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Adrian Houser traded to TB for former top prospect Curtis Mead


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20 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

I only watched a couple episodes of the Red Sox doc on Netflix, but I think there's a running subplot with the wife of one of the players living in a hotel with the kids. It's gotta suck dumping everything on the wife to keep the family going, and all. 

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2 hours ago, WestEddy said:

I only watched a couple episodes of the Red Sox doc on Netflix, but I think there's a running subplot with the wife of one of the players living in a hotel with the kids. It's gotta suck dumping everything on the wife to keep the family going, and all. 

It can be a real issue... of course, the money made helps overcome the situation some what. 

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5 minutes ago, Buehrle>Wood said:

So I assume that is for this year so he has to stay on the 26 man next year or risk waiver claim. Interesting with glut of infielders.

Correct. This is his last option year. He can be sent down something like up to 5 times per option year. Next season, he is out of options and has to be rostered on the 26-man all season, or DFAed. Bryan Ramos is in the same position, so I'd think they would have called him up instead of Amaya. 

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12 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

Correct. This is his last option year. He can be sent down something like up to 5 times per option year. Next season, he is out of options and has to be rostered on the 26-man all season, or DFAed. Bryan Ramos is in the same position, so I'd think they would have called him up instead of Amaya. 

You use an option when you send someone to the minors period, even if it is to start a season.  Ramos has already had his option for this year activated.

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20 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

Correct. This is his last option year. He can be sent down something like up to 5 times per option year. Next season, he is out of options and has to be rostered on the 26-man all season, or DFAed. Bryan Ramos is in the same position, so I'd think they would have called him up instead of Amaya. 

I assume Ramos will replace Rojas on the roster next season, without burning $3.5 million in the fire pit.

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24 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

You use an option when you send someone to the minors period, even if it is to start a season.  Ramos has already had his option for this year activated.

I feel like I've been looking for that piece of info for a decade. Thank you. Finally makes sense why "options years" often just work like expiring credits. 

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35 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

You use an option when you send someone to the minors period, even if it is to start a season.  Ramos has already had his option for this year activated.

Correct. But there is a limit to how many times a player can be sent down in a single season. I believe it's 5, then the player gets to become a free agent if they choose. 

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2 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

Correct. But there is a limit to how many times a player can be sent down in a single season. I believe it's 5, then the player gets to become a free agent if they choose. 

Which means unless they wanted to call him up and send him down 4 more times in the next eight weeks, it doesn't matter.

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Houser had some unlucky calls in that first, zone seems pretty tight and he likes to work the edges.

He followed up with a quick few innings to right the ship. TB back within a run in the 4th, he does fight to keep the team in it.

Crazy that he gave up 4+ in back to back starts after never doing it here though. He likely won't go 6 either, after giving us 6+ in 9 of 11.

Some extra irony that his first Sox start was vs. the Ms and he went 6 scoreless.

Wouldn't surprise me if some of the performance difference is who he's throwing to, TB's catching situation is weird.

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The Rays have made some pretty bad trades lately. Manzardo for Civale was dumb. They didn't get anything for Eflin. The Arozarena trade looks pretty good. Parades is way better than Morel. Am I missing any big ones? edit: maybe they got good value for Jason Adam, but he looks really good in San Diego and Lesko has been injured.

I thought the idea was that they trade for pitchers and 'fix them'. Seems like they broke Civale and Hauser (we'll see what he does the rest of the year). Do they have new management or something?

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The Rays preferred Gray to Mead. The Sox sent them Gray for "cash considerations".
But the Sox had to send one of the few trade assets* they had for Mead. Why wasn't he available for "Cash considerations" given that the Rays clearly preferred Gray to Mead?
Meanwhile, the Rays send real prospects to the Dodgers for a AAAA catcher.
Once again, the Sox get the worst of it.  

*Houser didn't have a lot of value; but he had a morsel.  

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