Dodgers trade Adam McCreery and Josh Thole to the Angels for cash considerations

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[AngelsLakersFan]

o_O

[Chris]

The pieces!

[tdawg87]

[Taylor]

Who? What?

[Taylor]

Sorry to see you go again, Cash Considerations. You're always a cool customer. See you back in a few weeks.

[Taylor]

Josh Thole has a .604 OPS this year in the PCL, and a career .620 OPS in the majors.

Adam McCreery looked decent in 17 AA innings this year (2.12 ERA, 18 K, 1.176 WHIP), but has been lit up in 18.2 AAA innings (8.20 ERA, 2.25 WHIP, 21/14 K/BB).

[rafibomb]

Not a shocker. Minor move with Lucroy and Kevan still hurt but I'm sure this thread will still end up being 5+ pages long.

[totdprods]

Thole is just a body until a catcher, any catcher, emerges as a better option, internal or external.

McCreery is a little interesting, simply because he’s a 6’9” lefty with options and some strikeout ability. McCreery is who Eppler dealt in ‘16 to get Chacin from Atlanta.

Edited July 12, 2019 by totdprods

[Dick Enberg]

who cares! I guess this confirms we are buyers! woohoo! (LOL!)

[Taylor]

1 minute ago, rafibomb said:

Not a shocker. Minor move with Lucroy and Kevan still hurt but I'm sure this thread will still end up being 5+ pages long.

In before one of the usual suspects has a freakout because they believe this is all Eppler is planning to do before the deadline.

[m0nkey]

Maybe they can go back to 2012 and get RA Dickey too

[failos]

AssThole

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[totdprods]

Seems unlikely either Smith or Lucroy are ready yet. Maybe they’re just chancing it for a game or two with Garneau and Fletcher/Thaiss as emergency, and then adding Thole in place of a pitcher or Parker once Upton proves healthy.

[Blarg]

I would have had Taylor Ward suit up and see if he can be a backup rather than spend money on some other guy that isn't really anything special. 

[Angelsjunky]

WE'RE FRICKIN BUYERS, FOLKS. 

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[Second Base]

49 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

WE'RE FRICKIN BUYERS, FOLKS. 

F yeah. We just bought s____ out of 4th string catcher and AA reliever. 

[Angelsjunky]

And don't forget: getting Harvey back is basically like trading for an ace caliber pitcher.

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[Lou]

1 hour ago, totdprods said:

Seems unlikely either Smith or Lucroy are ready yet.

Like Clockwork

[tdawg87]

"Josh Thole"

[NJHalo]

1 hour ago, Angelsjunky said:

And don't forget: getting Harvey back is basically like trading for an ace caliber pitcher.

And there it is.