July 2021 Game Thread

[fish16]

duvall played exactly as he has played everywhere else. carries us for a few games and goes silent for 10. good guy, decent player, but he wasnt going to exercise that option so to get another C option in Jackson is pretty good return. We're not done today.

[Nick]

really like the duvall trade. jackson is a former top pick and has potential. Low BA but has really good power. I think they realized that because duvall has a mutual option for next year we werent keeping him because he would get more money next year. Good deal. at the very least it gives us another option to see at C instead of Leon or alfaro.

If paying Duvall $7 Million next year broke the bank for us, then we're fucked long term. Like I said earlier, they did end up paying Duvall almost nothing and got a nice prospect so have to give them credit there.

[fish16]

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[Namaste]

Fangraphs had him at 8.

Basically we paid Duvall a little less than $1.5 million for 100 games, and got a pretty good Catching prospect who is ready to play now.

Yeah my bad I think I quoted Baseball America which is dumb

[fish16]

If paying Duvall $7 Million next year broke the bank for us, then we're fucked long term. Like I said earlier, they did end up paying Duvall almost nothing and got a nice prospect so have to give them credit there.

I didn't say that. His option was a mutual option. Duvall would have been the one to opt out to try to get a multi year deal somewhere.

[Todd]

I don't really get the point of keeping Aguilar unless you think you can get more in the offseason.

[Erick]

Lewin Diaz the RF’er rest of the season? He has to play somewhere.

[Erick]

Alex Jackson stinks by the way.

[Namaste]

In his last 28 big league AB’s his BABIP was .100

[Nick]

His numbers at AAA are unequivocally good. Fangraphs says he’s much improved defensively. We’ll see.

[fish16]

alex jackson clearly has one thing going for him though- he's not jorge fucking alfaro.

[lou]

If the Duvall told them he isn't exercising, then this is a no-brainer.

This is a hail mary hope and prayer, but hey, sometimes it works out and you get Cody Ross or Miguel Rojas for nothing.

They need 2 veteran OF next year FWIW, but one of them can be a really cheap guy to "get to Bleday" in the summer.

[fish16]

i still think we get buxton by the end of the day.

[Erick]

alex jackson clearly has one thing going for him though- he's not jorge fucking alfaro.

Yeah, he’s worse.

[fish16]

Yeah, he’s worse.

care to say anything of substance or just gonna go with he's awful?