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2018 Trade Deadline
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Sandoval really wasn't having that great of a year anyways (0.1 WAR, .310 OBP), so I don't think that changes a whole lot from what was already going to happen. They're 5 GB in both their division and the WC, but the way things are shaking out in the NL, that 5 game defecit might as well be 12 games. I definitely think they'll move McCutchen, and make other guys like Hunter Pence (pass), Evan Longoria, and Sam Dyson available.
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They have virtually a month... Really more of a question for the Dodgers and D-Backs....They should be able to rear view the Giants
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Agreed with PIP.. I think we need to just root for San Fran to fall farther and farther out of the picture, thus it makes more sense for them to deal away Andrew McCutchen.
At least, It would make sense for them to do so. I really hope they do, he's a perfect fit for the Indians. Even with the new addition in center field with Martin, Cutch could be a key piece of the team moving forward this year.
Add him and get Miller back to full strength.. I'll roll with this squad against anyone.
At least, It would make sense for them to do so. I really hope they do, he's a perfect fit for the Indians. Even with the new addition in center field with Martin, Cutch could be a key piece of the team moving forward this year.
Add him and get Miller back to full strength.. I'll roll with this squad against anyone.
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Where would we put him, isn't he a 3B? Jose at 2nd!!! I'm ready
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and Kip in the OF mix
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Donaldson has missed a huge chunk of the season with calf issues, same thing that ended Lonnie's season, and is still not playing because of it.
I'd take him for nothing, but I wouldn't expect a ton out of him this season.
I'd take him for nothing, but I wouldn't expect a ton out of him this season.
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Yeah, he’s broken and can’t throw.
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Really hoping McCutchen becomes available
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McCutchen is the best fit. He would be 4th on this team in OPS and 3rd in OBP. He'd better in RF but could play CF if needed to give Martin a day off. He's been solid in the postseason, although that was admittedly when he was a bit younger.
S-SS-Lindor
L-LF-Brantley
S-3B-Ramirez
R-DH-Encarnacion
R-RF-McCutchen
L-1B-Alonso
L-2B-Kipnis
R-C-Gomes
L-CF-Martin
All of the sudden, the lineup looks a lot better. You could even consider batting McCutchen higher and moving EE down in the process.
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A couple interesting pieces from Mike Chernoff on the August waivers and how they work
Meisel: How much of an advantage, then, is it to be sitting ahead of your American League postseason competition in terms of waiver priority?
Chernoff: The place where it’s an advantage is that, if you claim a guy, you can block all of those other teams. As soon as we claim a guy, no other team ahead of us in the standings in the American League has access to that player. Ninety-nine percent of the time, we wouldn’t trade for a guy. You put Lindor on waivers. We’re not going to trade him. But some team is going to claim him, potentially. The balancing act is that guys on big contracts who might not be a fit for us but are for the other contenders, we’re in a position to potentially block those teams from getting them, yet we could also get stuck with a guy who isn’t a fit for us, making a big salary. If that team just doesn’t pull him back and we get him, you potentially get stuck. And you see that happen every once in a while, where the other team lets him go and you’re stuck with a guy.
ZM: Do you think it will be an active August? Is that something you can tell ahead of time?
MC: It felt like there was a big flurry of deals that happened this year. Last year, it seemed like there were fewer impact deals and then there was a lot of August action. I don’t know if that will mean there’s less action in August this year, because there was that big flurry of impact deals. I couldn’t predict what’s going to happen. I think there’s a lot of action behind the scenes in August on the waiver wire. What that will actually translate to in terms of trades, I have no idea.
ZM: So when there’s a report that a marquee player is on waivers, that isn’t a big deal.
MC: It’s meaningless. Almost every player will go through waivers, just because, why wouldn’t you put the guy on and just revoke the claim? For the best players in the game, some of those guys will clear waivers and no one will claim them because they know there’s no chance that the team will trade them. So it’s hard to read into it when you start hearing whether guys are claimed or not, because it’s happening with basically every player.
ZM: How long do you have to work something out if you do claim a player?
MC: Seventy-two hours. Ninety-nine percent of the time you claim a guy, there’s not even a conversation. You can claim as many guys as you want. You have to be locked in, just because you could get stuck with a guy. You can’t take any claim you make for granted.
ZM: It does buy time for teams that can’t decide whether to buy or sell.
MC: Yeah. A guy like Jay Bruce, who’s on a somewhat big contract, but is in the last year of that contract, he didn’t get traded at the deadline. Often, that’s a player who — him or Coco Crisp the year before — will clear waivers, and if that team falls out of contention at some point in August, is a guy who would’ve been traded earlier, potentially, at the deadline if that team knew it would be in that position. But they can wait until August in that case. Jay Bruce cleared waivers and they could trade him in an unrestricted way. So it almost made no difference that there was a trade deadline.
Meisel: How much of an advantage, then, is it to be sitting ahead of your American League postseason competition in terms of waiver priority?
Chernoff: The place where it’s an advantage is that, if you claim a guy, you can block all of those other teams. As soon as we claim a guy, no other team ahead of us in the standings in the American League has access to that player. Ninety-nine percent of the time, we wouldn’t trade for a guy. You put Lindor on waivers. We’re not going to trade him. But some team is going to claim him, potentially. The balancing act is that guys on big contracts who might not be a fit for us but are for the other contenders, we’re in a position to potentially block those teams from getting them, yet we could also get stuck with a guy who isn’t a fit for us, making a big salary. If that team just doesn’t pull him back and we get him, you potentially get stuck. And you see that happen every once in a while, where the other team lets him go and you’re stuck with a guy.
ZM: Do you think it will be an active August? Is that something you can tell ahead of time?
MC: It felt like there was a big flurry of deals that happened this year. Last year, it seemed like there were fewer impact deals and then there was a lot of August action. I don’t know if that will mean there’s less action in August this year, because there was that big flurry of impact deals. I couldn’t predict what’s going to happen. I think there’s a lot of action behind the scenes in August on the waiver wire. What that will actually translate to in terms of trades, I have no idea.
ZM: So when there’s a report that a marquee player is on waivers, that isn’t a big deal.
MC: It’s meaningless. Almost every player will go through waivers, just because, why wouldn’t you put the guy on and just revoke the claim? For the best players in the game, some of those guys will clear waivers and no one will claim them because they know there’s no chance that the team will trade them. So it’s hard to read into it when you start hearing whether guys are claimed or not, because it’s happening with basically every player.
ZM: How long do you have to work something out if you do claim a player?
MC: Seventy-two hours. Ninety-nine percent of the time you claim a guy, there’s not even a conversation. You can claim as many guys as you want. You have to be locked in, just because you could get stuck with a guy. You can’t take any claim you make for granted.
ZM: It does buy time for teams that can’t decide whether to buy or sell.
MC: Yeah. A guy like Jay Bruce, who’s on a somewhat big contract, but is in the last year of that contract, he didn’t get traded at the deadline. Often, that’s a player who — him or Coco Crisp the year before — will clear waivers, and if that team falls out of contention at some point in August, is a guy who would’ve been traded earlier, potentially, at the deadline if that team knew it would be in that position. But they can wait until August in that case. Jay Bruce cleared waivers and they could trade him in an unrestricted way. So it almost made no difference that there was a trade deadline.
Yeah let's keep that stiff in the lineup somewhere popping up to the outfielders. He helps the Indians out a lot. LMAO