There are now officially too many stories to do a post on each, so let's just lump them all together. Here's what you need to know, 16 hours after the Fowler trade.
*David Schoenfield: The Rockies have no plan
*Jeff Sullivan: The Rockies are betting on Lyles getting better in the future
*Keith Law: The Rockies should have gotten more for Fowler
*Luhnow, on Fowler's numbers:
The way our forecasting models work, we put players into neutral
environments and project their performance in a neutral park. We feel pretty good that our projections are accurate and that
this player has a tremendous value for us.
*Drellich: The Astros aren't concerned about Fowler's injuries. The Crawfish Boxes agree.
*Drellich: Jordan Lyles does not feel like he was rushed to the Majors (this is something we will actually look at later today)
We didn't come out here to play tiddlywinks, son.
-Hal Smith
