Random In-season Musings and Rumors

[Guancous]

Looks like the Cubs or Brewers made a run at Nicasio. Details in letter: [tweet]

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[sweetpeteman]

That's.... a really stupid thought process. You're so worried about helping a competitor that instead of taking a lottery ticket prospect, you'd just give up the player.

 

Also, this seems to indicate that the Pirates have no clue how waivers work. If the Phillies hadn't taken him, there's a good shot he ends up with one of your competitors anyways, and almost no shot he ends up in the AL.

[KrisBryantisaBeast]

Looks like the Cubs or Brewers made a run at Nicasio. Details in letter:

 

So instead of letting him go to a playoff contender for a lottery pick hes now stuck on the Phillies. That's kind of a dick move.

[Liam Neeson]

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[Banedon]

What is happening

 

[Transmogrified Tiger]

What is happening

 

 

The Cards traded for Nicasio, but they aren't the team that claimed and blocked him from being traded in early August.

[Banedon]

Gotcha...too many Nicasio stories for my pea brain I guess.

[itisallpartoftheplan]

[Cubswin11]

Farrell, is John Farrell's son and his brother works for the Cubs as a scout