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That about covers it..
Maybe I was a year early in saying we are loaded in the minors but it is definitely playing out.
The fact that we have three guys who you could legitimately argue are top 50 guys and they still have four? Lol
Still think kelly is too low. He is a series of 5-7 war seasons waiting to happen.
Alcantara is probably too high to be fair to the other side.
Carp just doesnt have a position. Someone said it in another thread. He is ideal in a 1b/dh/backup if role. He doesnt quite hit enough to justify 1b full time but he more than hits enough to play him everywhere.
/shrugs
Voit has impressed so far. Like I said let’s see how the adjustment phase goes.
Let’s see how the league adjusts and how he adjusts back once 🙂
Always fun to watch new blood get hot to start though…
Basically yes.
If we get a decent deal for a donaldson or similar in the process great… But not at the expense of creating another matt adams situation.
I still think we can “go for it” this year if we simplify a bit. Next year put reyes and weaver in the pen all year and a few other minor predictable moves to move us forward.
All you need is a straw (or two) to stir the drink. With more assets it is doable without sAcrificing your future.
Donaldson is elite talent but not elite production… This year. He could go either way after this year.
Want a similar player? Carpenter if he plays second. He could be great past this year nobody knows.
Gyorko is one of those players I am very willing in fact eager to deal. Just not in a deal for donaldson. I feel like youre going sideways at best because like it or not this year counts and giving more talent to do it.
Even if gyorko isnt for real long term you can sell him high… Donaldson is worth it just not at the expense of losing one of your most tradeable assets.
P.s. If all you are reading is “tank and hope for the best” you arent reading it right. Im advocating addition by subtraction THEN making moves like this.
We simply have too many missmatched pieces to go adding more.
Right now we need to simplify our roster we simply have too many parts that dont fit. Adding yet another one before you sell will kill off the value of the parts you want to sell.
If you add donaldson then one or several other parts become worthless.
You end up giving away talent which is unacceptable.
None of which fixes the actual issue
Creating a bigger mess means we essentially have to give talent away to fix it in a year or so
You cant complain about matt adams so much then try to create more trades like that with your actions. We flat out have to clear our roster BEFORE we move forward or all youre doing is giving talent away.
Your solutions are anything but.
I would argue quite strongly that youre both right and wrong.
Our team accumulates talent like very few. Carpenter would be fine if he wasn’t playing first as an example.
He has been so he hasnt been fine.
Our problems are 2/3 caused by bad roster management. Pham is a perfect example here. No question he should be our cf at this point. But somehow our front office thought it was smart to sign a slightly above average player to a huge contract to play center when our organization is loaded with people who can play there at roughly the same level of defense or better.
Carpenter? His bat plays anywhere but first, dh, or left field. So you have to play him where he plays well and deal away other players.
And if you want to improve your d you have to deal carpenter.
This isnt rocket science.
Only way to fix problems that we are seeing is to essentially clear the clog… Or trim the overgrown tree to give another metaphor.
Deal players away… Not accumulate more and create a larger cluster.
Having said that… I dont mind Donaldson if he is CHEAP. But we still have to clear our roster to a large extent.
We are 4.5 back and under .500
If we get him for not much great… If we have to give up anything of consequence that idea is insane.
One week of good play doesnt change cold hard facts.
… Which leaves us not really any worse off than now.
Hey, im the guy saying dump like 8 guys and rosie was on the list lol… Our roster needs a refresh and like you said… Contract issues.
Have a beer… Not much else we can do unless we deal him right now.
Maybe next year when we call up more young arms.
