Abomination

Highly unlikely. Next year will be a feeling out process, and we'll probably look to spend in 2021 to fill the holes.

I'm very happy they got neither.

Pompey probably gives better defense (he'd likely be young Pillar territory) and better SB ability. Fisher likely has him in every other area.

It's possible, but Pardinho has 24 innings in A ball, Woods-Richardson has 78, and Manoah has 1 in A-. I don't think it's at all unreasonable to project a full season between A and A+ next year, perhaps with SWR hitting AA for half the year in 2020, then AA and AAA in 2021. They may get cups of coffee then, but 2022 seems reasonable just considering where they are and where they need to get to. Of course, they could utterly dominate and move that timeline up.

In a must-win game, I'd probably throw Giles out there until he broke.

I would say (some of these guys may get cups of coffee the year before): Wave 1 (now) ----------------------------------- Wag Thornton Borucki SRF Merryweather Pannone (I think he gets a legit chance to start) Wave 2 (2020) ------------------------------------ Pearson Kay Zeuch Wave 3 (2021) ----------------------------- Luciano Murphy Diaz Wave 4 (2022) ------------------------- Pardinho Woods-Richardson Manoah Kloffenstein

He basically didn't stick because he was only called up to fill in for short-term injuries. The Astros have been stacked for a few years now. Is he a sure-fire MLB regular? No. His combination of speed and power, plus the ability to play an above average CF, is exactly the kind of guy we should be targeting though. Plus, he draws lots of walks. That said, we basically had all the leverage in this trade, and bent over.

To be fair, he would have to displace Brantley, Springer, or Reddick to get playing time, and is blocked from behind by a super prospect who is basically MLB ready.

Then schedule an off-day the next day. Or better yet, schedule trade deadline day as an off-day.

I'd like to say that MLB should NOT play day games on trade deadline day.

It looks like we have 5 years of control and he has no options.

Oh hell yeah!

If our pitching doesn't completely implode (and that's a huge if), I think we could actually play close to .500 ball the rest of the season. We have a lot of high end young bats who could make a lot of noise, and a lot of young players very eager to make an impression.

I would rate the deadline a C- or a D personally. I like three of the players we acquired (Fisher, Kay, and Woods-Richardson). I think we BADLY lost both of the "major" trades. They may work out well for us, but I don't think we got anywhere close to fair value at the time of the trade. I think we lost the Phelps trade, based on the scouting reports I've seen and his stats. However, if some of the verbal reports about Hatch having really good untapped stuff are true, then I might change my mind on that. Otherwise, he seems like a guy who, at best, might make a few shuttle trips and generally provide negative value. The Hudson trade I find more interesting. We probably got decent value there, especially if we move Johnston to the pen. Brock Stewart is an interesting free pickup, at least from a potential talent perspective. I'm interested to see who pitches in the rotation for the next two months. I find it hard to believe we'll be aggressive in calling up prospects, as they probably aren't quite ready yet and it would be stupid at this point to start the clock on someone who isn't. Signing someone like Harvey for the rest of the season feels like a no-brainer.

I'm fine with Atkins being in charge of the draft, but he should never be allowed to talk to another GM about a trade again. Ever. I like three of the players we've gotten, but imo we lost on pushed on every single trade we made this deadline (except for possibly Hudson) while selling from a position of strength.

There's virtually no chance he starts in their non-playoff one either.

Sanchez just said he expects to remain a starter. There's going to be some interesting discussions between him and Houston management very shortly.

There had better be. I like Fisher, but the return was still a bit light imo before adding more on our side. I'm sure we're adding money too ... because we have in pretty much every trade.

Fisher appears to be a legitimate CF with high walk rates and power, and a guy who is starting to use the whole field at the plate. He is a very good pickup. Weak arm is probably the only real knock on him.

IMO Fisher > all our outfielders except Gurriel.

I think it's a bit light for both, but I do really like getting Fisher.

I think they said something about trade talks really heating up around him, but nothing imminent. I'm sure he would have played if necessary.

Law pitched the last 2 games, and 3 of the last 4. Mayza has thrown in 3 of the last 4.

Looks like we gave up money in this deal too.

Very few other options. Most guys were either used in this game, or had pitched 3 out of 4 or the last 2. They probably wanted to keep someone (Gaviglio) in reserve in case he's needed for bulk innings tomorrow.