Three deals for three relief arms who bring experience to an Atlanta bullpen in need of reinforcements. Accomplished without sacrificing any of the top 3 prospects in the system - Cristian Pache, Ian Anderson & Drew Waters. IMO the Braves won the day in the NL.
Astros get Greinke. They have to be pretty heavy favorites in the AL now given that the Yankees rotation is hot garbage and they added no one.
It was a good day for the Astros but of course, playoffs are playoffs and there’s just no guarantee. Doesn’t take much to swing a series one way or the other.
What’s nice about the Greinke trade for Astros is that he has more years on his contract so even if Cole leaves in free agency you still have 2 front line starters.
For playoffs this year, a rotation of Verlander, Cole, Greinke and Miley sure looks tout.
Boston is now 6 games back of Tampa for the WC2 spot and their starting pitching looks terrible. Going to be tough for them to overcome that deficit as Cleveland has 3 weaklings to beat up on in their Division so I don't see them slipping. Oakland is notoriously a second half team. Tampa continues to hang in there despite some pitching injuries. Cleveland could pass Minnesota but like the tribe the twins have 3 opponents to tee off on. I don't see the Redsox passing 2 of these teams to get a shot at the Wild Card game.
The NL for currently has 8 teams within 6.5 of WC2 and thats without anyone setting much of a pace. Teams at 500 are 2.5 games back.
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Josh Donaldson pimped a walk, leaving the batter's box practically as the ball left the pitcher's hand on a 3-0 count. That is a million times more disrespectful (and hilarious) than any bat flip.
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