In the last day the A's have traded for a 10 million closer and Rays acquired Heath Bell. Can not imagine if Reds or a team like Phillies did that. They would be called dinosaur gms and laughed at.
In the last day the A's have traded for a 10 million closer and Rays acquired Heath Bell. Can not imagine if Reds or a team like Phillies did that. They would be called dinosaur gms and laughed at.
Hoosier Red (12-03-2013),REDREAD (12-03-2013)
Well, that was a scary few minutes of Heath Bell hell.
“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
*BaseClogger* (12-03-2013),Billy Hamilton's Legs (12-03-2013),RedTeamGo! (12-03-2013),wolfboy (12-03-2013)
Wonder if Price has some inside knowledge of Holmburg, or has Price been away from Arizona too long to know the kid? Even if Price didn't have first hand knowledge of the prospect, I'm sure the new pitching coach does.
I'm ok with getting a decent pitching prospect as long as Price is around. In Price we trust.
Seems like a good pickup to me. With Arroyo out of the picture and much of the rotation about to hit free agency as well, it will be very useful to have an innings eater that doesn't break the bank.
I said a month ago, that the Reds needed a shuttle worthy pitcher for the 40 man. Because they didn't have the necessary depth. This move seems to address that. Holmberg looks like a guy that can be parked at Louisville and called on as needed. Acceptable.
Hugs, smiling, and interactive Twitter accounts, don't mean winning baseball. Until this community understands that we are cursed to relive the madness.
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Chip R (12-03-2013),CoachBombay (12-03-2013),Revering4Blue (12-03-2013),Tom Servo (12-03-2013),Tommyjohn25 (12-03-2013)
[Phil ] Castellini celebrated the team's farm system and noted the team had promising prospects who would one day be great Reds -- and then joke then they'd be ex-Reds, saying "of course we're going to lose them". #SellTheTeamBob
Nov. 13, 2007: One of the greatest days in Reds history: John Allen gets the boot!
(adds Bell to the list of future $1 fantasy league scrap-heap pickups)
Pretty neutral if that's the deal. Decent piece, but would think he would be a better complement piece for BP or Homer in a bigger deal. Maybe I'm overvaluing Hanigan
Just call me Legs
wlf WV (12-03-2013)
Wait, the Reds are getting a LH starting pitcher? I didn't think they were allowed to do that.
Where we gonna go?
Love that he has pitched over 150 innings the last 3 seasons. Seems built for innings so just need to hope they are quality innings.
Fangraphs recently did a top 10 prospects for Arizona and Holmberg came in 7th.
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/2014-...-diamondbacks/
The writer called him a poor man's Mark Buehrle.
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