GDT 4-19 Grant Holmes is King of the Road: 2 Hours of Pushin’ Broom….

thewupk said:
Yup. I think he's the one who moves down for Strider
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I think you forgetting about Perez, who has already been DFA'd once this year. There is zero chance we're kicking Holmes to the Pen in favor of Perez.

Perez will be heading back to Gwinnett unless someone decides he is worth 3.5 million.
 
Carp said:
I think you forgetting about Perez, who has already been DFA'd once this year. There is zero chance we're kicking Holmes to the Pen in favor of Perez.
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Doesn't make it the right move. Perez was clearly "DFAed" with the intent to bring him back like they did. They just needed another arm for a couple of days.
 
thewupk said:
Doesn't make it the right move. Perez was clearly "DFAed" with the intent to bring him back like they did. They just needed another arm for a couple of days.
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You do not risk losing someone if you think they are valuable enough to keep around. 29 other teams had the chance to take him for a measly 3.5 million. They all chose to pass.

Holmes is easily the better pitcher at this point in their careers.
 
Carp said:
You do not risk losing someone if you think they are valuable enough to keep around. 29 other teams had the chance to take him for a measly 3.5 million. They all chose to pass.

Holmes is easily the better pitcher at this point in their careers.
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Both are 4+ FIP starters. Holmes can actually be a good reliever. That being said, hopefully neither are in the rotation in a couple of months.
 
Why are we replacing Perez and not fat Jose? I din’t trust his command and think Perez is a better bulk guy

Then drop pampers when strider is ready.
 
thewupk said:
Both are 4+ FIP starters. Holmes can actually be a good reliever. That being said, hopefully neither are in the rotation in a couple of months.
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Perez xFIP is close to 5.00 over the last 4 years, compared to Holmes career xFIP of 3.90. Holmes has also has .9 higher fWAR over the last 3 years despite less innings pitched.

Holmes is clearly the better pitcher, and it isn't particularly close. The only valid argument is that moving Holmes to the pen saves the mileage on his arm, and potentially limits some pen usage. But I don't think he's really the type of pitcher you stress too much about protecting. He's the type of pitcher you keep running out until he breaks.
 
Whatever we do, we need to make sure we don’t lose control of the extra starter when Strider comes back. Pretty good chance we’ll need that extra depth at least until Waldrep and Schwelly come back this summer.
 
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