Week in Review: Quiet Deadline, Quality Response

[USAFChief]

8 hours ago, wabene said:

What is the point of this distinction? Just for criticism? Seems irrelevant that the trade was a few days before the deadline. 

I think the point is, swapping MLB players isn't really a "deadline deal" to add to a team.

Lopez for Floro was a deal done near the deadline, but doesn't qualify as what would generally be considered a "deadline deal." It neither added MLB talent to a team trying to improve for the stretch drive at the expense of MiLB talent, nor added MiLB talent at the expense of current MLB player(s).

 

 

[wabene]

19 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

I think the point is, swapping MLB players isn't really a "deadline deal" to add to a team.

Lopez for Floro was a deal done near the deadline, but doesn't qualify as what would generally be considered a "deadline deal." It neither added MLB talent to a team trying to improve for the stretch drive at the expense of MiLB talent, nor added MiLB talent at the expense of current MLB player(s).

 

 

Floro's steady hand may well prove to be an addition. 

[USAFChief]

9 minutes ago, wabene said:

Floro's steady hand may well prove to be an addition. 

Maybe so, but that still wouldn't be a "trade deadline deal" IMO.

As for Floro, he appears to me less talented than Lopez, but more predictable. Higher floor, lower ceiling. I lost all patience with Lopez, so I don't mind the swap at all.

But we're not getting any kind of dominant reliever here, which Lopez could be and sometimes was. We're also not getting the unusable guy that Lopez could be, and sometimes was.

[Blyleven2011]

1 hour ago, stringer bell said:

By my count 15-14 vs. the NL. 

Thanks , that alittle better than some years  ....

[Minny505]

20 hours ago, JD-TWINS said:

I love the guy [Julien] in the batters box!!

Can hardly watch him on defense. Nothing looks easy. Nothing looks intuitive - ever. Sooo mechanical. Hope he can fit at DH…..doesn’t seem practical for a young guy! Needs WORK!!!

I'd give him an offseason to work on LF. He's got decent speed. Ground balls and thort throws are his kryptonite.

Playing OF pretty much avoids that kryptonite.