The Phillies enclosure took a huge blow during the weekend, as José Alvarado was struck by a suspension of 80 games after a drug test test to improve performance. The players suspended for the PEDs are prevented from participating in the playoffs that year. Alvarado is expected to return to the phil enclosure in early August, but it will not be a factor in October.
The emergency pitch stood out as a clear target for phils before even losing their closest. To this end, Mark Feinsand de MLB.com reports that Philadelphia contacted the Liber of Libre David Robertson Before the announcement on the suspension of Alvarado. Robertson remains unsigned, of course, and Feinsand writes that initial discussions with Philadelphia have never been seriously developed.
Perhaps the Phillies will seek to re-engage with the right-handed of the stars now that the circumstances have changed. Robertson, who was 40 years old in April, gave no indication that he was retiring. At the same time, he was clearly not motivated to take what he considered as money under the market to sign. Bob Nighingale of USA Today wrote last month that Robertson had asked for a $ 10 million contract during the offseason. This is not a bizarre number for a season of a high -end configuration man.
Robertson launched for Philly in 2019 and ’22, combining for a 3.30 MPM on these separate stays. He remained a high level key arm with the Rangers last year. He won a career summit of 72 rounds with an average deserved uniform race. Robertson struck more than a third of opponents while making an average of 93.3 MPH on the cutter which has long been its main offer. Although there is always a risk that the production of a player decreases strongly at the end of the 1930s or at the start of the forties, Robertson showed no obvious sign of decline a year ago.
It makes it quite surprising that he could not find an agreement to his taste at the start of the offseason. It is much more difficult to see it command a significant salary on a mid-season contract, because the teams tend to be confronted with their imposed budgets (at least until the deadline for trade). Alvarado is not paid during his suspension, so he will lose nearly $ 4 million from his salary of $ 9 million. This could theoretically open a spending room for the Phil, but Alvarado will return to the payroll for the last two months of the season and it is not clear if Robertson is ready to move at all at its requested price.
The deadline for trade is just over two months of leave. Phils have made one of the largest lift moves on the deadline for last summer, acquiring the rental closer Carlos Estévez Angels for a pair of pitching perspectives. They could also be aggressive in July. They will have trouble achieving an important job in the coming weeks.
We expect the cardinals to move for a long time Ryan Helsley This summer, but they were one of the best teams in the league during the last month and are in a head of NL Central. Nationals will probably treat Kyle Finnegan At one point, although it seems unlikely that it will happen two months after the start of the season. Orioles in shock have a few arms (for example Félix Bautista,, Keegan Akin) Which would arouse interest if they are ready to listen to controllable players beyond this year. Feinsand highlights some candidates for speculative commerce on the handful of really rebuilt teams, but these clubs (Rockies, White Sox, Marlins, Pirates) rank near the League in efficiency of the enclai.
For the moment, Jordan Romano should go back to the role of closing in Philadelphia. The signing of the offseason kept the opponents outside the board of directors in each of its last eight outings. He did not grant any success in one of the four most recent appearances. The Romano season numbers are weighed down by a horrible start, but it has been dominant since the calendar turned around. Matt Strahm is a great configuration option on the left side. They are light on right -handed options to fill the gap towards Romano, as Orion Kerkering Remains incoherent due to the dispersion order.
