The Mets acquired reliever Huascar Brazoban from the division-rival Marlins. Infield prospect Wilfredo Lara went back to Miami.
Brazoban wasn’t the subject of much trade speculation until today. He emerged as a late target for teams seeking relief help amidst a quietly strong season. Brazoban has tossed 30 2/3 innings through 20 appearances. He’s allowing only 2.93 earned runs per nine while striking out 27.2% of batters faced. Brazoban is getting grounders half the time opponents do make contact while limiting his walk rate to a solid 8.8% clip.
A native of the Dominican Republic, Brazoban has pitched in Miami for the past three seasons. He spent a decade in pro ball before getting his first major league look. Brazoban pitched in the Colorado system and spent some time in independent ball. It wasn’t until 2022 that he got a big league opportunity, shortly before his 33rd birthday.
Since he got such a late start to his MLB career, Brazoban is in an odd spot. He’s under team control for another four seasons beyond this one and won’t even qualify for arbitration for two seasons. The Marlins were under no financial pressure to move him, but he’s also very unlikely to be pitching at this level the next time Miami makes an effort to compete. The Fish fielded offers on a number of their relievers and ultimately cashed Brazoban in for a future asset.
Lara, 20, is a right-handed hitting infielder out of the Dominican Republic. He’s hitting .244/.349/.343 across 332 plate appearances in High-A this season. He’s drawing walks at a robust 12% clip while striking out 22.6% of the time. He’s a low-level developmental flier for the Fish.
The Mets designated catcher Logan Porter to open a spot on their 40-man roster for Brazoban. New York signed him to a split contract a couple weeks ago. They’ve kept him in Triple-A on optional assignment. Porter’s major league experience comprises 11 games with the Royals last season.
Christina De Nicola of MLB.com first reported the Mets were acquiring Brazoban. Daniel Álvarez-Montes of El Extrabase reported Miami was getting Lara in return.
Do the Marlins have a single player left?
No, just married ones.
They’ll pick up all the Mets castoffs…
will they even be able to field a team tonight
Tryouts at 6, first pitch 705.
Tryouts now, first pitch 6:50 ET! Any relievers in the Tampa Bay area get to the Trop within 20 minutes
Ikr. I just saw a video on twitter of de la Cruz being informed he was traded and the other players warming up just kinda nodded and looked around at each other to see how many of them were left.
Tbh more teams should be doing this.
They were going to ask paying customers to fill in, but they soon realized there weren’t enough of them either.
This is a good move for the Mets.
Marlins adding additional facilities to handle the multitude of new prospects!
Marlins going scorched earth on that bullpen. I see a lot of blowouts where position players are going to be getting in work.
Emmanuel Rivera is going to have double digit pitching games atp
Grabbing any mid reliever that’s not nailed down
MLBTR are you intentionally ignoring the plethora of trades the Angels are surely making today?
W for Stearns
At this point, the Mets bullpen is mostly guys that weren’t Mets a week ago.
As a Mets fan, thank God!
Awful. Hes no different than Maton or Stanek. We need a dominant closer, not a 5th/6th inning guy. One of the worst trading deadlines that I’ve seen for a so called “contender”. Quantity over quality, the Dollar Tree David way
You’re insufferable. Just came on to say that
Agreed. And I just came on to say that.
You know baseball he has a 2.93 era u know baseball
I’m sure you wrote this comment weeks ago and had it all queued up. You are a through and through Negative Nancy.
Did you think the Mets were replacing Diaz?
@Mets6986?? You do realize Camilo Doval was available? Jason Foley was another reliever that could of been had. There are many options out there, you just have to look. Even a buy low candidate like Romano from the Blue Jays would have been better
Oh damn I bet David Stearns didn’t know all he had to do was “look”.
Btw, genius GM, what were the returns on Romano, Doval and Foley? Oh…you have absolutely no clue? Your 2 cents was worth every penny
Where did it say he was available or did they say they should trade him like people are saying the mets should trade alonso? Also did you see what the angels who have no hope of the playoffs got for their closer. that is a FA at the end of the season. Doval is not even arb eligible yet so its going to take a lot to get him.
Yup lets get Romano from the blue jays. The guy thats probably not going to pitch again for this season. The blue jays will be happy to unload his contract and let us pay double which would be 8M or so for a 60 day spot on the IL . Hey you found someone that might be worth less to the mets than Shintaro.
Seems like he’s having a good year. The Mets aren’t really giving up much value for these middling relievers so I’m ok with it. Brazoban is under control for a few more years, too.
Though he’s almost 35 years old. Nice pick up for the Mets though.
Listed at 6 foot 3, 155lb? Someone buy this poor man a sandwich.
Heralded Sandwich Cop David Wright has been out of the game far too long.
Okay, now they’re just making stuff up.
Depending on what they gave up here, I really like their moves this deadline. Bullpen should be a little better. Blackburn is better than Megill. Winker is an improvement over DJ Stewart. Farm still mostly intact. Good stuff from Stearns, even though I’m sure plenty of Mets fans wish they did more.
True, was hoping to keep the closest rivals from getting some players.
I agree 100%. I’m really happy that the team didn’t sacrifice the farm for the false hope of “win now.”
Depth is the name of the game for Stearns. I’m very satisfied with the measured buying.
It worked very well in Milwaukee, and it has given the lineup here a tremendous boost.
Good move.
Dollars to donuts, with the clubhouse attendant behind the plate and a fan in the bullpen (wait, they do have fans, right?), they will be at TB tonight.
Its a blood bath in Miami!
Padres are the big winners!
Not really. You were the suckers that got Tanner Scott.
Thank you for the prospects. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
He’s a perfect fit for the Padres. Fool’s Gold going to a Fool’s Gold team.
Good news for Mets fans— Fish got rid of Met killer Bryan de la Cruz. and did not trade him to Phils or Braves.
Uh ohhhh…Is this the kiss of death where the Mets run into the Pirates in the Wild Card round?
I imagine you won’t watch that series if it does happen.
Well, there’s always reruns of the Golden Girls to keep Marlins fans occupied in October.
When that show was around, isn’t that when the Mets last won a championship? Or did Golden Girls come later? I can’t remember since Keith Hernandez and many other members of the last Mets championship team are in their golden years.
Yes, same time period as the 86 championship.
Keep clutching the past. I would do the same if I were a Marlins fan. Maybe you guys can combine with the A’s, White Sox and Rockies to form the ‘Axis of Ineptitude.” Sounds formidable enough.
Um, clutching the past? I’m just talking about championships won.
If your goal is all about regular season standings, I guess you developed that from years of the mets letting you down in meaningful games. Fans of teams that aren’t in 37-year championsip droughts aren’t bragging about regular season success.
I guess you’ll be among the Mets fans that will be holding a parade for a Wild Card berth…if you get one. Will you be buying the banner to hang in your room?
Wow this is coming from the guy who all off season was talking about the Marlins as a contender because of a fluke season. Anyone could see they were going to regress and were going nowhere. Who was the only free agent they signed to supplant that returning roster? Tim Anderson! The Marlins being the Marlins have played terrible baseball and are having yet another fire sale. You can get excited about all the prospects that they acquired but yet here the Marlins are in another rebuild. Weren’t they rebuilding when they overachieved and went to the playoffs last year? It’s always a rebuild. And as far championships go you can crow about 97 and 03. The Mets have 69 and 86. That’s 2 apiece. The Mets haven’t won in 37 years, but the Marlins haven’t won in 21, so news flash it’s been a while since the Marlins won anything. And what followed those championships? Fire sales because the sad thing is even when the Marlins are winning they don’t draw flies. You can knock Mets fans all you want but we show up and care about the team. Granted some are obnoxious but that’s life. Those same Mets fans spend the money that the Marlins receive in revenue sharing. You should be thanking Met fans for keeping the lights on in that empty stadium. Good luck with all those prospects and another rebuild. I’m sure you’ll have a typically snarky reply but facts are facts.
Hmmm…Seems someone forgot that last series in 2023 the Marlins and Mets had in CitiField, otherwise you wouldn’t be talking about empty stands. Let me remind you. Remember the Marlins fan takeover because your fans did not show up?
Also, I’m sorry, but Mets fans should never talk about attendance, unless you all are using selective amnesia for what happened to your attendance in the late 70s/early 80s. Your fan base knows it takes time to build fanbases, especially since that happened to you while playing in the biggest market. And you had a favorable league office back then. I’ve said it many times on these boards that MLB mishandled the expansions in Florida to start with, then they didn’t do their jobs when the Marlins tried that first firesale. And they were idiots for placing a second team in Florida before the Marlins even knew their fan reach…basically they never had the chance to see how far up north in Florida they had support before the line where the Braves maintained fans. Then MLB screwed the Rays from Day 1, sticking them in the middle of what was always Braves Country, and the newly developing Marlins reach. Of course, this is the breif version of a bigger issue I’ve pointed out multiple time.
As for my statements, the Marlins did prove what I stated. I stated that we were a playoff team if our bullpen did their jobs. I guess you conveniently wanted to avoid stating that part. Guess which part of the team took us out of the season from Day 1 this year? Yep, the bullpen. Look how many blown leads they have this year and look how many they did right out of the gate this year. You never said that. And if our bullpen didn’t stink, the Marlins would be contending, and you’d be eating crow…again. Those are the facts.
And another tidbit fact. You are clearly one of the usual pop misinformation fans that keep saying we had a fire sale after 2003. That is not correct. The Marlins actually tried to win for the next two season s after that…even signing big names like Carlos Delgado. They had a fire sale after they failed both seasons. Go look up the facts on that instead of watching the misinformation about it on E!SPN and SNY.
And you want snarky, here goes…2 championships through 32 seasons >>>>>>>>>>> 2 championships through 63 seasons. How’s that for snarky?
Exactly what I expected. First of all Mets fans can talk about attendance because other then that brief period in the late 70’s and early 80’s the Mets have always been a top attendance draw. Look it up. Those years crime in the city was at an all time high and the Yankees were winning again for the first time in a generation. Also when the Mets visit the Marlins the majority of the fans in the stands are Met fans,it happens every time the Mets play the Marlins not just one freak occurrence in September that was meaningless to Mets fans. 32 seasons and no fan base has nothing to do with expansion. The Dolphins and Bucs sell plenty of tickets in the same cities. You can blame the league for expansion,Tampa for also being in Florida,but facts are facts. The Marlins don’t draw flies even when they are winning. Not selling out playoff games is sad. No bullpen this year? How about no offense and regression from starters that performed way over their heads. What’s funny is that the Marlins relievers traded netted them the best returns. So early in the year The pen was bad. The Marlins were never going to be in contention this year. You can’t win if you don’t score. Your bullpen can’t protect a lead if there isn’t one. As for your attempted history lesson and reference that the Marlins spend once in awhile too, you are aware the Marlins signed Delgado and traded him a year later. It doesn’t matter if the fire sale happened in 04 or 05 it happened. I actually feel for you because whenever a Miguel Cabrera comes along you’ve gotta know it’s just a matter of time before they are gone. You’ve never got to follow a real team. Your never going to either. There will never be a player who spent his prime with the Marlins who will ever go in the Hall of Fame. You wanna know why? Because no player will ever play long enough in Miami. No matter how badly the Mets have been mismanaged or how bad they play at least they have some legacy all while playing in the same city as the Yankees. And again you never have a word to say about the revenue sharing. Everything but the point. Again a big your welcome for keeping the lights on in an empty stadium.
@Chris from NJ
First, you really need to learn about the concept of paragraphs. Your writing is all over the place. But I’ll respond to what seems to be organized thoughts.
1 – First, very laughable statement: “No bullpen this year? How about no offense and regression from starters that performed way over their heads.”
So, this year the Marlins starters regressed because last year they performed way over their heads? So, getting injured this year is regression? So, were injuries predictable and to be expected? If you say yes, then you should be playing the lottery or open up a psychic hotline. But “regression” you say? Injuries are “regression”? Yeah, you need to recheck your concept here.
2 – Next, this: “You can’t win if you don’t score. Your bullpen can’t protect a lead if there isn’t one.”
Thank you for confirming that you make statements blindly without looking at facts. Yes, the Marlins have had a weak offense. However, that offense has scored enough to combine with the starters to hand leads over to the bullpen. You stating otherwise shows that you haven’t looked at the box scores or the Marlins stats on blown saves, failures to hold games, and even percentage of inherited runners scoring for certain “key” bullpen pieces. Had you taken the time to actually check out certain details, you wouldn’t have made this very poorly informed statement. And if you still need more, even our broadcast team, local media, front office, and Skip Schumaker has called out our bullpen at various times this year. Schumaker making staments along the lines of “We need to hold the leads”…”We have to win the games we’re supposed to win”…”We can’t keep giving leads away”. And in case you want to try to say that you haven’t paid attention to them this year, the Marlins have had this pattern of handing the bullpen leads every single year from 2020 on – the difference in success being which years they have been able to hold the leads (2020 and 2023) and the years they have not been able to hold the leads (2021, 2022, and 2024). Thank you for showing that you don’t know the facts.
3 – And just a nice chuckle for me and your defense of the Mets fans with attendance. So you squawk about how great Mets fans are, but then excuse them not showing up for an entire series and multiple series in September last year because “…it was meaningless to Mets fans”? Yeah, can we say fairweather because real baseball fans watch baseball because it’s baseball, and not just about their team being in contention or not. Good job with that defense that supports what I’ve always said about Mets fans being fairweather fans.
And let’s get to the mention of the “Mets fans” that are in the Marlins stadium for many series. Yeah, those are those NY transplants that are just as fairweather as the ones who tune out when the Mets are out of it. However, in the case of the transplants down here, these transplants have two jerseys in their closets because the same ones (many I personally know) have been Marlins fans in 1997 and 2003. In fact, their allegiances have been to whoever is higher in the standings and making the postseason. This is a fact. Again, good job defending your Mets fans. And to think i was able to cover this Mets fandom part without mentioning the obnoxiousness that many have from the squawking in the stands that doesn’t match the team history on the field.
4 – The expansion thing and your mention of the Dolphins and Bucs is an apples an organges statement. Anyone with half a brain knows that the NFL is the master of promoting their sport and bringing in fans, so the Dolphins and Bucs are a product of that. Only with few exceptions do MLB teams have larger fan bases than the local NFL team. And to add to the poor example, both the Dolphins and Bucs have been in their cities far longer than their MLB teams, and were the only show in town for decades while they established their fan bases. When the Marlins and Rays came about, they had to compete with the challenge of trying to wrest baseball fans from the Braves who had a long history of fandom throughout the southeastern U.S. and were a historically dominant team at the time. The Marlins Rays also had to compete with each other while, as I mentioned, not having a known and fully understood fan reach from their home bases. And the Marlins and Rays had to compete for fan support/dollars with expansion from the other sports with the Miami Heat, Florida Panthers, Tampa Bay Lighning, Orlando Magic, and Jacksonville Jaguars…who all were doing the same – while those teams being in either the NFL who are the kings of promo, the NBA who are also far better than MLB, and NHL who has closed the gap significantly. And let’s not forget that the MLS is catching up too, and have expanded in Florida as well. All this occured while MLB did a poor job with handling expansion in Florida.
And of additional note, let’s not ignore that MLB allowed John Henry into MLB ownership through the Marlins after he was rejected in the other leagues because of questionable revenue stream reporting. And MLB’s efforts to keep Mark Cuban out (while he runs a great franchise in the NBA) led to a dominoe effect that hurt the Marlins when they blocked him and placed Loria in after Henry miraculously found money lying around somewhere. In that effort, and underhanded deal with Bud Selig, when they blocked Cuban and secured Loria and Henry, they blocked Gustavo Cisneros. This was after Cisneros was being considered after he made it clear that he wanted to purchase the Marlins, build his own stadium with his own money, and make the Marlins the feature sports team on his television empire the same way Ted Turner built the Braves on his networks.
I understand that this may be too complicated for you to comprehend since it’s big boy talk, but these are facts.
5 – So I’m not ever able to follow a “real team”? This is being said by a Mets fan? Wow! I’m done.
Your team is so insignificant that you have to spend time trolling other team’s transactions. I think this says everything that needs to be known about your franchise and also your character.
You need a more constructive hobby than shouting the accolades of a franchise equivalent to the XFL.
Your typical ramble is again about what I expected. What are you some type of English teacher? It’s a response on a trade rumor sight. I don’t have to use indentation or paragraphs if I choose not to. Just an FYI. You shouldn’t use hyphens on modifiers,but that’s besides the point. You can write long and well written I might add, excuses on why the Marlins don’t win games, but here it is: They have a run differential of -147. That means the whole team sucks. Simple as that. Your monologue on Mets fans attendance is actually quite laughable,almost as laughable as your explanation about the NFL. Yes the NFL is a machine now. But it wasn’t always that way. Both the Bucs and the Dolphins had to develop fan bases which they both did. The fact that the NBA, NFL, and NHL chose to expand into the state of Florida has nothing to do with establishing a baseball fan base because you can be a fan of all sports. You don’t have to pledge your allegiance to one sport. And only the Panthers and Heat play in Miami and the Heat had been there for 4 or 5 years by the time the Marlins came to be. Jacksonville, Orlando, and Tampa are all north of Miami as you know. Last time I checked Tampa was 200 miles north of Miami and that’s the closest of the 3. As far as your conspiracy theories on Mark Cuban who by the way no longer runs or even has a majority stake in the Mavs anymore you are as usual mistaken. Cuban wanted to by the Cubs!!! Cisneros wasn’t looking to buy the Marlins either. He was rumored to be part of the group that Jeb Bush was putting together to try to buy the Marlins. How do I know this and you don’t? Some fan you are. You just like making up your own narratives and running with them. You are envious of your betters. It’s as simple as that. Here’s some “big boy” facts for you to comprehend. The Marlins in their 32 years of existence have never been higher then 5th in attendance and that was year one. Here’s another “big boy” fact for you the Marlins don’t have one player in the Hall of Fame wearing a Marlins hat. And the biggest “big boy” fact of them all, you can look it up that from 2017-19 the Marlins received the MOST money in revenue sharing. 70 million per season!!! Your welcome!!!! Your never going to get to follow a real team this coming from a Met fan. The face of the Marlins is Jeff Conine!!!! When does he get a statue outside of that bustling ballpark down there?? I’m done. Run along and go play somewhere.
@Chris from NJ
You’re clearly behind on the Cisneros stuff. The group of Jeb Bush was the second time Cisneros pursued the Marlins. The first time was prior to Loria. Again, keep showing that you don’t know facts.
And the Mark Cuban bit wasn’t about him buying the Marlins. When MLB had the item of trying to get a team in DC, and then trying to get an owner for the Red Sox and then Henry stepping up wanting it, it came to the attention of Mark Cuban. His representatives were looking at him bidding on the team that was moving from Montreal. Selig didn’t want that. the ‘good ole boys’ of MLB ownership at the time didn’t want that either. So, in the effort to keep Cuban out, they pulled that underhanded move to block the any of the three franchises (Boston, Miami, and Montreal/DC) from being bid on. With that move, that eliminated Cisneros along with Cuban. This is known by Marlins fans and in South Florida. So keep being a typical NYer who tries to tell other people that you know more about what they’ve seen and experienced firsthand when you don’t. Keep showing that lack of information and plain stupidity.
And for you showing you understanding of Florida, it shows you don’t understand the conept of fan base reach for any team. Like I said in that post, it’s a big boy conversation for those that understand a business’ consumer reach. Thank you for confirming that you lack that understanding in you Florida response.
And interesting how you were smart enough to back off about defending the Marlins bullpen because you probably finally looked up what I stated and had that “oops moment”. But of course, you had to reach for a different stat that doesn’t work for game-to-game analyisis as run differential covers seasonal analysis. A team can win 5 games by 1 or two runs, then get blown out by 15 runs in a loss, and their run differential is in the minus while they have a 5-1 record. For me, what you do game to game consistently carries more weight than the seasonal analysis…especially when the seasonal analysis doesn’t match the results a team has. You make the playoffs through a season, that’s because you’re good…no matter what certian stats say you are. Anyone that watches you play can see how you win. Only an idiot who doesn’t know what they’re seeing will say, “yeah, you won all those games, but this stat says you actually are a losing team.” Just dumb.
Advice. the same way you backed out of defending the Marlins garbage relievers that we traded away, do the same with the rest of the stuff you’re arguing from information you were told by SNY, E!SPN or a five minute search on Wikipedia. While you want to bash Marlins fans, keep in mind that there are others here who get a chuckle at your ilk.
@SeeUonTheUlnarSide
Hmmm…So, i’m on a thread for an article about a plyer the Marlins traded away, and you’re saying that I’m “trolling other team’s transactions”? So the Marlins weren’t the team that traded Brazoban to the Mets?
Here you go again. I’ve never backed off any comments I made, you just shift to whatever suits the point you are trying to make. Miami’s bullpen sucks. The whole team has underachieved. I never said otherwise but as I pointed out those same relievers netted the Marlins their best trade returns. Your don’t have a word to say about my biggest point. Revenue sharing. That really shows what level you operate on. It displays your total ignorance of the facts and that is stupidity personified. Your attempts to be insulting are hilarious. You are obviously are an oracle. Your never wrong!! It’s truly funny. You really have a small man complex. I didn’t stuff you in your locker in high school so you can take your “big boy” and other poor attempts to show how witty you are to your therapist. If I provide a chuckle then your posts have people rolling on the floor laughing. And since you’re such a baseball,writing,and business expert maybe you should write a book. I’ve got a title for you: “The Marlins: First Place in Receiving Revenue Sharing Money,Last Place in The NL East”. I think it has a certain ring to it.
You never said otherwise about the bullpen? I’ll quote you above:
“No bullpen this year? How about no offense and regression from starters that performed way over their heads. What’s funny is that the Marlins relievers traded netted them the best returns. So early in the year The pen was bad. The Marlins were never going to be in contention this year. You can’t win if you don’t score. Your bullpen can’t protect a lead if there isn’t one.”
This starts with a rebuttal stating the offense as the reason in response to the bullpen statements I’ve made. You then followed up with “Your bullpen can’t protect a lead if there isn’t one.”
If this wasn’t you not saying otherwise, then, like my statement before, learn about the concepts of paragraphs.
And clearly you lost a grip on the “big boy” statement. It further proves my point. And the way you turn my post into a “small man complex” which has nothing to do with my statements, and you seem to try to make an allusion of you stuffing me into a locker. Having a command of writing and education isn’t the exclusive right of small men who get stuffed in lockers. I actually got my education because I got a partial baseball scholarship. When playing in my college years, I realized early that Division I would be my highest level of baseball I’d be able to play in my life. Therefore, I took advantage of the free education. Sorry if you’re uncomfortable with people who have actual grammar skills. So, point being, I got my learning from using my baseball skills…thus I’m not the guy that got stuffed in lockers…nor was I filled with an intellect complex that led to me bullying others. I protected others from you guys that did.
Now if any part of your posts are misunderstood, like you try to claim with the above I quoted from you, then, like I said, get a concept of proper writing and grammar for clarity of thought. And sure as heck learn other concepts beyond the simplicity of understanding deeper issues involved with economic success…which you clearly aren’t equipped with to have a discussion on consumer reach/baseball fan reach. There’s more to it than just…well your team gets x-amount of revenue sharing money. There’s a lot more to it…and it’s a big boy conversation. Learn what this ‘big boy’ term means in conversation because your internet toughguy stuff picked the wrong guy to insinuate you could stuff in a locker. I guarantee you that would not happen if we ever met.
I’m done junior.
Having a small man complex has nothing to do with education. You have proved that you are a small man with your growing aggression. You also have a constant need to one up or constantly change and cherry pick people’s comments to suit your narrative. Thank you for the interesting dissertation on your life story. Your mother must be very proud of your accomplishments. That you need to go on and on about you is pretty sad but very telling. It’s part of the fantasy world you live in. Your explanation tells me I hit a nerve. I’m sorry if I brought up what must be painful memories and if being a keyboard tough guy makes you feel better I’m all for it. Anybody can make guarantees of how tough they are on the internet and the fact that you’re insinuating that really shows that you need some serious help. So much anger. It’s not a very healthy thing. As for baseball you are an oracle. You are also the smartest poster on mlbtr. When you grow from a “big boy’ to a man then come talk to me. Until then I’m done with you “big boy”. Thanks for the good laugh and I hope you get the help you need!!!
Jesse Winker will take the Mets to the NLCS.
Can we have all the Marlins trades covered in one article and one post?
If so, I’d like to say in one post, thank you to all the suckers…I mean…trade partners that actually gave the Marlins something for our relievers. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
As for Brazoban, he’s a sort of utility knife type of reliever. He’s helpful in multiple roles. After AJ Puk, he was the reliever that felt the most stable for the Marlins (yes, more stable and dependable than Tanner “Fool’s Gold” Scott).
Whatever gets you through the season/postseason, bud.
@rasiness
Um, I don’t get the jab after I complimented the pitcher the Mets just acquired.
Brazoban has inconsistent command, so I never ever felt comfortable with him in anything above a low-mid leverage sotuation, and I also feel like he tires sometimes after certain usage, even though he was seemingly used a lot the last couple of years
@formerlyz
Yes, the command is inconsistent, but he did seem more stable than many of the others who would mentally implode – including Scott.
And yes, that fatigue did set in. Usually it felt like it was because of the many times he would have to bail one of his teammates out who didn’t do their job. How many times did he have to come in after Soriano, Nardi, Scott, Bass, Floro, etc. etc. failed to do their jobs?
He is a utility knife though in his bullpen role. Of course, he is a right-handed middle reliever, so there will be flaws.
formerlyz: His numbers and ratios say he’s better than you think.
baseball-reference.com/players/b/brazohu01.shtml
…I’ve watched his whole career…I don’t know what numbers could possibly tell me different from what I’m saying. He is useful in his main role, and on certain occasions he can be trusted with a bit more, but you don’t want him in higher leverage consistently
Yes, @formerlyz is right about not wanting Brazoban consistently in higher leverage spots. Brazoban is best used as a utility knife type of reliever. At the end of the day, he’s a middle reliever.
Bro I have people crying days later on the Jazz article about what I said lmao. Some of these people would have signed Renyel Punto b/c of that ERA lol. Sometimes you just have to watch the guy play too
Also, I’m a little annoyed by the fact Bender, Faucher, and Cronin are still here. Those guys should have all been moved…
Yeah, I’m puzzled as to why those three are still here. They couldn’t get warm body lottery tickets for those?
I’m not understanding the complete breakdown of people over Jazz being traded. I didn’t want him to go either, but I don’t understand why people are crying over it. It isn’t like he’s been an elite player. He’s good, but not great…and sure as heck not consistent. And if he starts playing up to his potential now, that’s a reflection of his character that he didn’t do it before. It would be similar to what Gary Sheffield did to the Brewers early in his career.
All I said was he was empty stats and is way more valuable on a different team. Remember, I said he should be traded before last season started, before people found out he wasn’t that valuable. He is also the Anthony Davis of baseball, in that he comes out for a hang nail every couple of nights, even if he doesn’t go on the DL (though if he could play like him, and be as valuable, that obviously changes a lot on him, and he isnt on that level, even though he thinks he is)
Yeah, I remember your statements. I didn’t want him traded, but I remember when he got injured again, I was sold on trading him if he got hurt again because it started to remind me of Garrett Cooper again. And the same way I was ticked off that the Marlins gave Cooper so much job security, I would’ve been ticked off if they gave Jazz job security if he too kept going down – especially since guys like that aren’t centerpiece players who, to me, are the only guys that should have job security on a team. The only individual player that us Marlins should have ever been upset about trading away (other than the 97 team) was Miggy Cabrera. Guys like Jazz, no matter how appealing they are to fans, are expendable.. Heck, even Jeff Conine (Mr. Marlin) was expendable. The fans crying over Jazz need to get a grip. And I’ll throw an interesting bit into the Jazz thing and those upset fans. I wonder how many of the fans upset at Jazz’s departure were also upset at Miggy Rojas’ departure. Just a little thing to point to for obvious reasons.
The guy I’m talking about specifically complaining to me is a yankee fan lol, but in general, most people complaining about the Marlins don’t even watch/pay attention, and literally come in to cry about something they don’t even watch…
So ya, probably the same people
Oh, those guys! They’ll be complaining when we DFA one of our catchers (Ali Sanchez or Nick Fortes ) in order to make room for Augustin Ramirez.
I like this one for the Marlins. This one seems the most straight up to me, and it’s also more evidence of the clear direction they’re looking for
That being said, they should have moved more bullpen arms, again…
Excellent under-the-radar move at a reasonable cost.
Brazoban has a 2.93 ERA, a 1.011 WHIP, and more strikeouts (34) than both hits allowed (20) and innings pitched (30.2). I’ll take solid ratios like that any day and twice on Sunday.
Good job by Stearns.
B for Mets. Kids a late bloomer but compared to other reliever prices this is a win.
C for Miami. Fine fair prospect even in this market. Super utility and maybe hits enough to earn a spot. It’s there.