Aroldis Chapman

[Frisbee Slider]

Would we want to pursue him closer to the deadline?

1.74 ERA

19 K

10.1 IP

Affordable one-year contract

[Brewcrew82]

As much as I hate to say it, he sure would look good in this pen with his avg velocity back over 100 MPH. 

[nate82]

Would have been better to have signed him this offseason like I wanted to sigh. 

[jay87shot]

Chapman would be great, Brad Hand would be a good option as well. Could have both for pennies on the dollar this offseason.

[stoutdude04]

On 4/29/2023 at 11:11 PM, nate82 said:

Would have been better to have signed him this offseason like I wanted to sigh. 

It's hard to say that he would have pitched like this though. I saw a breakdown that showed the adjustments that he had made.  Were those made during the off-season?  Or were those helped from the KC staff?

[Jake McKibbin]

This doesn't look quite so viable now, a 2.29 WHIP over his last 5.2 innings 

[Ro Mueller]

 

[nate82]

This is a light return for the Royals.  They didn't get all that much for Chapman in this deal so they must be in love with one of the prospects as neither are currently in MLB.com's top 30 prospects for the Rangers. 

[sveumrules]

4 minutes ago, nate82 said:

This is a light return for the Royals.  They didn't get all that much for Chapman in this deal so they must be in love with one of the prospects as neither are currently in MLB.com's top 30 prospects for the Rangers. 

Ragans graduated in 2022. Was a Top 100 guy back in 2017 before two TJs and the pandemic.

[nate82]

Just now, sveumrules said:

Ragans graduated in 2022. Was a Top 100 guy back in 2017 before two TJs and the pandemic.

Still seems a bit light for a reliever and this doesn't bode well for the Padres if they decide to trade Hader as the market looks to be really weak for relievers on the return side. 

[endaround]

36 minutes ago, nate82 said:

Still seems a bit light for a reliever and this doesn't bode well for the Padres if they decide to trade Hader as the market looks to be really weak for relievers on the return side. 

Chapman has a lot of baggage in addition to not being good in 2022 and just OK in 2021.  He has been walking a ton ever since 2020 and that is not any different this year.

[nate82]

Just now, endaround said:

Chapman has a lot of baggage in addition to not being good in 2022 and just OK in 2021.  He has been walking a ton ever since 2020 and that is not any different this year.

Teams don't really care about the baggage as much as fans do.  The walks are concerning but this is still rather light return for a reliever. 

[Brewcrew82]

58 minutes ago, nate82 said:

Still seems a bit light for a reliever and this doesn't bode well for the Padres if they decide to trade Hader as the market looks to be really weak for relievers on the return side. 

If that's the reliever market, then the Brewers should definitely try to reacquire Hader. 

[rickh150]

On 6/30/2023 at 7:03 PM, Brewcrew82 said:

If that's the reliever market, then the Brewers should definitely try to reacquire Hader. 

I thought you were joking at first. But I 100% agree if they are rolling come late July.