https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gilbety01.shtml

Cornering the market on 30+ lefty relievers I see. 

For those who had to look up the names like me:

Tyler Gilbert is the guy who threw a no hitter in his first major league start a few years ago. He’s 31 years old. Bullpen piece. 

Aaron Combs was our 8th round pick in the most recent draft. Also a bullpen guy. 

Bad FIP… high walks… low Ks… ERA+ in rookie year was good back a couple years… Seems like a project.

Getzy out here acquiring the who's who of dudes I've never heard of. 

Stop trading younger players for old, lefty relievers 

It's always good to get those drunken "I'm cutting Shewmake!!!" resolutions out of the way, quickly. 

Combs looks like a piece that doesn’t need 40 man protection for several years.  Gilbert is a DFA that may or may not make the team. I don’t know wtf they are thinking.

6 minutes ago, Timmy U said:

Combs looks like a piece that doesn’t need 40 man protection for several years.  Gilbert is a DFA that may or may not make the team. I don’t know wtf they are thinking.

It would be nice if our GM had a track record of success to lean on that inspired confidence...

9 minutes ago, Timmy U said:

Combs looks like a piece that doesn’t need 40 man protection for several years.  Gilbert is a DFA that may or may not make the team. I don’t know wtf they are thinking.

The baseball men are cooking.

Last year they traded 32 year old left handed reliever Tanner Banks for a player better than Aaron Combs.  

Combs had a BB/9 over 4 in his college career. Gilbert had a nice line in AAA Lehigh Valley in 24.

 

14 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

Combs had a BB/9 over 4 in his college career. Gilbert had a nice line in AAA Lehigh Valley in 24.

Oh did the 30 year old reliever have a nice line in AAA

What a way to start the new year. 

4 minutes ago, DirtySox said:

 

McCarthy vs. Fletcher...?

16 minutes ago, bmags said:

Oh did the 30 year old reliever have a nice line in AAA

I know, right? Crowds were probably booing him for making the children on the other teams look bad. 

I'm guessing they are hoping he has a good first half and can get something for him otherwise it doesn't make a lot of sense to trade a kid in his early 20's for a 31 year old journeyman. 

This kind of reminds me when Hahn kept trading international bonus slot to other teams for minor league relief prospects.  Hopefully this “acquire all the unproven LH relievers in the 30’s that are a tweak away from real trade value” strategy works out better because this one in particular doesn’t make sense to me.

If you've never heard of him, he plays for the Chicago White Sox 

20 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

This kind of reminds me when Hahn kept trading international bonus slot to other teams for minor league relief prospects.  Hopefully this “acquire all the unproven LH relievers in the 30’s that are a tweak away from real trade value” strategy works out better because this one in particular doesn’t make sense to me.

If the argument is that Combs had a high walk rate in college, then that means Shirley made a bad draft pick.

11 minutes ago, Quin said:

If the argument is that Combs had a high walk rate in college, then that means Shirley made a bad draft pick.

Or, and hear me out, Getz hasn't a fucking clue what he's doing.

I wonder how many years of who cares trades  and signings we have left.

Edited January 1, 20251 yr by Dick Allen

1 hour ago, DirtySox said:

 

Hope this choice by Barfield works out better than his last one…

28 minutes ago, Quin said:

If the argument is that Combs had a high walk rate in college, then that means Shirley made a bad draft pick.

He was the 229th pick. Most of those picks have glaring issues. Come on.