The Nationals traded Shawn Kelley to the Athletics and are reportedly talking to Greg Holland who was recently released by the Cardinals.
https://www.federalbaseball.com/2018/8/5/17653756/washington-nationals-trade-shawn-kelley-to-oakland-nats-talking-greg-holland
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 6 August 2018 14:35 (five years ago) link
https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/padres-allow-tyson-ross-jordan-lyles-to-join-cardinals-brewers-off-waivers/
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 6 August 2018 14:36 (five years ago) link
mike fiers to oakland
― mookieproof, Monday, 6 August 2018 18:19 (five years ago) link
adeiny hechavarria to the pirates
― mookieproof, Monday, 6 August 2018 20:18 (five years ago) link
proven closer greg holland to the nationals
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 14:19 (five years ago) link
i laughed when holland indicated that he wanted to play for a contender (or at least a potential contender, in the nats' case), but i guess scott boras has some clout
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 17:17 (five years ago) link
Greg Holland currently sports a 7.92 ERA, 7.92 K/9, 7.92 BB/9 stat line
seriously
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 18:58 (five years ago) link
he was so bad that tyson ross is seen as an improvement
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 19:00 (five years ago) link
fernando rodney is headed to his 10th team
― mookieproof, Friday, 10 August 2018 02:36 (five years ago) link
it's impressive -- rodney got a late-ish start, but he's been around a long time. he is, for another few days, the active saves leader. he's been mostly average, couple bad seasons, with a few stretches of utter dominance mixed in. no aroldis, but definitely an above-average reliever for like 15 years.
and his entire career has been as valuable as four months or so of trout or betts
― mookieproof, Friday, 10 August 2018 05:29 (five years ago) link
Why does Oakland need 15 closers?!
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 10 August 2018 18:30 (five years ago) link
for that game against the Yankees
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 10 August 2018 18:31 (five years ago) link
Justin Bour to Phillies
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 10 August 2018 19:14 (five years ago) link
Why does Oakland need 15 closers?!― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, August 10, 2018 11:30 AM (one hour ago)
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, August 10, 2018 11:30 AM (one hour ago)
Closers are the new CF
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 10 August 2018 20:13 (five years ago) link
I suppose it might not be too expensive a bet for a team to go for it, in trying to bring in a couple of more relievers to try to shorten games.
― earlnash, Saturday, 11 August 2018 23:42 (five years ago) link
pirates send RHP shane baz (12th overall pick in 2017) to tampa as the ptbnl in the chris archer deal
that is quite a lot for a guy who isn't really an ace, but maybe the pirates just realized that they're incapable of developing pitching prospects and might as well get rid of them
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 14 August 2018 19:26 (five years ago) link
all the while Glasnow's been killing it so far for the Rays.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 14 August 2018 19:33 (five years ago) link
i'm not sure i would've traded glasnow for archer, let alone add two more players to the mix.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 14 August 2018 19:34 (five years ago) link
small sample for glasnow, but there seems to be a trend (gerrit cole, charlie morton . . . ) of pitchers improving when they leave pittsburgh
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 14 August 2018 19:42 (five years ago) link
for a while it was the opposite – Happ, Liriano come to mind.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 14 August 2018 19:55 (five years ago) link
Melancon^^^
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 14 August 2018 20:00 (five years ago) link
playoff pinch-running specialist terrance gore to the cubs
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 15 August 2018 15:40 (five years ago) link
missed this, but the rockies signed matt holliday to a minor league deal a few weeks ago -- went 4-for-4 for albuquerque last night
― mookieproof, Thursday, 16 August 2018 15:02 (five years ago) link
Holliday could be a nice pinch hitter to have for a stretch run, if he has his batting eye. Be cool for him, if this is the last shot, to finish his career in the bigs for the team he came up with. He still had some power when he left.
Giambi and Thome had a couple big hits a the end of their career doing that thing.
― earlnash, Thursday, 16 August 2018 23:54 (five years ago) link
nationals are giving up
matt adams back to st louisdaniel murphy possibly to the cubs
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 21 August 2018 18:25 (five years ago) link
dodgers made a waiver claim on harper (no deal yet)
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 21 August 2018 18:34 (five years ago) link
ugh fuck daniel murphy https://deadspin.com/daniel-murphy-disagrees-with-the-gay-lifestyle-1689309224
― na (NA), Tuesday, 21 August 2018 18:34 (five years ago) link
whoa
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 21 August 2018 18:36 (five years ago) link
sources: waivers have expired on Bryce harper. he is staying with nats.— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) August 21, 2018
boo
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 21 August 2018 18:40 (five years ago) link
#Mets have traded Jose Bautista to the #Phillies— Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) August 28, 2018
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 28 August 2018 16:54 (five years ago) link
Batsy we hardly knew ye
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 28 August 2018 17:05 (five years ago) link
lucas duda to the braves
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 29 August 2018 21:27 (five years ago) link
Yankees have traded for McCutchen (giving up their #23 prospect, who's also 23). McCutchen's a free agent, so I guess he's just filling in for Judge.
https://www.mlb.com/news/andrew-mccutchen-trade-talks-with-yankees/c-292684000
― clemenza, Friday, 31 August 2018 03:35 (five years ago) link
donaldson 'likely to be traded'
cardinals 'involved'
― mookieproof, Friday, 31 August 2018 14:59 (five years ago) link
I am ‘likely to be grumpy’
― Karl Malone, Friday, 31 August 2018 15:11 (five years ago) link
ehh, it's just a month's worth of salary, they won't be dealing away anyone useful
― mookieproof, Friday, 31 August 2018 15:16 (five years ago) link
Ryan Madson to Dodgers
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 31 August 2018 19:30 (five years ago) link
donaldson to the indians
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 1 September 2018 01:13 (five years ago) link
it's impressive how all the relievers have been crammed into half the teams
― mookieproof, Saturday, 1 September 2018 03:08 (five years ago) link
the grandyman to milwaukee
― mookieproof, Saturday, 1 September 2018 03:42 (five years ago) link
Adeiny Hechavarria to NYY -- polish up that trophy
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 1 September 2018 05:06 (five years ago) link
david freese to the dodgers
― mookieproof, Saturday, 1 September 2018 19:15 (five years ago) link
Milwaukee going full in, seems like they didn't give up all that much for their rentals.
― earlnash, Saturday, 1 September 2018 19:32 (five years ago) link
Baseball does look setup to have a potentially interesting stretch run with a 1/3 of the teams pretty much tanking, there are a lot of clubs with good records this year.
― earlnash, Saturday, 1 September 2018 19:34 (five years ago) link
Yeah, I had a feeling there was something shady about the sequence of events surrounding this trade:
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/24633842/circumstances-cleveland-indians-acquisition-josh-donaldson-draws-ire-multiple-teams
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 04:50 (five years ago) link
"I guess he got reinjured on the plane," an unnamed executive told The Athletic.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 14:07 (five years ago) link