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Soria has been pretty similar in terms of performance. The option is expensive but he is a legit back of the pen option. I didn't think we'd be getting a top 100 guy or anything, but the A's have a pretty good farm and the Mets are also getting INT money. I would expect the Sox are also willing to eat some of Soria's pay to get a better prospect, although it takes two to tango in that respect.

Not finalized, but should happen pretty soon. Very interested in the Mets return, as Familia has very similar performance and contract situation to Soria.

Jose is probably an upgrade over Gattis at DH, and there's some upside for 2019, but I don't see a reason for the Astros to do this.

He's not in 21-30 either. I don't think he's on there.

I thought J-Rod was in the DSL. Lenyn Sosa is the kid at GF.

I dunno, I think thats a pretty good depth package for 3 months of Kelvin Hererra. His ERA is low but its not like he's been otherworldly good this year.

He hasn't been great, but yeah, this defense. woof

Spin rate and horizontal/vertical movement, and velocity and velocity deltas, mostly. When scouts talk about "stuff" I think they are usually discussing it independent of results. A guy with good "stuff" gets good results if he can mix and command his pitches to fool hitters. A guy with bad "stuff" can still get good results if he is really good at mixing and commanding (Kyle Hendricks, latter-day Bartolo, etc).

Y'all are hilarious. A 22 year old has a month of bad-ish starts and everyone is like "I never liked him, why did we get him, Hahn got snookered."

Bingo. If anything, they need more pitching. Even the guys that establish themselves in the majors can get hurt or lose effectiveness at any time.

LENYN SOSA ALERT

Damn, Dylan Covey has big hairy balls.

Would be fine sitting Yo for a couple games and letting Rondon play. Kid has been fine when called on.

I think when Avi and Leury are back, Tilson should stay up and Engel should go to Charlotte, because Tilson gives us a guy with a different look- that is, a guy that doesn't strike out.

Pretty generous inside corner, at least. Moncada called third and the first strike on Palka well off the plate.

Thanks for taking the time to put this together. I wonder if we'll see Coronado and Lenys Sosa at Great Falls, given their good seasons in 2017.

I think Eric and Kiley have said in the past they don't view Cease as a starter due to delivery and control concerns, but people said that about Kopech and he's #15, so IDK. Adolfo has better tools and performance than Rutherford or Basabe, so that makes sense. The arm injury isn't as much of a concern due to his position. They were high on Keston Hiura after the draft IIRC.

For us? Total snoozer. I'm at like 15% Abreu gets moved and everyone else will bring back limited returns. I think Shields goes in August and otherwise they move like, Soria and a couple other relievers. They might explore trading Rodon or Abreu this offseason, but I expect the deadline to be a dud.

I like that Fangraphs most-searched list now has Dylan Covey, as Red Sox and White Sox fans rush to their computers to find out "Who the F is Dylan Covey?"

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-most-and-least-team-friendly-strike-zones/ Combined, they've lost 134 strikes, due to horrid framing and bad luck on the batter side. Someone in the comments notes this equates to about two whole losses, just on lost strikes. You probably already knew this, but it's neat to see it quantified.

Reminds me of Jameson Fisher. Could work out ok.

Leyland constantly needs a smoke.

Hm, he's probably hoping to go sooner, and he probably will. If not him, Schnell or Siani would be good options if they're available.

Still hoping Alek Thomas is there at 46 but I highly doubt it.

I haven't seen anything from outside the org that indicates he will be a catcher, but his batting eye is MLB ready so maybe he can be a sort of poor mans Carlos Santana and fake it back there for a few years.