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Anyone think Noot for Teoscar Hernandez works? If LA picks up Hernandez’s deferred money, salaries are a wash.
Noot goes home and reunites with all his buddies plus Tommy. LA solves the Hernandez in right problem.
We get a foundational bat who Jay can work with in left.Building a foundation happens four different ways and Bloom will address each. The uncommitted money will be spent on players who Bloom and other decision makers see as foundational.
If a free agent market moves into their comfort zone, money will be spent. If a trade partner offers a foundational piece, capital will be spent.
If those opportunities don’t arise, they will continue to focus on player development and collecting value from marginal investments.
We shouldn’t even concern ourselves with payroll because the variables are unknown both to Bloom and ourselves.Does this pick affect what is considered to be our third pick? Does this make our 2nd rounder our comp penalty again?
I would argue winning through the draft doesn’t take long. We are already doing it. Our good fortune in recent drafts could become a bonanza Dec. 9.
Next season we could see the emegence of Tink Hence, Quinn Mathews, Jimmy Crooks, and Cooper Hjerpe as young studs.
I consider JJ to be the best hitter we have on the roster. Walker and Gorman are the keys and Donovan is considered our best player. The draft is easily the core and the near future. We don’t have to wait at all to reap the enormous benefits of recent drafts. Winn, Burly, McGreevey…If you simply want a right-handed hitting outfielder who plays center poorly, Dylan Carlson is priced perfectly.
You listen to Ranger people describing the frustration of watching Garcia fail makes me wonder why we want any of that. Look for the 28 year old who battled some isolated yet serious injury aka Ryan Ludwick. Pass on everyone coming down the mountain.
What if Fitts blocks Leahy from starting? There…it’s settled. Leahy back to the pen. We saw the starting version of Leahy at Springfield. Fitts and Leahy at the front of the pen seems optimal.
We have some shiny new toys still to unwrap as further trades emerge. I am all for bargin hunting at the end for the final pitching pieces.The issue isn’t really spending. The issue is Walker and Gorman have to hit. If those two were to simply perform at or slightly above their previous best levels of production, everything else would fall into place.
They will surely add more low-cost innings along the way. Replacing the actual production we received from Gray combined with that of Mikolas, Fedde, and Pallante won’t require huge spending.
Pallante could improve or simply regain previous form. Quinn Mathews or Zach Thompson could emerge. Two vets like Malhe and Quintana could cover 150 to 200 innings between them.
Add an arm like Fairbanks and some vets who keep Leahy and Fitts in the pen and winning remains viable.Fitts was number 11 prospect in Red Sox system in 2024 and seems quite Andre Pallante-ish. Had 11 starts for RedSox last season.
Clarke is very Liam Doyle-ish. That is what 20 million dollars will get you.Honeyman came out on X and admitted his skeletal structure is formed from balsa wood. It had already been revealed the majority of his muscle mass was transplanted from an 83 year old Norwegian woman.
It was rumored he fractured his wrist signing his first pro contract , but it turned out to simply be deep tissue and ligament damage.
The team has proactively hired and assigned spotters to follow him to limit fall risks. He continues to be the only farm hand to wear a first alert necklace as bling.Just because a guy is ranked later than 20 doesn’t mean he remains there. Typically players start at the back and move forward. The chances of a player making an MLB debut is based upon that players highest ranking.
Josh Baez’s chances of playing in the bigs is based on his current ranking rather than when he nearly fell out of the top fifty.
All the picks matter at this point and moving forward except for those players who have maxed out. Players without potential for growth are rarely discussed here.I don’t like Valdez or the idea of high-priced free agents. I simply think this route has real value both short and long term.
If they do indeed trade salary, there comes a point where the money saved doesn’t equal the value of money spent.I think the Cards would offer the one year 40 million they were paying Gray if they trade Arenado also. If they trade Valdez, they are only on the hook for 2/3 of his salary.
They get a number one to protect the bullpen and young starters. They get two or three top prospects at the deadline. They get excitement and ticket sales in the spring. They get two and a half war for about $27 million.
There is injury risk but it’s a one year deal.
Valdez does it for the cash and he gets to pitch in a pitcher’s park and can then finish the season under the spotlight of a playoff race.One point about qualifying offer free agents such as Valdez is if two of the three big names are traded, the return on Valdez would exceed a third round pick.
If Valdez’s past behavior forces him to take a one-year contract, then he makes perfect sense and can almost guarantee he pitches for a top contender at playoff time. He couldn’t do that over the winter.27 Bryan Torres
28 Sebastian Dos SantosI really am intrigued by Ethan Young here. What is his health status?
Bob convinced me not to miss the next Pablo Ozuna train. I think that last season against your peers is truly telling of what will hapoen seven years later…the next time that player plays against anything close to his aged peers.
