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Post by aztecryan on Jul 28, 2017 12:34:11 GMT -8
Kevin Acee is an idiot. I challenge you to find a team where your 7th/8th/9th inning guys don't play a role in a significant proportion of your overall victories. Baseball, for better or worse, has changed. The advent of the launch angle and this whole home run craze has modified the game to where bullpens are inherently unreliable. In 2016, there were 19 bullpens with ERA's under 4.00. In 2017, that number is down to 12. This results in a lot of close games that swing one way or the other. Truth be told, the product has become a lot more watered down and there's a lot more mediocrity than there has been in years past. There are a half dozen or so teams within the Padres +/- range by season's end that would flip flop their draft position. We won't catch the Giants or Phillies, who are both just terrible, terrible teams, and in the Giants case, not much help on the horizon. The Padres ARE working with a long-term plan, and this regime is completely different than those of the past under Moorad and others. Investing almost 100 million dollars into this draft and the international period of 2016 speaks to that. The farm has NEVER been this deep, so when you're not going to contend for 2 seasons, you try to enhance that depth as much as possible due to the natural attrition of the sport. Ruiz probably wouldn't even fit into our top 20-25 prospects, because of the quality of the depth we already possess. At worst, we have a top ten pick in next year's draft, some promising arms that will debut next season, and a solid upward trajectory.
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Post by sdcoug on Aug 2, 2017 17:02:23 GMT -8
Kevin Acee is an idiot. I challenge you to find a team where your 7th/8th/9th inning guys don't play a role in a significant proportion of your overall victories. Baseball, for better or worse, has changed. The advent of the launch angle and this whole home run craze has modified the game to where bullpens are inherently unreliable. In 2016, there were 19 bullpens with ERA's under 4.00. In 2017, that number is down to 12. This results in a lot of close games that swing one way or the other. Truth be told, the product has become a lot more watered down and there's a lot more mediocrity than there has been in years past. There are a half dozen or so teams within the Padres +/- range by season's end that would flip flop their draft position. We won't catch the Giants or Phillies, who are both just terrible, terrible teams, and in the Giants case, not much help on the horizon. The Padres ARE working with a long-term plan, and this regime is completely different than those of the past under Moorad and others. Investing almost 100 million dollars into this draft and the international period of 2016 speaks to that. The farm has NEVER been this deep, so when you're not going to contend for 2 seasons, you try to enhance that depth as much as possible due to the natural attrition of the sport. Ruiz probably wouldn't even fit into our top 20-25 prospects, because of the quality of the depth we already possess. At worst, we have a top ten pick in next year's draft, some promising arms that will debut next season, and a solid upward trajectory. Understand what you're saying but I also get what Acee was getting at re: the bullpen & it's role with the Pads. We don't win a lot of games by 4+ runs, so our bullpen is more important to us than most. We had 14 wins in July; 10 of which were saves (in 12 opportunities), the highest ratio of any team in baseball. Dodgers had 10 saves over 20 wins, so more blowouts;p Pittsburgh also had 14 wins, but only 7 saves (& only 9 opportunities). If you lose the ability to hold close games it hurts some teams more than most, especially when they play in more close games (i.e. save opportunities). A LOT of positives with this team, and a good trade overall even giving up Maurer. |
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Post by AztecBill on Mar 7, 2019 0:33:26 GMT -8
KC trades for Padres' Cahill, Maurer, Buchter MLB.com | The Royals and Padres completed a trade on Monday that sent pitchers Brandon Maurer, Trevor Cahill and Ryan Buchter to Kansas City for Travis Wood, Matt Strahm and a prospect. Trade in retrospect: Cahill is a good starter but was a free agent last season. Maurer sucked for KC. Ryan Buchter was traded and was an OK lefty specialist. Wood flamed out. The prospect, Esteury Ruiz, is the Padres #27 prospect. Matt Strahm has been great and could be a starter this season. It is basically Buchter v Strahm because Cahill would be gone by now. Strahm wins hands down with Esteury Ruiz to boot. Buchter is a free agent in 2022. Strahm is a free agent in 2023. |
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