I hate the friggin Yankees
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I was surprised to see Chisolm on the block and at a low get
I hoped the Tigers would chase him down and I knew they wouldnāt.
Simply donāt understand Miami giving up on him
Chisholm traded Cuban for Bebop.
Seriously, he is one if my favorite players. First real star-ish from the Bahamas.
Happy these will go up in value.
Good to very good base stealer. Super quick wrists, but thin build holds back his power projection to 25 HRs. 40 steal guy potentially.
IFā¦He stays healthy. He has missed a TON of gamesā¦OF wall collisions, soft tissue injuriesā¦dodgy.
Also, he isā¦wellā¦a unique personality. Hes 26 and well, needs to grow up.
Plays CF and 2nd, started at SS. Fielding metrics all over the place at each position.
That said, I wanted him for the Tigers badly. He got put into the leadoff slot for the Marlins recently and has responded with a 13% walk rate which is pretty damn good especially for somebody who didnāt show a great eye before. Heās been running a lot lately and heās a high percentage base stealer runs the bass as well puts pressure on the defense and has positional flexibility though for the Tigers heād be centerfielder. Heās still relatively affordable for a couple years and itās a nice get for the Yankees.
Lots of rumors floated around that the Marlins were having a hard time finding a deal for him because of his personality which is not terribly surprising. Thatās sad the deal they made doesnāt look as bad when you dig a Little Deeper because the catcher they got even though heās ranked not so high in the Yankees system at the beginning of the year has come alive and is probably the Yankees number three or four Prospect now. One of the other guys is about their number 18 to 20 Prospect and the others not on the charts yet but has been destroying the Back Field circuit in the Florida League.
The Marlins traded Zach Gallen for him a bunch of years ago and unfortunately now have turned both of those guys into a little bit of production and now some projected hope for 2025 and later, so again the Marlins and asset management pretty bad.
For a comparative deal we would have had to have given up Dingler, Roberto Campos and and one of the hot guys down on the Deep Farm.
I would certainly do that but I donāt think Harris was looking to buy unfortunately because this was a pretty good opportunity
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Sounds like something is close with Flaherty. He was seen hugging all his teammates in the locker room tonight.
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Isaac paredes traded from Tampa, to the Cubs.
At least the Skubal talk is over.
So now we have Skubal and 15 other guys that can go two innings.
Cool. Back to the Lions.
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The way I see it, we traded 3 guys in Chaffin, Kelly, and Cahna who were all making solid contributions to the team, for a bunch of low level prospects whoās ceiling may be bench players, or low leverage relievers.
Then we traded one of the top chips on the market for a catcher that might eventually rotate with Dingler, and a SS who is no better than Mckinstry.
It feels like a total salary dump to me.
Personally, I feel gut punched.
And if we want any if them back, we can get them back (Chafin team option may block that, but its pretty high).
I dont see a spot for any if them next year on the bench
-Wencel Ibanez, Vierling, Dingler.
I assume Jung, Tork and Meadows or a starting CF are starting. Canha cant play CF and tbh canāt really play the corners in a big park like CoPa
Chafin, sure, but cheaper than 6.5m.
4 hr 8 rbi and a sb in 3 games would look Jazz up our CF production
Le sighā¦
Chafin - OK heās 34 and expensive. Whatev.
Kelly - donāt like the return, but we do need to see Dingler. Whatev.
Canha - return is meh again. Iām starting to think Harris isnāt very good at this, but I can live with this.
Flaherty - thatās the gut punch. Give me a freaking break. You gutted all hope for this season. Asinine. Stupid. This was a myopic trade trying to snuff out weaknesses with weak players.
I donāt trust Harris to know when to move and when to sit tight.
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Not speaking to the trade but the season was over already.
Olson on DL
Mize now on 60DL
Greene injured, catalyst on offense for this team as we are now seeing.
Carpenter out, no idea when he will be back if at all this season.
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Hopefully we can stay Healthier next year. A starting staff of Skubal, Jobe, Olson, Mize, and a descent free agent is pretty damn goodā¦excellent actually.
I also hope we spend to get a real free agent hitter or two. If we can add even one big bat, I think we can be a playoff teamā¦assuming that our young guys take a step forward.
This doesnāt sound like the Dan Campbell next man up mantra. When young guys get hot, thereās no telling. But losing Flaherty guarantees weāre also-rans again.
Of course, I almost never lose hope. I posted a āour path to the division titleā topic when we were 1-7? 2-6? in the 2022 season (Lions) right before we went on our run. I was predictably ridiculed and asked what was I smoking. And we came a bad call of making the playoffs.
Never
Give
Up.
But we just did. Terrible.
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Key is the young guys getting the playing time everyday, need to get Meadows back.
I do hope that after saying this was a āsee what we haveā season for the front office that they do get a bat or two and bring in another SP. They need too and will be disappointing if they donāt.
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FA SS class is ass, so is CF. SP is good. Corner OF is stacked.
Where do you fit that offseason bat?
1b or SS, short answer. Tork?
Pete Alonso? Wily Adames reunion?
Or They go bazonkers and sign Soto.
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Iād nut right here in my chair if they signed Soto. Iām not even kidding.
Alonso would be a nice thumper in the middle of the lineup, but damn, his batting average is shit.
Maybe we can package everything we got at the trade deadline yesterday for a descent SSā¦lol, just kidding (kind of).
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