Angels trade Trey Cabbage to the Astros for Carlos Espinosa

[mmc]

 

[totdprods]

good little pickup, even if only org depth. nice numbers.

[DMVol]

I think I'd rather have a 22 year old hard throwing pitcher than a 26 year old guy who is a strike out machine....

[T.G.]

7 minutes ago, totdprods said:

good little pickup, even if only org depth. nice numbers.

What kind of numbers?  I didn't see him in baseball-reference.com

[DMVol]

1 minute ago, T.G. said:

What kind of numbers?  I didn't see him in baseball-reference.com

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=espino006car

[Second Base]

The thing about relievers, and pitching prospects in general, is that they're so inconsistent, that you just go with "stuff" and forget the numbers. 

Espinosa throws mid to upper 90's. He's a lotto ticket. I don't really agree with DFAing Cabbage, but if you're going to trade him, yeah, Espinosa is what you target. 

[Chuck]

 

[Chuck]

From Locked on Astros guy on X:

 

[Blarg]

Sauerkraut for a Cuban sandwich. Good trade.

[Inside Pitch]

5 minutes ago, Blarg said:

Sauerkraut for a Cuban sandwich. Good trade.

That's God's sandwich FYI... 

[totdprods]

You know, we've done pretty well taking somewhat under-the-radar guys from the Astros...Sandoval and Stassi worked out. 

A 6'2" righty who throws mid-90's with a workable slider, change, and big strikeout numbers is certainly worth checking in on.

[Angels 1961]

Carlos Espinoza has potential. 

[Angelsfan1984]

18 minutes ago, totdprods said:

You know, we've done pretty well taking somewhat under-the-radar guys from the Astros...Sandoval and Stassi worked out. 

A 6'2" righty who throws mid-90's with a workable slider, change, and big strikeout numbers is certainly worth checking in on.

would have preferred Jose Arugala or Steven Iceburg to this guy. We lost cabbage!

[Chitown27Fan]

I think we lost Cabbage when he beamed Chase in the back of his dome last year lol it was kinda the last straw for him it felt like lol 

[rafibomb]

I wonder how Raider Uceta is doing

[mmc]

Just now, rafibomb said:

I wonder how Raider Uceta is doing

Neither him nor Rainier Rivas are with the Astros anymore

[Blarg]

48 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

That's God's sandwich FYI... 

My wife loves them and is definitely critical of those that are half assed. 

[Duren, Duren]

The Astros are usually pretty shrewd. They have the patience to see if they can work with Cabbage to correct his flaws. A long shot for them but with potential upside. 

Angels seem to have helped the bullpen if Espinoza can be consistent with his control and maintain his heat. The new pitching coach has more work to do. But another low key tweak by Perry.

[jsnpritchett]

7 minutes ago, Duren, Duren said:

The Astros are usually pretty shrewd. They have the patience to see if they can work with Cabbage to correct his flaws. A long shot for them but with potential upside. 

Angels seem to have helped the bullpen if Espinoza can be consistent with his control and maintain his heat. The new pitching coach has more work to do. But another low key tweak by Perry.

He's a 22-year-old kid with 11 games in low-A, so I don't think he's going to be making any kind of impact any time soon.  He's a total wild card.  But like @Second Base said earlier, he's exactly the type of guy you target when you're trying to clear 40-man space.

[Tank]

1 hour ago, Angelsfan1984 said:

would have preferred Jose Arugala or Steven Iceburg to this guy. We lost cabbage!

i appreciate your effort on this. 

[REDneck]

2 hours ago, Tank said:

i appreciate your effort on this. 

Andrew Romaine comes to mind or has he wilted?

[Angels 1961]

5 hours ago, Angelsfan1984 said:

would have preferred Jose Arugala or Steven Iceburg to this guy. We lost cabbage!

Iceberg lettuce was served on the maiden voyage of Titanic

[totdprods]

5 hours ago, Duren, Duren said:

The Astros are usually pretty shrewd. They have the patience to see if they can work with Cabbage to correct his flaws. A long shot for them but with potential upside. 

Angels seem to have helped the bullpen if Espinoza can be consistent with his control and maintain his heat. The new pitching coach has more work to do. But another low key tweak by Perry.

Personally I don’t think the Astros view Cabbage as anything more than 4A/fringe 40-man depth. Wouldn’t surprise me if he was DFA’ed before Opening Day.

[Docwaukee]

5 hours ago, REDneck said:

Andrew Romaine comes to mind or has he wilted?

losing cabbage gets me steamed.  

I guess it's Murphy sLaw

[Angelsfan1984]

25 minutes ago, Docwaukee said:

losing cabbage gets me steamed.  

I guess it's Murphy sLaw