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Art Deco · 05-09-2021, 10:41 PM

This anodyne summary doesn't do the memory of Alec Sachais as a Ray justice, but here's the news:

Keeping Sachais on rehab was just kicking the can down the road and with the trade deadline approaching it was in everyone's best interest to move him since I had no real intent of plugging him back into the rotation. The return wasn't much but I didn't expect it to be for a pitcher with diminished stuff who's making $11M/year in arbitration. I actually shopped him with us retaining 100% of his salary but the offers were pretty much the same with or without retention. Baldwin is an intriguing RH bullpen arm whom the Padres had acquired 16 days earlier from Minnesota. He has 60 stuff (75 potential), 60/60 movement, but the catch is 35/40 control and he has 4-star potential as a reliever. He's at High-A and had been the Twins' 2nd round pick from USC in 2030. He's probably unlikely to end up with the big club but you never know. The deal also opens up a 40-man roster spot which we'll need in September with both Ricky Widmar and Dayle Jenkins coming off the 60-day IL.

Anyway, it's a sad day to part with Sachais, who was one of my favorite pitchers in this save and was a big-time contributor to 3 consecutive championships in 2028-2030. He had the rare combination of 70 stuff with 70 control at his peak, and even though he was homer-prone he put up some great numbers as seen here:

For 4 1/2 seasons before he developed his arthritic elbow, he was a paragon of consistency averaging 4-4.5 WAR per season and that's despite that metric not liking all the homers he allowed. Those BB/K ratios were pure pitcher porn and it was tough to see him back this year without the stuff to go with the control. But baseball is an unforgiving sport when it comes to pitchers and their stuff and we were never going to offer him arbitration next season with a projection of $15M. So he'll get a chance to start for San Diego, which is in the thick of the division and wild-card races in the NL and who knows, maybe we'll see him in the World Series.

05-09-2021, 10:41 PM	#895
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,386	Farewell, Alec Sachais This anodyne summary doesn't do the memory of Alec Sachais as a Ray justice, but here's the news: Keeping Sachais on rehab was just kicking the can down the road and with the trade deadline approaching it was in everyone's best interest to move him since I had no real intent of plugging him back into the rotation. The return wasn't much but I didn't expect it to be for a pitcher with diminished stuff who's making $11M/year in arbitration. I actually shopped him with us retaining 100% of his salary but the offers were pretty much the same with or without retention. Baldwin is an intriguing RH bullpen arm whom the Padres had acquired 16 days earlier from Minnesota. He has 60 stuff (75 potential), 60/60 movement, but the catch is 35/40 control and he has 4-star potential as a reliever. He's at High-A and had been the Twins' 2nd round pick from USC in 2030. He's probably unlikely to end up with the big club but you never know. The deal also opens up a 40-man roster spot which we'll need in September with both Ricky Widmar and Dayle Jenkins coming off the 60-day IL. Anyway, it's a sad day to part with Sachais, who was one of my favorite pitchers in this save and was a big-time contributor to 3 consecutive championships in 2028-2030. He had the rare combination of 70 stuff with 70 control at his peak, and even though he was homer-prone he put up some great numbers as seen here: For 4 1/2 seasons before he developed his arthritic elbow, he was a paragon of consistency averaging 4-4.5 WAR per season and that's despite that metric not liking all the homers he allowed. Those BB/K ratios were pure pitcher porn and it was tough to see him back this year without the stuff to go with the control. But baseball is an unforgiving sport when it comes to pitchers and their stuff and we were never going to offer him arbitration next season with a projection of $15M. So he'll get a chance to start for San Diego, which is in the thick of the division and wild-card races in the NL and who knows, maybe we'll see him in the World Series. Last edited by Art Deco; 05-09-2021 at 10:59 PM.