I am amazed on the DFA of Martin (although I agree on the botched grounder).
Basically this is a Dipoto failure. There was a market for Martin all winter, and we could have seen decent return in a swap.
Now we will get cents on the dollar, if we get anything. And we're saying that one season of Dyson is better than 2 of Martin. I'm not sure of that all. Nor am I sure that one season of Valencia is worth two of Martin.
If Vogs hits there isn't really a Valencia role, anyway.
And then there was the Martin lovefest in ST.
Maybe Jerry has some sort of trade in the works? It wouldn't surprise me if we might get a RP for him. More spaghetti for the Dipoto spaghetti bullpen experiment.
Right now, Valencia becomes our 4th OF. mAlthough Motter will see plenty of LF when Segura returns.
I have probably been the biggest wet blanket on SSI when it comes to Martin. I was very consistent that his 1st half of '16 was an outlier effort. But he's still a LH bat + glove CF, and that alone brings value.
Gamel is next man up in the OF, and I like that lots. I could almost see Valencia going elsewhere and Gamel getting the call.
Oh...basically the Dipoto experiment with two sub .700 glovey guys in CF/LF has collapsed. I will applaud him for figuring that out in less than 20 games. Always thought it was doomed, however.
If Heston is coming up, he's ocoming up to start, soon. Dejong just threw 4 innings of 1-hit ball. So you demote him? Heston last pitched on the 19th. He got beat up (8 hits in 5 innings), but that would make him ready tomorrow. , or today in an emergency.
Moore was scheduled to go tomorrow, IIRC...man, just send him a ticket!
Weirdness. Weirdness.