If you can get Sandy 4 days a week, that would be a lot. That means Swihart for 3.Originally Posted by jacksonianmarch
If you can get Sandy 4 days a week, that would be a lot. That means Swihart for 3.
Isn't Realmutto available right now. Trade Swihart and prospects... Well, maybe. But personally I think we're fine right now, even without V for 3-4 weeks.
The Marlins asked for Soto or Robles from the Nats for Realmuto. They won't settle for Swihart's garbage
Hal sucks
If we could make that trade I'd do it now !!! I'm the biggest Swihart fan but I would love Realmutto here .Yes he's available and so is the guy making a hell of a comeback in Tampa .
Swihart is far from Garbage man .The guy can play Catcher ,3b ,1b ,LF ,RF and yes he can pitch better than sonny Gray .Blake has been hitting by the way lately .Now we may see him hit well with normal playing time not once a month .I think a Swihart ,Beeks ,Chavis ,JBJ might be tempting .
Last edited by Natick to NC; 07-08-2018 at 07:16 PM.
We will soon find out if Swihart can catch at the MLB level and whether he has any trade value. He’ll get an opportunity, so that will be good. Hopefully, he doesn’t shot all over himself and we can trade him before the trading deadline.
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lol - You still playing = winner in my book.
Like or dislike Vaz, even be neutral about Vaz. At this point, anything that rocks the boat is not good in my mind. Keep the good times rolling.
In the town where I was born
Lived a man who sailed to sea
And he told us of his life
In the land of submarines
So we sailed up to the sun
'Til we found a sea of green
And we lived beneath the waves
In our yellow submarine
I'm so friggin envious of Oldtimer.
In a good way!
It's a mere moment in a man's life between the All-Star game and the Old Timer's game.
-Vin Scully
Boom.
"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."
Were you in a coma in 2015 my friend?
"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."
LOL! Maybe I was in a coma. That was over 3 years ago. He wasn’t very good was my recollection. I am hoping that he can establish some value, so that he can, at the very least, he can be a trade chip.
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Your recollection is faulty.
He was called up way too early out of need.
While he had problems with blocking balls and his hitting was weak early in the season, his hitting caught on. I think he was above league average.
I think his blocking skills are better. Clearly he needs to show that he can play without hurting the team.
I think that he will.
"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."
We need Blake Swihart to succeed if we want any return on him at the least and maybe find that player we drafted again.
Last edited by Natick to NC; 07-08-2018 at 08:51 PM.
I think you have a soft spot for him. My recollection was that he was very raw as a catcher. And since his injury, there haven’t been any good reports about his development at catcher. I am hoping that he does well, but once Vasquez comes back, do you see a long term prospect for him at catcher with the Red Sox? If they don’t plan on him becoming the starting catcher, they should build his trade value and move him.
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