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He'll be a work in progress until 2050 at the rate he's hitting. I've seen enough. Cordell can't get healthy soon enough.

There are some teams who need a 1B right now. The Mets. The Yankees. The Astros. The Indians. The Mariners. It really depends on well he hits and how teams view him. Sure 1B/DH has become crowded but if Abreu is viewed as a .900-.950 OPS hitter moving forward that really doesn't matter teams will find a way to get his bat in the lineup. If he falls more in line with 2015-2016 then the return won't be near as much. Even if you have a 800ish OPS hitter at 1B (none of the teams I listed do). A guy projected at .900 is still giving you a huge improvement and if you don't have a good DH (AL) you can still stash Abreu or that 800 OPS hitter there essentially improving two spots in your lineup with one trade.

We have to trade him if we can get good value. His timeline doesn't fit the rebuild and as we've seen with Giolito there are no sure things when it comes to prospects. This team could really use an injection at the lower levels.

Kind of reminds me a bit of Jose Bautista. It's frustrating at times see him take close balls which are called strikes but if he maintains his disciplined approach he's going to be productive for us.

I would have tried Shields in the pen to start the year and brought in a buy low guy.

I think more then anything the people saying well the Cardinals don't need to rebuild are missing the point. Prior to the rebuild this was a team that missed the playoffs with one of the worst farms in the ML. For us there really was no other option unless payroll was going to be drastically improved to compete in the near term while the farm was reworked. For me rebuilding made a whole lot more sense and probably for ownership too.

Gregg Bird isn't very good though. If I was a yanks fan and I'm not I would be hoping they trade for a 1B and look to sign the top FA pitchers next year. Forget Harper and Machado. You still have Didi for another year and then Torres behind him. You have Andujar at 3B. Then you take the best hitter at DH whether that be Gardner, Ellsbury, or Bird. Take for example Gregg Bird he had a .710 OPS last season. Abreu has a career OPS of .881. Thats a .170 OPS improvement. He'll make around 24 million total over the next two years. He'll cost some assets but not their top guys. Machado if they were to trade for him would cost their top prospects. He'd replace Didi whose played extremely well for them. He'd cost at least 30 million AAV so 60 million over two. It's doubtful you'd see a .170 OPS improvement over Didi. He'd block Torres. With Harper he'd block someone in the outfield either Stanton or Judge forcing them to DH.

I know the subject is veering off topic but the Yankees would be morons to sign Machado to that kind of deal they have elite prospects up the middle. What they should do and would make even bigger impact at 1/10 the price is find a 1B and DH. Right now they have elite position prospects use their cheapness and good production then trade for 1B/DH. Right now they have Gardner/Austion/Hicks manning 1B/DH/CF. Only one of those guys needs to play the field CF. Replace the other two. Not that I feel a whole lot of sympathy but if the Yankees play Austin at 1B and Gardner at DH they really are wasting a ton of the surplus value gained at the other positions. Still a great offense but 1B and DH won't cost them a 350 million to fix. Hell it won't cost them even 50 million. If I were them I'd be all over Abreu.

Why is it noteworthy? Kauffman stadium is an extreme pitchers park even if it weren't Davidson power plays anywhere. http://www.parkfactors.com/KC I mean sure it's an interesting factoid for announcers to mention but it doesn't mean anything.

Most teams focus in the minor leagues is developing an advanced approach at the plate so that when they are called up they don't have holes in their game that pitchers can exploit. The focus on raw power numbers always comes much later for clubs. Rutherford was never a guy who was projected to hit 40HR and had the natural power of some other prospects. He more of a line drive guy who will hit 20 most years maybe 30 every couple or so. I'm glad after last year reading the articles he is more focused on hitting the ball hard and correcting his approach and swing. In his own words. "I'm still a young guy. I'm still trying to find my approach and my swing," he said. "I still have a lot of growth to do and weight to put on. There's a lot of time to learn to hit home runs. "I definitely think the power will come down the road. Who knows when it comes or if it will come, it's not really in my hands. I'm just going to try and compete every at-bat. ... I don't want to turn into a guy that just swings up. I want to be able to hit line drives all around the field."

Giolito is not being looked at objectively right now. His top 10 prospect status was based on his stuff he isn't that pitcher anymore. He barely throws 91-92 anymore let along lighting up the radar gun to 95-97 as he used too. He probably profiles more of a 4th/5th starter at this point.

I don't get what his stats against one team have to do with anything. Davidson profile will always be a streaky hitter with his low avg, mid OBP, and monster power. So he got hot in the KC series what does that have to do with anything? He also got hot in the CHC series. I assume as the season goes along there will be others. Someone needs to put a stake in that idiotic take.

Rondon was a known injury at the start of the season. We've only really had one guy Miguel. To me thats lucky.

Honestly I thought we made a mistake in the offseason not bringing in some buy low veteran guys. They'd either have trade value at the deadline or at least protect us against burning through our young guys service time. We've been lucky when it comes to injuries to SP. Really lucky...

So MAGA (make american gambling great again)?

His velocity had an uptick according to media reports I read hard to see how that happened. Maybe the days off?

I mean of course but this year should tell us how bad we are going to be till at least 2020. So his control isn't worth much to us beyond him just being a fan favorite and someone making CWS worth watching. 2020 we can either sign him as a free agent or go in another direction. Also it spares the guy of wasting his prime years on a non-contender I'm sure he loves it here in fact his comments make it clear he does but I'm also sure as like you said a prideful guy he'd also like to play meaningful baseball. As for whether he'd come back in 2020 I mean it's rare but it happens. Take a look at what the Yanks did with Chapman.

People made fun of the astros too. Honestly if you can't stomach the rebuild go watch the cubs and comeback to the sox when they are good. I do think this year will be interesting but if I could sim to july I would that is when we'll see some trades and some guys called up.

Will that injury affect his ability to play CF longterm? Because if it does and he become a LF/1B/DH then all that surplus value evaporates. Anyways I hope the best for the kid but I'm glad we didn't hold onto him any longer then we did. Hard to see us getting much for him right now. Should also be a cautionary tale for other veterans like Abreu/Garcia if they aren't part of a longterm plans and we receive a good offer we should move them.

My main disappointment has been the bullpen but actually if you look at the players who needed to do well and that were part of a potential longterm plan the only guy sort of struggling is Gio. Moncada before the injury was raking. Sanchez has been hitting well. Matt Davidson is hitting well. People need to look beyond the record because with this roster it means nothing. Most of these guys aren't going to be around in 2 years maybe even by the time September callups happen. The only thing that is kind of disappointing is the veteran guys aren't doing well I am expecting the Sox to be active around the deadline. Hard to see either Garcia moved at this point. Abreu is doing alright but is not playing upto his standards. Soria and Nate Jones have been far from dominant. If this continues it's hard to see us getting any premium prospects back at the deadline which would suck because we really could use some depth there is a major dropoff between our top guys and the lower guys. The lower guys unlike most farms are all 23-25. Cordell, Tilson, Hall those when you look at a farm like say the dodgers you sort of realize the importance of depth because right now we have one wave and no one behind them to fill in the holes as guys fail or depth to be used in trades.

What a dumpster fire this pen has been I actually thought with the arms we had it would be a strength. Still time to turn things around but early returns are not good

Most of his value and future earnings are tied up into the fact he's a CF.

Nationals center fielder Adam Eaton underwent arthroscopic surgery on his injured left ankle today, reports Jack Magruder of FanRag Sports (Twitter link). Chelsea Janes of the Washington Post had reported yesterday that Eaton was visiting a specialist in Wisconsin, and that evaluation revealed a “cartilage problem” that necessitated the operation, per Magruder. Eaton remains in a walking boot, and there is not presently a timetable for his return, per Magruder. Looks like we sold high. Still has 3/28 left but since the trade the Nationals have gotten 133 PA out of him.

So does John Farrell. I want nothing to do with either

Why not hire a manager in clownface who flips a coin before making any decision. It will be interesting. Guy besides being a flamethrower is a terrible manager