Underwhelming, indeed! Friday night the Royals continued their new tradition of struggling with pitchers drafted after 2018. I don't really see this trade as addressing that problem.
Sure, at least they got SOMETHING for Chapman. Lukewarm kudos to the organization for that. Not much else to say.
I thought they could maybe wrangle another player for him. A pair of lottery tickets as it were. But this was probably the price for moving so soon. The return is, as I said, underwhelming, but it’s a return I can live with.
Why is it something we can live with. Every Royals pitching prospect has got hammered at the big league level. Two TJ and a 17 yo for a pitcher albeit 35 yet throwing 102. Makes no sense. If we got this for Chapman what does one expect to get for Oliveros Lopez and Duffey? I’d say not much. The only player on the team that is capable of bringing a haul is Salvie and they will hold on to him too long. We have to live with an underwhelming front office and scouting staff. We ARE NOT a developmental team.
While nobody knows exactly how this trade will play out, these are the moves the Royals must make. I will never understand what GMDM was thinking with his do-nothing and hope for the best, strategy.
I'm fine with the return. Royals fans were, uniformly, eager to trade Chapman soon before he either blewup or got hurt -- the rest of the league knows that too and was never going to offer a crazy return for such a volatile player past his prime. Ragans is exactly the profile of pitcher that the Rays or Guardians would turn into a #3 starter, and this will be a measuring stick for our guys.
Good point on the timing on Chapman. If they got a little less for jumping earlier, that’s something I can live with. Who knows what the next month would bring? It would be a gamble the Royals really couldn’t afford to take. The main concern I have with Ragans is his Tommy John surgeries. But the Royals pitching lab has another arm to throw into the mix, and that’s worth a shot.
I mentioned this on Twitter ( RIP? Who the hell knows ) yesterday, but yeah - it's the TJ's that make me itchy on the return. Hard enough to come back from a 2nd one, but if anything else happens it's basically over for the guy.
The only way the deal could feel underwhelming is if we didn’t define our expectations for it back in March. It’s fine. He’s an aging relief pitcher on an expiring contract. That profile was never going to bring back Jackson Holliday.
Underwhelming, indeed! Friday night the Royals continued their new tradition of struggling with pitchers drafted after 2018. I don't really see this trade as addressing that problem.
Sure, at least they got SOMETHING for Chapman. Lukewarm kudos to the organization for that. Not much else to say.
I thought they could maybe wrangle another player for him. A pair of lottery tickets as it were. But this was probably the price for moving so soon. The return is, as I said, underwhelming, but it’s a return I can live with.
Why is it something we can live with. Every Royals pitching prospect has got hammered at the big league level. Two TJ and a 17 yo for a pitcher albeit 35 yet throwing 102. Makes no sense. If we got this for Chapman what does one expect to get for Oliveros Lopez and Duffey? I’d say not much. The only player on the team that is capable of bringing a haul is Salvie and they will hold on to him too long. We have to live with an underwhelming front office and scouting staff. We ARE NOT a developmental team.
While nobody knows exactly how this trade will play out, these are the moves the Royals must make. I will never understand what GMDM was thinking with his do-nothing and hope for the best, strategy.
Absolutely agree. Chapman was signed to be traded. And because of Cabrera in this deal, it will be a few years before we can accurately evaluate it.
I'm fine with the return. Royals fans were, uniformly, eager to trade Chapman soon before he either blewup or got hurt -- the rest of the league knows that too and was never going to offer a crazy return for such a volatile player past his prime. Ragans is exactly the profile of pitcher that the Rays or Guardians would turn into a #3 starter, and this will be a measuring stick for our guys.
Good point on the timing on Chapman. If they got a little less for jumping earlier, that’s something I can live with. Who knows what the next month would bring? It would be a gamble the Royals really couldn’t afford to take. The main concern I have with Ragans is his Tommy John surgeries. But the Royals pitching lab has another arm to throw into the mix, and that’s worth a shot.
I mentioned this on Twitter ( RIP? Who the hell knows ) yesterday, but yeah - it's the TJ's that make me itchy on the return. Hard enough to come back from a 2nd one, but if anything else happens it's basically over for the guy.
The only way the deal could feel underwhelming is if we didn’t define our expectations for it back in March. It’s fine. He’s an aging relief pitcher on an expiring contract. That profile was never going to bring back Jackson Holliday.