Roto-Wan is back monkey chuckers, and on less sleep than ever! I actually threw up last night out of sheer exhaustion after feeding the little-wan. I did not know that was possible. Thank to B_Don for being an adequate at best fill in for me. Yesterday was the trade deadline and bullpens were heavily reworked for many contenders. Tiers are of course baby themed. Time for some notes!
- Shane Greene and Mark Melancon became Atlanta Braves. Atlanta has designs on a postseason run and wanted to load up the reliever clip. Greene has been great this season. That should continue on a better team. The biggest indictment of how the Braves felt about their bullpen was shipping Kolby Allard for Chris Martin’s sore back. I don’t get that one.
- The Mariners bullpen has been so great the Nationals just had to have multiple parts, acquiring Hunter Strickland and Roenis Elias in two separate deals. I don’t really get why Washington was buying at all. Either of those guys could be a cut in 2020 spring training.
- Nick Anderson will quietly slot into a Rays backend that has been shaky lately. Anderson has amazing stuff. The Rays have worked some wonders with their pitcher acquisitions so I’d buy him on the cheap and stash.
- The Twins get Sam Dyson from the Giants. Dyson has had effective stretches in his career and Minnesota is still looking for a right-handed complement to Taylor Rogers. They also added Sergio Romo. He’s Sergio Romo, though.
- The biggest head-scratcher was Milwaukee giving up number three prospect Mauricio Dubon for Drew Pomeranz and Ray Black. This one had twitter on fire. Play a little hardball at the negotiating table, Brewers. Black’s an interesting piece, I guess. Pomeranz has been better in the bullpen… for four games. That’s not a sample size it’s a road trip.
- The most wide open roles to speculate on are Seattle, Miami, and Texas. I’d prefer a dark horse since all three are wildly unpredictable.
New Baby Smell
One of nature’s miracles. Hold a baby close and the have an amazing unique smell.
| Closer | Next | Then | Maybe | So You’re Saying There’s A Chance? |
| Felipe Vazquez | Kyle Crick | Keone Kela | ||
| Josh Hader | Adrian Houser | Freddy Peralta | ||
| Kirby Yates | Andres Munoz | Craig Stammen | Matt Strahm | Trey Wingenter |
| Kenley Jansen | Pedro Baez | Joe Kelly | Julio Urias | Adam Kolarek |
| Brad Hand | Nick Goody | Adam Cimber | Oliver Perez | Tyler Clippard |
He has no real ‘lines’, but how can you go against a bot that helps instead of trolls on the internet. There when you need him, but don’t expect to have much of a conversation without a translator. How did Luke know how to talk droid?
Baby Smiles
Apparently, they’re induced by gas and not emotion. Still, a smiling baby is ridiculously cute.
| Closer | Next | Then | Maybe | So You’re Saying There’s A Chance? |
| Roberto Osuna | Ryan Pressly | Hector Rondon | Will Harris | Collin McHugh |
| Aroldis Chapman | Adam Ottavino | Zach Britton | Chad Green | |
| Sean Doolittle | Fernando Rodney | Wander Suero | Hunter Strickland | Roenis Elias |
| Craig Kimbrel | Steve Cishek | Brandon Kintzler | Pedro Strop | |
| Liam Hendriks | Yusmeiro Petit | Lou Trivino | Blake Treinen |
A Solid Burp
Since babies are so small you can feel the full body relief of a good burp.
| Closer | Next | Then | Maybe | So You’re Saying There’s A Chance? |
| Edwin Diaz | Seth Lugo | |||
| Ian Kennedy | Jake Diekman | Tim Hill | ||
| Will Smith | Reyes Moronta | Tony Watson | ||
| Shane Greene | Luke Jackson | Anthony Swarzak | Chris Martin | Chad Sobotka |
| Alex Colome | Kelvin Herrera | Jace Fry | Aaron Bummer | |
| Taylor Rogers | Sam Dyson | Sergio Romo | Ryne Harper | Trevor May |
| Ken Giles | David Phelps | |||
| Hector Neris | Jose Alvarez | IL: David Robertson |
Middle Of The Night Feedings
They’re necessary to, you know, keep this new thing alive. Man do they suck, though. Your essence is slowly sapped by them.
| Closer | Next | Then | Maybe | So You’re Saying There’s A Chance? |
| Emilio Pagan | Diego Castillo | Nick Anderson | Colin Poche | Andrew Kittredge |
| Hansel Robles | Noe Ramirez | Cam Bedrosian | Ty Buttrey | |
| Carlos Martinez | John Gant | Andrew Miller | Giovanny Gallegos | John Brebbia |
| Raisel Iglesias | Michael Lorenzen | David Hernandez | Jared Hughes | Amir Garrett |
| Jose Leclerc | Jesse Chavez | IL: Shawn Kelley | ||
| Archie Bradley | Yoshihisa Hirano | Yoan Lopez | Greg Holland | |
| Joe Jimenez | Buck Farmer | Jose Cisnero |
Getting Pooped On
It’s going to happen. It’s going to be gross. You’re going to want to avoid it by passing it off to someone else…
| Closer | Next | Then | Maybe |
| Mychal Givens | Miguel Castro | Paul Fry | |
| Wade Davis | Scott Oberg | Carlos Estevez | |
| Brandon Workman | Matt Barnes | Colten Brewer | Nathan Eovaldi |
| Jarlin Garcia | Jose Quijada | Austin Brice | |
| Anthony Bass | Cory Gearrin | IL: Austin Adams |
