What people keep trying to tell you, and I think you're ignoring, whether consciously or unconsciously - Espinosa has a value, let's call it X. It's high because he's volatile right now; there is a lot of variability in his outcomes. He could wash out, or he could be the next Pedro, and there are about a million outcomes between those two extremes. The potential return for him was probably greater than Pomeranz, who so far has been slightly better than Buccholz.ramster wrote:So,let's take what have you done for me lately
Pomeranz goes 5.1 innings last night
5Ks
1 walk
1 run
6 hits
Shuts down the Yankees in a big, big game with playoffs on the line
Farrell does his usual over managing and pulls him after 93 pitches and the bull pen Implodes
It's not Pommers fault Farrell is an idiot
Fact,is Espinosa has been far from a 15th ranked player since leavong and that is at single A.
I stand by the trade and nothing has changed my mind. I would do it again.
Maybe Espinosa will prove to be a Pedro Martinez, hope he does, but nothing indicates that to be the case since the trade.
I also don't think Farrell was overreacting by pulling him after 93 pitches - his season high for innings is this year, and his season-high pitch count is 111 twice. He probably had another four batters at most. Of course, I don't disagree with you that Farrell seems scattered and overmatched this year, but there is plenty of real stuff to critique with him beyond pulling Pomeranz.