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  1. Major League Ready
    I don't see any of the comparisons as relevant. He simply is not ready. Why would we want to add any player who is performing below average at AAA? He was not good at first in AA and now AAA. Why would we expect he would have an impact in the playoffs at the major league level? I would bet he will perform very well at some point in AAA next year. Let's bring him up when he proves he is ready. Where the playoffs are concerned, let's pray Lewis can play.
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    If he bashes the ball at AAA the way he did in 2021, they will either find room on the roster or get a nice return. We need to solve the deficiency against LHP. Perhaps he could eventually contribute to that cause. I would like to see them find a team that has too many OF prospects that are near ready and trade our similar IF prospects. I know this does not happen often but why not. There has to be a couple teams deep in OFers that could use an INFer or two. Maybe Washington? Hurley or Vukovich from Arizona?
  3. Major League Ready
    Seems like we would be selling very low and he is not bringing anything meaningful back. I would much rather start him in STP next year instead of selling low and see if he rebounds.
  4. Major League Ready
    Great to see Paddack pitching again. Seems like a longshot that he could get his command to the point where he can contribute in October but that would be a nice surprise. Walker Jenkins!
  5. Major League Ready
    I having been saying for a while they are well positioned but we all know how a baseball teams comes together and sustains success is highly unpredictable. Where I have the most questions would be the next wave of pitching. Raya and Festa have shown they have a high ceiling but they are not guys that have been consistent. The top two guys in terms of ceiling are probably Prielipp and Canterino. They could be an enormous factor but they are high risk. Then, we have the crop of SPs that started in A ball this year. They look promising but who knows as they move up. The OF also needs a rebuild. Walner is no sure thing. Perhaps Lewis in a super utility role or OF role when Lee moves up. That would help. Martin might help too but the OF needs a remake if this team is going to be the contender we hope for the next few years. BTW … I looked at the free agent OFers next year and it does not look good. I know most people are for using our IF depth to trade for pitching. I might be easier to trade for an Ofer. Nobody wants to give up pitching but there has to be a team or two that are deep in OF but need INFers.
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    The ability to reach back for 100 on occasion is a nice luxury to have. Not trying to compare Varland to Verlander but he would do that on occasion. He can use it in relief but he can also pull it out when he really needs it during a start.
  7. Major League Ready
    I just hope Brock Stewart is one of the 11-12. Duran / Jax / Stewart / Thielbar / Pagan plus Ober and Maeda is plenty good depth especially in the opening round.
  8. Major League Ready
    Lee has a wRC+ of 63 at AAA so he is not going to start the season at the ML level. Martin has had one hot month. He is earning a shot but he needs to show some consistency. Martin might end up playing more OF than IF. Julien can co-exist with the all of these players. We can trade him if we are so fortunate as to have multiple guys work out and we don't have enough playing time for guys that are legit starting caliber players.
  9. Major League Ready
    The odds are that a team trading for Julien is a contender filling a hole and probably one that thinks they have a reasonably long window. Those teams generally don't trade away established pitchers. The deal for Lopez is just not common because rarely do teams have excess pitching like Miami did in this case. Sure, it's possible but improbable. It would also be a trade 6 years of control for no more than 2 and that's not a good formula. They will have payroll space for a good free agent SP. I think that's the preferred way to add pitching next year and you know I am quite aware of how often free agent SPs fail. They need to choose wisely!
  10. Major League Ready
    Cedar Rapids. He is ranked as our #28 prospect on MLB.com.
  11. Major League Ready
    Not a lot but we got a fair amount of value from Urshela and Sanchez for a year and Hidalgo has a chance of making it to the big leagues. Heck, they can sign a pretty good BP arm for the buy-out they won't have to pay next year.
  12. Major League Ready
    Josh Donaldson cut by Yankees How good does that trade look now?
  13. Major League Ready
    I agree. So, if Sands goes down to STP, the additions of Castro, Buxton, and Kirilloff are covered with the roster expansion. Maybe I am just too optimistic, but it seems like there is a decent chance Stewart comes back at which point I would hope Gallo goes. After that Deleon seems like a logical cut which means it's not really a 40 man thing. It would appear to come down to they don't feel the need to add Martin with MAT and Castro to back-up CF especially if they believe Buxton is going to play the OF. If this is a fair assessment, the time would be right now until Buxton gets back. Get a look at him to see if they want him on the playoff roster and also get an idea of what he can do to help with roster construction this winter.
  14. Major League Ready
    Agree! Gallo was actually setting up for a smart / heads-up play in the event Lowe hit the ground. He simply spun out and fell. Salano made a pretty egregious mental error.
  15. Major League Ready
    I would agree if the only downside was sending Sands back to STP but we are going to have 4-6 players coming off the IL. Two will be taken up by the roster expansion. All six are highly likely but 4 seem probable so if we add Martin we have to cut 3. I really want to see Martin too but it's a tough call. Sands is getting cut. Who else goes is the question. Will they finally let Gallo go. It's not going to be Salano. The only other possibility I see is Farmer who has an option BTW. Gordon does not have an option. It's going to be very interesting if other injuries don't make decisions for them.
  16. Major League Ready
    What measure are you using to determine what is an average hitter? He is 39% below average for his last 101 ABs using wRC+ as a measure. I remember Chpettit19 during the off-season addressing his need to maintain an exceptionally high BA to be productive. When it falls his wRC+ or OPS+ is going to look bad.
  17. Major League Ready
    And having Gallo in CF helps that cause. Probably more to the point is getting to the WS is a product of developing talent. That's where we disagree. Our chances for an extended playoff run are slim but we would have no chance if not for the emergence of Julien / Kirilloff / Jeffers and Wallner. Again, you absolutely ignore how all of the successful teams have become successful. How do you continue to make this argument when literally every successful team has been built primarily from drafted players and players that were acquired before becoming established? The lower the revenue the more influential young players are to success. Do you pay any attention to the rest of the league?
  18. Major League Ready
    That has very little to do with this conversation.
  19. Major League Ready
    We should all look back to last off-season's commentary here . Kepler should be traded / Jeffers was a back-up at best / Gordon should be a starter according to many / How could anyone think Pagan should be on the team / many complained about trading Urshella. He has a wRC+ of 91 and .4 WAR. Many said Wallner would not make it / Julien's fielding precluded him from playing regularly / it would be a travesty of Correa was not signed / the addition of Solano was not exactly applauded / etc. Point being we keep score of FO decisions but ignore how often we as fans were way off.
  20. Major League Ready
    I don't think that's entirely fair, Mike. They have Buxton, Kirrilloff, Castro, and Stewart, very likely coming back and possibly Paddack / Alcala / Gordon. That will require they cut quite a few guys from the 40 man. I think it's more about not losing guys they want to keep for next year. He is not guaranteed to be better than Taylor and they plan to use Buxton in CF. Plus, they are only 4 days away from adding two roster spots. The more immediate question is who goes off the active roster? We add 2 but have 3 coming back and Martin would make 4. Would you cut Taylor? Martin is not getting time at 2B. Julien and Polanco are ahead of him there. Add all of those things up and it's reasonable he is not being added. BTW .... Gallo is not getting many ABs when Kirilloff / Castro / Buxton are back. and Luplow only against LH pitching where frankly we need him.
  21. Major League Ready
    We all understand at this point that you loathe young players. We all understand that you utterly ignore the fact that it's by far the most successful way to build a team. Furthermore, we understand that you chose to ignore the many examples around the league. Even the Dodgers are primarily homegrown. Atlanta was built around their young players. Houston was built by getting rid of every decent experienced player they had and then remained good by the addition of young players. They let Springer and Correa go and replaced them with young players. You show extreme bias by using a tiny sample size (last game) regarding our young players instead of recognizing they have carried the team. Take the last month or the whole year or whatever reasonable sample size you like and the only veterans doing really well are Kepler and Solano. You ignore the fact that the two best records in the AL (by far) are products of building from within. As a matter of fact, those two teams often trade experienced players for prospects and rarely the other way around. You ignore the fact that our experienced players we were counting on (Buxton/Correa, and Vasquez have been mediocre at best. You ignore that Julien instantly made a difference. You ignore Arraez did the same thing when he came up and you ignore that it's happening all around the league. In other words, it's not a well-informed point of view to put it kindly.
  22. Major League Ready
    I don't know what else you could ask of him. He has been awesome in August. Hitting 359 with an OBP of 481. I just don't think anyone who is not on the 40-man gets a shot this year.
  23. Major League Ready
    Ohl has been on a roll. 1.99 ERA and a .88 whip in his last 10 starts.
  24. Major League Ready
    Paddack starting facing live hitters on roughly 8/16. It seems feasible he could he be ready for 2 inning relief appearances but will he be sharp enough to put on a playoff roster? Stewart threw a 15 pitch BP session today. Maybe there is hope for him.
  25. Major League Ready
    It doesn't sound like he is leaving any money on the table and even if he was, Strausburg has made $250M. Buxton has made $35M. Not exactly the same. Buxton is not going away without being paid.
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