Tucker Barnhart

ruben safir

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Apr 12, 2018, 5:04:23 AM4/12/18

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I wonder what it would take to get Tucker Barnhart from the Reds.

*ernie

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Apr 12, 2018, 5:24:49 AM4/12/18

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On Thu, 12 Apr 2018 05:04:21 -0400, ruben safir <ru...@mrbrklyn.com>
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>I wonder what it would take to get Tucker Barnhart from the Reds.

Matt Harvey

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ruben safir

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Apr 12, 2018, 5:59:26 AM4/12/18

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On 04/12/2018 05:24 AM, *ernie wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Apr 2018 05:04:21 -0400, ruben safir <ru...@mrbrklyn.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I wonder what it would take to get Tucker Barnhart from the Reds.
> Matt Harvey

even though Harvey will be a FA?

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Apr 12, 2018, 12:41:14 PM4/12/18

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On Thursday, April 12, 2018 at 5:04:23 AM UTC-4, ruben safir wrote:
> I wonder what it would take to get Tucker Barnhart from the Reds.

A 27 year old catcher who is hitting and making almost nothing?

Yeah, good luck with that.

*ernie

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Apr 12, 2018, 4:00:15 PM4/12/18

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On Thu, 12 Apr 2018 05:59:25 -0400, ruben safir <ru...@mrbrklyn.com>

wrote:

>On 04/12/2018 05:24 AM, *ernie wrote:
>> On Thu, 12 Apr 2018 05:04:21 -0400, ruben safir <ru...@mrbrklyn.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I wonder what it would take to get Tucker Barnhart from the Reds.
>> Matt Harvey
>
>
>even though Harvey will be a FA?

All the more reason. Face it, if he were signed for a few more years,
it's a trade the Mets would never make. For the Reds, they get an ace
who they get first shot a signing long term.

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Ruben Safir

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Apr 12, 2018, 5:40:18 PM4/12/18

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He doesn't hit that much but he is a great defender. How about Familia
and Robles and Nito

Jim S.....

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Apr 12, 2018, 6:40:21 PM4/12/18

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Former Ace...

*ernie

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Apr 12, 2018, 6:41:53 PM4/12/18

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From the Mets perspective, sounds good. Why the Reds would want
Familia is beyond me.

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Ruben Safir

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Apr 12, 2018, 7:35:21 PM4/12/18

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They wouldn't be interested in a 28YO pither with a 149 ERA+ who seems
to be healthy?

*ernie

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Apr 12, 2018, 11:08:12 PM4/12/18

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On Thu, 12 Apr 2018 23:35:20 +0000 (UTC), Ruben Safir

I'm not a fan of Familia. He's the A-Rod of relief pitchers; great
numbers but you can't count on him in the clutch. (witness the 2015 ws
and the 2016 playoff). Is it worth it for a last place team to pay
about 8 million for a relief pitcher?

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ruben safir

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Apr 13, 2018, 12:28:09 AM4/13/18

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On 04/12/2018 11:08 PM, *ernie wrote:
> I'm not a fan of Familia. He's the A-Rod of relief pitchers; great
> numbers but you can't count on him in the clutch. (witness the 2015 ws
> and the 2016 playoff). Is it worth it for a last place team to pay
> about 8 million for a relief pitcher?

most relievers choke in the playoffs. Should we start listing them
beginning with Armondo Benitez and Trevor Hoffman.

ruben safir

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Apr 13, 2018, 12:43:58 PM4/13/18

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On 04/12/2018 11:08 PM, *ernie wrote:

> I'm not a fan of Familia. He's the A-Rod of relief pitchers; great
> numbers but you can't count on him in the clutch. (witness the 2015 ws
> and the 2016 playoff). Is it worth it for a last place team to pay
> about 8 million for a relief pitcher?

So better even to trade him for a catcher.

BTW - Palwauki is now gone, expect 3 weeks. they say 10 days, but bones
don't heal that fast.

They said Gehrig had a dozen broken bones in his catching hand when he died.

Bob4Health

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Apr 13, 2018, 1:39:36 PM4/13/18

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That's really interesting. Of course, he wasn't a catcher. I think people are freaking out.

Yes, this is Murphy's law.

Plawecki is a perfectly adequate catcher, much improved from last year. We can figure he'll be out a month. I wonder what kind of prosthetics they have for catchers that might help?

Nido can hold the fort. Someone like Rivera may show up on waivers.

I would not break up the relievers, Familiar has been great.

d'Arnold is done with the Mets. He never had much of an arm. He does have
power and can hit. He belongs in the AL where he can DH.