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Josh Reddick 2014 - 117 wRC+ 2015 - 117 wRC+ 2016 - 123 wRC+ CarGo 2014 - 83 wRC+ 2015 - 114 wRC+ 2016 - 124 wRC+ ???? both have had injury issues over the years, both are kinda iffy/not great in the outfield Accounting for ballpark is important, but I will absolutely take CarGo being a fair bit better than Reddick with the bat over the next few years. Cargo is also not a rental. That said, I don't really want to trade for a position player at all, so CarGo is more of a placeholder in the absence of a more appropriate target that would actually be available.
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With the pen recently reinforced by Montgomery and Edwards' arrival, and with the rotation not lacking for back end options with Warren showing well along with Matusz, I only want to make another deal for someone who is really good and has few question marks. Or in other words, don't play around with marginal upgrades like Reddick, Hill, Shoemaker, Abad, etc. If you make a deal, go big with a CarGo, Archer, Gray, Miller, etc.
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what if Quintana was the mystery Pomeranz target -
What makes you say that? I don't doubt that he'll be given a chance to stretch out down the line(even if it's a token gesture a la Cahill), but all the quotes I saw didn't make any allusion to him starting. If anything he pointed to Andrew Miller himself as the hopeful outcome for Montgomery.
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I just finished Sharma's article on the trade that had some pretty extensive Theo quotes, and there wasn't a mention of him being a starter, not even in future seasons. I think it's safe to say that he's viewed almost exclusively as a reliever for this season.
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Nightengale says Jordan Pries is the AAA pitcher: http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.cgi?id=pries-000jor Unremarkable statistically, late round college draftee, maybe he'll tick up out of the pen.
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[expletive]. My brother lives in Portland. I went to visit him and nearly OD'd on delicious gourmet donuts like these. If you don't want to eat a donut covered in Froot Loops, then you're a communist. There. I said it. Froot Loop covered donuts are great, a welcome distraction from an existence in the hellhole of amazing weather and natural beauty that is the PNW. Never move here it is bad and this is definitely not a ruse to keep my cost of living down.
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And by that I mean, the northwest is terrible and inhospitable, no one should ever move here
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No one cares about humidity when it's between 40 and 80 degrees 360 days a year. It's also the least humid in the warmest parts of the year.
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My immediate memory was that Montgomery has arm injuries in his past(like TJS or near that level of severity), but I can't seem to find anything like that and he doesn't have any big playing time gaps. Anyone else know/remember anything about his health?
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What's Blackburn's story? I can't keep our pitching prospects straight. Any Cubs pitching prospect currently pitching in full season ball should elicit an 'lol okay' if traded. Even among that malaise, Blackburn stands out for his complete and total lack of noteworthiness. He is the beige khakis of pitching prospects.
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Zach Lee or Adrian Sampson would make some sense. Lee in giving another shot to a failed prospect, and Sampson as a potentially undervalued guy(he's very close to the thresholds from my Hendricks comps article).
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They're pretty light on outfielders too, especially those with any future prospects. Wonder if Szczur could be a possibility.
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Paxton is a starter, at least he has been. Montgomery would be an interesting and worthwhile bullpen addition.
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He claimed on a MiLB deal during the season I think? He's been at Iowa. He played 7 MLB games for the Cubs this year. btw, didn't Edwards debut last year? Right, he was up during the Nationals series, I was trying to say that he started at Iowa before that brief stint(and after too). And yes, Edwards debuted last year, I should've said 2016 debut.
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He claimed on a MiLB deal during the season I think? He's been at Iowa.
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Edwards since his debut: 11 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 11/3 K/BB, 0 HR
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Foul ball right side, Rizzo gives chase but isn't going to get there, Javy makes the catch at the tarp while somehow knocking both his knees against the tarp.
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They went far like real far
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Hendricks now just a sliver under 6 WAR since the start of 2015 (50 starts)
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why would you go anywhere near the plate with 2 outs and Hendricks on deck?
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I think his foot might have gotten to the plate, at the least it was close enough that I'm surprised there wasn't any talk of challenging it that we could see on the broadcast.
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James Loney you just got thrown out on a 2 out single to center from 350 feet. That should count as two outs if you're that slow.
