Paul Cubbage

baseball enjoyer/tennessee ‘27 analytics, writer for @federalbaseball, write about the mlb draft and prospects in my free time

[federalbaseball @federalbaseball]

Dylan Crews is a popular trade candidate according to reports. With that in mind, I came up with three mock trades. If you have any Crews mock trades out then in the comments! https://t.co/2GGnKqexVy

[Paul Cubbage @PaulCubbage23]

I’m not crazy about Brady House full time at third or Nate Furman or YoYo getting the at bats against righties, I’m interested to see their approach to that this offseason

[Paul Cubbage @PaulCubbage23]

All roads lead to the Dylan Crews/Andrew Painter swap

[Paul Cubbage @PaulCubbage23]

An unexpected deadline mock trade:
Nats Receive:
RHP Andrew Painter (65 IP, 7.06 ERA, 0.0 fWAR)

Phillies Receive:
OF Dylan Crews (49 G, 69 wRC+, 0.1 fWAR)

A swapping of broken goods. Painter’s stuff doesn’t grade bad, but his results have been awful since his return from Tommy John (ERA above 5 in Triple A as well dating back to last season). Crews hit the ball hard and plays a decent outfield, but has looked overmatched in the big leagues for 3 partial seasons now. Nats get a high risk/high reward arm for a system in need of arms, Phillies get the same for their 2 weakest positions currently.

[Paul Cubbage @PaulCubbage23]

Was almost guaranteed the second I bought the discounted jersey

[Spencer Nusbaum @spencernusbaum_]

With a slim supply of right-handed hitting outfielders, Nationals outfielder Dylan Crews has emerged as a popular trade target around the league, per sources.

More on this from the GM meetings in Vegas, free to read:
https://t.co/ypGJLSvoAE

[Paul Cubbage @PaulCubbage23]

Paul Toboni mentions they’d certainly like to keep extending their young players and the picture is of Connelly Early #noticing

[Robert Murray @ByRobertMurray]

Notes from GM Meetings:

- Braves not trading Ronald Acuña Jr.
- Padres interested in Nick Pivetta return.
- Giants looking for SP, bullpen.
- Phillies nuggets.
- Yanks’ hitting coach uncertainty.
- An update on Franmil Reyes’ contract in Japan. https://t.co/1PO8n3TXne

[Paul Cubbage @PaulCubbage23]

@jack_eberl12938 @QuinnRiley_BB Welcome to DC!

[Jack Eberle @jack_eberl12938]

Excited to announce I’m joining the Washington Nationals as a Pro Scout! Extremely grateful for everyone in the baseball community who supported me in realizing my dream. Can’t wait to get started!

[Paul Cubbage @PaulCubbage23]

I know there’s practically no world where it’s to the Nats, but I’d do anything for it to be the Nats

[Underdog MLB @UnderdogMLB]

Rosenthal: Rangers intend to explore trading Corey Seager at GM meetings.

[Dylan Robertson @DylRobertson13]

Dylan Crews has yet to establish himself in the Bigs

High Whiff and low HH EV LA (8.4° 90th% LA, League Average 12°), have led to production not matching his tools (Which are very LOUD)

A quick look at why and how we'd go about making the adjustment🧵🧵

[Paul Cubbage @PaulCubbage23]

The consequences of NIL have been disastrous for this sport, these schools are so desperate for money to afford paying these players they’ll nuke the meaning of the regular season to get some playoff revenue

[On3 @On3]

BREAKING: The College Football Playoff and ESPN have agreed on a five-year deal that will expand the field to 24 teams in 2027, @CFBHeather reports.

https://t.co/1RwJ1xUWkP

[Paul Cubbage @PaulCubbage23]

Kris Bubic has struggled to stay healthy, but when he’s on the mound, he’s one of the most effective lefties in baseball, with a 2.98 ERA in 217.2 IP since 2023. He’s a high risk/high reward starter who could help out the pen as well if he can’t handle the starter workload

[federalbaseball @federalbaseball]

There are health concerns here but Kris Bubic would be a good calculated risk for the Nats @PaulCubbage23 broke things down https://t.co/6T5of7BOFE

[Paul Cubbage @PaulCubbage23]

@Fabian_Vega88 @NationalsSource Never got to play him but I’ve heard funny stories from both former teammates and opponents

[Paul Cubbage @PaulCubbage23]

Would like to put it on record that I’d love for one of them to be Kris Bubic

[Nats.Talk @TalkNats]

Source: Nats are aggressive early in free agency discussions with agents and have inquired on at least two starting pitchers.

[Paul Cubbage @PaulCubbage23]

Walker Buehler is a guy no one’s gonna believe me one day when I tell them I thought he could’ve been one of the greats. He’s had a good career, but I thought he was going to be an era defining kind of guy

[AT @BaseballWRLD_]

Buehler: 207.2 IP, 171 ERA+, defense behind him had +2 FRV when he pitched

Wheeler: 213.1 IP, 150 ERA+, defense behind him had +5 FRV when he pitched

I’m still not convinced that Wheeler was the one who got robbed of 2021 NL CY

[Paul Cubbage @PaulCubbage23]

Buys out one year of free agency and all his arbitration years. Hard to imagine he isn’t worth just under 6 mil a year just off the defense alone, and that doesn’t include his improving bat. Not bad

[Underdog MLB @UnderdogMLB]

Jacob Young’s extension is for 4 years, $23M, per @ByRobertMurray.

[Paul Cubbage @PaulCubbage23]

We extended WHOOOOO

[Underdog MLB @UnderdogMLB]

Jacob Young to sign an extension with the Nationals, per @ByRobertMurray.

[Andrew Flax @ajflax]

"Only one 17-year-old in the Statcast era has matched Serrano’s combination of contact rate, chase rate and 90th percentile exit velocity: Jesús Made of the Brewers in 2024." Made, of course, is now the top prospect in baseball (admittedly as a shortstop).

[Paul Cubbage @PaulCubbage23]

@erom_mo Yup need him and then Scherzer one day, hopefully the Stras and Nats relationship isn’t too strained

[Paul Cubbage @PaulCubbage23]

“Should the Thunder retire KD’s numbers is the equivalent to “Should the Nats retire Bryce Harper’s numbers” to me. Like, no? Of course not? Why would we do that?

[Kemper Ball @KemperBall]

He would be the first player in NBA history to be boo’d during their jersey retirement ceremony, which is probably a pretty good indication that it shouldn’t and won’t happen.