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Believe in Gonzalez or not, he was always supposed to be the player who would make it break that trade. DeSclafani had next to no value (and most thought negative value) and Topa was an already old AAAA reliever. Gonzalez is not the last hope, he was always the only hope.

Thats the problem. Without speaking for everyone, I’m not at all convinced that KAM was wholly responsible for the awful drafting. I think it’s most likely KOC and possibly Flores were making significant decisions. And if Brezinski was also doing more than crunching numbers, than he’s to blame too. If he was mostly just crunching numbers, then the fear is he’ll just be a rubber stamp for KOC. Need a smart outside voice from an organization that has a recent history of quality drafting that makes these calls. KOC can collaborate, but cannot make the actual calls.

My point was cutting Gray is far, far from the only option. Someone else can go once he’s back.

I'm not sure how anyone can look at the roster and think removing a dozen or so players from the 40-man is of any consequence to the future outlook of this organization.

Hey, his kid might read this!

If 2025 Vazquez is what you're looking for, there are always DFA'd catchers who can tickle you just as well.

If I owned a baseball team, and I was superstitious, or even moderately stituous, I’d think a higher power was starting to tell me to sell the team.

I'll take the newly injured catcher, the starting outfield and the starting pitchers that only have two names. Guess you got to keep the middle infielders under 26-years of age as well. The rest can join Garcia.

I think Lewis will turn it around and end up having a nice career. Just likely not here. Remember this spring when we had the epic Arcia v Kreidler v Gray debate? Looks like EVERYONE gets their wish!

Yet you would have complained about playing rookies none the less.......

Name me one player who was never a rookie. And what's the wishful thinking? Nobody is expecting these guys to be HOFers. The guys they'd be replacing have created such a low bar, that the idea is that even if the young guys come up and stink, so what, the guys they are replacing already stink.

Half the MLB team isn’t good enough. Why does James Outman get a pass exactly? He’s not going to help this team in 2027. The only whining is coming from you every time someone mentions a prospect.

So never room for rookies. Good plan. 80-ytear-old Nolan Ryan vs Lou Brock tomorrow is going to be a great matchup. And Walter Mitty was a middle aged man by the way.

NHL playoffs are such a joke. Meanwhile either the conference's 4th or 5th best team gets a free ticket to the conference championship.