Post#145 » by Schad » Mon Jul 17, 2023 8:12 pm
We barely have the prospects to make a big trade trade in any instance. Two of our top three entering the season have been injured, and the other one has struggled...the cupboards aren't entirely bare, but we don't have an enormous surplus either.
I'd certainly take a reliever at the deadline, though I'd probably lean more toward a solid-to-good LHRP rather than spending big on another high-leverage guy. The back end of our 'pen has been very good despite Bass/Cimber flopping, especially if Chad Green returns healthy; we mostly need to hedge against injury/implosion.
Someone like Brent Suter would work, assuming his oblique injury isn't too serious. Elite power suppression, minimal career splits so you don't need to hide him against RHB, should be cheap as a rental MIRP.
**** your asterisk.