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So, the Trent Grisham/Luis Urias trade is still being sorted it seems. If you're the Brewers and Padres, do you think you won or lost the Urias/Grisham trade? Or do you think it's a push and decide to go back to the well like Baby Jessica and try one more? How you answer that decides whether or not you make the Josh Hader trade, right? Since that Hader trade was made, it must mean both teams thought they won the Grisham/Urias one. Right? You don't trade with a team that just fed you an L, do you? Well, I'm here to say the Brewers won that trade, and I think they won this trade too, but I'm a big fan of trading away closers, so I am biased. Yes, even top tier ones. With that said, I do think it's odd the Brewers made this trade -- appearing like sellers -- as they are leading the NL Central.
The trade in full: Josh Hader to the Padres for Taylor Rogers, Robert Gasser, Esteury Ruiz, and Dinelson Lamet. Do the Brewers just have such a "We can fix him" mentality they just have to take on messes? Oh man, the Brewers are Kate Hudson. That makes Taylor Rogers Matthew McConaughey; Dinelson Lamet is Paul Rudd and Esteury Ruiz is John Krasinski. What an All-Star cast of lovable losers that the Brewers, excuse me, Kate Hudson, er, I mean, Brewers need to fix! Looking at this from the other side, is the move from Taylor Rogers to Josh Hader worth the multiple players being sent away? Who's the buyer here? Who's the seller? Who's the Boss!? Kinda like the Josh Hader trade because if you look at it at first, you're like, "Brewers got hosed," but then you look at it more and you're like, "Padres got hosed," but then look at it more and you're like, "No, the Brewers definitely were hosed." The Josh Hader trade is the Mona Lisa smile of trades.
So, Josh Hader is clearly the new closer in San Diego. Truly hope Devin Williams gets a chance to be the Brewers' closer, but it's been floated that the Brewers might like him in setup and roll Taylor Rogers out there for saves. Floated by whom? Me, right now, in these last few sentences. As for Esteury Ruiz, he was sent down, and Lamet is likely to be used in a similar role as in San Diego, for now, at least. Unless Kate Hudson can work her magic! Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Ah, the smell of a new clubhouse! This week marks our favorite time of year: where winning MLB teams acquire great players to make their championship runs, and where losing teams sell their top players for minor leaguers nobody will see until 3 years from now [stares at Simeon Woods-Richardson]. If you're a fan of a team that's buying, congrats! I hope you get a Juan Soto in your "Christmas in July" stocking that hangs over the fire pit. For the rest of us that sing the praises of teams who are classic "selling" teams, may your up-turned cocktail glasses bring you solace.
Let's check in on the deals and rumors!
In his final season in 1966, Sandy Koufax averaged a whopping 24.2 points per start over, wait for it, 41 starts. The season before he averaged 25.9 points per start. To put it simply, those numbers are incredible. However, before his season was cut short last year, Jacob deGrom was averaging 26.2 points. Please, blog, may I have some more?
Hey All,
I’ve been procrastinating writing this article this week, hoping to see how this season’s Trade Deadline unfolds even further before this article is due, and also before the August 2nd, 6 P.M. EST Trade Deadline. While most of the focus (rightfully so) has been on where Juan Soto will land, and if the Angels will trade Shohei Ohtani, there has been some activity, but not so much with regards to fantasy-relevant middle infielders. Please, blog, may I have some more?
With the trade deadline in full swing, division races are an afterthought for many. As teams begin to position themselves as buyers or sellers, a cookie cutout of playoff races starts to take shape. If the San Francisco Giants are sellers, the National League West, much like the National League Central and National League East become two-team races. Please, blog, may I have some more?
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Yesterday, Reid Detmers went 7 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 12 Ks, ERA at 3.62, as he threw an immaculate inning. Ya know what? There's a lotta immaculate innings this year. I bet Rob Manfred has them using an immaculate inning ball. Detmers now has two huge starts this year (he no-hit the Rays earlier in the year) built around a rough patch, surrounding a demotion that was tagged "Fixer-upper," and upper he fixer'd. Since he was recalled from his demotion, he's been essentially lights-out (24 IP, 3 ER, 31 Ks). There was 9 BBs in those 24 IP, which is still a concern, but he looks like he's on the standard path of ugly rookie year (last year), up-and-down year two (that's right now) and next year will be the real breakout. Anyway, here's what else I saw this weekend in fantasy baseball:
