I'd be all for cutting their losses with Morales. They could try trading him to a dumb team looking for power and offer to eat half of the salary.
This would allow Pearce to DH.
I would take a stab at Otani. His age makes his likely cost not too scary imo. Just wish we could get rid of Morales to provide him some ABs at DH to sweeten our offer.
Ah man. That sucks.
How does Liriano (who will be a risky potential RP for Houston) plus salary relief get Hernandez, but Smith (who's been insanely dominant in the same role) yield this?
It's beautiful to watch. K rate and BB rate are trending in the right directions.
Since he's been back in AA, he has a 17.5% BB rate, and a 10% K rate. A nice little 9 game stretch he's on.
He could be, but Conner Greene can't miss bats. He doesn't really have a 2nd plus pitch. But who knows, his MILB K/9 is even worse than Sanchez' (who was actually not that bad).