One move Eppler maybe regretting

[Chuck]

Releasing Doug Fister. 

I get why at the time, but not is he looking good down the stretch for the Rod Sox after a rough start, giving them solid innings while even racking up strikeouts..

Boy could we use him now. 

[JAHV76]

I would add trading David Hernandez for a minor league prospect 

[tomsred]

Those are with hindsight, based on the knowledge at the time I would have made both moves.  Moving on.....

[Troll Daddy]

I can understand Fister but Hernandez didn't make sense 

[SigBaby]

Hernandez trade just seemed like trading for the sake of doing something at the deadline

[Inside Pitch]

6 minutes ago, SigBaby said:

Hernandez trade just seemed like trading for the sake of doing something at the deadline

Hernandez trade was making a move when the team had lost four of six and were four games under .500.  I think at that point the front office may have been throwing in the towel...   

Luckily for us.... the team said "no".

 

[tomsred]

14 minutes ago, SigBaby said:

Hernandez trade just seemed like trading for the sake of doing something at the deadline

We will see in the long run if we really got something valuable in return, who really knows at this point?  I think it's a little harsh to say that Eppler was just dumping salary with Hernandez.  Someone in the front office must have felt the trade was worthwhile in the longer run.  And if we don't get the pitching patched up quickly, and a legitimate #1 starter identified, the season could be all for nought anyway as to results.  Personally I think there are a lot of positives that developed this year, we are making progress toward being a legitimate contender.

[Inside Pitch]

1 hour ago, Chuckster70 said:

Releasing Doug Fister. 

I get why at the time, but not is he looking good down the stretch for the Rod Sox after a rough start, giving them solid innings while even racking up strikeouts..

Boy could we use him now. 

I thought it was more a case of Fister not wanting to stay down in AAA any longer?  Didn't he opt out?

[bruin5]

That was the way I remember it as well.  He wasn't pitching well enough at AAA to bring up, so he asked for his release (even made his first start for Boston against us).   

[Jeff Fletcher]

58 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

I thought it was more a case of Fister not wanting to stay down in AAA any longer?  Didn't he opt out?

The Angels wanted him to stay in AAA. He exercised his right to say no. 

[GrittyVeterans]

Since hindsight is 20/20, yeah they should have kept him on the 25 man probably. But this is nothing to lose sleep over.

[arch stanton]

After what we saw with Lincecum and Chacin last year I can't believe anyone will lose sleep over cutting loose a struggling veteran pitcher. It didn't really seem like a situation where the potential upside outweighed the potential downside

 

[AngelArcher]

4 minutes ago, ArturoMoreno said:

Hernandez pitched in 38 games for us. He was tacked for giving up earned runs in only 5 games, 2 of those 5 games against the hard-dicked Twins offense. Yeah, what's to lose sleep over?

Lol, he's talking about Fister. 

 

[arch stanton]

6 minutes ago, AngelArcher said:

Lol, he's talking about Fister. 

 

Never squash a pointless rant with facts

[CanadianHalo]

Bartolo Colon.

[DMVol]

4 hours ago, arch stanton said:

After what we saw with Lincecum and Chacin last year I can't believe anyone will lose sleep over cutting loose a struggling veteran pitcher. It didn't really seem like a situation where the potential upside outweighed the potential downside

Chacin has been pretty good this year...

[totdprods]

49 minutes ago, DMVol said:

Chacin has been pretty good this year...

1.91 ERA in 15 starts at Petco, 6.96 ERA in 13 starts away. 

[DMVol]

2 hours ago, totdprods said:

1.91 ERA in 15 starts at Petco, 6.96 ERA in 13 starts away. 

Bi-polar pitcher.....actually, Petco would be pretty similar to the Big A, I would think....

[totdprods]

1 minute ago, DMVol said:

Bi-polar pitcher.....actually, Petco would be pretty similar to the Big A, I would think....

I think I remember reading Anaheim had skewed sort of hitter friendly this season. 

I would have liked Chacin back in the Chavez role. They both would have been pretty similar. Chacin did really well out of the pen for us last year and had some great starts too.

[Adam]

Definitely not trading for Harper and Stanton at the deadline

[Lou]

He has to regret not trading Norris, Bedrosian and Escobar for Rendon 

[HaloNArizona]

I think Hernandez was moved less for doing something and more for players coming off DL with no options.  

[Jeff Fletcher]

David Hernandez has a 4.63 ERA in 11 2/3 innings with the Diamondbacks.

[Dick B Back]

1 hour ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

David Hernandez has a 4.63 ERA in 11 2/3 innings with the Diamondbacks.

His Arizona stats are skewed by an August game in Minnesota and a September game in Colorado. In 17 appearances he has been scored on in 3 games.

[Angel Oracle]

We desperately need for Noe Ramirez to continue his surprising solid relief work, for Wood to only be used one inning at a time, for Bedrosian to revert to 2016 form, for Middleton to develop movement on his heater, for Alvarez to dominate LHH's, for Chavez to continue to be rock solid, and for BudLite to start pitching like he did earlier this season.      Those plus Petit and Parker = rock solid pen.

I know, a mountain of a task