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  1. Major League Ready
    Why use a stat that tells a small portion of the story. His OPS is 50 points below average and his wRC+ is 87. A singles hitter with a 328 OBP is not going to make any difference to this team. The real mistake was trading CES. I don't know if he could stick at 3B either, but he is crushing AAA pitching hitting 400 with 7 HRs. He has legit 40 HR potential with a high average.
  2. Major League Ready
    Focusing on players with one year of control instead of developing young players is a sure-fire way to be mediocre or worse on an on-going basis. You are also ignoring the fact that that Farmer gives us more flexibility and an extra year of control. Then, if Hidalgo becomes a decent major player, trading Urshela goes from a good move to great.
  3. Major League Ready
    I started out a huge Rosario fan. He was probably my favorite player. Now, I am just glad I don't have to watch the horrendous ABs he took swinging at balls a foot or more out of the zone. Heart is great until it makes you stupid and Rosario wanted to be the hero which probably contributed to the bad ABs and stupid plays in the OF. I don't want to watch that kind of baseball. I do agree that the production has been inadequate. However, to suggest Rosario would have been good had he stayed is blind bias IMO. He had not been good since the first half of 2018 so to suggest he would have been the answer is a huge leap.
  4. Major League Ready
    I was a big supporter of Urshela when others were complaining about the Donaldson trade. However, they replaced him with Farmer and Urshela currently has a wRC+ of 85. I will take Farmer's versatility and great bat against LH pitching for 2 years and less money plus a prospect over 1 year of Urshela every chance I get,
  5. Major League Ready
    What does that have to do with the decision to let Rosario go? That decision should be evaluated based on what he did after he left. The relative production of those who followed is a different discussion. To complain they let him go would make perfect sense had he performed well after leaving. To complain they let him go when he has been absolutely horrible is absurd. Apparently, you thought it was a bad idea when he was let go and now you are ignoring the fact that he has been among the very worst OFers in the entire league. If you want to complain his replacements have not been significantly better, that's debatable and we can have that discussion. To argue it was a mistake to cut Rosario requires we ignore that he has been among the very worst corner OFers in the league. We were better off with pretty much anyone else so to keep arguing letting Rosario go was a mistake demonstrates a wildly biased lack of logic. BTW .... Kirilloff has been hurt which slowed the process but I would bet a lot of money Kirilloff performs far better going forward than Rosario has since he left or his last couple years with the Twins. Larnach has not been great but he has been better than Rosario. A better player on a rookie salary and $10M/yr to invest elsewhere is an absolute no brainer.
  6. Major League Ready
    Hasn't he absolutely sucked other than that one series?
  7. Major League Ready
    He has a great K rate and a terrible walk rate. Of course, he is just 19 years old. I already had him on my "watch list". Hopefully we see improved command over the course of the next couple years.
  8. Major League Ready
    Rosario produced 1.1 fWAR in 2019 and .9 on 2021. He produced .7 fWAR the year he left. After leaving he produced a negative 1.1 fWAR and he is replacement level this year. Kepler has been a more valuable player for the last several years. Extending Rosario would have been an enormous mistake. He is literally one of the worst corner OFers in the league. He has not been good since the first half of 2018. He was really great for half of a season in 2018 and a half season in 2017.
  9. Major League Ready
    He put in the work to change his swing and his throwing. So far so good and we will just have to see if those changes sustain better performance. I am not going to assume a player can't get better and stay that way.
  10. Major League Ready
    I just don't know the answer. There are not many AAA pitchers that will expose this weakness the way ML pitchers expose it, so I doubt AAA is the answer. It opens a roster spot but it probably does not cure Miranda. The frustrating thing is as Chpettit pointed out, everyone knows it's coming and he still swings at it. It's just flat dumb. Time for some coaching.
  11. Major League Ready
    I watched him quite a bit on Milb TV and I have been a BIG supporter. Last year and during this off-season I posted just how great he was after he was recalled. Even in the minors, the announcers talked about his improved plate discipline being a big part of him breaking out. It's frustrating because the lessons have not sticked. I know it's hard to lay off a high fastball but for God sake, try letting some go when you have proven you can't hit when you do swing. Pitchers are going to abuse him until he proves he won't swing at a pitch that is 4-8 inches above the strike zone.
  12. Major League Ready
    The positive takeaway from this game is they might have found a pretty good RP in Brock Stewart. Unfortunately, he does not have any options, but he is under team control through 2027. He looked great this spring and in AAA and so far been pretty impressive at the ML level. Get Henriguez back and I am feeling pretty good about the BP.
  13. Major League Ready
    The argument used to be that he used a spreadsheet and did not ever consider what he was observing. It sounds like what you really want is for him to leave the SP in no matter what he observes. I did not think Ryan looked very good in the 6th. Do we want him to leave the SP in until he unravels, or do we want him to exercise so judgment and avoid a good start gone bad? Seems like the answer for you is to always leave him in which is ironic given you have accused Rocco of not be capable of adjusting to how well a SP is pitching in a given game.
  14. Major League Ready
    Castro goes down for Farmer in the near future. Larnach – I would think they would rather keep Larnach at the MLB level because crushing it at AAA will prove nothing at this point. They need to figure out if he is going to hold down a corner OF spot going forward because they don’t have many good options. The best thing for the team in the next 2 weeks might be to send him down but the best thing for the next 5+years is to give him a chance to be a core member of this team. Gordon – 6 weeks ago many people were lobbying for him to be a starter. A 40AB cold streak and we should DFA him. The last 20 Abs he has a 195 wRC+. Gordon is a good 26th man at least until a better option becomes apparent. Kepler – Slightly above average offense and great defense is not a problem and moving him at this point does not make us a better team. If they get a good offer, great, but for now he is not the best answer. Solano is a downgrade defensively at any position we would play him and he is not an impact bat. He is also not going to be here next year. This seems like the best solution to me but they are not going to cut an established veteran until they are sure Kirilloff can play in 80-90 percent of games. The only way to do that is to play him in 25 out of 30 games at AAA. Miranda. He has nothing to prove at AAA either but I am really tired of watching his Eddie Rosario impression. They need to come up with a plan because he is pretty useless at this point.
  15. Major League Ready
    Henriguez could be a nice add to the BP. Hopefully he is looking sharp in a couple weeks and fills that multi-inning relief role for the rest of the season. I could see Henriquez and Headrick making a great pair in the BP. Farmer was making me feel pretty good about the Urshela trade but we can all feel great about it if Hidalgo turns out to be a decent major league player. Performing this well out of the gate in A+ ball at 19 is pretty impressive. The strikeouts look good for Balazovic but the walks have been a big problem for quite some time. It sure would be great to see him get a grip on his command over the course of the season.
  16. Major League Ready
    It would have been an entirely different game had they been reasonably disciplined on that pitch. Miranda doing it over and over in key situations is frustrating to watch. Correa has been chasing all spring.
  17. Major League Ready
    Are you in favor of Buxton and Lewis sharing the CF position? Lewis plays a corner OF spot part-time and backs up Correa. Maybe even plays 3B when needed.
  18. Major League Ready
    Perhaps not and I would not be disappointed if he sticks around. He does a lot of things right. That said, Lewis COULD be the ideal complement to Buxton. He could be close to Taylor defensively and he has a much higher offensive ceiling. Taylors wRC+ for the last five years is 71/74/76/76/90. If he stays at 90 that's one thing. If Lewis comes up and produces 25% above league average like he did in his short stint last year and Taylor goes back to a wRC+ of 75-80 that would warrant moving Taylor and playing Lewis IMO. A couple other considerations are Taylor is a rental and Lewis is hopefully a huge part of the future. Then there is the logjam in the infield of other top prospects. They are going to have to find a spot to play Lewis.
  19. Major League Ready
    This is all more complicated short-term (May) than it is long-term (July). There are two or three transitions that are the most key. Kirilloff proves healthy and displaces Solano. Lewis proves ready and replaces Taylor or Gordon. The third is finding room for Julien. Julien's inclusion will be a product of other transitions and/or injury so we could come up with multiple ways he becomes a regular part of the active roster. If we think in terms of combinations of players improving the roster construction, the combination of Lewis/Julien or Lewis/Martin could replace Taylor and Gordon.
  20. Major League Ready
    They traded away a bunch of assets to bolster the team last year. According to many here we absolutely had to do this because we were in first place. Personally, I didn't think that team was even remotely a contender given the injuries that had already happened prior to the deadline. That said, it's hardly fair to complain in the context of after they graduate Varland, SWR, Julien, Lewis, and Wallner. Ryan, Miranda, Kirilloff, Larnach, Jax, Winder, and Duran are also recent graduates. SWR and few others have also made their debut. What would you expect to happen after graduating over a dozen players in a season and a half? There are also a few guys like Priellip and Canterino that are out of sight and therefore out of mind but they could be real difference makers if we can get them healthy. Three picks in the top 50, especially #5 will also hopefully help rebuild the system and they should also end up with a couple comp picks from qualifying offers after this season.
  21. Major League Ready
    No. Milb options are listed at the top of the player's page on Fangraphs.
  22. Major League Ready
    Contreras has been great. I wonder if he gets traded to a team that will give him a chance at the ML level?
  23. Major League Ready
    We already are trying to figure out how to get promising young players onto the active roster. At some point you have to work Varland / Kirilloff / Lewis / Julien / Winder and others into the active roster. We can continue to be just good enough to get into the playoffs but the only way this team becomes a serious contender is to develop the good young talent we already have. The Phillies did not get better last year because of trades. Fans like to think the answer is another teams players but improvement more often comes from within.
  24. Major League Ready
    Kepler is not going to bring a top prospect but the Yankees have 8 pitching prospects in their top 7-16. That will certainly help if the two teams discuss a trade for Kepler. I suspect he will have to play pretty well for them to be willing to part with a decent pitching prospect. The option on Kepler for next year would probably help a bit too.
  25. Major League Ready
    I am looking forward to Buxton in CF 4 days and Lewis 3 days/week. The way to make room for Kirilloff is to cut Solano. That's not going to happen unless they are sure of Kirilloff's health. My guess is Kirilloff is optioned tomorrow and kept in AAA until they are confident he can handle playing 5 or 6 days/week.
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