So, Kirilloff for five years of a number three? If those numbers are correct, I do that every time given this roster. Every time. They have one starter under contract for next year. One.
Right. I'm not for giving him a QO at this point, but am for being realistic about how hard pitching is right now. And, I thought he'd be a bit better than this.
Looking only at qualifiers is silly. A LOT MORE than 28 pitchers pitch in the AL. If you expand that to a number where you have 100+ starters in the AL, he's right in the middle of all pitchers. Unless you think only comparing him to the 28 best players is a fair way to judge him compared to the 131 pitchers that have started an AL game.....
People do realize that pitching is nearly impossible right now. Just look at Gibson compared to the league.... Not that I'd pay him seventeen million per year.... But good luck finding two to four guys better this off season
I'd guess the D is declining. But that's partly because that's about the only way it can go.....I have a bad feeling about this window, but then, as a Vikings' fan, I should always have a bad feeling.
It rains much less here in the summer than almost any other stadium in the US. But they have a plan for a retractable openish roof thing... https://ballparkdigest.com/2019/04/11/new-portland-ballpark-renderings-unveiled/ There is also a second site in consideration, that is more convenient for mass transit, but not on the river.
This seems so obvious to me, I didn't even mention it. As for does this team need offense? Have people not seen the record with less than five runs scored? Of course they need the offense.
We have not either. We used to have season tickets to a pretty modern theater. It was fun. We've also been to Ashland,OR for Shakespeare. It was great.
If they don't sign 2 good FA starting pitchers (either their own, or others), where is the pitching coming from next year? And yes, I'd take Harper, not in context of THIS team and all its OFers, but yes.