I don’t get it either. When he’s right, he’s as dominant as any pitcher in the game. The kind of guy who can carry a team through the playoffs. I’d easily give him a 5/150 deal
Yimi has a 6.00 ERA and 5.46 xFIP with Seattle, and is now on the IL with right elbow inflammation.
Unfortunately, the team was selling a compromised asset, other teams knew it, and it hurt the return.
That's insane. They've had a complete inability to find quality offensive talent from outside the org, to the point where its actually embarrassing for them.
The Orioles big trade deadline acquisitions:
Gregory Soto - generally sucks and has an ERA over 15 with Baltimore
Trevor Rogers - got nuked and optioned to AAA
Zach Eflin - on the IL with a shoulder injury
Eloy Jimenez - replacement level through 16 games
This team is not serious about winning
I think he's a lock to get in. Not sure about first ballot though. A couple things working in his favour: spending his entire career with one team, and the fact that basically everyone in and around the game loves him.
I wonder if things are bad enough that it's a "trade him for whatever you can get" situation in the offseason. His body language seems really bad. They could, maybe, hold and hope he returns to form. But if he's mentally checked out and going to sulk around next season too, they probably don't really want him around.
I'm trying to think of recent trade that included a similarly distressed asset:
- 1 year from free agency
- relationship with team seemingly fractured - no shot at extension
- has been roughly replacement level over the last calendar year
- significant injury issues - 4 different IL stints for issues with the same leg over the last two seasons
This feels like a Donaldson situation where the team ends up with almost nothing
He has a real shot at 3000 strikeouts. Should finish this season over 2400. 4 more years of 150 gets him there. Can he stay reasonably healthy from 36-39?