Hamels a Ranger and Harry goes to Philly with some good prospects. All in all everyone got what they needed. Hate to see Thompson go. Think he is better than Chi Chi.
Was kinda surprised to see Harry go but understand they needed to dump some salary somewhere to make this work, just suspected they would do it in another way. (Was hoping they would take "Evis"!! I know I'm dreaming again).. :)
Yea I agree I hate to see Thompson go he has the potential to be a very good pitcher, hope that part of the deal they won't regret.
Looks like they also got a reliever Jake Diekman, throw him out there and see how he does is all you can do.
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I guess Harry or some other starter had to go so the Phils have something to finish the season with. What surprises me is Harry was real careful when he batted against the Rockies. Hope he stays healthy doing it every 5 days.
Wish him well.
Yes it's all about 2016-17 now and getting the rotation there. They are still short a starter for 2016 as Darvish will not be back until after the ASB sometime.
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They are still short a starter for 2016 as Darvish will not be back until after the ASB sometime.
You hope Darvish is effective after he comes back I wouldn't count on it.
So lets see Hamels, Holland, Perez, Martinez, Gonzalez as starters in 2016 if you don't sign either Lewis and Gallardo who are gonna be free agents this year. I would at least resign Colby and maybe both cause I don't think the youngsters are ready to give you 200 innings. On top of that you know you are going to have some injuries maybe even Hamels!! And who else do they have in the minors that can be brought up to pitch, Tepesch, Renaudo?? Thompson is gone, Eickhoff is gone, Alec Asher is gone.
This deal was to save John Daniels job it had better work out, cause if it doesn't there are gonna be a whole lot of pissed off fans when this losing keeps going on and on and on.... And you can't do a damn thing cause the minors is bare pitching wise again and you have all of these big huge contracts to deal of which they already want to get rid of 2.
I can easily see this turning into a giant disaster.
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Hammy walk off against the Jankees. Wonderful. We win that season series
see ya in the playoffs if Hammels can drag you into a wild card hunt .
After this weekend the Yanks have no more road trips out of the eastern time zone ;and play the majority of their remaining games at home . Right now the Yanks are 13 over .500 which mean if they play .500 ball the rest of the season they'll have 94 wins .... probably enough to hold off their east div challengrs (only concern is 13 head to head games against Toronto).
(only concern is 13 head to head games against Toronto).
Which means they could very easily lose all 13 games since their starting pitching isn't that good and the Blue Jays are the highest scoring team in the majors. I wouldn't count on them making the playoffs if I were you, especially since they had to put CC back in as a starter since Pineda went to the DL.
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Which means they could very easily lose all 13 games since their starting pitching isn't that good and the Blue Jays are the highest scoring team in the majors.
yes possibly . Toronto also was very active at the trade deadline. Then again 7 of the 13 are at the friendly confines of Yankee stadium ;and 34 of their remaining 57 are home games. The rest of their schedule is not that intimidating . btw Yanks are 2nd in runs scored and RBIs to Toronto ;and 2nd to Houston in HR . So it's not like there is that big a difference in offensive output .
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Which means they could very easily lose all 13 games since their starting pitching isn't that good and the Blue Jays are the highest scoring team in the majors.
yes possibly
But not very probable considering they have a decent team as you pointed out...
BTA didn't they go thru a 10-12 game losing streak earlier this year??? Some teams are what they are good or bad and some play way over/under their potential, you just never know.
Just like last night the Rangers were facing the Giants and LH pitcher Bumgarner, they have big issues with Lefties but they jumped all over him for 6 runs early to win the game, you just never know...
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I guess Harry or some other starter had to go so the Phils have something to finish the season with. What surprises me is Harry was real careful when he batted against the Rockies. Hope he stays healthy doing it every 5 days.
Seen on Quick Pitch in the middle of the night that the Phillies already put Harry on the 15 day DL with what they called "back inflammation"...
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The Miami Marlins traded right-handed reliever Sam Dyson to the Texas Rangers on Friday for catcher Tomas Telis and a minor league pitcher.
MIAMI (July 31, 2015) The Miami Marlins traded right-handed reliever Sam Dyson to the Texas Rangers on Friday for catcher Tomas Telis and a minor league pitcher.
Dyson was 3-3 with a 3.68 ERA in 44 appearances for Miami this season. He appeared in 80 games with the Marlins over the last three seasons, after breaking into the majors for two games with Toronto in 2011.
Telis has gotten limited action with the Rangers over the last two seasons, playing in 24 games with no home runs and 10 RBIs. He was signed as 16-year-old free agent from Venezuela in 2007, made 18 appearances last season and batted .182 in six games with Texas this year.
Telis will report to Miami. The Marlins also got left-hander Cody Ege, who was sent to Double-A Jacksonville.
Speaking of trades they snuck this one in within 5 minutes of the deadline.
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After this weekend the Yanks have no more road trips out of the eastern time zone ;and play the majority of their remaining games at home .
Right now the Yanks are 13 over .500 which mean if they play .500 ball the rest of the season they'll have 94 wins .... probably enough to hold off their east div challengrs (only concern is 13 head to head games against Toronto).
They can win those 94 game. Might be good enough for a Wild Card. But thanks to GM Brian Cashman, they secured NO starting pitching for a staff already susceptible to injury, incompetence, and inconsistency.
The Yankees may score runs, but come the playoffs we know all that changes. In the recent past (the 2000s) the Yanks have nearly always been near the top in runs scored. Those bats went silent against playoff team starting pitching. And would againt this year. Only Yankee starters would get pounded.
They [the Yanks] could very easily lose all 13 games since their starting pitching isn't that good and the Blue Jays are the highest scoring team in the majors. I wouldn't count on them making the playoffs if I were you, especially since they had to put CC back in as a starter since Pineda went to the DL.
All true...
BUT, conversely the Bombers *could* beat up on the Jays, who've always had problems beating Yanks. Some team just have others' number. Yeah, I know this Jays team is altogether different, locked and loaded. But they still have their own pitching problems. David Price is just ONE starter. They did pick up great pen help -- Mark Lowe as well.
Considering all the moves made by all the teams, this looks like a stretch run that'll be memorable for whomever gets hot. OR fade. And that really could be ANY one. (Remember the A's epic fade last year?? And the Royals epic run?)
The Yankees may score runs, but come the playoffs we know all that changes. In the recent past (the 2000s) the Yanks have nearly always been near the top in runs scored. Those bats went silent against playoff team starting pitching. And would againt this year. Only Yankee starters would get pounded.
True ;especially against such Hall of Famers like Kenny Rogers .
Indeed. But there is one sure thing. Putting in Scheppers in the 8th with base runners and the middle of the order at bat. Result, his third blown game this year. Dude needs a Detroit zip code like Feliz. Make matters worse, the Rangers finally sent Kela to RR to give him a break.
Oh, forgot to mention...Feliz gave up a grand slam in his first Detroit appearance a couple of weeks ago.
If Schep is not a DFA by Monday morning JD and Banny need to get their heads examined. Mendez down at AAA RR can do a better job.
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Seen on Quick Pitch in the middle of the night that the Phillies already put Harry on the 15 day DL with what they called "back inflammation"...
Of course. His insurance policy was probably transferred to Philly. They lose no money putting him on DL and then figure out how to dump him or make the Rangers pay out the remaining year. I'm sure that will happen or some of Hamels cash goes back to Philly.
Really scratched my head at Harry going.
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Speaking of trades they snuck this one in within 5 minutes of the deadline.
After watching Dyson give up the lead in extra innings, I'd say we got what we paid for:) Not much in the way of improvement for the BP. Ain't going to get better anytime soon either. All the contenders have the good relievers now. Either promote from minors and roll the dice and wait for the off season market.
Surprised Mendez and Jackson have not come up yet. Guess after the mega Hamels deal slim pickings at AAA and AA.
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Indeed. But there is one sure thing. Putting in Scheppers in the 8th with base runners and the middle of the order at bat. Result, his third blown game this year. Dude needs a Detroit zip code like Feliz.
I'm pretty sure he has options left, he really needs to work on his control he's up high and constantly missing the target. First batter he faced the target was low and inner half, he went high outer half Duffy took it to deep right and then it was on.
They are enamored with his 95+ fastball and think he can find himself in the majors. But he just isn't doing it so he needs to go back to work on his control before he runs out of options and then they have to let him go.. You have to remember he was one hell of a pitcher back in 2013 (1.88 ERA in 76 games) and he's only 28.
Moving on.... If that nimrod Andrus wouldn't have gotten his ass picked off 3rd back in the 4th inning you probably wouldn't have even seen Scheppers. Cause they would have been up at least 1-2 more runs (DD hit a fly to left that would have scored him).
When is he ever going to get his head in the game?? He's hitting right now but giving it back in shoddy defense and bad base running. The next hangnail he gets they need to put him on the 15 day DL and bring Alberto up to play SS, maybe that will get the point across that he needs to get his head out or he's history. Especially if Alberto plays as well if not better than he did when he was called up earlier. And he's doing an outstanding job in AAA this year hitting .326 w/ a .469 slugging percentage.
You know I wonder just exactly how many games the team as a whole has lost because of really dumb decisions?? I thought Banny was brought in to fix this problem cause he's a "guru in the basics"??? Guess he either isn't or they aren't paying attention...
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I just went back and looked at some of the "lowlights" of the game and the defense they were playing in the 8th probably caused him to give up those last 2 runs.
I think they call that alignment they played "No doubles" (misnomer I would say). If Martin had been playing at normal depth he would have gotten to Posey's popup instead of it falling for "a double". That would have been the 3rd out and left the score 7-5 Texas. Another dumb mistake by the coaching staff!!
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Of course. His insurance policy was probably transferred to Philly. They lose no money putting him on DL and then figure out how to dump him or make the Rangers pay out the remaining year. I'm sure that will happen or some of Hamels cash goes back to Philly.
Really scratched my head at Harry going.
From what I seen of the deal the Phillies are picking up "ALL" of Harry's contract and about 9-10 million of Hamels contract...
Harry is a decent pitcher when he is on so they will probably see if they can use him while they rebuild since his contract is only about 11 million.
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Guess after the mega Hamels deal slim pickings at AAA and AA.
Good thing they got Diekman with Hamels or this deal would have been even worse. He is a decent relief pitcher who had a rough start to the season (108.00 ERA... :o )but has been pretty decent since the beginning of May. From what I've seen he uses his "heeter" to go right after the batter, used 21 pitches to get 6 outs. Hell most everybody else in the pen would use 21 pitches to get 1-2 batters out...
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Also is looking like the Angels have shot their wad and are now falling back to earth. They have lost 5 in a row and just lost CJ for the rest of the year and they didn't acquire any pitching at the deadline.
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Well you partially got your wish they put him on the 15 day DL with what I would assume is "Fake knee inflammation". So he'll get some rest and a 30 rehab to get his schitt together. If they plan on making a run in Sept they'll need him pitching well.
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Went to the Reds game today (they lost of course) and they had a 10-15 minute or so scrum late in the game over hit batters. It all started yesterday and carried over into today, in fact Melancon got tossed in the 9th over him hitting a batter.
I was sitting down close to the field and yelled "IF you aren't going to kick each others asses why don't you get back into the dugouts and let your play do the talking"!! Don't know if any of the players heard me or not but a bunch of fans did and they got a chuckle over it... LOL...
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When is he ever going to get his head in the game?? He's hitting right now but giving it back in shoddy defense and bad base running. The next hangnail he gets they need to put him on the 15 day DL and bring Alberto up to play SS, maybe that will get the point across that he needs to get his head out or he's history. Especially if Alberto plays as well if not better than he did when he was called up earlier. And he's doing an outstanding job in AAA this year hitting .326 w/ a .469 slugging percentage.
You are right Andrus is hitting right now. I think .333 since July 20th.
Don't worry JD will again put Adrus contract on the waiver wire this month. No one will nibble of course. I'm sure Choo will be put on the waiver wire too. More of a chance stupid front offices with loads of money like the Yankees and Mets might nibble at Choo.
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I think they call that alignment they played "No doubles" (misnomer I would say). If Martin had been playing at normal depth he would have gotten to Posey's popup instead of it falling for "a double". That would have been the 3rd out and left the score 7-5 Texas. Another dumb mistake by the coaching staff!!
And on the first double a fly to right and Choo nowhere to be seen. The guy is never positioned near where a ball is hit:) Amazing.
When they bring in Martin to play center in later innings, they should move DD to right and sit Choo.
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From what I've seen he uses his "heeter" to go right after the batter, used 21 pitches to get 6 outs. Hell most everybody else in the pen would use 21 pitches to get 1-2 batters out...
LOL about right.
Well we know what we need in the off season. RH bat and relief pitching.
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Also is looking like the Angels have shot their wad and are now falling back to earth. They have lost 5 in a row and just lost CJ for the rest of the year and they didn't acquire any pitching at the deadline.
Good point. Plus the boy wonder hurt his wrist and playing through it. But he's young and will mend well.
Frankly the Angels are not that great of a team. They benefited last year from a horrible Rangers team, Astros still finding themselves and the A's collapse.
Looking like strongest team going forward is still KC.
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Well we know what we need in the off season. RH bat and relief pitching.
It seems to me they need a change in pitching strategy before we need to blow up the BP, BTA I could be full of ca ca... :)
We have plenty of RH bats but it seems like none of them are hitting or can hit. So it seems to me they are the ones who need to be replaced first, RH for RH. The first places I would start are at catcher and the left side of the IF and then on the bench. And since you want to get rid of Choo then I would get a LHer to replace him or better yet a switch hitter.
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