Thursday, April 14, 2016

Somebody clue me in...who did we trade to the Texans to get this guy?


25 years old. Tonight he struck out 16.

Gave up no walks.

Padres got 3 hits.

and he pitched a 9 inning shutout!

4 comments:

Gerald Pea said...

Never mind. I looked it up all by myself!

On July 31, 2015, the Rangers traded Eickhoff, Nick Williams, Matt Harrison, Jake Thompson, Alec Asher, and Jorge Alfaro to the Philadelphia Phillies for Cole Hamels and Jake Diekman.[6] He made his major league debut for the Phillies on August 21.

So Ruben Amaro, Jr got 6 players for Hamels & Diekman?
"I did not know that Ed"

Tshirtim said...

Amaro's mistake was paying older players too much after they won the WS. He actually ended up with some young talented players that replenished the farm system he stripped to win the WS.

Wheels said...

You didn't look up the correct trade. Phillies traded Ken Giles to Houston for this guy, Vincent Velasquez.

Gerald Pea said...

You are right Wheels. I meant that young Jewish pitcher...Jerad Eickhoff.
He is really impressing me...