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  1. We can only hope that the mediocre vets play the best season of their career or just get injured so we can just move on to young guns. Either way, its going to be a fun season of baseball ⚾️ The FO at least tried to improve the team. Ownership still needs a kick in the pants to understand that “rightsizing” a business is nothing that fans care about. Even a casual fan can understand that $30M investment can be recouped over time. A 1984 investment of $44M built its way to $1.5B current value after all. How much is a WS trophy worth? Probably north of $250M additional future revenue?
  2. We know how these things escalate. Please stop before we have a biggest cannon shot at the fort.
  3. Is anybody really off the table when it comes to Dipoto? I’m sure in a more normal offseason, we could have bought miller or woo
  4. Are fans really that fickle? All the team has to do is win games and the stadium will be full of fans.
  5. I believe they both threw bull pen sessions today but my money is on them both being on the 60 day DL at some point in ‘24 so Varland, Okert and Funderburk are gonna get a lot of opportunities!
  6. Its a good start with those 5. There is probably 5 more that could get just as good of a chance to be a big contributor on varsity… Canterino Alcala Camargo Festa Larnach in no particular order…. and I still have honorable mentionables…
  7. @Riverbrian Julien is at it again in the 3rd inning. Leadoff hit, C4 & buck get BB, Lewis….. grand slam🤯
  8. I remember that game last September just before we clinched when Julien came up to bat in the 9th with RISP against a lefty. Oh wait, nope. Vasquez pinch hit for him. What a waste of an opportunity. The game ended on that weak attempted AB by a catcher in a slump.
  9. Julien just ripped one out of the park, lead off home run. in 8 at bats that don’t matter, Julien has. .625/.667/1.125/1.792 slash line 🎯👈🏻🤩
  10. This years roster actually looks like we have luxury payroll with high paid bench players vs. some of the starters. It really means the FO did great at buying depth and AAA is loaded with talented youth. All this and a reduced payroll. By the end of may, we will probably have an injury or 4 and the young guns across the river better be ready. If anyone remembers last years opening day roster, it lasted about 4 days.
  11. Julien and Miranda isn't a great comparison. Especially comparing an injured Miranda to Julien. Juliens plate discipline is elite. His chase rate was the best in MLB. He has something that most hitters wish they had. Julien hasn't even gotten into his prime yet and he does make the adjustments he needs to. Its a good bet that he will continue to keep pitchers on the defensive. Thats what he does. He wont always be our 2nd baseman, dor now he is. We need to enjoy the show in ‘24. The kid is gonna tear it up.
  12. Even if all 3 of those guys implode, there is 6-8 more guys right behind them to take over. The possibilities thru the depth will take care of the BP.
  13. Someone, please teach the man how to play defense and strikeout less. Then add him to the varsity roster.
  14. One of Schobel and Keaschall will definitely be traded. Maybe both but I can see one of them playing Farmers role in 2026 and beyond. Do we bring them to MLB to prove they can play first to raise their trade value?
  15. This years draft is deep again and we have 5 picks in the top 99. I would be shocked if they didnt end up with some sort of 1C, 2 SS/3B/2B and 2 college pitchers. They finally figured out to draft the best athletes and find a home for them when they start hitting breaking balls in MLB.
  16. Buck is 30 all season. Even at 31,32,33 he will be prime time. He may age like others that produced better and stayed healthier in their 30s vs 20s.
  17. Spot on analogy. The sum of the parts can total so much more when it all jells together. The built in redundancy in this team is another strength. Jake Cave is not our 4th outfielder. Manuel Margo is and could be lights out in his role to solidify off days. He buys the kids time to get their development in AAA. Santana and Farmer will play that role in the infield. It’s a great mix that could really be special!
  18. Not even worried about 2nd base production. We traded 3 guys in a year and the pipeline is at least 8 deep. As much as I loved Arraez, Pablo is more important to the team. Juliens long term home isnt 2B so get the next all star 2B ready and install him when he is ready… we can make room for Julien elsewhere. All star DH comes to mind while being the backup at 1B and 2B. Any way you slice up the infield AB’s, we got room for more young talent.
  19. We haven’t actually seen a large sample of a healthy Buck and C4 affect games at the same time. No body really knows the upside of that scenario. 95wins? How good could this get?
  20. 1B will probably end up a major strength of the team. A healthy AK and Miranda can really rip the cover off the ball.
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