Meanwhile, the parts we gave up for Smyly:
- Luis Gohara, 20 year old with ace potential who was the best starting pitcher on our farm: 1.98 ERA in High-A, 9.7 K / 2,5 BB per 9. Continuing that TOR path.
- Ryan Yarbrough, 25 year old lefty starter: 3.45 ERA, 8.8 K / 2,3 BB per 9. Would be a better option than any of the jokers on this list.
The Mariners also traded first-round pick Alex Jackson (who is hitting .297 / .355 / .568 for the Braves in High-A, with still-concerning eye and K rates) for Povse and Whelan, neither of whom they're willing to use yet.
If the point of the offseason emptying of Seattle's holdover minor league talent was for the express purpose of having a lot of option to throw at problems, can we at least hurl the more talented ones FIRST? I guess we're saving Whelan, Povse and Moore for some other emergency. Whelan hasn't been throwing his A game all year, but Overton wasn't either and he got the call. That 40-man barrier is the real problem with spaghetti themes: you gotta throw some spaghetti in the trash to fit more on your plate.
We'll see. De Jong gave up three homers in Tacoma yesterday so I'm not sure when he's getting that next callup. Gotta find more wall pasta I guess - or finally get some of our starters healthy. Thanks for the rundown, moe.