
Originally Posted by
Oz-iz-God
The market for Carp is going to be less than we think, IMO. He's on the wrong side of his prime and he's not helping his value at the moment. And the rest of baseball sees what we see with Lynn - he's a fine #3 starter but as a pending FA, what's his actual value? Especially with a market that's going to include Ervin Santana who has a higher ceiling as a rental, IMO.
And Oh's a setup man who's pitched the 9th; he's closer in value to Mujica than Chapman. Chapman brought what he brought because his skill-set is completely unique. Oh's skill-set is fairly replaceable, he's just closed games. Well that carries no surplus value to the Astros as they have Giles for the 9th. Oh's a throw-in for them. He's a Gregerson complement that allows Devensky to stay in the multi-inning role in the post-season.
Carpenter and Oh won't get you Bregman. The guy's a 23 yr old Carpenter clone with a much better glove. If you had tried to acquire him at this time last year, you couldn't get him. Right now he's dealing with an adjustment period so it's the time to strike. If you have to overpay for him, I think you do it. Giving up 2 pending FAs and an aging DH doesn't seem like too much to surrender.