Nice stretch of 6 straight hits, two homes runs and 5 runs in total to send Iwakuma to the showers. I have always wondered if a starter gets pulled early does he head straight for a shower before heading back to the dugout ( :
All I can say is that I am really looking forward to being back at the dome on Friday night. No turning my back on this team now, ride or die until the end.
I don't think you can ever really blame the GM for a draft pick not signing. The slot amount can really be out of whack with what a kid actually gets. Sometimes a kid in the 28th round will get more than what say someone in the 7th round. What's the deal with that?
I for one hate when WAR is attributed to a player of days gone by. Simply put was War being talked then. WAR is not even a real stat as people have different views of it.
On the issue of Happ, if had 22-23 wins he would be a favourite.
Here is a very interesting piece on the international free-agent market and how crazy of a crapshoot it really can be. It looks at all the deals AJ Pellar did during his time with the Rangers.
https://gwynntelligence.com/2016/04/22/a-j-preller-and-his-dominican-duds/
I get that some would be unused but in the area of 7-8K, that's hard to believe. Pass them off to a guy in the mailroom if they are floating around, I am pretty sure he would appreciate it.