In any trade, it’s rare the extra piece elicits any kind of immediate excitement. Carlos Carrasco was one of many names for Cliff Lee, and he wasn’t much of anything for years. But when Brad Hand came over for Francisco Mejia, we knew what we were getting — a very good relief pitcher. Along with that was this strange rookie, a submariner supreme (or almost, he has the second lowest release point in baseball) in Adam Cimber that could be, well, anything. That’s the magic of the unknown, of the oddity and the rookie. They can be a cipher.
Adam Cimber, a year or so later
