Pretty funny - and whiny - when you think about that.
The deadline has always been July 31st. GMs had the August 31st deadline to trade if they played badly following the deadline and fell out of it to try to dump their bad contracts for 50 cents on the dollar if they wanted to clear the books. With all the new data they have access to, there's little reason they need more time than the way things are structured now. Zaidi already knows they're not running the table. So do the other GMs that are on the outside looking in. AA knows the Braves aren't getting by the Dodgers without significant upgrades.
*hit or get off the pot.
Has there EVER been a statement and question a certain someone should absolutely never have made and asked publicly more than...
Kinda pathetic to see yourself as a message board knight in shining armor. How impotent does someone have to be in real life to resort to playing hero on a message board?
Jordan Lyles to the Brewers.
"Well, you’ll learn soon enough that this was a massive red wave landslide." - thethe on the 2020 election that trump lost bigly
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Tapate50 (07-29-2019)
Bob Nightengale
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The Houston #Astros will come away with one more starter by Wednesday, and two GMs predict it will be Zack Wheeler from the #Mets
Get off my lawn!
jpx7 (07-29-2019)
It's really surprising to me that the Astros won't give up Whitley or Tucker for Thor. Miley doesn't seem particularly likely to continue his performance and Cole is a FA that they seem unlikely to re-sign. It would seem cashing in a prized prospect for a front line starter like Thor with 2 years of control matches up with their competitive window pretty nicely.
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jpx7 (07-29-2019)
I guess it would be worth looking into LH platoon OFs to see if there are any obvious candidates out there.
I'm not so sure he'd be a big upgrade for us. He's been hot lately, but he has put up a sub .800 OPS on the year in a very hitter friendly park. He has a wRC+ of 99. His defense isn't as good as Duvalls.
He might be a slight upgrade, but not a big one. Almost definitely not big enough for us to move assets for.