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  1. Major League Ready
    I did not care for the Varland trade but understood there is greater potential value in a starter as compared to a reliever. In aggregate, the sell-off is looking like a major boost toward putting a contender on the field. They traded 3 valuable assets in Duran, Jax, and Varland. The Duran and Jax trades are looking very good. Those trades look like they will be providing significant value long after Duran and Jax would have been gone through free agency. The Varland deal is definitely more questionable. They could have held on to him and cashed in at some point in the future. Now, if Rojas becomes a 2 or 3, and Roden is a contributor, it's hard to criticize the timing of the move.
  2. Major League Ready
    Let's try to be a little more objective or at least acknowledge reality. If Falvey is an idiot based on the Vasquez decision than the vast majority of posters here (including me) are idiots too because most of us were looking forward to the end of Vazquez in Minnesota. Anyone here who would have predicted this kind of performance from Vazquez would have been ridiculed.
  3. Major League Ready
    I have not seen Mendez at 1B. It's quite possible he just does not look like he has a chance to ever play 1B so they are sticking with LF. I have seen Gonzalez at 1B twice. He at least looked like he might be able to make it work.
  4. Major League Ready
    They have only played Mendez at 1B twice so far according to BB Reference. They don't have any other legit prospects for 1B in Wichita so I hope we see more of Mendez at 1B.
  5. Major League Ready
    It's hard to imagine Ross is suddenly this much better than he has been the previous 4 years in Milb. I am very hopeful he is the breakout of all breakout players. His skill set would be a huge boost to this team. A couple of the other AA guys are off to a great start. Mendez has been a beast. Let's hope he can transition to 1B because what I have seen of him in the OF is not good. Olivar is the guy I am really pulling for because he could pair very nicely with Tait. Those guys could both have enough bat to play another position or DH when they are not catching. Off course, one is a LHP and the other RH. Those two together could really help roster depth.
  6. Major League Ready
    Martin's career OPS against LHP is 801, and .683 against RHP. Are you looking at 2026 where he has only had 17 ABs against RHP? I like Martin well enough and would be fine with giving him more opportunity in the short-term against RHP. However, I sure hope Rodriguez and Jenkins perform significantly better than Martin against RHP. Martin profiles as the ideal 4th OFer.
  7. Major League Ready
    I like where you are going with this. Erod would not be blocked with Buck / Martin and Erod the starting OF and Larnach the primary DH. However, Wallner goes to AAA in that scenario and he is behind Roden for coming back. It would be nice to see some more athleticism on this team. They can shop Larnach at the deadline if he is still hitting and replace him with one of Jenkins / Roden / Wallner or Gonzalez.
  8. Major League Ready
    Roden's OPS is 5 points below Rodriguez and almost 400 points higher than Jenkins. Roden and Rodriguez should be up. Outman out and Wallner to AAA to get his act together.
  9. Major League Ready
    No disagreement here but I was suggesting they could have gotten 2 legit guys for $13.6 which would have been an additional $10M.
  10. Major League Ready
    Victim mentality here too. Some people have to have someone to blame for everything.
  11. Major League Ready
    What about their off-season would have you believe they are serious about winning? Dropping the payroll again does not signify a serious attempt to win. Even one legit high-leverage RP would have made a significant difference. The personnel decisions were pretty good given the restrictions resulting from their decision to decrease payroll. RPs are always an iffy investment but had they could have $13.6M on legit late inning guys instead of $3.6M on Rogers and Banda and still ben $15M under last year. Why would you lump a guy with an wRC+ of 135 (Bell) in with Outman and Clemens. The consensus around here seemed to be for Lowe (91 wRC+) Bell is outperforming him significantly so why is Bell still getting flack other than we knew he is not a good defender. Hind sight be 20/20, they should have trade Lopez and spent the $20M in the BP. If the team failed, those guys probably would have had value at the trade deadline.
  12. Major League Ready
    I have been watching most of the Saints games and Culpepper will be a big upgrade defensively at SS. While I have never been high on Lee, his recent offensive improvement complicates the issue. We don't want Culpepper playing a part-time role and pulling Lee when he is hot makes no sense assuming Lewis will be back soon. Would they consider playing Lee or Keaschall at 2B? I also like the idea of bringing up Roden. Outman is DFAed. Roden and Larnach play the corner OF positions and Martin plays 2B. Keaschall or Lee to 1B, Bell is the DH. Walner may need to be sent down and Clemons might need to be cut in this process as well.
  13. Major League Ready
    They played Roden in Center with Rodriguez in RF and Fedko in LF. Are they preparing for Roden to back up Buxton in CF? Roden and Martin are both better options than Outman. Not as good defensively but much better offensively. Eventually Jenkins or Rodriguez will get that role. First as a BU but Buxton probably gives way to one of them in the not-too-distant future. For now, spare us from Outman and let Roden / Martin / Kriedler fill that role. It was also good to see Gonzalez getting time at 1B last night.
  14. Major League Ready
    I am just pointing out what's been said here.
  15. Major League Ready
    I agree. Let's get the show on the road. They are probably not feeling any sense of urgency given he is a year or more away and perhaps they are hoping to make him serviceable at both positions.
  16. Major League Ready
    Castro didn't tear up the minors and was released after not showing well at the ML level. This is too small of a sample size to believe Ross has changed his offensive projection just yet. However, if his bat remains fairly dominant, he could be great in the "Castro Role". I would love to see Culpepper up in 4-6 weeks with Ross taking his spot in St. Paul. BTW .... Culpepper looked very good at SS last night.
  17. Major League Ready
    It was great watching Prielipp and Rojas pitch all but the last two out. I was hoping Rojas would finish it off and he really wanted to stay in. Both looked really good. I could see these guys starting their careers in the BP but they look like major league starters to me.
  18. Major League Ready
    I have not gone back to look at the threads around the time Shelton but I remember most were disappointed because he had been with the organization previously and he represented more of the same. Three weeks into the season and nothings the same. Talk about a roller coaster.
  19. Major League Ready
    How could you possibly know what Philly offered or perhaps more importantly what other offers were out there and Falvey picked the Able / Tait offer. It sure seems like blind hatred when any move that does not work out is Falvey's incompetence but any move that does work out must have fallen in his lap.
  20. Major League Ready
    Yep, A lot of people were worried about Falvey making trades in a rebuild scenario. However, 6 years of Abel is likely to be a lot more valuable than 2 years of Duran and of course Tait looks like he could be a major contributor as well. Taj Bradley is also almost certain to be a lot more valuable than Jax. We shall see on the Varland trade. I remain skeptical on that one but Rojas does have the stuff to be a font of the rotation SP. Our weakness has been drafting guys that stick as starters. The current rotation was acquired through trade other than Ober.
  21. Major League Ready
    Below are Fedko's stats for 2026 before the big day Sunday. 107 BA and an OPS of 240. We might want to wait just a bit before promoting based off of one really great game. Team Opp BO Pos BB% K% BB/K AVG OBP SLG OPS ISO Spd BABIP wSB wRC wRAA wOBA wRC+ Total - - - - - - 3.3% 33.3% 0.10 .107 .133 .107 .240 .000 6.6 .158 0.1 -2 -5.4 .119 -44
  22. Major League Ready
    Is that what they call bringing the receipts? That's for the info!
  23. Major League Ready
    I watch about 60% of the Saints games and I have been rooting for Fedko. I love the underdog. However, until yesterday, Fedko looked bad. Hopefully he goes nuts going forward!
  24. Major League Ready
    That's a good point about Roden. I am disappointed none of the AAA OFers have jumped out of the gate. Obviously, it's really early but like you I would like to see Outman replaced and it would help if one of those guys got hot.
  25. Major League Ready
    They could cut Outman and have Kreidler / Martin as back-up CF. Then, bring up Arcia and move Lee to 3rd. I would say bring up Rodriguez instead but he would not get much playing time which does not make sense at this point in his development.
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