Ramón Laureano Presents the Twins With a Second Chance Following the Trade Deadline

[jorgenswest]

Cleveland added him

[Patzky]

4 hours ago, CRF said:

Wouldn't mind it, but extremely doubtful it happens. Why would the FO do it when we already have that perennial all star Gallo? 

Cleveland picked him up.

[Schmoeman5]

7 minutes ago, Patzky said:

Cleveland picked him up.

Dang. Nothing like slamming on the brakes

[Post-Concussive Blues]

Too bad we couldn’t add “Laser Ramòn” with his cannon arm and excellent nickname.

[chpettit19]

3 hours ago, old nurse said:

As a situational hitter a .270 hitter against lefties versus a .170 is more than 2 % better.  The question becomes does the situation arise often enough to warrant carrying that limited of a player. The analytically driven front office last off season came up with the answer of no

Well neither of those guys is a .170 hitter against lefties so I'm not sure what the point is? Over the final 2 months of the season it's such a small sample size of opportunity that I don't really care which one of them they pick. I actually don't think the FO came up with an answer of "no." I think they carried Solano for that situation. They're massive believers in platoon splits and force themselves into really weird spots because of it.

[h2oface]

11 hours ago, chpettit19 said:

Starts with the league of the releasing team (so AL in this example) and goes from worst record to best. If none of them place a claim it goes to the other league and goes from worst record to best. 

Does Steve Adams of MLB Trade Rumors have some new info? Or is he just a bit confused? See quote  

https://www.mlb.com/glossary/transactions/outright-waivers#

 

”As a reminder, Major League Baseball did away with revocable August trade waivers five years ago. Laureano was claimed off (irrevocable) outright waivers. He’s now under Guardians club control through the 2025 season, and Cleveland will pick up the remainder of this year’s $3.55MM salary. The Guards currently have MLB’s tenth-worst record, indicating that the eight non-A’s clubs ahead of them — Royals, Rockies, White Sox, Cardinals, Nats, Tigers, Mets, Pirates — all passed on putting in a claim.“

[old nurse]

10 hours ago, chpettit19 said:

Well neither of those guys is a .170 hitter against lefties so I'm not sure what the point is? Over the final 2 months of the season it's such a small sample size of opportunity that I don't really care which one of them they pick. I actually don't think the FO came up with an answer of "no." I think they carried Solano for that situation. They're massive believers in platoon splits and force themselves into really weird spots because of it.

What is Gallo hitting against lefties. What are any of the left hand hitters hitting against lefties? If it isn’t a problem why have I seen so many posts about needing a RH bat?

[chpettit19]

8 hours ago, h2oface said:

Does Steve Adams of MLB Trade Rumors have some new info? Or is he just a bit confused? See quote  

https://www.mlb.com/glossary/transactions/outright-waivers#

 

”As a reminder, Major League Baseball did away with revocable August trade waivers five years ago. Laureano was claimed off (irrevocable) outright waivers. He’s now under Guardians club control through the 2025 season, and Cleveland will pick up the remainder of this year’s $3.55MM salary. The Guards currently have MLB’s tenth-worst record, indicating that the eight non-A’s clubs ahead of them — Royals, Rockies, White Sox, Cardinals, Nats, Tigers, Mets, Pirates — all passed on putting in a claim.“

Yeah, I was unaware that they dropped the league dependent part of the waiver claim process in the new CBA.

[chpettit19]

1 hour ago, old nurse said:

What is Gallo hitting against lefties. What are any of the left hand hitters hitting against lefties? If it isn’t a problem why have I seen so many posts about needing a RH bat?

What does Gallo have to do with any of this? I was having a discussion with another poster about choosing between Laureano and Luplow. I don't care which one of them they choose. Lefties have nothing to do with what I was talking about. I don't care about the very small differences between whatever random waiver claim right handed bat they bring in to be the short side of a platoon outfielder.

[srlarson]

time to DFA Gallo.....