The point is moot, we won the game and brazier exceeded my expectations.
However, if I had been manager, I would have gone with anybody other than brazier.
Scott with his 2nd Portland tater.
At Worcester hernandez with his 9th tater of the season.
At Greenville Kavadas did not get a tater, but he did get a walk!
I have devers and Mayer as my entire untouchable list. And hopefully Hang’em Chaim does as well.
Bogey has the no trade, and I doubt he would waive it for Washington. But I think he would waive it for the dodgers, Mets or cardinals.
Washington is a mess. They need pitching and prospects. We can do that for them.
For houck, the run that caused the blown save was after he bugles the throw!
For putting in brazier in the bottom of the 11th, as I said in the other thread, Cora should be drug tested positive immediately!!!!!
Kavadas and Greenberg could figure out how to get on base from a subway train!
Come august 2, I am hopeful Kavadas is either playing in Portland, or part of the trade for Soto!
Greet news, Washington offered Soto 440 million over 15 years and he turned it down. Now Washington is entertaining trade offers.
Hang’em Chaim’s trade deadline to do list:
1.) trade for Soto
2.) convince Detroit that they to trade fulmer to us and unload deadweight rodriguez back to us.
3.) trade for one more high quality right handed reliever!
Time to jettison some highly regarded players for a shot at Soto.
A lineup of:
Duran
Devers
Soto
Bogey
Martinez
Verdugo
Story
Vazquez
Dalbec
Would be monster.
Come on my man! You gotta keep the faith. Yes the rays swept us four straight games!
But they beat 3 triple a pitchers and then the crack bullpen blew yet another game!
I thought Winkowski pitched well. He is developing into a mlb pitcher before our eyes.
Crawford was doing great through 6 innings. Best game I have ever seen him throw! Why we brought him out for the seventh without having somebody else warmed up in the bullpen is a question only Cora can answer.
Good things going on here. A typical season is filled with peaks and valleys. You can’t let the valley bring you down.
We need to focus on more productive things, like how to get brazier off the roster and Soto and two quality right handed relievers on the roster!
At Greenville, Northcut with his 26th tater of the season, not a typo,
Also Kavadas with another walk tonight, and he hit his 7th Greenville tater of the season.
Winkowski threw a decent game tonight against the rays. I like him more and more every time I see him.
Our rotation is soon to be:
Sale
Eovaldi
Pivetta
Wacha
Hill
Winkowski
Crawford
Bello
What could we get if we traded eovaldi to a national league team that needs a starter at the deadline?
Yes eovaldi would be a rental, but teams paid through the nose for high to medium end rentals last trade deadline!
In Greenville, Kavadas with his 6th Greenville tater of the season and 20th tater overall this season. Plus he got 2 more walks today, that gives him 14 Greenville walks versus 14 Greenville strikeouts. Man is he a beast.
Northcut with his 25th tater of the season.
Sikes with his 2nd Greenville tater of the season.
Olds with 9 strikeouts in 4 innings.
Brazier has to follow Robles as soon as possible. He is horrible!
Time for Hang’em Chaim to trade for two high quality shut down right handed relievers!