48 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Kremer put up 2.6 fWAR last year. He’s 30 years old and has made seven total starts this year due to a quad injury. His stuff appears to be very similar to last year and his K rate is way up due to increased usage of his splitter. In this very small sample size, he’s given up a fuckton of HRs…that’s what has done him in.

Candidly, if you think there’s an obvious fix to the long ball problem, then this isn’t really a bad trade. The 2025 version of Kremer with 1 1/3 years of team control would command more than a 40 FV prospect, especially so in a seller’s market. It’s a gamble no doubt, but potentially a savvy one if SSS stats coming off of an injury are lowering his value.

Yeah but isn’t it fun making fun of the Twins?

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"then surrendered four solo homers to the Cubs, lasted just four innings against Houston, and gave up 14 runs over his last two outings. His 6.50 ERA looks worse than the arm behind it: a 38:11 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 36 IP suggests a pitcher throwing better than the runs indicate.

The thirty-year-old's biggest problem this year has been home runs; he's given up 12(!) in 36 IP. That rate is an outlier - he only had a 1.3 HR/9IP rate coming into this year - but that will need to be lowered considerably if he's to have any success. One thing that will work in his favor is no longer pitching in Camden Yards, which has become notorious for giving up home runs since they moved the fences in."

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Edited 55 minutes ago55 min by caulfield12