Steve75

14 hours ago, Fighting4par said: why would we ever want this guy. He is an injured cheater who is out here to only make as much money as he possibly can and then play mediocre baseball. I have no clue why everyone is so in love with him. I applaud the giants for seeing that. Correa is a nice shortstop, steady as they come but is no superstar. Wasn't worth even half of what they paid him last year. He will be an above average 3B man but wouldn't crack the top tier of that group either but will be paid like one ( a slightly better version of Donaldson, perhaps). IMO he looked pretty feeble as a Twin last year, superstars don't strike out 120+ a year as he did last year, and usually at inopportune times. (That's only 40 less than our Joey Gallo!) I think we dodged a major bullet financially. Pick up that Mets SS, sign Fulmer, Hand or Rogers and a good RH bat ( I wish we still had Urshela) and if we can start to play sound, fundamental ball (bunting, stealing bases, better situational hitting) with some hungry, scrappy young players we could have a team that might be exciting to watch. Which the Cleveland Guardians seem to be.

I wouldn't say we are getting "chopped liver" or a serviceable " backup" with Kyle Farmer. He led both the Twins and the Reds in RBI in 2022, and outperformed our $35 million dollar man in RBI's and doubles and certainly could hold his own out on the diamond as he can play several positions competently, He is no backup in my eyes and evidently the FO's too.

I agree with you Ted. Give him 25-30 starts like Stroman and he'll give you the same 10 wins (maybe some undeserved) or 10 quality starts as Stroman did in 2021. The same holds true for Ober and Ryan. I can't believe someone who would pay $25 million a season for a career 61-60 pitcher. Sign Big Mike, maybe an Alex Wood who the lockout ends and trade for another starter and let's roll. Maybe not the rest rotation money can buy but you go to war with the army you've got.