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  1. Major League Ready
    I have been on the Prato bus. He seems like a great fit and he is hot right now. Could he fall flat on his face if promoted? Of course, he might not be able to make the leap but right now seems like a good time to try something. I just don't see any great RH outfield options. I am actually liking CJ Cron with AK going the OF. Cron has been playing really well of late. He could also be an option to resign.
  2. Major League Ready
    I don't think the problem with the 40 man is finding space next winter. Some cuts are going to be necessary very soon unless other injuries open spots for the guys coming back. Of course, that happens. Next winter we have .... Sonny Gray / Kenta Maeda / Tyler Mahle / Emilio Pagán / Donovan Solano / Joey Gallo / and Michael A. Taylor coming off. Plus, José De León / Ronny Henriquez and Gilberto Celestino are candidates to be taken off the 40 man. That's 10 spots Kepler's option might not be picked up or he is traded. Polanco is a trade candidate as well. I guess we could add Gordon and farmer as trade candidates as well.
  3. Major League Ready
    They also have Castro and Farmer. Plus, Lee and a few other potential replacements that are not far off in Prato / Hellman and Schobel. That does not mean they have to trade them for rentals. They could attempt a deal for ML and Milb assets like they did with Arraez. For example, how about Gallo plus one of Severino / Gordon / Prato / Schobel for one of the Astros OF prospects that are not far off.
  4. Major League Ready
    Lewis to the OF and Lee to 3rd would be ideal IMO. An infield of Kirilloff / Julien / Correa and Lee sounds pretty good. Lewis / Buxton / Wallner in the OF. If they add Lane Thomas, great. Good luck getting flyballs to drop in that OF.
  5. Major League Ready
    What difference does their original intention make? We are talking about his roster position TODAY and going forward. The intent when they signed him has absolutely nothing to do with the current discussion.
  6. Major League Ready
    Brooks Lee for July .... .375 / .439 / .653 / 1.092 Prato since 6/10 .......... .324 .447 .629 1.076 Is there a source to track the position played for Milb players? I am wondering how much time Prato is seeing in LF. This guy is looking legit! I could see him being involved in a trade for Lane Thomas.
  7. Major League Ready
    Look at the bright side. The Mahle trade was even worse.
  8. Major League Ready
    So we need a place to play Polanco and Lewis but we should trade for another guy?
  9. Major League Ready
    This statement illustrates the point. Moran and Ortega gave up 3 ER each. Pagan gave up one ER but the loss was Pagan's fault. Moran has given up 3 ERs 3 times in his last 15 appearances. He does not get a quarter of the angst that is directed at Pagan. I don't think Pagan is great by any stretch but the current angst is more about people holding on to last year than it is his current level of performance. Same thing with Kepler. Yes, he has been bad for a couple years and I was on board with moving him last off-season but he is playing quite well right now.
  10. Major League Ready
    The really odd amount and it being only $4,500 over slot should be a clue. They ended up paying him the exact amount of their remaining draft allocation. It took time to figure that out and Boris held out for every nickel they had to spend without penalty.
  11. Major League Ready
    You are assuming NOT trading away players that are playing well presently suggests that players that have not been playing well lately should be traded. I did not suggest this in anyway nor do I believe it has any merit.
  12. Major League Ready
    He has had 3 clunkers in 40 appearances (43.1IP). In the other 37 he has given up a total of 4 ER.
  13. Major League Ready
    I am not sure how the pretense under which they signed him has anything to do with this discussion which is how many "utility guys" could conceivably make sense to roster or in a broader sense have in the system.
  14. Major League Ready
    I was right there with you until a week or so ago.
  15. Major League Ready
    We should probably pay some attention to which players have been performing well as the team starts to produce better results. Does not make sense to me to trade away the players performing well. Here are the stats for the last 6 weeks. wRC+ Edouard Julien 182 Ryan Jeffers 153 Royce Lewis 138 Max Kepler 138 Alex Kirilloff 123 Donovan Solano 123 Kyle Farmer 112 Carlos Correa 98 Willi Castro 90 Matt Wallner 82 Joey Gallo 79 Christian Vazquez 66 Michael A. Taylor 64 Byron Buxton 53 ERA Emilio Pagan 1.13 Jordan Balazovic 1.29 Griffin Jax 1.88 Kenta Maeda 2.48 Oliver Ortega 2.77 Bailey Ober 2.93 Jhoan Duran 2.93 Pablo Lopez 4.15 Sonny Gray 4.81 Jovani Moran 5.4 Joe Ryan 5.75
  16. Major League Ready
    Maybe they are learning they should be more concerned.
  17. Major League Ready
    The premise of not making the 1st or last out at 3B is something I would hope a player understands before they get out of A ball, The play he was thrown out on was also a hard hit ball virtually straight at the RFer. Shouldn't any player understand that a ball hit in this manner is going to significantly reduce their chance of making it to 3B safely? I love Julien but that was a very bad decision.
  18. Major League Ready
    Remember Brady Aiken? The Astros didn't like his medicals and they ended up not signing him. I hope it does not derail this signing.
  19. Major League Ready
    According to baseball reference is $2.25M in 2024 and $3M in 2025 so a total of $5.25M. Hopefully they will get more value than that out of him but if not, it's not going to influence the team they put together.
  20. Major League Ready
    Now that's LArnach is up, hopefully one of Larnach and Wallner take off and lock down a spot. I think (hope) they trade Gallo at the dead line for a Byron Churio type prospect and eat most of his salary. Maybe that's optimistic but I could see him go to the Yankees.
  21. Major League Ready
    IDK ... they can go with a 1B or OF given Kirilloff's flexibility. Cron got off to a slow start but he has been playing well for a couple months now. His wRC+ for the last two months (since 5/25) is 140. Paul Goldschmidt's wRC+ since then is 108. I think the cost for Cron will be reasonable. We know they are not in on SP so that leaves the BP. We see holes today but I think they look a couple weeks out and see Duran / Jax / Stewart / Thielbar / Lopez / Moran / Pagan and Ortega with Balazovic / Headrick and Sands as depth. Plus, Paddack should be back in September. IDK that they see a big need in the BP. I know some will say we should at least replace Pagan. However, he has given up two tuns in his last 16 appearances and his ERA since the blow-up in Boston in late April is 2.29. Batting average against is .159 and a whip of .91.
  22. Major League Ready
    You don't bring back a player of that stature and then peddle him at the deadline. Never was a possibility.
  23. Major League Ready
    They can go over their draft allocation by 4.9 percent ($700K) with only a monetary penalty. They are actually $300K under their allocation. That would give them about $1M to try to sign the 19 & 20 picks if they sign Jenkins at slot. Hopefully this plays out well with Jenkins and one of the 19/20 picks.
  24. Major League Ready
    Obviously, It's a balancing act between short-term and long-term interests. There is no doubt there is a premium paid for perceived immediate impact. I say perceived because as we witnessed with Mahle and Lopez and many other examples for other teams, the benefit is far from certain. However, trading Gray diminishes our chances this year which will alienate certain portion of the fan base and every business wants customer satisfaction. The long-term impact of trading him is unknown which to a fanbase focused on the right now is basically of no value. What we know for sure is the benefits of keeping him are limited to this year. What also know for sure is the worst case scenario is there is no long-term benefit. Of course, there is a good chance they get a quality player that impacts the team for 6+,years. If the goal was to maximize wins over the next decade, we would take the long-term play in most cases. That's the best way to sustain success. I don't think they will trade him partially because the gain over a comp pick being that great. He has been quite average over his last dozen starts. I am assuming that brings his value down but perhaps not. They also will please the fans by holding on to him while increasing their chances at a post season which means a substantial increase in revenue. It's business, the combination of pleasing customers and increasing revenue is very attractive.
  25. Major League Ready
    There were 3 utility guys all year. (Farmer / Castro and Gordon) Four, if they are the right four is not that big stretch and three vs four does not negate potential value in Prato.
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