BREAKING: Padres trade James Shields to Chisox...

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Breaking:

White Sox pad rotation, trade for Padres' Shields

 

[Fountain City Blues]

That 4.42 FIP and contract in the Cell...

 

[Bolts]

Well I knew his time in SD was going to end, just didn't know where he'd go. Johnson has sucked in his limited MLB experience and the SS is 17 years old so a ways away, but I guess has good potential. Padres eating most of that contract on a maybe #3 or #4 starter and a SS 3-4 years away doesn't make me feel too good about it.

 

[navamind]

That 4.42 FIP and contract in the Cell...

This. Color me unimpressed.

 

[Fountain City Blues]

This. Color me unimpressed.

I mean, they got him at clearance sale rates, but the reaction still has to be "meh" when looking at this trade all around.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

LOL at the Kay Seed & Bah-Stin fans self placating...

 

[Fountain City Blues]

LOL at the Kay Seed & Bah-Stin fans self placating...

 

[navamind]

I mean, they got him at clearance sale rates, but the reaction still has to be "meh" when looking at this trade all around.

He's almost certainly an upgrade over Latos / Miguel Gonzalez / whatever the hell they're throwing out there as their #4/5 starters, and he should give them innings. But that's about it.

 

[Fountain City Blues]

He's almost certainly an upgrade over Latos / Miguel Gonzalez / whatever the hell they're throwing out there as their #4/5 starters, and he should give them innings. But that's about it.

Yeah- but that's just it. It doesn't move the needle much: Meh

That HR/FB% is going to be just astronomical.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Yeah- but that's just it. It doesn't move the needle much: Meh

That HR/FB% is going to be just astronomical.

Stop it....he's back in the AL central now...and you're being disingenuous.

 

[Fountain City Blues]

Stop it....he's back in the AL central...and you're being disingenuous.

Que? Ich habe nicht.

It's true he meant a lot to many fans out here in the midwest, and with that, I have a special amount of respect for him as a player to irrational levels. With that being said- it saddens me that he just isn't all that good anymore. Part of me wanted to see him lead the Padres back into the breach, but alas...

Just reading the move from a cold point of view, I would say those innings are just as much about keeping high leverage situations away from their middle relievers as it is about Shields himself giving Ventura more options; as well as making a push in a weak AL Central. T'was the same schtick the Royals had with Guthrie when he was a 1 WAR pitcher that had 200 IP in his pocket.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Que? Ich habe nicht.

It's true he meant a lot to many fans out here in the midwest, and with that, I have a special amount of respect for him as a player to irrational levels. With that being said- it saddens me that he just isn't all that good anymore. Part of me wanted to see him lead the Padres back into the breach, but alas...

Just reading the move from a cold point of view, I would say those innings are just as much about keeping high leverage situations away from their middle relievers as it is about Shields himself giving Ventura more options; as well as making a push in a weak AL Central. T'was the same schtick the Royals had with Guthrie when he was a 1 WAR pitcher that had 200 IP in his pocket.

He was pretty much languishing and wasting time in SD....whereas now he could very well start thriving again with a better team.

 

[Fountain City Blues]

He was pretty much languishing and wasting time in SD....whereas now he could very well start thriving again with a better team.

I don't believe that, he's always had a flirtatious relationship with the dinger at times. You're more than free to disagree, however.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

You're more than free to disagree, however.

lol....what the hell do you think I've been doing???

 

[msgkings322]

Yeah the White Sox are my second team, and while I'm glad they didn't give up much for him, I'm not too excited about the guy who is no youngster going to a hitters park in the AL. If he keeps the ERA around 4.00 and eats innings that's a big win.

Of course, it doesn't seem to be much of a hitters park if the hitters are White Sox. What the hell happened to Abreu?

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

What the hell happened to Abreu?

he's off the juice?

 

[msgkings322]

he's off the juice?

Dunno, does the juice help you hit an inside pitch?

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Dunno, does the juice help you hit an inside pitch?

why..has he been crowding the plate more than usual?

 

[Anointed One]

Abreu "Bat afraid of inside pitch"

 

[broncosmitty]

Shields is the #3 guy for every team in the division outside of Cleveland.

Atleast.