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BearlyBallin wrote:Twins sent closer Brandon Kintzler to the Washington Nationals just before Monday’s 3 p.m. non-waiver trade deadline, according to a person with direct knowledge.
In return, according to Fox Sports.com. the Twins will receive Class A lefty Tyler Watson, a 34th-round pick in 2015 rated the Nationals’ 17th-best prospect by MLB Pipeline. Watson, 6-foot-5 and 200 pounds, has a modest fastball at 90 mph but draws raves for his curveball and progressing changeup.
More detailed scouting report:
"Brandon Kintzler has thrown 4,562 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2010 and 2017, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season, the MLB Postseason, Spring Training and Fall/Winter Ball. In 2017, he has relied primarily on his Sinker (94mph), also mixing in a Slider (87mph) and Fourseam Fastball (94mph). He also rarely throws a Change (89mph).
His sinker results in many more groundballs compared to other pitchers' sinkers and has slightly above average velo. His slider is much harder than usual, has less than expected depth, has primarily 12-6 movement and results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' sliders. His fourseam fastball is a real worm killer that generates an extreme number of groundballs compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, generates fewer whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, has essentially average velo and has slight armside run. His change is thrown extremely hard, has a lot of backspin, results in somewhat more groundballs compared to other pitchers' changeups and has slight armside fade."
80sballboy wrote:BearlyBallin wrote:Twins sent closer Brandon Kintzler to the Washington Nationals just before Monday’s 3 p.m. non-waiver trade deadline, according to a person with direct knowledge.
In return, according to Fox Sports.com. the Twins will receive Class A lefty Tyler Watson, a 34th-round pick in 2015 rated the Nationals’ 17th-best prospect by MLB Pipeline. Watson, 6-foot-5 and 200 pounds, has a modest fastball at 90 mph but draws raves for his curveball and progressing changeup.
More detailed scouting report:
"Brandon Kintzler has thrown 4,562 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2010 and 2017, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season, the MLB Postseason, Spring Training and Fall/Winter Ball. In 2017, he has relied primarily on his Sinker (94mph), also mixing in a Slider (87mph) and Fourseam Fastball (94mph). He also rarely throws a Change (89mph).
His sinker results in many more groundballs compared to other pitchers' sinkers and has slightly above average velo. His slider is much harder than usual, has less than expected depth, has primarily 12-6 movement and results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' sliders. His fourseam fastball is a real worm killer that generates an extreme number of groundballs compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, generates fewer whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, has essentially average velo and has slight armside run. His change is thrown extremely hard, has a lot of backspin, results in somewhat more groundballs compared to other pitchers' changeups and has slight armside fade."
Very good deal. I'd be a lot more confident if the Dodgers didn't look like the '27 Yankees, adding Darvish. If they can't win a damn series this year, I don't know if they ever will.
Ruzious wrote:80sballboy wrote:BearlyBallin wrote:Twins sent closer Brandon Kintzler to the Washington Nationals just before Monday’s 3 p.m. non-waiver trade deadline, according to a person with direct knowledge.
In return, according to Fox Sports.com. the Twins will receive Class A lefty Tyler Watson, a 34th-round pick in 2015 rated the Nationals’ 17th-best prospect by MLB Pipeline. Watson, 6-foot-5 and 200 pounds, has a modest fastball at 90 mph but draws raves for his curveball and progressing changeup.
More detailed scouting report:
"Brandon Kintzler has thrown 4,562 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2010 and 2017, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season, the MLB Postseason, Spring Training and Fall/Winter Ball. In 2017, he has relied primarily on his Sinker (94mph), also mixing in a Slider (87mph) and Fourseam Fastball (94mph). He also rarely throws a Change (89mph).
His sinker results in many more groundballs compared to other pitchers' sinkers and has slightly above average velo. His slider is much harder than usual, has less than expected depth, has primarily 12-6 movement and results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' sliders. His fourseam fastball is a real worm killer that generates an extreme number of groundballs compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, generates fewer whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, has essentially average velo and has slight armside run. His change is thrown extremely hard, has a lot of backspin, results in somewhat more groundballs compared to other pitchers' changeups and has slight armside fade."
Very good deal. I'd be a lot more confident if the Dodgers didn't look like the '27 Yankees, adding Darvish. If they can't win a damn series this year, I don't know if they ever will.
Very quietly, the Nats have acquired 3 really good bullpen arms without giving up any top prospects. Watson maybe a good prospect, but c'mon... it's hard to get past the fact that he was a 34th round pick. No matter how good he turns out, the Nats got a closer for someone they picked on the 34th round. Already looking forward to the Nats/Dodgers series, and I'm an O's fan who normally has very little interest in the Nats - other than admiring how well they're run.
80sballboy wrote:Wieters was the same catcher who was criticized for his framing of pitches in Baltimore and the O's starters weren't exactly performing great (though better last year than this year). Maybe he does have something to do with Gio's turnaround but what about Roark's mediocre year?