I wish I liked a big market team that paid people.
8/184 is pretty pricey.
Can opt out two different times too, including after year 3.
That kid is gonna get paid.
good grab by astros getting giles from phils, love the walker trade to for mets. i probably like walkers bat more then zobrist.
Astros ended up sending Appel to the Phillies as part of that deal. Too early to call him a bust as a 1st overall pick?
It could be worse. You could be a Twins fan like myself. One of the wealthiest ownership groups in all of baseball, and they never pay for free agents.
Astros ended up sending Appel to the Phillies as part of that deal. Too early to call him a bust as a 1st overall pick?
they are going to trade for pitching, wont be jose but carrasco or tyson ross will be ok with me.
even tehran if its for javy and not soler
Cubs got a very good player in Heyward, but I don't understand why they went after him with amount of good position players they have. If I were a Cubs fan I'd prefer my team to spend that kind of dough on a front line starter. They don't have a lot of pitching talent in the minors. Lester is gonna be an old 32 next season. Lackey is a short term fix. Arrieta was insane last year, but do you have faith that wasn't a career outlier season? Price, Zimmerman, or Grienke would have made them that much better.
Maybe they'll send a package deal to Miami. Who knows?
I agree. I don't think he's going back to what he was before, but he was at an insane level last year. I just thought they could have spent some of that money on another elite pitcher. I don't think they are done. Somebody is probably gonna get traded for pitching.Career outlier season, perhaps. But WHY did he get better.
Average velocity in Baltimore: 91
Average velocity in Chicago: 94.3
He simply got mechanically better, and now has better stuff. Only way he loses his stuff is through age or injury. Yes, pitchers have to execute, location, yadda yadda. But he not only has more velocity but an effective cutter that he didn't have in Baltimore. The Orioles haven't developed (drafted as amateur) a top line pitcher since Mike Mussina, 24 years ago. Arrieta was drafted and coached in an organization that still thinks every starter should have an overhand curve, 4 seam fastball, and straight change. They coach their young pitchers like its 1980 and they're gonna have to throw 250 innings a year. Better not throw hard sliders, cutters, and splits, because we need you to start 44 games in our 4 man rotation. Its retarded. Baltimore ran Dick Bosman out of town and he went to Texas and then Tampa, under his watch the Rays developed top arms.