Around Baseball 2017

[BTS]

Gray for Fowler, Mateo, and Kaprielian. That's a lot of talent to Oakland.

[Dr. Dinger]

The Yankees must be ecstatic to get Sonny without giving up Adams, Sheffield, or Florial. Obviously, Gleyber and Frazier were never on the table. Mateo was expendable and is probably more of a Peraza type, Fowler is a 2nd division OF or 4th type, and Kaprelian is injured.

[Ray]

Kapriellian just had TJS, Fowler is out with a season ending injury, Mateo strikes out a ton and he's currently riding a hot streak in AA after struggling in High-A. All 3 have pretty high upside, but still a little puzzling.

[G-Snarls]

Jon Morosi‏Verified account @jonmorosi · 48s48 seconds ago

 

Source: Justin Verlander will *not* be traded today. @MLB @MLBNetwork

[jerb]

LOL

 

You and I have been simulposting all afternoon

 

It's always been a photo finish.

[G-Snarls]

[Pendleton]

Gray for Fowler, Mateo, and Kaprielian. That's a lot of talent to Oakland.

 

A lot of talent but coming with a lot of question marks

[G-Snarls]

Ken Rosenthal‏Verified account @Ken_Rosenthal · 1m1 minute ago

 

Source: #Pirates trade Tony Watson to #Dodgers, pending medical review. First: @JonHeyman.

[HERPDERP]

Tim Beckham to Orioles

[HERPDERP]

Darvish gone to Dodgers

[Candy Maldonado]

darvish traded

[BTS]

Kershaw

Darvish

Hill

Wood

Maeda

Ryu

 

Not bad.

[KevinGregg]

Kershaw

Darvish

Hill

Wood

Maeda

Ryu

 

Not bad.

 

the world series should be easy to win

[HERPDERP]

the world series should be easy to win

 

eh anything can happen. Phillies had like 3 aces and they only had 1 championship during that dynasty

[G-Snarls]

Damn

 

Dodgers are so stacked

[G-Snarls]

Darvish's contract so much friendlier than Verlander's

 

Makes more sense for LA

[G-Snarls]

How serious is the Kershaw injury?

[HERPDERP]

How serious is the Kershaw injury?

 

He'll be back in time for playoffs iirc

[KevinGregg]

eh anything can happen. Phillies had like 3 aces and they only had 1 championship during that dynasty

 

Halladay

Lee

Hamels

Oswalt

 

best rotation in recent memory

[Abomination]

Willie Calhoun is a nice get for Texas in the Darvish deal. Big power with next to no strikeouts.

[jaysblue]

Halladay

Lee

Hamels

Oswalt

 

best rotation in recent memory

 

They didn't even win a World Series with that rotation which is the funny thing. They didn't have Lee, Halladay and Oswalt in 2008.

[Abomination]

Halladay

Lee

Hamels

Oswalt

 

best rotation in recent memory

 

Randy Johnson and Schilling probably give them a run, even if the rest of the rotation was meh. In 2002, they combined to go 47-12, with 650 strikeouts. In 2001, 43-12 with 665 strikeouts. Johnson came close to 400 k's that year.

[BillBucknorslegs]

Randy Johnson and Schilling probably give them a run, even if the rest of the rotation was meh. In 2002, they combined to go 47-12, with 650 strikeouts. In 2001, 43-12 with 665 strikeouts. Johnson came close to 400 k's that year.

 

For me nothing will beat the mid 90's Braves rotation:

 

Maddux

Glavine

Smoltz

Avery

 

Unreal. And I hated the Braves.

[jays4life19]

Willie Calhoun is a nice get for Texas in the Darvish deal. Big power with next to no strikeouts.

 

What was the full deal?

[Captain Adama]

What was the full deal?

 

Darvish for Calhoun, A.J. Alexy and Brendan Davis.

[jays_fever]

Surprised people actually like that deal for Oakland.

 

If the Jays traded Stroman for that plus a little extra i'd be livid

[G-Snarls]

Halladay

Lee

Hamels

Oswalt

 

best rotation in recent memory

 

Cliff Lee retired sort of quietly didn't he??

[G-Snarls]

For me nothing will beat the mid 90's Braves rotation:

 

Maddux

Glavine

Smoltz

Avery

 

Unreal. And I hated the Braves.

 

Yeah

 

Best I've ever seen

[BTS]

Surprised people actually like that deal for Oakland.

 

If the Jays traded Stroman for that plus a little extra i'd be livid

 

I think Stroman is just a significantly better asset. His performance has been steadier, he's under control for a year longer, and he has no history of arm troubles. Gray had his derailed by arm issues, and lost a month this year to a lat strain.This feels like Oakland getting what they can while he's healthy.

[Abomination]

Surprised people actually like that deal for Oakland.

 

If the Jays traded Stroman for that plus a little extra i'd be livid

 

Well, Stroman has two extra years of control also. Those matter (a lot). I'm not particularly fond of the return given the injury concerns all around, but there is some pretty significant upside in the package. Oakland could do very well with it. If they had waited until the offseason or next trade deadline, it's highly unlikely they would have done any better.

 

edited: Hmm, I thought Gray was a free agent after 2018 for some reason.