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  1. Major League Ready
    Burnes has a zips projection of 5.4 WAR. Robbie rays is 1.7. He is not even close to a comp. Carlos Rodon is not as good either and he got 6/162. Burnes we be the same age when he enters free agency. He is a better and more reliable than Rodon. Burnes probably gets 6-7 years and at least $200M. Also, where trades are concerned, Alcantara, Fried, and Cease were acquired as prospects. That's an entirely different premise than trading for an established ace. For that matter, Gallen was acquired as a prospect and then traded again with a total of 36 major league innings. In reality, there are a total of 2 SPs that are ace level that were acquired as established SPs.
  2. Major League Ready
    Who's spot does he take? Farmer and Solano are not going anywhere. Buxton / Kepler / Gallo and Taylor are locks. Miranda / Correa and Polanco are locks as is Kirilloff if he is healthy. Vazquez and Jeffers are locks. The only spot left is Nick Gordon. The only way I see him getting a shot early is if Kirilloff can't go.
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    I really hold back what I would like to say about then payroll arguments here.  The fact that people don't accept the amount taken in dictates the amount going out requires one of two things.  Extreme financial ignorance or fanatical bias that prevents the acceptance of something some basic.  I did not change the argument.  It's the same idiocy over and over.  Do you really want to be on the side that suggests revenues does not determine spending capacity?

  4. Major League Ready
    "Continuing to rely implies there is a better option. "How would you go about not relying on improved health? Who would you trade? How do you get around the fact that it's hard (not impossible) to trade established talent for established talent? How do you get around the likelihood a player with injury questions has significantly reduced value.
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    Varland and SWR have less than 30 IP. Winder has 67 IP and has been ineffective. Ober has 148 IP with a 3.82 ERA. For me, that's significantly different than the other three. He needs to prove he can stay healthy, but I will take that kind of performance out of the last spot in the rotation.
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    Did you forget Lopez or don't you like him? Ober is just fine as a #5 too. His slider looked quite a bit better at the end of last season. If that trend continues, he will be able to put more guys away which has been a problem for him. I also think they extend one of the current established SPs.
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    Hopefully, the team has implemented strength and condition regimens that are paying off. It could just be spring training radar guns a little off on the high side.
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    Isn't that also true among college teams? Obviously, not to the same degree but I am guessing a lot more SS are drafted out of college vs 2B or 3B.
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    I wonder what the ratio is in terms of the number of SS drafted vs 2b and 3B. Just a guess but I bet there are 2-3 SS for every 2B or 3B.
  10. Major League Ready
    How is this a "priority move"?
  11. Major League Ready
    Megill still has 2 options. He will have to look pretty sharp this spring or he starts his year in STP. Taking a look at Hoffman and Santana for that last BP spot provides a couple of no risk options. They also have the option of putting Ober or Winder in the BP to start the season. There is also Cole Sands who can pitch 2-3 innings stints. I seriously doubt we see Megill to start the season.
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    What's the downside? If injury forces a need for their 40 man spot you cut them. I never understand the complaints about these types of moves. Would we prefer our team was the one team in the league that never picked up players on waivers or minor league deals?
  13. Major League Ready
    For me, the Cavaco pick was worse because they had a guy with a 65 hit tool / 70 speed and great defense there for the taking. The guy being Corbin Carroll. The perfect guy to go along with Buxton given the amount of time he misses.
  14. Major League Ready
    So, who does not DH? Farmer should be in the field against LH pitching so he does not start any games as DH. Taylor never. We will always have better options than Jeffers and Kepler. Same will probably be true of Solano. Larnach is probably the hardest to predict of the group. His appearances in general are hard to predict right now. Among the rest, I think the number of days at DH go in this order. Buxton / Miranda / Correa / Gordon and the rest of the group gets a day here and there.
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    Tampa traded Adames at the deadline in a season where they won 100 games. Of course, they had Wander Franco. It would be great if Martin / Julien or Lewis were so great they just had to make a spot but that seems unlikely.
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    Drafting is tough. That said ... Cavaco was a big reach and many of us said so at the time. Nobody had Cavaco anywhere near this high and you just don't need to reach this much on the 13th pick. Corbin Carroll and Bryson Stott were highly regarded. I was sure they would take Carroll when he was still there at 13. How great would it be to have Carroll to back-up Buxton? Picking at 27 is no sure thing but there were a lot of people here asked why take a guy with 1 tool in the first round. The Dodgers got a great pitcher two picks later. Can you imagine if we had taken Corbin Carroll and Bobby Miller instead of Cavaco and Saboto? The trajectory of this team would look really good.
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    I want Nola bad but Philly has plenty of payroll space. It will be tough to get him. A healthy Severino and a Yankee team trying to manage their luxury tax could make him a possibility as well. They have a ton of pitching prospects so they might not go as hard for Severino as Philly will for Nola. Obviously, all pure speculation on my part. On Prelipp, I think he has to prove he is healthy and still has that 65-70 grade slider. I look forward to him shooting up the rankings this summer. I am just glad there appears to be a very strong top 10 this year and we should end up with a great player.
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    Greene being a HS pitcher was riskier. If a college pitcher like Dollander or Skenes is available, I could see that being attractive. We have SP depth but one of these guys could make us a different team, especially in the playoffs. I like the idea of a 2025 starting rotation of Skenes / Prelipp / Ryan / Raya / Canterino or SWR. What do ya think?
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    Have to agree. We have a very good player in his prime with 3 years of control. What's the rush. We have guys who could be as good, maybe even better. As soon as one of them proves it, trade Polanco and hopefully get a nice return and save some money that can be spent on extensions. However, there is no need to do anything until we have a proven replacement.
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    Farmer has much better career stats than Solano against lefties. There is little difference in Solano's splits where Farmer is much better against LHP.
  21. Major League Ready
    I am in no hurry to get rid of Polanco but it would be a good thing if a prospect forced their hand.
  22. Major League Ready
    I understand where you are coming from. My response was aimed at all the discussion focused on who would make the 26 man with the addition of Solano. In that context, some of the discussion used one less spot than would be available.
  23. Major League Ready
    I hope it's the #5 pick because that would mean we hit on the pick. Rodriquez seems most likely based on timing and ceiling. He will only be 21 in 2025 so a 2025 debut seems on schedule. I would love to see one of the 17-19 years old guys blow up over the next two years and become #1 in spite of Rodriguez and #5 being top 30 type prospects. Might as well dream big, right?
  24. Major League Ready
    26 players - 12 pitchers = 14 players - 8 position players would leave 6 bench spots, not 5.
  25. Major League Ready
    We don't have a full-time DH. Therefore, there are 5 bench spots, not 4. Kirilloff will be on the 26 man if physically able. Larnach will be in STP until someone gets traded or injured.
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