Harold's Leg Lift

I'd honestly be surprised if any of these guys are traded this off season. I think teams see a really shitty FA pitching market so they're throwing these guys out there to see if they get an offer that blows them away and I doubt they get one. I know the Rays operate different than other clubs but it's really hard to believe they remove Morton and Snell from a WS team.

I'm less worried about what a pitcher does in back as to what happens out front. You can have a guy with what's considered a clean arm action blow out in HS and a guy with a bad arm action pitch for 10+ years in the big leagues. There's no rhyme or reason to why a pitcher gets injured but one thing that is true of every big leaguer is they're really good out front. They have good extension, a strong lead leg, a consistent release point and follow thru, stay on top of the baseball and they have great stuff . Crochet is excellent out front. I hope they give him a full year as a starter. If they want to limit his innings a bit to bring him up in September that's fine but he has to be developed as a starter. He has a chance to be special.

Damn. It sounds like the Rangers are tryng to package one of their bad contracts along with Lynn. A former WS hero is not a name I was expecting to hear.....

Morton is 37 yrs old. If the Sox trade for Lynn and sign him to a 2yr/$30M extension he'll be 36 at the end of the contract.

Do you still think Kopech is thought of that highly around the league? At the start of next season it will be 30 months since he has pitched in a game. No one knows what he's going to look like when he comes back and that's obviously a huge red flag. Add in the makeup issues and command problems he was having before the injury I would think Kopech is one of if not the riskiest players to acquire in all of baseball.

Think the Giants would trade them Bart?

You don't want Kela on this team. That's a bad dude.

Easily.

Hahn's not going anywhere.

You would think it would be pitching but looking at the Rockies they have no catching. I mean none. I wonder if they would be one team that would actually in interested in Zack Collins.

Playing RF in 2019 he was -9 and -3 in 50 games this year. Again playing a very large RF. He would be fine plying RF for the Sox.

He was playing the biggest centerfield in baseball. He would be fine playing right field for the Sox.

Yes. Most hitters are better at home.

There's a common misconception that Rockies pitchers are better when they leave Coors and hitters are worse.

An arm bar is absolutely not a myth just ask Courtney Hawkins. Sure there are a few guys who made it work but an arm bar is a red flag for organizations and something that definitely needs to be noted.

Not only does he have an arm bar but his hands are very low. Hopefully he can make it work.

Whe in doubt just have him resign. I have a lot of guys resigning.

Glad to push the meter for ya, Cheesy.

Ah Ha! There's a method to my madness.

The Nats are loaded with arms and that's what the Cubs desperatly need. They're a good match. Nats shouldn't have much of a problem signing Bryant to an extension.

Yeah but they have so many holes on that team it's really easy to say hey he fits on the Angels.

I have Happ going to the Angels. I have the Angels signing a bunch of guys. I may have to rethink that.

I have them signing McCann, Pederson and Richards. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/11/enter-the-mlbtr-free-agent-prediction-contest-3.html

This game is not for the faint of heart.

Burger and Sheets aren't the types of players teams target in the rule 5 draft. Teams go after power arms they can stash in the bullpen or versatile bench players. Every team has plenty of their own unathletic 1B/DH types.