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Post by pachyderm on Apr 17, 2024 5:49:24 GMT -5
Even though it is a ways off...
From ESPN:
"San Francisco Giants
Trade candidate: Hayden Birdsong
The Giants are the ultimate "just get in" team. With Logan Webb and Blake Snell in the rotation, plus the upside of Jordan Hicks and Kyle Harrison, they are the team most likely to sneak into the playoffs and then go on a Diamondbacks-like run. That makes them potential deadline adders, even if they're off to a slow start. Birdsong, who was a sixth-round pick in 2022 as a reliever out of Eastern Illinois, exploded last year as a starter in the minors with 149 strikeouts in 100⅔ innings. He'll get a tougher test in Double-A, but he's the kind of prospect teams will ask for."
Thoughts?
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Post by klaiggeb on Apr 17, 2024 8:26:01 GMT -5
It sounds intriguing though I hate to give up pitching
It'll be interesting to see what our needs will be at the deadline
It is still very early, but it looks to me like we need to rework the bullPen with both taylor and tyler being shown the door by the end of may early june
Of course me saying that reminds me of the old dusty springfield song wishin and hopin and plannin and dreamin.
By the time we get to the deadline this will be a different team, one that scores runs
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Post by pachyderm on Apr 17, 2024 10:25:36 GMT -5
It sounds intriguing though I hate to give up pitchingIt'll be interesting to see what our needs will be at the deadline It is still very early, but it looks to me like we need to rework the bullPen with both taylor and tyler being shown the door by the end of may early june Of course me saying that reminds me of the old dusty springfield song wishin and hopin and plannin and dreamin. By the time we get to the deadline this will be a different team, one that scores runs Maybe he'll be up with us by then... who knows... ? I too would hate to give up a decent prospect so early in his career and especially when we need pitching. |
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Post by klaiggeb on Apr 17, 2024 14:59:04 GMT -5
Everyone needs pitching, soooooo, IF we were to give up a guy THIS GOOD, I'd want the farm, and their 3rd born male child in return.  |
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Post by reedonly on Apr 17, 2024 15:53:14 GMT -5
Birdsong is a player most would want to keep, not trade away.
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Post by klaiggeb on Apr 17, 2024 16:27:09 GMT -5
Totally agree!
Totally!!!
That's why I said I'd HATE to give up pitching, but if HE was the guy, I'd want the farm and their 3 born male child in return.
That's a LOT to pay.
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Post by reedonly on Apr 18, 2024 9:20:39 GMT -5
Birdsong is expected to make a mid-summer debut and may have passed Crawford and Whisenhunt who were taken before him in that same draft. As a youngster, he was taught a spike curve (similar to Jonathan Sanchez's by Bert Bradley who used to work for the Giants. I think he is going to garner a ton of interest from other GMs so this is the kind of prospect they should be keeping, not trading away.
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Post by klaiggeb on Apr 18, 2024 9:22:39 GMT -5
I could not agree with you more, Reed.
But we're talking Farhan Send me your broken and your not yet healed Zaidi, here.
Lord knows what that putz will do
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Post by reedonly on Apr 18, 2024 9:40:22 GMT -5
Just to give you a head's up, the players most likely to be traded at the trade dealine are the Boras lame ducks like Bellinger, Montgomery, Martinez, etc. Goldschmit and Bregman are also reaching the ends of their contracts. As such, there's not a lot of help they should be expecting from trades (or next season's free agent class, for that matter).
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