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  1. Mr. Brooks
    Fair points. Will be interesting to see which route the team takes.
  2. Mr. Brooks
    What did Kepler's platoon splits look like through 200 PA's vs. lefties? How many exclamation points should I have used if I wanted to anoint Kepler as a platoon only player then?
  3. Mr. Brooks
    I know it's not. I dislike both decisions. Signing Cron to begin with, and now dumping Austin.
  4. Mr. Brooks
    They have nearly identical career OPS, even though Cron has had much more developmental time at the MLB level. I don't understand why you think Cron is more likely to hit better this year. I'd argue the opposite.
  5. Mr. Brooks
    Not quite the same. The window installer can bargain with every potential customer in the state, and get maximum market price. They aren't drafted by the homeowner, and required to install windows for the minimum for three years, then at an arbitrated price for another three years before they are allowed to shop their skills on the open market. I'd say the players take a huge financial risk the first six years of their careers. If a player were to put up 15 WAR across their first three seasons, then suffer a career ending injury, they will have worked for 1/100th if their market value, with no equity. What is that if it's not a financial risk?
  6. Mr. Brooks
    I also don't like how our roster dynamic changes should Cron get hurt today. Who becomes our everyday 1B? Astudillo? We don't know if he can play 1B, and even if he can, he's much more valuable at C and 3B. Gonzalez? I'd rather him be the super sub that he was signed to be. Not to mention his bat likely doesn't come close to playing 1B everyday. Kepler? Probably could, but has more value as an elite defensive outfielder, and I'm not sure how I feel about Cave as an everyday player. Garver? Probably makes the most sense, his bat is roughly equal to Cron/Austin, but it sure looks like he's worked hard to become a legit MLB catcher, and he obviously has more value there. I don't think there are any 1B prospects ready to come up today.
  7. Mr. Brooks
    Bellinger's bat plays anywhere. Aside from Kiriloff, we have a long ways to go before any of those other prospects you mention come even close to having a bat that plays at MLB 1B. Kepler is an elite defensive outfielder. I'll be upset if he moves to first base any time soon. Sure, Garver could get hurt and have to move to 1B, but two points on that: 1) That hasn't happened yet, and might not any time soon. 2) Garver's bat isn't any better than Austin's, and Austin is younger. I think we are getting lost in the weeds here debating which prospects might play where and when. My main objection is that I'd rather wait until we actually have better options before we let Austin go, not let him go because some day we will have better options.
  8. Mr. Brooks
    Why is Austin fungible and Cron isn't? My whole point is that I think they chose the wrong one. So when you say, "yeah occasionally you'll get burned by releasing the wrong one", that's kinda where I'm at. I think Austin can easily match anything Cron can do, except he comes with the flexibility of 6 years and less money. Sure, as Mike suggests, another prospect may come along that can replace him. But there isn't one here yet, and I'd rather wait until there is before I throw away that flexibility. Bird in hand/Bush, etc.
  9. Mr. Brooks
    It's not moot to me. My biggest criticism of the situation is that they signed Cron instead of letting Austin have the job for a full season.
  10. Mr. Brooks
    We agree, they are the same player, pretty much. It's just that Austin has already made it to MLB, and I personally think Rooker's ceiling is capped. Again, I'm the extreme low man on Rooker on this site, that's fine I'll wear it if I'm wrong.
  11. Mr. Brooks
    Because the 2 who are most likely to hit are not first basemen. I'm struggling to figure out why you keep using outfield prospects as examples of players that can replace first baseman Tyler Austin. You just did it again with Baddoo. Literally the only guy you've named who I think is a 1B/DH AND has a legit chance to make it to MLB is Rooker. Zander Weil is a 1B/DH type, but is an extreme longshot. The rest have more value in the OF or C, if they even make it.
  12. Mr. Brooks
    If it takes him 3 months in AAA to find his swing and get in playing shape, then I'll have zero interest in the extra year of control.
  13. Mr. Brooks
    I don't think teams evaluate players for trades based on how well they did in their last game. Garver's trade value is exactly the same as it was at this time yesterday.
  14. Mr. Brooks
    Who better would they have called up? Keep in mind it can't be someone on the 40 man roster, since it hadn't been 10 days yet.
  15. Mr. Brooks
    Austin isn't an outfielder, and I don't think Wade, Larnach or Kiriloff will be first basemen any time soon. I'd hope Garver is a catcher, not a first baseman. IMO, Rooker's CEILING is what Austin is now, though I know I'm the low man on him. They didn't have to sign Cron, so I don't think it's fair to dismiss that part of the equation. They chose that path, it was only a roster crunch because of that choice. Aside from Kiriloff, and maybe Larnach, all of those prospects you mention are longshots to ever develop into MLB starters. I'm surprised people are counting those chickens before they hatch. I don't expect Austin to be an Ortiz level mistake, but I think as his power continues to develop, and as he figures out hitting right handers, this will be a mistake.
  16. Mr. Brooks
    Same.
  17. Mr. Brooks
    No I don't. If you scroll back through the chain of responses, I was responding to someone who suggested that was the reason they changed their mind from Littel to Dejong.
  18. Mr. Brooks
    I'd rather save the option than worry about 20 days of service time and salary. If he was close to a service time line that might be different.
  19. Mr. Brooks
    I think they signed him to be the every second baseman. And if they did, I just don't think a handful of games should be enough to change that. He isn't going to start hitting from the bench. In general, I'd like to see 6 weeks or so before we start evaluating performance.
  20. Mr. Brooks
    He's the starting second baseman, why wouldn't he be in the lineup?
  21. Mr. Brooks
    Why would you use an option before you have to? I can't see any upside in that. He'll absolutely go on a rehab assignment first, they can always option him after that if his performance and roster shakeup determines so.
  22. Mr. Brooks
    Pitches that are batted wouldn't be on those charts.
  23. Mr. Brooks
    The fact that African Americans are far more likely to both be arrested for, and incarcerated for (and for longer sentences) than whites are for the same crimes. What else would you call that, if not systemic racism?
  24. Mr. Brooks
    No, he won't be slotted in as soon as he's healthy. He'll have a lengthy rehab assignment before he's activated.
  25. Mr. Brooks
    Get the women and children out of the first 10 rows.
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