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That's a pretty nifty upgrade. Dermody is pretty worthless as all he can do is pitch in relief and he's not even good at it. Gaviglio isn't good either but he could provide replacement level to slightly above replacement level WAR as a SP. Stuff could play up in the pen perhaps.

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From https://www.minorleagueball.com/2017/5/11/15615796/mlb-rookie-profile-sam-gaviglio-rhp-seattle-mariners

 

Gaviglio is from Ashland, Oregon, and attended Oregon State University. He was drafted in the fifth round in 2011 by the St. Louis Cardinals. While generally decent in their system he never quite gained traction as a top prospect and had nagging injury issues. After posting a 4.28 ERA in 137 innings in Double-A in 2014, he was traded to the Mariners.

 

He’s spent the last two and a half seasons in the high minors for Seattle with decent results, posting a 3.71 ERA with a 50/14 K/BB in 63 innings in Triple-A last year and a 3.31 ERA with a 16/3 K/BB in 33 innings this season. He also started one game for Italy this spring in the World Baseball Classic, giving up two runs and five hits in 4.2 innings.

 

Gaviglio is listed at 6-2, 195, born May 22nd, 1990. A ground ball pitcher, he doesn’t throw especially hard, topping out at 91, and relies a lot on his slider and change-up. There’s nothing spectacular about him but he throws strikes and keeps the ball down. Long relief seems like the role for him.

Brownie19 New Hampshire Fisher Cats

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They do test. But you don't need PEDs to run.

 

 

Has anyone ever been suspended in the NBA for PED use? I don't think so which tells me they aren't really testing.

Spanky99 GOAT

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Buck - It's late September, and Pillar has kept it up all year. He still has an outside shot at the batting title, he just got his 200th hit, and he's just had an unbelievable season.

 

Pat - It's really been incredible. Even the advanced stats love him now. Our statistician tells us he has almost 6 WAR. That's 5th in the league.

 

Buck - Only negative, is his defence is declining. Only 5 runs above average, and he was at 20 a few years ago. Thanks to an astute fan Mikeleelop for pointing that out.

 

Pat - It's because he dives and it's going to cost him in the MVP voting. Everyone I talked to said they probably won't even put him in their top 10. Even though he's top 5 by our old drunk x-player standards, and by fangraphs we just can't vote for him

 

Buck - Yeah. Thanks to Mikeleelop for making that point. Pillar has the surprise season of a generation, with his hit tool now at 70, is slightly above average in centerfield, but we won't vote for him in the MVP contest.

 

Pat - he just dives to much. Common sense.

 

lulz... why I love olerud.

vdubmvp FCL Blue Jays

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Ah, one more damn week. I can't believe the regular season is finally almost here. This offseason was especially brutal.
vdubmvp FCL Blue Jays

vdubmvp

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Is it bad that i took a day off of work for opening day?

 

Not at all. Plus, now it's a four day weekend for you so I'd say that you definitely made a very good decision.

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So every NHL and NBA player is tested 0-3 or 0-4 times a year. I wonder what % of those players get the 0.

 

Baseball gets grilled over PED use to the point that the government gets involved, but NBA players, who are probably the biggest, strongest, most athletic men on earth aren't using PED's? (it's speculation, but only R.Lewis in 2009 was reported to have elevated testosterone, while everyone else was suspended for weed, hard drugs or diet pills?) Only 2 NHL players in history have been caught?

 

Utter nonsense. I guess it's a good thing the NHL doesn't test for cocaine, or the league would have to fold.

bones10 Dunedin Blue Jays

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Jaime Garcia? There isn't any debate on this man.

 

Right, I miscounted. Have they said what they're doing with biagini though?

G-Snarls Cooperstown

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FWIW MLB Network analyzed and ranked AL East starting rotations the other day after the Orioles signed Cobb

 

Everyone put Boston number 1

 

Jays and Yankees were 2 or 3 for everyone

 

Orioles 4th for everyone

 

Rays 5th for everyone

G-Snarls Cooperstown

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Staff looks good if Sanchez can return to form. Not sure what we have in Estrada though.

 

Sanchez looks beastly

 

I like our rotation a lot

Orgfiller All-Star

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FWIW MLB Network analyzed and ranked AL East starting rotations the other day after the Orioles signed Cobb

 

Everyone put Boston number 1

 

Jays and Yankees were 2 or 3 for everyone

 

Orioles 4th for everyone

 

Rays 5th for everyone

 

Chris Archer alone puts the Rays' pitching staff over the Orioles'.

G-Snarls Cooperstown

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Is JD ok? Hope it's just a small sample size anomaly but it's his worst ST ever by a wide margin...

 

As long as his swing looks good and he's moving well at 3B I'm not worried

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Is JD ok? Hope it's just a small sample size anomaly but it's his worst ST ever by a wide margin...

 

To me as long as he's healthy I couldn't care less about his ST stats. I guess that's what you're wondering as well.

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Chris Archer alone puts the Rays' pitching staff over the Orioles'.

 

I might have forgotten that there disagreement in the 4/5 ranking too

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