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I would have been very happy with this return for Kopech as well.

Great stories. All-Star father and son beards as well.

I wonder what scouts think about him? His minor league numbers that last couple years don’t really justify his #67 ranking in MLB’s top 100, and I’m guessing he may be off the list completely in their next update. But if the Sox scouts (yikes) think Melton is legit, a Melton and SS Brice Matthews package could net Fedde. The Astros would probably rather give up Melton than Matthews.

You are correct. Oof, Puk was terrible as a starter and is now amazing as a reliever. And no, we are not getting a similar return for Tanner freaking Banks.

Per MLB.com: Deyvison De Los Santos was the D-backs #14 prospect. Andrew Pintar was the D-backs #30 prospect.

I would have gladly received a 3B/1B with his numbers as one of the prospects for Kopech. https://www.milb.com/player/deyvison-de-los-santos-691277 Pintar also has nice numbers as a 23 year old CF in AA: https://www.milb.com/player/andrew-pintar-801464 Seems like a nice return for the Marlins — two potential starting position players for a reliever with 2.5 more years of control.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/07/d-backs-to-acquire-a-j-puk.html For Deyvison De Los Santos and Andrew Pinter.

Robert isn’t helping himself get moved to a contender by playing like crap.

? Yeah, I’m sure the Sox are going to risk Fedde being a one year wonder. He’s gone.

Yet you spent the time to post in a thread that is clearly about ex-Sox player Cease throwing a no hitter not once but twice? Okay…

That’s pretty much what he was getting at.

And then his value goes from hundreds of millions of dollars to back in the crapper where it was before this breakout season.

The title of the article says it all. If Getz doesn’t complete the most trades of any team by the deadline, quite frankly he fucked up.

“The plan is if anyone wants to start him in October, he needs to have an extension first.”

It will be interesting to see if Crochet confirms it one way or another, but I doubt any of our garbage local reporters will be bright enough to ask him this question.

“Astros among teams expressing interest in Cubs pitcher Jameson Taillon: Sources”

Apparently… https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/07/garrett-crochet-hoping-to-stay-in-rotation-desires-extension-before-pitching-in-october.html

That is absolutely horrific. Getz didn’t deserve his job initially, or to keep it now. Like I’ve said, most GM’s would have to actually intentionally try to build a team worse than this one, and they would likely fail at failing as hard as Getz did.

Wow, so when you initially said that chances were slim that Crochet would be traded, you also knew that this Crochet news would leak today that he is demanding an extension to pitch into the postseason from the team that acquires him? Cuz that will be the reason he isn’t traded. This news is what changed things, not your thoughts from a couple weeks ago. I still think he is gone.

Ahmed’s competition is probably Little Nicky, not DeJong. They would dump Ahmed to improve to DeJong, especially because it wouldn’t cost much.

Yep, obviously they know who butters their bread. AJP DGAF.

Sounds like he wants to stay a starter but is using the fact that the postseason would throw him over an innings limit to force an extension from any team that wants to trade for him. Obviously, this isn’t going to increase his value. If true, it can only hurt it.

https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Sports/white-sox-pitcher-garrett-crochet-start-extension-traded/story?id=112283792

I just saw that he is actually having a pretty good season and couldn’t believe it.

Agreed. Grifol should be fired but won’t until the end of the season. Sheets should be DFA right after the deadline if he isn’t traded for some used jockstraps. Colas should be getting all of his at bats.