MLB (Non-Phils) News and Notes 2016

Philsmania 2016-09-03 16:45:36 UTC #521

Giants purchase the contract of 41 year old Joe Nathan from their AAA team.

mlbtraderumors.com/2016/09/g ... athan.html

Nathan is now back in the running for the honor of being the last MLB player standing from the '90's and the Twentieth Century. The other contenders are Colon, Beltran, Beltre and Pierczynski. David Ortiz retires after this season as did Alex Rodgriguez a few weeks ago though he could conceivably try to come back with someone next season. Colon already has the honor of being the last Montreal Expo left standing.

flyers19rw 2016-09-08 15:15:45 UTC #522

It looks like SS blew up his elbow again last night.
washingtonpost.com/sports/n ... l#comments
Some of the comments made on the incident are startling. I thought that the Phillies plans were rough. Evidently not as much as DC ones.

andyb 2016-09-15 20:46:12 UTC #523

For everyone saying the Phillies can't compete in 2017, the top 2 teams in the wild card race currently are 9 and 8 games over .500. So it is looking fairly likely that 85-86 wins gets a team in the wild card this season. There just is not a whole lot of depth in the National League beyond Washington, Chicago, and LA. Shore up the bullpen, add a starter and the Phillies could be there if young prospects like Crawford develop.

flyers19rw 2016-09-15 22:33:58 UTC #524

A J Preller suspended thirty days w/o pay for withholding information regarding health of players that he was trading.
sportsday.dallasnews.com/texas-r ... -afoul-mlb
This is the second time that Preller has had a problem following MLB guide lines.

andyb 2016-09-15 23:39:46 UTC #525

Makes me wonder if info was held back on Zach Eflin's knees. There was no reason to suspect a problem but maybe we only got medical info on his arm. Just speculation of course.

flyers19rw 2016-09-16 00:03:21 UTC #526

Eflin's knees have been a problem for ten years or so. It should have been known before he was drafted if the scouts were on the ball. How he was treated for it might be a question.

bkeich 2016-09-26 03:20:28 UTC #527

Will Bryce Harper ever grow up?

He got deked on a play today at third and hurt his finger. He whined so much that his teammates defended him for falling for the deke starting a bench clearing incident after his pitcher threw at a hitter.

If Harper understood that the deke was intended to keep him from advancing on a bad throw (and it worked), therefore it is part of baseball. Instead he displayed his usual childish behavior and once again caused a problem. Hopefully this guy continues to be a talented player that fails, just glad he isn't on my team. Cole Hamels called this one well.

zambonir 2016-09-26 03:47:12 UTC #528

Funny how (speaking for myself at least) I'll root for almost anyone, including the Mets,Dodgers and Cardinals, over the Nats. Hopefully the Phillies will still have a chance to mess with the Mets though. The Dodgers will also be in San Francisco for three games they don't need to win, but the Giants do.

California_Dreamin 2016-09-27 04:52:39 UTC #529

Andrew Bailey is 6-6 in save attempts for the Angels in September and has been unscored on in 10 of his 11 appearances.

donaldorc 2016-09-27 06:15:13 UTC #530

Shilling fan says: "fungible"

zambonir 2016-09-27 06:36:00 UTC #531

A poster boy for it!

Austinfan 2016-09-27 12:55:09 UTC #532

Yep, it's not like he didn't get a fair shot here.

Philsmania 2016-09-27 14:02:08 UTC #533

That's the way it is with veteran relievers. One season, they are good, the next they could be crummy. We just seem to have abysmal luck with them. With us, it often seems that they turn crummy here but then rediscover their mojo elsewhere. See also, Mike Timlin, Todd Jones, Roberto Hernandez the reliver, Arthur Rhodes and now Andrew Bailey.

And Bailey now reminds me a little bit of Norm Charlton. The Phillies stashed him on the DL for year in '94 while he recovered from surgery, then he was horrific for them when coming back in '95 and the Phillies cut him in June. The Mariners picked him up and he went on to have the best half season of his career and emerged as Seattle's lockdown closer. Then, in '96, he stunk again.

mdougherty12 2016-09-27 16:40:20 UTC #534

Also on the Angels, J.C. Ramirez has a 2.84 ERA in 41 appearances after getting deservedly waived by the Reds in June.

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andyb 2016-09-27 16:47:47 UTC #535

Even 30 or 40 innings are a relatively small sample, though baseball people of course can evaluate the stuff and command. And with Bailey it just was not great with the Phillies.

Relief pitchers are often treated like field goal kickers in the NFL. How many have been cut missing a big field goal that turn up with another team and play for years? Relievers with good stuff don't tend to be released as often or as quickly though if they have a few bad outings.

Philsmania 2016-09-27 17:04:27 UTC #536

I saw Ramirez in a game earlier this season. I was schocked. Ramirez is the only one of the Cliff Lee Three still playing in affiliated baseball. Aumont retired and Gillies played for Sugar Land in the Atlantic League.

David_Criss 2016-09-27 18:36:49 UTC #537

Marlins re-sign Prado. Cross him off the list.
fishstripes.com/2016/9/27/13 ... -extension

zambonir 2016-09-27 19:46:31 UTC #538

And if we went over to a Red Sox, Cubs or even a Houston Astros board, they probably lament what Romero, Eyre, and Lidge did for the Phillies.

Philsmania 2016-09-27 21:53:29 UTC #539

True! True! At the time the Lidge deal went down, I wonder if Astro fans laughed and thought Wade fleeced his former employer when he sent a supposed headcase and a mediocre utility player to Philadelphia for a young outfielder with potential (Bourn), a middle reliever with a modest track record of success (Geary) and a former second round pick (Costanzo).

Philsmania 2016-10-03 15:04:04 UTC #540

Rick Renteria will replace Robin Ventura as the White Sox manager.

mlbtraderumors.com/2016/10/white-sox-likely-to-replace-robin-ventura-with-rick-renteria.html

And, Walt Weiss resigns as Rockies manager though it looked like he wasn't long for the job, anyway.

mlbtraderumors.com/2016/10/rockies-likely-to-move-on-from-walt-weiss.html

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