomes in LF should be plenty for them

[GD]

Brandon Maurer pls

[NorthOf49]

Brandon Maurer pls

He'd project as our best righty reliever. Hopefully AA comes through with his "we'll look around at what's available at the end of Spring Training" shtick.

[StroShow]

Joe Sheehan ‏

The #Padres just demoted two guys (Quackenbush, Maurer) who might be best two relievers for COL, ATL, maybe MIL.

 

 

AA, do it!!

 

git er dun

[bendera3]

git er dun

 

What would it take to get both?

[StroShow]

What would it take to get both?

 

Everything and nothing. (I honestly wouldn't know)

[flafson]

We should give them Navarro and they could flip him to Arizona.

[Abomination]

Joe Sheehan ‏

The #Padres just demoted two guys (Quackenbush, Maurer) who might be best two relievers for COL, ATL, maybe MIL.

 

 

AA, do it!!

 

Whatever they just gained in picking up Kimbrel, they probably just gave away by demoting arguably their two best holds guys. I suspect this is just to buy time in order to trade one or two other guys though.

 

I'd love to get either / both.

[King]

Alex do something

[NorthOf49]

Whatever they just gained in picking up Kimbrel, they probably just gave away by demoting arguably their two best holds guys. I suspect this is just to buy time in order to trade one or two other guys though.

 

I'd love to get either / both.

Kimbrel projects for 2.3 WAR by Fangraphs depth charts, which eclipses demoting those guys. Shawn Kelley projected better as a set-up guy too. It's still not a huge upgrade though, I agree with your main point.

[GreekFatAss]

Realistically who could we flip within reason to get both? It would tremendously add significant depth to the pen and allow us to put Castro and Osuna back in the minors where they belong...

[GD]

Realistically who could we flip within reason to get both? It would tremendously add significant depth to the pen and allow us to put Castro and Osuna back in the minors where they belong...

 

They were added to the 40 man. It's too late now.

[GreekFatAss]

They were added to the 40 man. It's too late now.

 

I would keep them down until June simply to avoid having a bunch of Super 2 guys in a couple years.

[Abomination]

Kimbrel projects for 2.3 WAR by Fangraphs depth charts, which eclipses demoting those guys. Shawn Kelley projected better as a set-up guy too. It's still not a huge upgrade though, I agree with your main point.

 

I think DC is regressing pretty heavily. I'd be shocked if either of those players ended up anywhere close to as "bad" as those projections suggest at the end of the year. Both probably outperform Kelley.

 

Hopefully they'll both be back up fairly quickly and we can find out.

[GD]

I would keep them down until June simply to avoid having a bunch of Super 2 guys in a couple years.

 

Of course. Problem is AA made it so that doing so would now cost an option. If he'd waited, like, a few hours, he might now have a couple of trade targets.

[TheHurl]

Love the deal for Atlanta. Kimbrel in that Petco should be illegal though.

 

I'm guessing that Quentin was DFA'd as a favour to him, when he signed in San Diego he said it was the only city he'd play for.

[guylaroche5]

the barves owned this deal. crazy overpay by the padres but I guess since they're "all-in" any sense of rationality is thrown out the window

[Stangstag]

Upton brothers reunion!!!

[Stangstag]

Why all of a sudden is BJ no longer being referred to as BJ?

 

Because he is an idiot.