McCarthy to Yanks. Soriano DFA.

[aarne13]

Depth move
Nuno to Az.

 

[joey12508]

sori was one of my favs, just didn't work this year.

 

[Super Mario]

Yeah, I always loved Sori, until he went to the Cubs.

I really think he just stopped caring while playing in Chicago.

Or was on the juice prior, and stopped using and fell off.

 

[NY Tony]

Yeah, I always loved Sori, until he went to the Cubs.

I really think he just stopped caring while playing in Chicago.

Or was on the juice prior, and stopped using and fell off.

Juice probably had a lot to do with it - even though he was never under suspicion bc he never bulked up

But you can take PED's and not bulk up

Too bad - he was a great player for awhile. Just ended badly

 

[D-Lite]

Thank god this era is over. I liked Soriano his first go around and last year's reunion was great, but he has fallen off horribly. His defense has cost them at least one game and he's been a black hole in the lineup. I like the shakeup going on right now. Nuno was never going to give the team more than 5 IP and even those were suspect innings usually. At least with McCarthy there is the chance for innings and above average performance every time out. Need a decent innings guy though. I'm afraid McCarthy is going to implode any time now.

 

[Austin]

At least with McCarthy there is the chance for innings and above average performance every time out.
I'm afraid McCarthy is going to implode any time now.

McCarthy already has.
He's leading all pitchers in earned runs and hits allowed this season. He's been pretty horrible.

 

[Y4NK335]

His 2.89 xFIP and 3.79 FIP along with his 93/20 K/BB are obviously masked by his record and ERA, but he is a huge upgrade over Nuno. His BABIP is 50 points higher than his career average and his strand rate 5% lower than career average, so should they return closer to normal that will certainly help as well.

Just getting Nuno out of the rotation is a win, McCarthy staying healthy and contributing quality innings would be the icing on the cake.

 

[maxe0213]

Love this move. I think it'll be a huge upgrade having McCarthy over nuno. nuno was god awful almost every time out there and threw in the upper 80s. Soriano was awful so I'm glad to have ichiro out there instead full time now. I would expect another move or two to happen however before the deadline

 

[gt2590]

As an ex-A's guy, I'll root for McCarthy, but man, he's been pretty bad.

As for the Soriano PEDs line, I doubt it. Even the last three years, he's been pretty much the same type of hitter he's always been. .240 with 30-40 HRs has been pretty much his line every year, but with more Ks and putrid D, and then his average declines even more? DFA time...

 

[championMan]

Soriano need AB playing once a week agianst lefty only got him off his timing. Best thing for him someone pick him up & find his power storke again.