August 2019 Game Thread

[lou]

Diaz being called up finally.

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Craig Mish
@CraigMish
Sources indicate the Miami Marlins are calling up Lewis Brinson from New Orleans.

Is it Brinson and Diaz or just Brinson?

Both. I see other coverage on it.

Finally

[fish16]

Good. give brinson the rest of the year and then april and then just cut ties if there is no improvement. Im not optimistic because of his failure to improve the plate discipline in AAA but we shall see. Diaz has been phenomenal all year and is very deserving. I didnt think they would keep him down the entire year but glad its official because that would have been straight up wrong not to give him a call.

[Nick]

Of course this announced after I go to the game today. Yep, I was there, and we sucked.

[fish16]

Of course this announced after I go to the game today. Yep, I was there, and we sucked.

ya the rest of this year is gonna be brutal. Future looks good but we are gonna go into full on tank mode these next two months.

Also, the way pablo lopez has looked in his 2 rehab starts makes me hope they shut him down for the rest of the year. Dont want to see him turn into henderson alvarez 2.0.

[Nick]

Well this might be just as interesting of a development as Diaz and Brinson being called up. Jesus Sanchez is playing CF tonight for New Orleans.

[tjfla]

i've got zero clue who is on the roster after the injuries and trades this week Dugger coming up seems kind of stupid because judging by his AAA results he is gonna get crushed but i guess it gives us a chance to at least look at his stuff against major league hitting to see if he has any kind of major league future.

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i understand the service time implications of keeping Diaz down but they need to just bring him up already. Would be an absolutely horrible look and send a horrendous message to the young guys in the system by not bringing him up this year. Him and brinson need to be up and playing every day.

Dugger is coming up because he needs to be put on the 40 Man in Nov anyways. Sixto/Cabrera are on innings and Neidert is just getting back.

He isn't a long term SP but could be SP,LR,RP in ML

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Brinson,Diaz,Dugger and Stanek should be added today. Steck and Brice by this weekend

They can't make trades anymore but watch for Walker to be DFA. NYY are desperate for IF and DFA Walker could save few bucks and open up another spot. Castro is possible too

Gonna be a few confusing moves to people but remember guys like Castro,Prado,Walker,Grandy are FA and they wont be here next year. If we DFA and they get claimed we dont have to pay them and can take looks at others

[tjfla]

Zack Godley was DFA. I wish Miami would take a shot at some of these DFA guys-we are #4 on the claim list and no trades mean they are ours if we want them

[fish16]

Isan Diaz being thrown into the 2 spot of the lineup right away for game 1 today. Let’s let the young kids play and see what we have the rest of the year

[tjfla]

Dugger up for Game 1 then he is getting sent down and Hector Noesi is joining the rotation

[tjfla]

Crappy news but Steck has elbow soreness again(Already had TJS 1 time) and looks like Stanek is the Closer the rest of this year and next year until atleast trade deadline(unless Urena is here for 2020)

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2020 Pen

Elieser
Jarlin
Quijada
Tayron
Brice
FA? Conley? Minor Leaguer? Rule 5?
Stanek
Urena

AAA
Dugger
Guzman
Holloway(AA)
Dylan Lee
Brigham
Tyler Stevens
Aiello

Probably need to sign 1 or 2 FA but overall not bad

[fish16]

Solid move not trading steck and Conley at the deadline last year

[Lee Stone]

I would definitely close with Brigham.

A career day for Dugger ... literally. I don't suspect he will ever put on a Miami uniform again.

[Erick]

Stanek’s been a lot better as an opener in his career so far. He has good enough stuff to succeed in high-leverage imo, but just something worth noting.

[Nick]

Lol they really hung Dugger out to dry here. Hey kid, we know you cant get anyone out at AAA, but how bout you give it a shot against big leaguers.

[lou]

I would definitely close with Brigham.

A career day for Dugger ... literally. I don't suspect he will ever put on a Miami uniform again.

Financially, makes more sense to let Stanek, Steckenrider (if healthy), or Conley/Chen (lol) get the saves as they are the closest to arbitration, in arbitration, or contract is set. They have they least ability to accrue crazy saves numbers to punitively impact arbitration versus a guy with tons of time. We don't want Brigham, or anyone else, having 90 saves in arbitration year 1 is what I'm saying.

Those dudes should be getting saves until they give someone a Leclerc style buyout and then that person gets the saves. Personally, I'd give them to Stanek and trade him next July and build around undoubtedly 1-3 of the starters being moved to the pen, Guzman, Holloway, Brigham, Garcia, Quijada, and maybe some others like Brice or Tayron figure it out.

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Stanek’s been a lot better as an opener in his career so far. He has good enough stuff to succeed in high-leverage imo, but just something worth noting.

It is a bizarre split and Tampa fans have noted that, but I can't conceive a guy can't throw in the 8th/9th innings.