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Yep. He was really interesting his first 2-3 years with the Astros. Since 2019, though, he's had a 6.08 ERA/4.83 FIP with a WHIP of 1.426.

Yep. I figured two.

Great article. I hope the Register continues to do more of this in-depth style of reporting and analysis.

7.9.

Not sure that's the correct way to look at it. Trading for a player (at least one who's worth trading for...) requires both prospect currency AND actual financial resources. Some of the names being tossed around (Rosario, Anderson, DeJong, etc.) are going to cost $9M+ in salary, plus prospects. Sure, maybe the Cardinals pay part/most of the $12M+ DeJong is owed, but he's still going to have a multiple million dollar salary--and Rosario and Anderson's teams aren't going to be sending any money in a trade for them.

OPS+ was 103, so it was average. For a SS, nothing at all wrong with that.

...or not:

@CaliAngel, how will you be celebrating this momentous occasion?

My point is that none of the three pitchers who were traded are likely to make any real impact, especially this year. Every team has multiple guys like them.

Cool, thanks. My post was about his comments regarding pitching...

Odd take from Olney here. True that this is a salary dump for the Brewers, but calling the Angels "pitching-starved, pitching-thin" feels way off base, especially given who they traded.

And as a bonus, it's the movie to which I was referring in this post from last month:

Four:

Also coming soon:

Angels will be Renfroe's 5th team in 5 seasons. Guys like that fascinate me.

Yeah, I think they'd have to eat at least some of it. $10.375M for a guy who's either been hurt or terrible for the past two seasons.

This article is worth reading. He's had a very up-and-down career and has struggled with control at times (though his BB rate was good in 2022).: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/10/hanshin-tigers-to-post-shintaro-fujinami.html "All of this seems to make Fujinami a high-risk, high-reward possibility for teams in free agency. On the one hand, he has hit 126 km/h (1o1 mph) with his fastball and has been elite in the past. Despite his decade-long track record, he’ll be just 29 years old next season. On the other hand, he has struggled so badly in recent years that the Tigers haven’t let him be anything more than a depth arm since 2016. There is likely to be a wide variance in how he is viewed by MLB clubs, with some completely uninterested and others willing to take a chance on his arsenal with the aim of helping him harness his tools."