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  1. Major League Ready
    How is this a "priority move"?
  2. Major League Ready
    Megill still has 2 options. He will have to look pretty sharp this spring or he starts his year in STP. Taking a look at Hoffman and Santana for that last BP spot provides a couple of no risk options. They also have the option of putting Ober or Winder in the BP to start the season. There is also Cole Sands who can pitch 2-3 innings stints. I seriously doubt we see Megill to start the season.
  3. Major League Ready
    What's the downside? If injury forces a need for their 40 man spot you cut them. I never understand the complaints about these types of moves. Would we prefer our team was the one team in the league that never picked up players on waivers or minor league deals?
  4. Major League Ready
    For me, the Cavaco pick was worse because they had a guy with a 65 hit tool / 70 speed and great defense there for the taking. The guy being Corbin Carroll. The perfect guy to go along with Buxton given the amount of time he misses.
  5. Major League Ready
    So, who does not DH? Farmer should be in the field against LH pitching so he does not start any games as DH. Taylor never. We will always have better options than Jeffers and Kepler. Same will probably be true of Solano. Larnach is probably the hardest to predict of the group. His appearances in general are hard to predict right now. Among the rest, I think the number of days at DH go in this order. Buxton / Miranda / Correa / Gordon and the rest of the group gets a day here and there.
  6. Major League Ready
    We simply disagree. There are going to be down years. History is very clear that every team has them, especially teams outside the top 10 in revenue. Given the choice of a couple more wins in a down season or acquiring Joe Ryan / Jhoan Duran, etc for several years is a very easy choice for me.
  7. Major League Ready
    The theory that they don't count because they were traded for in a year where they were not contending assumes it's realistic we should contend every year. We all know that is not remotely realistic because with the exception of a couple of the highest revenue teams, all teams have a significant number of years where they are not contenders. What we should hope for is what you have pointed out. Successful teams add talent by trading current short-term talent for future longer-term talent. If you look at Tampa, Oakland, and Cleveland their production when measured by WAR is driven almost as much by players acquired as prospects as drafted. Those three teams are by far the most successful teams in the bottom half of revenue which again proves your point.
  8. Major League Ready
    Lots of things .... Does Kirilloff look healthy and poised to be a middle of the order bat Have Mahle and Ryan improved their off speed pitches. Have any other pitchers improved or added pitches or command. Has Martin figured it out. In other words, is he driving the ball consistently. Does Miranda have improved agility. Does he look the part at 3B Do Alcala and Maeda look ready to contribute in a meaningful way. Does Royce Lewis look like he will be back sooner than later.
  9. Major League Ready
    Tampa traded Adames at the deadline in a season where they won 100 games. Of course, they had Wander Franco. It would be great if Martin / Julien or Lewis were so great they just had to make a spot but that seems unlikely.
  10. Major League Ready
    Drafting is tough. That said ... Cavaco was a big reach and many of us said so at the time. Nobody had Cavaco anywhere near this high and you just don't need to reach this much on the 13th pick. Corbin Carroll and Bryson Stott were highly regarded. I was sure they would take Carroll when he was still there at 13. How great would it be to have Carroll to back-up Buxton? Picking at 27 is no sure thing but there were a lot of people here asked why take a guy with 1 tool in the first round. The Dodgers got a great pitcher two picks later. Can you imagine if we had taken Corbin Carroll and Bobby Miller instead of Cavaco and Saboto? The trajectory of this team would look really good.
  11. Major League Ready
    I want Nola bad but Philly has plenty of payroll space. It will be tough to get him. A healthy Severino and a Yankee team trying to manage their luxury tax could make him a possibility as well. They have a ton of pitching prospects so they might not go as hard for Severino as Philly will for Nola. Obviously, all pure speculation on my part. On Prelipp, I think he has to prove he is healthy and still has that 65-70 grade slider. I look forward to him shooting up the rankings this summer. I am just glad there appears to be a very strong top 10 this year and we should end up with a great player.
  12. Major League Ready
    Greene being a HS pitcher was riskier. If a college pitcher like Dollander or Skenes is available, I could see that being attractive. We have SP depth but one of these guys could make us a different team, especially in the playoffs. I like the idea of a 2025 starting rotation of Skenes / Prelipp / Ryan / Raya / Canterino or SWR. What do ya think?
  13. Major League Ready
    Have to agree. We have a very good player in his prime with 3 years of control. What's the rush. We have guys who could be as good, maybe even better. As soon as one of them proves it, trade Polanco and hopefully get a nice return and save some money that can be spent on extensions. However, there is no need to do anything until we have a proven replacement.
  14. Major League Ready
    Farmer has much better career stats than Solano against lefties. There is little difference in Solano's splits where Farmer is much better against LHP.
  15. Major League Ready
    I am in no hurry to get rid of Polanco but it would be a good thing if a prospect forced their hand.
  16. Major League Ready
    I understand where you are coming from. My response was aimed at all the discussion focused on who would make the 26 man with the addition of Solano. In that context, some of the discussion used one less spot than would be available.
  17. Major League Ready
    I hope it's the #5 pick because that would mean we hit on the pick. Rodriquez seems most likely based on timing and ceiling. He will only be 21 in 2025 so a 2025 debut seems on schedule. I would love to see one of the 17-19 years old guys blow up over the next two years and become #1 in spite of Rodriguez and #5 being top 30 type prospects. Might as well dream big, right?
  18. Major League Ready
    It's great that 4 different guys have a shot at being our best SP but it would be even better if we had those 4 guys and a guy we expected would be better than all of them.
  19. Major League Ready
    26 players - 12 pitchers = 14 players - 8 position players would leave 6 bench spots, not 5.
  20. Major League Ready
    We don't have a full-time DH. Therefore, there are 5 bench spots, not 4. Kirilloff will be on the 26 man if physically able. Larnach will be in STP until someone gets traded or injured.
  21. Major League Ready
    There are 5 bench players when you don't have a designated DH. The bench is likely Jeffers / Gordon / Farmer / Taylor / Solano. It still does not make sense and there is probably another move on the horizon.
  22. Major League Ready
    Me too. The angle I was coming from is that I believe Larnach has a higher ceiling. I am rooting for Gordon to be even better this year but Larnach even better than Gordon's "better".
  23. Major League Ready
    Am I the only one hoping Larnach is good enough to keep Gordon in a back-up role?
  24. Major League Ready
    I don't really believe it that theory. The guys that can consistently locate the corners are always going to be more effective than the guys that are "effectively wild".
  25. Major League Ready
    I suspect we see a couple other starters converted over the course of this season as well. Sands and Winder look likely now. I would love for Canterino to bust out as a SP but that max effort delivery he has might work better in the BP.
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