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I definitely agree on Ibanez and probably shouldn't have included him in the tradeable category. I think it's considerably more likely they take the Urshela route and release him so he can have a chance to sign with a team than he gets traded.

I do wonder if they’re thinking the deadline will take care of some of the logjam. Between Jung, Lee, Anderson, Malloy, and even Ibanez, there are a few guys who could be part of a deal for a shutdown reliever.

Yes that and he was playing for defense yesterday.

Every time he’d use him, a LH was pitching.

It was the 2nd baseman’s fault-the shortstop left the bag to catch the wild throw and Torres was right there

This series I’d rather the Dodgers won. The Astros are only 1 1/2 behind us.

I actually have a friend who tells a story from years ago that someone told him to watch a random pitch in say the 5th ending would go to the backstop and he watched the game and it happened. it doesn’t mean the whole game is fixed (like my friend believes) but you can see how people can make a lot of $ on random things you wouldn’t expect and previously wouldn’t be caught. If it happened years ago, I’m certain it’s going on now.

Exactly. I don’t know about 2 of our top 5, but you’d likely have to include at least 1 of them plus 2 of the next 5 for Miller

If the Rangers picked up $15 mil of Degrom’s next 2 years,(getting him to $30/yr) I’d trade 3 of anyone not in our top 5. If they pick up $30-35 mil (getting him to $20-23 mil/yr) I’d include 1 of our top 5. (He also would cost just under $20 mil the rest of this season as this year he’s making $40 mil) Degrom is the type of starter I’d trade for-a true difference maker (when healthy) I don’t want to include Mize as that defeats part of the purpose this year and next. I don’t see any reason to get a depth starter (if they don’t project to be a dominant reliever) as they are not likely to be much/any better than the 5th -8th options we have. Give me 2-3 relievers before a depth starter.

If the Rangers picked up $15 mil of Degrom’s next 2 years,(getting him to $30/yr) I’d trade 3 of anyone not in our top 5. If they pick up $30-35 mil (getting him to $20-23 mil/yr) I’d include 1 of our top 5. (He also would cost just under $20 mil the rest of this season as this year he’s making $40 mil) Degrom is the type of starter I’d trade for-a true difference maker (when healthy) I don’t want to include Mize as that defeats part of the purpose this year and next. I don’t see any reason to get a depth starter (if they don’t project to be a dominant reliever) as they are not likely to be much/any better than the 5th -8th options we have. Give me 2-3 relievers before a depth starter.

I'm wondering who gets dropped from the 40. Maybe Kreidler? If the group from WM are going to move up, then some of the group from Erie is going to need to also and Cruz looks like he could take Kreidler's spot and even Anderson could take Ibanez' if they ended up moving him. I don't think they will yet, but other than the playoff series, he's been awful since early August both in Detroit and Toledo.

This one's in Detroit

If you look at the stats, surprisingly, they aren't far off from top 3. Offensive numbers have really dropped this year. Buxton should probably be ahead of Baez, but has only played 60 games. Greene is 3rd among AL OF in OPS behind Judge and Buxton. Baez is 5th in OPS (Grishom is 4th).

If I’m going for a starter, I want a high end guy-someone who would be for sure better than Montero and SGL. Sale would have fit that for me. I’d have included one of our top tier guys to get him through next year. He is a difference maker-as much as dislike him from our history. Efflin types do nothing for me. sale was the ones players voted as who they’d least like to face in the 9th of game 7.

I think for the postseason especially, bullpen arms are more important. You need 4 starters max in the playoffs. If healthy, Skubal, Flaherty (I’m assuming he figures things out) Mize, and Olsen are capable enough, and at there best match up well against most. If one starter has a short outing, if you have enough solid bullpen arms you’re ok as the days off means guys can go almost every day.