Yeah, it was one of those 'one bad pitch' outings. Seems like the third or fourth game in a row Buch has given up a crooked number early and then pitched well after that. He might be about to go on one of his good runs, but it better start soon.
Trading for Trout would be like trading for Jessica Alba but having your balls cut off in the process. (Just a little Talksox humor for a Friday afternoon.)
Wow, this article is quite a hatchet job. Drew being signed and Bogaerts being moved to third in 2014 coincided with Middlebrooks getting injured.
A lot of assumptions about Farrell being the one making decisions like promoting Vazquez or trying Swihart in left.
And where is the mention of Shaw starting over Panda or how well the young guys are doing this year?
(Note to Fred - I realize the reason you posted this was only because of Swihart.)
Buchholz is only a sliver of the problem really. Ben left us with a paper-thin rotation and a bloated payroll. Acquiring Price & Kimbrel put us way over the luxury tax limit. So to sign a guy like Chen you have add on 30% in tax. The only real option is to trade prospects for a cost-controlled arm.