Indians right-hander Trevor Bauer turned in a terrific performance Thursday in a win over the Tigers, striking out 10 and yielding three earned runs on five hits and two walks in 6 2/3 innings. Despite Bauer’s importance to the playoff-contending Indians, his name has been frequently bandied about in trade rumors this summer. As a result, Thursday could’ve been one of his last starts as a member of the Tribe. Asked after the game if the rumors have been on his mind, Bauer told Mandy Bell of MLB.com and other reporters: “Nope. Don’t think about it.” Notably, though, Indians president of baseball operations Chris Antonetti did address the team regarding the deadline “to make sure no one was blindsided by any discussions, especially Bauer,” Bell writes.
- The Tigers’ Nicholas Castellanos is likely a more realistic trade candidate than Bauer, but the right fielder suggested Thursday he’s not fully convinced a deal will come together before the deadline. Castellanos said (via Chris McCosky of the Detroit News) that “I wouldn’t be shocked if I don’t get traded. Everybody thought I’d get traded last trade deadline. Everybody thought I’d get traded this offseason. There were people who thought I’d get traded in spring training.” With an extension between the non-contending Tigers and Castellanos appearing to be out of the question, it’s highly probable the team will part with him this month unless there’s no interest from elsewhere. Regardless, Castellanos indicated to McCosky that he has made peace with whatever happens and is more focused on what happens on the field, where he has been on an offensive tear of late.
- Angels first baseman Albert Pujols exited the team’s game Thursday with left hamstring tightness, Jeff Fletcher of the Orange County Register was among those to report (Twitter links). It doesn’t seem like an issue that’s going to lead to an IL stint, though, as manager Brad Ausmus said afterward Pujols will miss a small amount of time or none at all. The Hall of Fame-bound 39-year-old has appeared in 76 games this season and hit .243/.306/.439 (96 wRC+) with 14 home runs in 314 plate appearances.
- Thursday was the one-year anniversary of the Orioles-Dodgers blockbuster that sent former O’s franchise player Manny Machado to Los Angeles. Jon Meoli of the Baltimore Sun revisits the swap in a piece focusing on outfield prospect Yusniel Diaz, the headlining part of the Orioles’ five-player return. Diaz didn’t log great production with Baltimore’s Double-A affiliate after the trade last year, and he told Meoli via an interpreter he felt “a lot of pressure” trying to make good on the trade. That pressure has died down, though, and Diaz is now having a better season than last as a member of the Orioles’ Double-A affiliate. The 22-year-old has progressed with the help of Double-A hitting coach Keith Bodie, as Meoli details in his piece.
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Your trophy is in the mail.
bauer is gone. hope they end up getting a good haul for him.
Would love to see him in a big park in the NL…that profile would go really well in Chavez Ravine
The “ace” gave up 3 runs to a AAA team.
Easy there Matt Boyd booster….
Boyd is Detroit’s ace… he’d be a number 5 on almost every other team.
Bauer is not their “ace”, but on this night with the ball traveling well he made 2 bad pitches that led to all 3 runs, outside of that he was his usual bull, throwing 120 pitches and giving them a chance to get the W.
What makes this guy tick will serve him well with whoever acquires him in a trade down the stretch, he’ll deliver like Sabathia did when he went to Milwaukee.
Melchez that is absolutely not true about Boyd being a #5 on any other team..Boyd would be 4SP on LAD and possibly Wash (Cleveland when healthy) but besides them
A 3SP or higher on any other team.
Trading your ace in the middle of a playoff push? I’m gonna go with “no.”
but a pending arbitration of probably 20 million does put him in the trade category!!
Not until after the season. By the way, if they trade Bauer his production will just have to be replaced. And doing that will cost a lot more than $20m.
Is Bauer a pending Free Agent?? Either way, the Cardinals could sure use him! Although, he would probably help more the next 2 seasons rather than this season. The Cardinals President of baseball operations has the Cardinals really screwed up with dead money contracts, playing and signing Aging Cardinal past hero’s, past their production years, to high dollar extensions which hurt the teams production for 2019. Plus the fact Mozeliak rarely, if ever acquirers impact players at the July trading deadline to try to make a World Series contending team. Heck, he won’t even look at acquiring an impact player in July to even try to make a wild card team!!! Bottom line, the Cardinals would be a positively better starting pitching staff for now and in the future.
Trade away your #2 pitcher for what? What are Indians going to get in return that’s going to better their chances to make the playoffs.
Who’s on 2nd?
Is Pujols HOF bound? You think voters think he was 100% steroid clean his whole career? Genuinely curious what people think…
If I was a betting man, I’d wager Bauer stays with the Tribe for the remainder of this season, but gets moved in the off-season. I’m not sure they can afford him.
The Bauer game seems more of a good start than an excellent start
Um…. 3 earned runs in 6 2/3 is decidedly NOT a terrific performance. That equates to an ERA of 4.35. Your bar for terrific is way too low at mlbtr.
The Matt Boyd booster club strongly disagrees.
Your right Trim…Let’s talk about Stroman guys!!
I think despite his 7K/9 and approaching 1.30 whip he is a solid SP to trade for..
Given how the new MLB sanctioned baseball is artificially inflating numbers and altering the game, all steroid talk should now be obsolete. The MLB can’t pretend to hold the game to any standard of excellence when you alter the very way its played.
And the shift is artificially decreasing numbers.
Shift has been around as long as baseball has. This is just the first generation that can’t figure out to hit em where they ain’t.
Cleveland should trade for Castellanos, he would be relatively cheap, won’t cost major prospects and can slot into the dh role and bar 4th. Even upgrade to a package of Shane green and Castellanos would give Tribe’s fans hope of not only making the playoffs but competing well in them
No sure its even wise to trade Castellanos, if they offer him a qualifying offer and he declines then they will get a compensatory pick which could be far greater than what someone may trade him for!!
if they offer him a qualifying offer and he declines
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And if/when he accepts?
He would absolutely accept
I was thinking the same exact thing!
Congrats pujols you’re the goat when it comes to grounding into double plays
Yep, remember him for that…
When did you start watching baseball? With your asinine comment, I’m guessing last month?
king beas is right though, Pujols dominates in that category. nobody is even close to him in the history of baseball. that doesn’t mean he doesn’t also have excellent stats in other categories. It’s like calling Reggie Jackson the whiff king.
Congrats pujols you’re the goat when it comes to grounding into double plays
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Not really his fault. He should’ve been out of baseball 3-4 years ago, except for the LAA deciding that, in an era where no one produces after age 34, that Pujols wasn’t subject to the laws of nature and would continue to produce to age 41.
And I still remember arguing with LAA fans when they thought this was such a great deal.
AP is a lock for the HOF. Roids are just a rumor with no actual evidence. Eppler would be best served to get what ever they can for Calhoun at this point. He’s in the final yr of his contract, having his best power season, plays great defense, and is now going to be on the wrong side of 30 with a 14 million option, and Jo Adell waiting in the wings. They need pitching, if not for this year, definitely next.
Bonds Clemens both deserve hall.. AP defenitly gets in… Here’s the thing about baseball there was use of drugs like speed and cocaine done in locked room before games in the late 70s early 80s before that it was booze and morphine and before that opium . baseball is an old game and players are human and get paid to produce… It’s like if you work in a factory and your not supposed to sit down but every once and awhile u sit down for 10 min.. Technicly your a cheater because you ate doing somthing your co workers are not doing but in your defense sitting down for 10 min may help you produce more product and have more energy to get more work done.. No matter what sport or what it may be we all have cheated in one way or other why throw stones at the guys we pay to watch hit them homers or pitch 99 mph through 9 innings…
Ouch, your game mustn’t be English that people can follow.
“Bonds Clemens both deserve hall.”
They have stolen from fans, players and other teams. They have no honor and to be elected to the hall of fame is suppose to be an honor. They have none.
The word enshrine means::
place (a revered or precious object) in an appropriate receptacle.
Those two people are the antithesis of the word.
Pujols might have won a few more NL MVP awards Bonds cheated to be awarded
How is a 4.05 ERA on the day a “terrific performance?”
Since when is 3 ER in 6-2/3 IP a “terrific” performance? That equates to 4.05 ERA.
Interesting, the multiple user IDs gets exposed once again…
I can see that from Diaz’s perspective. He was the majority value sent back to the Orioles in the Dodgers trade. First taste of major league pressure even before he gets to the major leagues.
You know, there are times I’m frustrated as a Braves fan. I know when worthwhile FA’s come up the Braves won’t be spending the money to get them. But then I think of Indians fans and how they have had one of the top 2 pitching staffs for a few years now and just when ownership needs to pump some finances into the team they’re talking about trading pieces off.
Indians fans, I feel for you, and as a Braves fan I might be just like you in a few years.