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Osuna is (as of right now) the closer of the Blue Jays. As of August 4th, Osuna has converted 8 of 9 saves, has a 2.22 ERA, and a WHIP below one with more strikeouts than innings pitched.
Closers have won Rookie of the Year before, especially closers in a postseason chase like Osuna. As recently as 2010 and 2011, Neftali Feliz for Texas and Craig Kimbrel for Atlanta won the awards.
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Maikel Franco is making the most out of his rookie season at age 22. While he is easily the biggest bright spot of the not-very-good Phillies, he’s also made a case as a Rookie of the Year candidate.
He is fourth in rookies among OPS (.823) and fourth in homers (11).
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Very complex trade here, so let’s break this down
The Rockies selling and the Blue Jays buying makes perfect sense. No doubt there. At 50-50 and 3 games out of the Wild Card, the Blue Jays need to be going for it with their talented team. The franchise hasn’t made the playoffs since 1993. The Rockies, on the other hand, are in last place and obvious sellers.
The trade doesn’t make too much sense though when analyzing it from Toronto’s perspective. Tulo is an obvious upgrade over Jose Reyes, but is it really what they need? Reyes is already a top 10 shortstop in the game. Reyes is a high dollar shortstop that is injury prone; Tulo is a high dollar shortstop that is injury prone. Toronto had the best offense in the game by far already (70 runs more than any other team), whereas their bullpen and starting staff needed major help. In this trade they get neither a closer nor a starter.
The Blue Jays became a team with weak pitching and a really scary offense to a team with weak pitching and a really really scary offense. I certainly can’t be mad at them for this trade. Are they a better team? Yes. But this trade left me thinking, “What now?”
For the Rockies though, they did a great job on this trade. They get some pitching prospects with heat. Colorado’s front office still to this day hasn’t figured out how to approach building their pitching staff. I mean, they tried doing a four man rotation with a pitch count limit of 75 pitches for crying out loud. Now, it appears they’ll approach it with a mega bullpen of flamethrowers.
Look out for Miguel Castro and Jeff Hoffman!
Future deadline deals:
Colorado has no need for expensive Jose Reyes, who is signed for two more years after 2015. It would be logical for him to be traded again.
Toronto can’t be done. They’re going for it and it would be much too confusing for them to not get a closer and starter.
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It’s an iconic image that even casual fans know about: Carlton Fisk waving the ball fair:
The ball hit off the foul pole to give Boston the Game 6 win in the 1975 World Series, in what many call the greatest game of all time.
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One of the biggest homers in Blue Jays history, right in the glory days of Toronto. In Game 4 of the 1992 ALCS, Alomar tied the game in the 9th off of the game’s best closer. A pretty legendary match up of Hall of Famer Roberto Alomar versus Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley. Toronto later won the game, the series, and the World Series.
The emphatic hands in the air portrayed the shock of most watching fans.
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It would have been really awkward if I didn’t pick up the player that I didn’t name my team after. Luckily, I got him.
I think this guy can be the best player in the National League in 2015.
yep
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Great pick, dude is a stud. Imagine if he, Tulo, and CarGo all play 140 games this year…