November 28, 201411 yr Author Yes I think this is a solid move. He has a nice 93-96 fastball with a good slider. He actually struggled the last 4-6 weeks of the season so that kind of inflated some numbers.
November 28, 201411 yr Author We also sent Redman Yes. Redman had some pretty good numbers but was a 25 year old in A+ and AA.
November 28, 201411 yr Without a doubt Shrek is gone with this trade. Who would Red pencil in as the Closer? Ramos? Morris?
November 28, 201411 yr Without a doubt Shrek is gone with this trade. Who would Red pencil in as the Closer? Ramos? Morris? I don't think that the team plans on trading Cishek though.
November 28, 201411 yr Id be cool with keeping Cishek and just having a really deep bullpen, sign a quality starter and trade for a 2b using Heaney or other prospects.
November 28, 201411 yr Author Yea I really don't see them trading Cishek. He is very close with Stanton and we need him more than you think. I don't see how winning now involves trading a great closer.
November 28, 201411 yr He's a very good closer but that's the easiest thing to get. It's a lot easier to get a closer than a 1B, 2B or whatever else we need.
November 28, 201411 yr Author He's a very good closer but that's the easiest thing to get. It's a lot easier to get a closer than a 1B, 2B or whatever else we need. I get that too but you can't risk having the closer situation blow up in your face. Think of Nunez and Bell. When Cishek came in it was like wow stress level a little lower.
November 28, 201411 yr He's a very good closer but that's the easiest thing to get. We once signed Heath Bell.
November 28, 201411 yr Yeah...you say finding a good closer is super easy. Then you get Bell. Gregg. Lindstrom. Nunez.
November 28, 201411 yr Just because the organization has sucked with closers doesn't mean that they're not the easiest thing to get. If you're really that worried about the closer role for whatever reason, you can just trade Cishek for assets that we need and use the money on one of the many good relievers left in free agency, some of whom are better than Cishek. The market for relievers is way better than the market for hitters. Furthermore, what is being said about closers could be said about many other positions for us. Look at our history with 1B. Sucks even more than our history with closers, for whatever that's worth. The bottom line is that our bullpen is a strength and we have weaknesses.
November 28, 201411 yr This team cant afford to keep Cishek in the long term. I think is time to trade him, if we can get a good return.
November 28, 201411 yr Seems ok. Flynn didnt look like he was going to amount to much (so far) and they get a decent reliever back. Maybe nothing imminent with Cishek but it should help with depth if it happens.
November 28, 201411 yr what's up with that massive k rate/vecloity drop... juan rod says he might be considered for a starting role
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