The trade tautology even applies to the teams that should be a lot better, like the Mets. For the most part, though, I find myself clicking on the Royals’ Baseball-Reference page and grimacing, then going to the Rockies’ page and grimacing, then going back to the Royals’ page and saying, “Oh, right, right” while grimacing again. The Nationals have a couple of young starters that the front office and coaching staff would love to get their hands on. JP Sears is a strong pitcher with a dinger problem, but that’s something the Giants can work with. Oh, you can probably squint and find some interesting targets. Call it the trade tautology: The teams that are so far out of the wild-card race that they’ll trade pitchers are that far out of the wild-card race because they don’t have good pitchers. You don’t get to that point with a surplus of starting pitchers. The A’s are 19-58 this season, with a league-worst 6.01 ERA.
Hi, Stomper! And he’s here because he’s seen some stuff. So let’s take an initial look at the trade market for starting pitchers, one that’s less about specific fits and more about the big picture. And if you aren’t getting “very likely,” you might just want to hold on to your prospects. It’s hard to build a lengthy list of pitchers who would be very likely to improve on the bullpen-game approach. The supply is low, the demand is high and the quality is suspect. But this is a weird year for the starting-pitcher market. There should be a starting pitcher out there who gives them a better chance at preventing runs compared to the current reliefatouille approach.
The team’s bulk relievers have been a surprising part of the team’s overall success, and it’s helpful to think of Tristan Beck, Sean Hjelle, Sean Manaea and Keaton Winn as “relievers” - air quotes required - rather than relievers, but it’s hard to imagine this strategy being something the Giants will want to utilize against, say, the Braves in a seven-game series. The Giants are going to be interested in another starting pitcher, someone to pair with Logan Webb and a healthy Alex Cobb to improve their run prevention in a postseason series, should they get that far.
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