I'm probably making the deal simply because you kinda never know what you're gonna get with a guy coming off injury...

But with that said, going into this season there was no reason to believe Morse wasn't going to have a great year. Dude can rake.

do u really believe haren is a top 10 pitcher for the remainder of the season? i don't think he's even top 20

Verlander, Cain, Hamels, Weaver, Kershaw, Price, CC, Darvish, Greinke, Lee.

There's 10 I'm definitely putting ahead of him.

haren was anywhere from about 9-15 in SP preranks this season. if you claim he wasn't a borderline top 10 SP to start the year, you're just wrong. i definitely would consider him top 20 going forward, probably not top 15 now with the emergence/resurgence of a few others

1.5 seasons of sample from age 29+ is not a good track record. it just isn't.


edit: i'm not even saying morse can't hit or be productive. i'm just all for cashing in on what value he holds when he's coming off injury

He didn't fall out of the sky when he was 29 dude.

add to that off the top of my head strasburg, gonzalez, beachy, wilson, peavy, bumgarner, i'd argue sale

borderline top 10 before the season started, sure. obv however we're not at that point

Gio fkn Gonzales. Love watching this dude pitch

Like the Morse side of that deal

Thanks for all the feedback, surprised it got so much interest.

I did accept the Morse/Haren deal - I think it was very even, but made sense for my team since I was already at the top in HR/RBIs.

as good as sale is i keep watching him pitch and have no faith at all he survives the season. keep him and roll the dice or trade him at near top dollar?

If you can get top dollar, it's an absolute no brainer trade.

i love having sale and mcdonald always pitching on the same day for me. 15ish innings of 2 era, 1 whip, and 18 Ks every 5 days is nice.

what about Felix? Santana? Even Morrow, McDonald, and Anibal...
at this point there are a ton of guys I'd prefer rest of season over Haren. You could easily make a case that hes not even top 20 from here out.

forgot entirely about felix. i'm wholly convinced that no-hitter will ruin santana's season

rank the following catchers: arcenbia, saltamachia, ellis. my 0.02 would be 1. ellis 2. salty 3. arcenbia but i'd like confirmation

why cause he threw 25 more pitches than normal?

lol ruin his whole season

good one

i have johan. i don't wanna be right, believe me, but he is fairly fragile and is working with a rebuilt shoulder

so?

its problem

carlos lee hit the dl. lookin to the waiver wire for some average to fill in for him. which of these guys would you grab?

denard span
daniel nava
quintin berry
juan pierre

Gregor blanco? If its an obp league hes actually a legit add.
Gets on bases, scores runs, steals

nava palying well and hitting 2

how thin is your league and who do u plan on playing him over?

Nava has a decent minor league track record (career .414 obp) and has been on fire lately, so why not ride it out?

You made a LOOK AT ME post. I looked, didn't see anything too notable, and simply said so. No offense intended.

This seems like a really fair deal to me, and if it fits the needs then it's more than fine imo. It's not like we don't have any data on Morse before last year. Assuming the 2011 babip and hr/fb normalize a bit, and he still strikes out with a similar frequency...you still probably have a .270 hitter who will OPS around .850.

Not really sure what (if anything) is different about Bailey this year...his k-rate is down and bb rate increased ever so slightly, but that's probably negligible. Certainly can't argue with recent results.

actually 2 other guys posted their LOOK AT ME days first, so i thought i would do the same.
nothing wrong with a little fantasy BBV (we had a thread for it last year i believe).
anyway no hard feelings, all in fun.