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  1. Mr. Brooks
    Isn't that exactly what Brock is saying? Where did he give them credit for anything?
  2. Mr. Brooks
    That depends which source one uses. bWAR has him on pace for a 2.1 bWAR season. Fangraphs likes him less.
  3. Mr. Brooks
    Fair, if that's where you stand. Personally, I don't think it's reasonable to expect multiple arms as good as or better than Rogers. I think one guy on par with Rogers (hopefully pending), and another two a tier below (Romo + pending, or Romo + a current starter if we improve the rotation) is more realistic, and a pretty good upgrade to the staff.
  4. Mr. Brooks
    Some guys aren't open to extensions. And even if they are, that is completely separate from the timing of the trade. Why not trade for a player in the offseason, rather than at the deadline, and then extend him? You still get the same end result, but without paying the prospect premium for the 1/3rd of season that you aren't contending.
  5. Mr. Brooks
    Can any of the excellent draft day writers here tell us if there were any mid round picks that the Twins had on their radar that were sniped by Miami?
  6. Mr. Brooks
    Because as Brock said, you're paying a premium for the 1/3 season control that remains this year. There are also controllable assets available in the offseason, and you don't have to pay for extra team control that is wasted on a non competitive 1/3 of a season.
  7. Mr. Brooks
    I loved the improvement Diaz made this year. But it's pretty unlikely he'd have even gotten a shot here until 2021 at the earliest. By which point he'd have burned 2 options. We have Cron and Cruz next year, and Rooker at least, if not Kirilloff and Larnach are above him in the pecking order. A lot would have had to go right (or wrong) for him to get a realistic shot here before his final option season.
  8. Mr. Brooks
    Given that they weren't up against an 11th hour deadline, isn't the most likely explanation is that it's a 2019 draft pick that can't technically be named yet?
  9. Mr. Brooks
    So no move will be acceptable to you if the player isn't better than Taylor Rogers? I hope they get 1 arm that is as good as, or better than Rogers, but IMO, expecting 3 guys better than Rogers isn't reasonable.
  10. Mr. Brooks
    Oh, don't get me wrong. I'd like to have him too. He's been a bit unlucky, in addition to some regression. But it still has a long way to go to get into "fleecing" territory. Johan Santana for Jered Camp, now that's a fleecing.
  11. Mr. Brooks
    I could get behind that as an opportunistic strategy if you find yourself 7 games under in a year that happens to be a buyer's market. This year looks like it has the makings of a seller's market, so that would be a bizarre strategy, IMO.
  12. Mr. Brooks
    Nick Anderson has 0.2 career bWAR. We're calling that a "fleecing"?
  13. Mr. Brooks
    Well of course. Everyone would (and should) be underwhelmed if this is the only deal. I don't understand why, with more than 100 hours left until the deadline, people are already judging this as if it will be the only move.
  14. Mr. Brooks
    I mean, my mind is always open to be swayed, with some examples. But, I'm not sure that's true. How many sub .500 OPS bats have been allowed to hang around an MLB team, no matter how good their defense is?
  15. Mr. Brooks
    Yeah I love the deal. I don't get why people don't like it. He's clearly better than our worst reliever, and for net prospects exchanged, we gave up very little. I think people are letting perfect be the enemy of good. If this is all they get, it's not enough and they should be ripped. But that's independent of THIS trade. This trade in no way prevents them from continuing to improve the roster.
  16. Mr. Brooks
    It might be, it might not be. Those numbers alone don't give enough context. Theoretically a pitcher could have an 18.00 ERA and be perfect in save opportunities.
  17. Mr. Brooks
    Any reason you left off the rest of the sentence? The part that gives it it's context? How plugged in are you to dispute whether or not they've been aggressive "in their pursuit of upgrades"?
  18. Mr. Brooks
    As the third or fourth best deadline pickup? Yes. He improves our bullpen. He does so more by lifting the floor rather than the ceiling, but there is still plenty of time to get a couple of better pitchers.
  19. Mr. Brooks
    Three guys can't take one roster spot though, so you have to predict which one of the three is going to outpitch him. Which one will it be?
  20. Mr. Brooks
    Marlins 23rd ranked prospect, Chris Valliant is the pitcher we're getting back. He's their 5th round pick from 2018. Good fastball and slider, questionable control. Looks like a decent lottery ticket. We're also getting back a PTBNL.
  21. Mr. Brooks
    The Mets and Padres, both 7 games under .500 are considering BUYING? That would make for a bizarre trade deadline.
  22. Mr. Brooks
    A backup in MLB, or AA? He has a career .573 milb OPS. For perspective, that's 60 points lower than Drew Butera had in the minors. That would likely equate to about a .495 MLB OPS.
  23. Mr. Brooks
    Not quite well enough to win 2 out of 3, or they would have another win in the standings.
  24. Mr. Brooks
    I'm willing to refrain from overreacted to the Yankees series, so long as this team takes care of business against the Sox. Every team has ups and downs, and the team earned the big cushion they had early. But now that cushion is gone, and they have some bad teams on the schedule. Anything less than 3 of 4 will be a pretty big failure, IMO.
  25. Mr. Brooks
    What track record? His career ERA against the Yankees is 4.71, and that's with a lucky .224 babip.
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