Around the League: 2017 offseason edition / 2018 Season

i bet by this time next year, glasnow is considered a better pitcher than archer. or, teams would much rather have glasnow.
 
the phillies are already overloaded with 1B types who can't play any defense...i guess he's a much better bench bat than the injured altherr tho.
 
Depending on the price on Bour, I might have seriously considered jumping on him just to block him from the Phillies. Even if it's pricey, it still doesn't make a whole lot of sense to just keep carrying Flaherty on the active roster. It's because....why outside of being related to Markakis?
 
GeorgiaGirl said:
Depending on the price on Bour, I might have seriously considered jumping on him just to block him from the Phillies. Even if it's pricey, it still doesn't make a whole lot of sense to just keep carrying Flaherty on the active roster. It's because....why outside of being related to Markakis?
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It appears he's got 2 years left of arbitration after this one. It's quite possible he's a non tender candidate for the Phillies after this year, since they don't have a starting spot for him.
 
GeorgiaGirl said:
Depending on the price on Bour, I might have seriously considered jumping on him just to block him from the Phillies. Even if it's pricey, it still doesn't make a whole lot of sense to just keep carrying Flaherty on the active roster. It's because....why outside of being related to Markakis?
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Phillies just added a career .816 ops bench bat that has notoriously killed the braves. AA still has flaherty. If the braves come up just short in playoff race, AA should get plenty of blame for holding flaherty for so long. No excuse
 
msstate7 said:
Phillies just added a career .816 ops bench bat that has notoriously killed the braves. AA still has flaherty. If the braves come up just short in playoff race, AA should get plenty of blame for holding flaherty for so long. No excuse
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i'll counter with they also have bad players on their bench (kingery, knapp) and they just acquired another poor defender. basically no one on that squad plays good defense. it's pretty amazing their pitchers have the numbers they do.
 
Super said:
i'll counter with they also have bad players on their bench (kingery, knapp) and they just acquired another poor defender. basically no one on that squad plays good defense. it's pretty amazing their pitchers have the numbers they do.
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Knapp is 0.5 fWAR in 66 games. Kingery is at least a future piece. We're holding on to flaherty who is at -0.2 fWAR in 70 games. RF has no role on this team other than bench bat, and he's horrible at hitting... career .637 ops. He has no future here either. He is just a waste of a roster spot on a contending team. Just a brain dead move by AA holding him
 
msstate7 said:
Knapp is 0.5 fWAR in 66 games. Kingery is at least a future piece. We're holding on to flaherty who is at -0.2 fWAR in 70 games. RF has no role on this team other than bench bat, and he's horrible at hitting... career .637 ops. He has no future here either. He is just a waste of a roster spot on a contending team. Just a brain dead move by AA holding him
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i'm not saying i support keeping RF. i don't.
but who cares that kingery is a future piece? what does that mean for this season where he's been terrible?
bour just doesn't do much to move the needle.
 
Super said:
i'm not saying i support keeping RF. i don't.
but who cares that kingery is a future piece? what does that mean for this season where he's been terrible?
bour just doesn't do much to move the needle.
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Hope not, but it could affect head-to-head games. Bour career ops vs braves = 1.023 (202 PA)
 
msstate7 said:
Hope not, but it could affect head-to-head games. Bour career ops vs braves = 1.023 (202 PA)
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i don't think he's just better hitting against the braves than vs other teams.

enscheff, is this something more likely to even out than continue?
 
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