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Originally Posted by Hockey
Stripling announced to the 15 day IL with a right glute/hip strain.
Wonder if they knew this was coming and that's why they got Mitch White
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What an absolute joke of a season for pitcher injuries.
As for the TDL, I'm not angry about it. I would have liked more, but understand that you can't force teams to make deals with you. When the ask for relievers is Moreno or Tiedemann you
have to walk away.
I've been particularly down with this season, just because the team's pitching has been so god awful at times again (particularly the bull pen, but the starters have some black spots too). But this is year one in what is a 3-4 year window of being really competitive. There was no reason to make a trade like the one the Ms did. Reds fleeced a team just desperate for a play-off birth. A play-off birth that would see three games played in another country if they happened today. A series where their Cy Young winning ace would be ineligible to play.
I mean, sure, get in and anything can happen but it's just too much to pay for what could amount to less than a work week's worth of games.