southpaw777

Sandoval Tolle and Bennett all have legit concern to hit a wall. I’ve complained all year about trading away every last bit of pitching depth..with pushback. we trade Early and never replace his IP with something comparable? Sandoval? An opener and Bello? Please🙄 The rotation got worse. Why in Gods name, with IP limits and durability within the starting rotation lingering over their heads, do they not even attempt to get a starter? We actually may have to have an opener in the playoffs. Not ideal. Think About it. What if the worst case scenario happened and Tolle hit his wall, along with Bennett. and Sandy was pretty much useless after a two year layoff. I just think it was incompetent at best to not take this into consideration and get a starter at the deadline..

Theyre resting a couple pen arms for a couple weeks. We can always call up guys for the pen. They’ll be back mid September. Hopefully. If not then we have options. No, not the best, but better than what we have for the rotation…which is nothing. im hoping Crochet and Tolle can go to the pen for the playoffs. At least Crochet. It’s gonna be tricky for sure.

At least we got a big LHP which is what we needed. I think we can take care of the pen easier than the rotation.

Me either. I think Tolle will be able to go through September or very close though, whereas Bennett won’t.if anything Tolle will be a pen arm come October

He was rushed back, I agree. If you’re not going to address your most important need at the deadline, at least get a guy that doesn’t have to rehab and get his timing back.

Instead of getting a catcher that has gone 1-14 with 7 Ks, something Narvaez could have done just fine, we should have used those assets on a starter. Do you guys really think a catcher was more important this year than a starter? I like Adley, and the trade in general, but he wasn’t the most pressing need in my opinion. Pitching was. It’ll be even more obvious as the end of September approaches. Bennett is starting to hit the wall, at least it’s starting to look that way. Tolle looks strong, thank God. Sandoval and/or Bello will HAVE to step it up because there’s no help on the way. I complained that Breslow got rid of all our pitching depth, and I got a lot of pushback. I figured Breslow had to be an idiot to go get ANOTHER bat before getting a starter, even after Mead went down. But he did. The deadline wasn’t bad, they just didn’t address the most important need. Starting pitching. I hope these guys don’t ruin either one of these young starters after not getting this rotation the help it absolutely needed. Bennett is about 45ip over last year, which is right around shutdown time. They aren’t machines and he looks like he’s running out of gas. Pitching tired leads to injuries and/or bad performances. Neither one is good.

Well I am confident, from my managerial couch, that he won’t be a starter in the playoffs. but honestly, he’s already at 40ip over last year and There’s a month and a half to go before the playoffs. Do you believe they will just let him go until he can’t, or do you think he has a limit that they have discussed? He’s a big boy but he’s also a little over a year from returning from TJS. of course the team knows more than me, and I hope those two young arms are made of rubber and can go 80ip each over last years innings without any issues. I’m not so much concerned with Tolle as zi am with Bennett. I do now think Tolle could possibly start in the playoffs. I misread his ip. He’s only 22ip over last year.

Just my prediction champ.

I just don’t want the kids arm to have issues. Both him and Tolle. I’m ok with pushing it some, but they need to be careful with Bennett. That’s all I’m saying. Tolle has a longer leash for sure. And I’d have liked them to pick up another starter. It was a good deadline where they addressed up the middle catcher and bullpen. IMHO they absolutely needed a starter.

I understand that, but Are those guys coming off TJS just a year ago? Bennett will not be a playoff starter.

being a little snarky are we?😜 Bennett is going into today’s game at 116ip which is 41 more ip than last year. Most baseball people will tell you that 40ish ip past the prior years total is where they usually cut these young guys off, especially a little over a year returning from TJS in Bennetts case. They may push him a little but he’s NOT part of the playoff rotation. Tolle may last longer since there’s no injury and he’s a big boy who can handle a big ip load. so I imagine he could finish the season as a starter or come close. He’ll probably be a pen arm for the playoffs as well. it’ll be Gray Suarez Sandoval, with Bello hanging around, as it stands right now as our playoff rotation. sorry but I’m not incredibly confident with this. There were many low cost options to go get. I hope the guys they just promoted to AAA, Holobetz/Wehunt are ready for the show, and I hope the offense can get going again and stay there. With that said… Arias needs to come up. There’s zero for him in AAA. Like Devers and Xander, the rest of his development can happen in MLB. Anthony returning and Arias getting the call would be a nice boost this team could use.

Yup, been waiting for the Holobetz debut. Should be a hoot nanny

Bennett and Tolle will both hit a wall. There’s a month and a half left in the regular season, nevermind playoff innings. Crochet will most likely be a bullpen arm and not stretched out to be a starter in October. Sandoval has been out two years so durability and stamina are LEGIT concerns. So it’s Gray, Suarez (who’s not looked good since returning from the IL), Sandoval, and the wildcard Brayan Bello. Can Bello start again and have success?.. Is this what this team was going to rely on going into the playoffs? a lot of people wanted and said we needed another starter like we did in 2013 with Jake Peavy. Not a top guy, but a good solid starter that can handle the workload and take some innings from the others down the stretch. we’re going to have to hope the offense, with the additions of Adley Rucshman and a returning Roman Anthony, can carry us on some nights. Besides a good bullpen arm, they didn’t address pitching, and personally, I think they will regret it.

Wong is the only guy who has options I believe

We got what we needed. Y’all can ague the price but it was a good deadline. B

Unless there’s a lockout all year, which has been talked about.

That was my main concern with this deal. The huge possibility of a long lockout next year makes him a ridiculously overpaid 3 month rental if the plan wasnt to resign him right away. So then Anything short of winning a ring this year, this trade will be a huge failure. My guess is they must feel that they will re-sign him before the lockout.

Figure it out the rest of the year and move Duran in the off-season

They better fix those walks, and fast.

Mayer to SF for Erik Miller this is a solid trade for Breslow.

I know, and I hope they do.

If this doesn’t come with an extension, then I don’t think it’s a good trade. He’s been injured the last two years and is currently rehabbing a wrist injury. With a strike here next year very possible and no extension this turns into five prospects for two months of this guy.

They got two catchers apparently. He looks like Tolle brother with the stache

Unless there’s an extension attached to this at some point, Breslow got dog walked. Especially since there’s a likely strike in 2027.

Our med team sucks