Wright starting the year in the pen seems like the most logical scenario.
Wright starting the year in the pen seems like the most logical scenario.
SP1 Sale
SP2 Porcello
SP3 Price
SP4 ERod
SP5 Pom
SP6/Long Relief Wright
Closer Kimbrel
RP2 Thornburg
RP3 (Smith) Kelly
RP4 Ross
RP5 Barnes
RP6 Hembree or Abad (both out of options)
AAA
SP7 Elias
SP8 Johnson
SP9 Owens
(SP10 Kelly?)
RP8 Scott
RP9 Workman
RP10 Ysla
RP11 Martin
RP12 N Ramirez
RP13 Olmos (Owens/Johnson/Elias)
"Hating the Yankees like it's a religion since 94'" RIP Mike.
"It's also a simple and indisputable fact that WAR isn't the be-all end-all in valuations, especially in real life. Wanna know why? Because an ace in run-prevention for 120 innings means more often than not, a sub-standard pitcher covering for the rest of the IP that pitcher fails to provide. You can't see value in a vacuum when a player does not provide full-time production."
"Hating the Yankees like it's a religion since 94'" RIP Mike.
"It's also a simple and indisputable fact that WAR isn't the be-all end-all in valuations, especially in real life. Wanna know why? Because an ace in run-prevention for 120 innings means more often than not, a sub-standard pitcher covering for the rest of the IP that pitcher fails to provide. You can't see value in a vacuum when a player does not provide full-time production."
As I said in my previous post, trading Buchholz probably gets rid of enough of the starter logjam so that we don't have to worry about it.
I just take exception with the posts that state that it's a stupid idea or that it would never happen.
It is far from a stupid idea and it happens all the time.
No, you're not going to send someone like Sale down just because he has options. But someone who is slated to be the #4 or #5 when Pomeranz or Wright could do just as good a job, you absolutely consider it. Even if it only means saving a potentially very good pen arm.
I agree. This is nothing against ERod, who I think will end up being a very good pitcher. And I'm not saying we should keep him down all season. Having the roster flexibility to open the season gives the team some time to assess how things are playing out in terms of who is effective in the pen and so forth. It makes a ton of sense to me.
I don't think he was, nor will he be on one this year, but keep in mind that he is pitching in the WBC. He will be at full throttle during the time that he's usually still 'warming up'. I don't know what effect that will have on him over the course of the season, but I do think that it's another consideration.
The idea of having ERod start in AAA has nothing to do with not liking his talent. To date, he has not proven himself to be so much better than Pomeranz or Wright that the team has to start him.
Maybe he will separate himself from the other two enough that the decision becomes a foregone conclusion. He is pitching very well in winter ball right now.