I wouldn't say they got anything for Vieira. Vieira was the throw-in and was DFA'd after 1 appearance in Baltimore. I think the lottery ticket Aneuris Rodriguez was what Baltimore actually wanted.
I'm not totally sold on Payamps having value. His peripherals are abhorrent this season, but yeah feels like we are going to have to move one or both of those 2.
Also need to clear a spot for Koenig. I'm a big Milner guy, but I'd definitely see if you could trade him for anything. Zastryzny hasn't had a ton of MLB success, but I'd try and keep him. He's totally changed up his pitch mix this year and he was dominant in AAA and has been good in his limited sample in the MLB with strong peripherals.
So for me DFA Kuhnel, trade Milner, DFA Payamps or option Peguero depending on who is pitching better. Although let's be real there will probably be an injury so things work out easier. I'm really not sold on DL Hall coming back and impacting the MLB roster this season. He has not been good during his AAA rehab assignment.
Personally think DFA'ing Milner would be a silly decision when he's not even pitching bad. All of his peripherals are still really good. Through today there are 178 RP with 30+ IP, here are Milner's ranks.
120 ERA- (156th)
87 FIP- (82nd)
80 xFIP- (30th)
3.21 SIERA (55th)
3.18 xERA (58th)
50.8% GB-rate (38th)
.314 BABIP (132nd)
So the only stats that he's below average in are ERA- and BABIP. All of his peripherals are really strong. Maybe they shop him at the deadline with a bit of a bullpen logjam, but just throwing him away for nothing because he's had horrible BABIP luck would be pretty silly.
Seriously Milner is probably the unluckiest pitcher in the MLB these last 6 weeks. BABIP north of .450 against him despite hitters having below league average Avg. EV and hard hit %.
Today these 4 batted balls cost him a run.
102.9 EV, -2 LA
72.3 EV, -59 LA
93.3 EV, -8 LA
89.4 EV, 28 LA
I feel like if you put those 4 batted balls into a simulation that you'd have a run scored less than 5% of the time.
Arroyo did play in yesterday’s ACL game according to the box score. He was HBP in his first AB and was removed before he hit again, so we’ll need to keep an eye on that.
First time he's pitched into the 6th inning this year and most pitches he's thrown on the season. Not that odd to see him removed. Was a normal pitching change watching it. No trainer. Reliever was ready.
I was curious so I looked it up and Fredericksburg have probably the oldest team in the Carolina League. Their position players are about a year older than Carolina's position players and their pitchers are 2 years older than Carolina's pitchers
DSL Brewers 2 lose 2-1 to DSL Astros Orange. The loss pushes their season record to 14-14. Here were some of the standouts in that game.
Yoneiker Lugo: 2-2 2B, BB
Justin Lugo: 3 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 SO
Oliver Camilo: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO