Wonder if this shows up.
https://twitter.com/bostonsportsinf/...08427682324480
Geezus...Yankmees apparently talking to the Jays about both Stroman AND Giles. At least if the Yankmees got them, they would keep them out of the hands of teams we are competing with for a WC birth.
Bumgarner is still somewhat in his prime. He turns 30 soon.
He does have some concerns. He's been declining for 3+ years:
WHIP
1.01 (2015)
1.03
1.09
1.24
1.20 This year
ERA+
146 (2016)
128
118
105 This year
His K rate of 9.3 s still above his career 8.8.
K/BB is 4.79 (career 4.17)
He's a "gamer" for sure, but I doubt we have the goods to get him, and even if we did, it might take out top 3-4 prospects to get him, and our farm would be less than zero. I wouldn't do it for a 2 month rental.
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
We will have a closer fairly soon, Eovaldi.
Championships since purchase by John Henry group: Red Sox 4 Yankees 1
The Red Sox are 8-1 in their last 9 postseason games against the Yankees.
Wheeler is cheaper and as much or as little a crap shoot as MadBum would be at this point. Some team with more assets to attract in trade will get MadBum.
If they are stuck on Wheeler and get him that would not be a terrible move. However they would still need a Closer not named Nate or any of the Bucket-o-fried chicken bums from that pen. There are certainly more NL pitchers that challenge hitters than there are AL pitchers that challenge hitters. Wheeler certainly challenges hitters as much as anybody in the AL does. He losses more than I like in those challenges. He is a good deal like Nate in that regard as Nate challenges hitters as well and losses sometimes by leaving the ball in the middle of the plate.
I am actually pretty sick and tired of watching Red Sox starters pitch. I like the way Sale pitches but when he can't throw his Slider, he is just a train wreck waiting to happen. The rest of them, save Nate have turned into nibbling Erod with Price having more talent than the rest. Hence Price enjoys more success than the rest. Porcello had his day in the sun as a power pitcher (and I do mean A DAY in the sun) and that is now done and dusted. Erod is Erod now with a change up. Price throws like a veteran pitcher. But he challenges a hitter about once a game, maybe twice on his way out his stint.
Tired of the way they pitch across most of MLB now anyway but particularly non-plused by our own starters who have underperformed as a group about as much as a group can underperform. There was no real reason to be excited about the Sox pen EVER. But the Rotation has really been painful to watch pitch.
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Zack Wheeler Trade Rumors: Mets 'Have Engaged' Red Sox in Talks
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Christ, Giles was pitching with a cranky wing all year up until just before the Sox series in Toronto. Did pretty well for having a cranky wing. I would have taken him with his cranky wing over anybody we have had closing and anybody we are likely to have closing out the season.
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