they are building around a 38 year old lance lynn in 2025
Nuke LaLoosh said:
Fisher will always have a special place in my heart
Deluxe said:Nuke LaLoosh said:
Fisher will always have a special place in my heart
Trying to remember his most memorable Astros moment...
I'd consider throwing someone else in just to avoid having to take Odortjack16 said:If I was the rangers I'd go outfield and pitching prospects. Then find a way to sneak Odor onto the plane with him as a "if you order now you also get______" dealbearkatag15 said:
This seems like a strange asking price for Gallo... if you are wanting to rebuild they should be targeting prospects. not current big leaguers
TarponChaser said:Deluxe said:
Quick flashback to the 2019 trade deadline and Jomboy's reaction when we got Greinke.
Man, I still love this video. The absolute crushing devastation of these two is just fantastic.
The Dodgers have been willing to sell off excess pieces to keep the farm strong (see Puig and Wood to the Reds). It's something I wish we would do. There's a reason their farm is still top 5 while ours is bottom 5.EastCoastAgNc said:I don't get that one. Was he a starter for the Dodgers or a reliever? Why would they be selling off pieces?bearkatag15 said:
Day isn't over yet...
W said:
the Padres haven't made the playoffs since 2006.
haven't won a playoff series since their mega-roid-fueled 1998 team
Johnsy3 said:W said:
the Padres haven't made the playoffs since 2006.
haven't won a playoff series since their mega-roid-fueled 1998 team
It still hurts
He wasn't as good as his finish, obviously, but he did run into some bad luck.AggiEE said:bearkatag15 said:
Cole sucks now.
He sucked at the start of last year, too. I clowned him.
Then he started dominating...so we'll just need to wait and see if he can adjust.
definitely not worth that mega contract though
Farmer1906 said:He wasn't as good as his finish, obviously, but he did run into some bad luck.AggiEE said:bearkatag15 said:
Cole sucks now.
He sucked at the start of last year, too. I clowned him.
Then he started dominating...so we'll just need to wait and see if he can adjust.
definitely not worth that mega contract though
First 12 starts
4.11 ERA
3.12 FIP
2.55 xFIP
You can see he was going to regress to the mean (put up better #s)
This year is a little different. His ERA is similar to his FIP/xFIP.
3.51 ERA
4.38 FIP
3.41 xFIP
It may look even worse after today.
Something is happening to cause him to be hit harder and higher.
2019 -> 2020
Exit Velo: 87.6 -> 90.6 (highest of his career)
Launch Angle: 14.0 -> 17.5 (highest of his career)
Barrel %: 5.7% -> 11.1% (again highest of his career)
His vertical movement is slightly down across the board (not much tho) & velo too (again barely). Which makes sense because his spin is down too.
Looking at some of the visuals, he's throwing his breaking pitches outside and farther from the strike zone.
He's eliminated his sinker, but that was his worst pitch so it shouldn't be hurting him.
I fully expected to see something just out when reviewing him more closely, but I'm not seeing it. He's just getting roughed up. Maybe he's tipping? Did Maldonado make that much of a difference compared to Gary (I assume that's his catcher).