GDT: 8/3 Whalen Debuts tonight

Dude was sitting 88-90 with his fastball. That kind of stuff is not going to play for long at the MLB level. I'm glad we have a new guy "that just knows how to pitch" to cheer for though!

Not unless he has better control than he showed tonight. Soft tossers have to have some deception and good control. A lot of them have been successful if they have those things. I am willing to see him again to see if he can keep getting guys out. His minor league record suggests that potential.
 
Could the Rockies potentially be interested in aybar with story going down? Hopefully aybar keeps playing better and it happens
 
Is Garcia becoming at least a platoon player for us next season? He's really looking good lately

Since he can play both infield and OF and hits lefties well I'd say that was always how I saw him. But when he's going good he can start vs righties too.
 
Could the Rockies potentially be interested in aybar with story going down? Hopefully aybar keeps playing better and it happens

Haha, no. Maybe someone takes him if we eat all but a little of left on his contract. But that is basically paying him to go away and if you get anything back it would be someone seen as a non-prospect (filler type). IOW, sure you can trade anyone if you want to bad enough.
 
Really gotta hand it to Whalen. He "gave his team a chance to win". To handle that first inning fail and pitch as well as he did after that was pretty impressive for a MLB debut. Certainly earned himself the right to make another start.
 
Probably not, but aybar is hitting better.

Last 30 games (not counting 2-3 tonight)...
.263/.330/.326

Rockies 3.5 out of wildcard

I fully realize how bad we are but Colorado looked better to me than the vast majority of teams we've faced this year.
 
Yep. We'll probably sign him for next year now

I've had better nightmares than the thought of another year of Aybar at SS.

Don't look now but Inciarte has raised his BA by about 30 points in the last couple of weeks. A 14 game hitting streak will do that, I guess.
 
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