At least someone was sober enough to mention that there are at least 4 in-house options that are better. And I would add Haggerty, France, and Bliss to the list of possibles.D-train wrote: ↑Thu Nov 30, 2023 5:19 pmLike I have said we could find a better hitter in the Country of India scouting Cricket matches than Jonathan India.harmony wrote: ↑Thu Nov 30, 2023 4:37 pmSome Cincinnati fans still think second baseman Jonathan India is worth a Seattle starting pitcher:
https://www.redszone.com/forums/showthr ... ost4658424
But, I don't know if some of our trade ideas aren't just as whacky. If I was the Cards I might have better allocated the 24 they are spending on bounce back attempts at Lance Lynn Last 2 years has been a 99 and a 77 ERA+, and Gibson ERA+ last 2 years has been an 87 and a 79. ANd instead traded for Marco and Gilbert at the cost of a young hitter. I said an innings eating Marco would be good for the back end and comparing him to these guys looks pretty good. And you get a huge upgrade going from Gibson or Lynn to Gilbert.
Gray, Gilbert, Montgomery, Mikolas, Marco would not be a bad rotation at all.
We will see how it turns out.