Greinke to the Stros...

[Deek]

Season over...

[mulwin444]

They also got Aaron Sanchez form the Blue Jays as well....

Maybe re-signing Cole not looking so certain?

[totdprods]

Just now, mulwin444 said:

Maybe re-signing Cole not looking so certain?

That's what I'm seeing...them making some contingencies if he signs elsewhere.

[mulwin444]

Just now, totdprods said:

That's what I'm seeing...them making some contingencies if he signs elsewhere.

I'm waiting to see the money that Houston takes on in this trade.

[Make Angels Great Again]

The rich get richer.

[Scott34]

Wow, what a haul for the DBacks. 

 

[totdprods]

That’s a huge return. Wonder what the money looks like.

[rafibomb]

HUGE haul for the DBacks

 

 

[Make Angels Great Again]

What is an equivilant for us? Canning, Suarez, and Jose Rojas?

[totdprods]

Closest I could build using the trade simulator as a comp, it would be Suarez, Barria, Thaiss, and Adams.

Edited July 31, 2019 by totdprods

[m0nkey]

Team number 6 for him. Clubhouse cancer!

[Scott34]

3 minutes ago, totdprods said:

Closest I could build using the trade simulator as a comp, it would be Suarez, Barria, Thaiss, and Adams.

Yeah that would've been a terrible move. Good for the DBacks. 

[TroutField]

3 minutes ago, totdprods said:

Closest I could build using the trade simulator as a comp, it would be Suarez, Barria, Thaiss, and Adams.

I would have been very upset if we had done that... although we aren’t a World Series contender and Houston has a deeper farm. Greinke is 35, and coming to the AL

[Chuck]

Just now, Scott34 said:

Yeah that would've been a terrible move. Good for the DBacks. 

It all depends on what you value. Prospects who could pan out or not, or going for another World Series title - which should be every GM's goal. 

[Stradling]

Just now, Chuckster70 said:

It all depends on what you value. Prospects who could pan out or not, or going for another World Series title - which should be every GM's goal. 

And Greinke minus everything we’d have to give up to get him doesn’t put us in the World Series discussion. 

[Angelsjunky]

Greinke is really good, a probable Hall of Famer, but that's a big prospect load for a player who is still owed $35 million for his age 36 and 37 seasons. I highly doubt the Astros are going to be able to afford Cole's $30M AAV.

According to Fangraphs, Martin and Bukauskas are 50 FV prospects; Beer is 40+, Rojas isn't listed which means he's 35 or below, so fringe. I think a comparable trade would be Canning, Suarez, Maitan, Rojas. Too much.

[Hubs]

If the Angels had made the Greinke move giving up the @totdprods package above, it would have meant a shot at the wildcard, like a legit shot. Now instead of Angels having Greinke to face up against Verlander and Cole in the 10+ games left we have, they likely face him three times.

Good times.

[Stradling]

3 minutes ago, Hubs said:

If the Angels had made the Greinke move giving up the @totdprods package above, it would have meant a shot at the wildcard, like a legit shot. Now instead of Angels having Greinke to face up against Verlander and Cole in the 10+ games left we have, they likely face him three times.

Good times.

Sorry but no way do we have a legit shot to overcome a 5.5 game deficit in two months with our remaining schedule with Greinke. 

[Biergott]

May he bring them all the success he brought the Halos during his rental time here.

[Biergott]

Just now, Stradling said:

Sorry but no way do we have a legit shot to overcome a 5.5 game deficit in two months with our remaining schedule.  

Then shouldn't we have sold to strengthen ourselves for the offseason and next year?  Seems really odd to do nothing.  Though maybe Eppler tried and failed, that is yet to be seen.

[BackUpTheTruck]

32 minutes ago, Deek said:

Season over...

Yup. Houston Astros 2019 World Series champions.

Dodgers becoming Buffalo Bills?

[totdprods]

2 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Sorry but no way do we have a legit shot to overcome a 5.5 game deficit in two months with our remaining schedule with Greinke. 

Especially if we give up two of our current SPs and starting 3B.

[kevinb]

You have to respect it. Good for the Astros going after it. Doesn't guarantee them a WS title or anything but all you can do is give your team the best chance to win. They are better today than they were yesterday and that's all you can hope your ownership and management does for your big league club. Good luck to them.

[Hubs]

1 minute ago, totdprods said:

Especially if we give up two of our current SPs and starting 3B.

I would've have given up Suarez and Barria, but say Suarez and Sandoval back...

I also liked the AAron Sanchez move, if only because I could've called him A-A-Ron.

[Angelsjunky]

The Astros are going to continue being really good for the next 3-5 years, at least. They have Altuve and Bregman signed through 2024, a young Yordan Alvarez and Kyle Tucker for a year or two beyond; they'll have to figure out what to do with Correa and Springer over the next year or two. They'll have Verlander and Greinke for two more years. Hard to imagine them paying Cole as well. But the point being, they're locked in to be great for the next 2-3 years at least. Maybe they see that as their "all-in" window.