As Cameron posted, there's no draft pick compensation, and the D-Backs could obviously eat money. It's unlikely, but not impossible IMO, and if someone did offer something, the D-Backs should jump all over it
Ugh, that Infante signing just keeps finding new ways to be terrible. Getting outperformed by an AAAA 27 year old in Whit Merrifield is pretty bad.
Yep. Trading prospects or spending big money for closers is ridiculously retarded. It's not like a nobody like Jeanmar Gomez could fill in and become one of the best closers in baseball
Wade Davis goes from fringey starter to uber-dominant closer. This goes with some tinged irony using that example, but trading for closers is ludicrous. Velasquez as a reliever would be just fine I'd bet.
I throw up every time I hear the words "Papelbon" or "Paps"
What kills me is if they were so concerned about their BP not having SO stuff, they could have pretty easily moved VV to the bullpen and likely gotten pretty good results. They wouldn't have had to throw away quality lottery tickets and wake up to the reality their rotation is as soft throwing as it gets- and was pins and needles away from being bad.
Yeah, probably. It's Mo and Hoffman and then a gap. Wagner is probably third for me.
We payed 50 million dollars for a guy who produced a 5 WAR in about 4 seasons. So yeah, I fucking hate the guy
It's not on the team (SV aren't a part of WAR), it's on the reality of his role. A guy who only pitches ~65 innings a year is not nearly as valuable as someone who pitches 200 innings or has 600 PA. It's not his fault (although there is stuff that is), it's retarded front office's faults for paying so much money for a player who plays a position that so many people can fill. For example, in 2013 Jake Diekman pitched 20 less innings out of the pen, and had a significantly better FIP and xFIP and only had 0.4 less wins, and he made 500K that year.
