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Are things with BAL getting closer?

Law said at the draft Gonzalez was the safest of picks so where's the safety?

We still need some legit bats no matter what.

If LAD gets 50m a year in marketing revenue alone and taking into account deferrals and present value, yeah its almost for free and any WAR above average is a bonus.

I'm hoping that with DeJong at SS, Robert at CF and Stassi at C, Getz sees that that they are strong enough up the middle so that it wouldn't be a crime against God for him to accept Hjerstad and Norby instead of a pitching heavy deal. Someone has to fucking hit at some point. At this rate Beni will have the second highest HR total for the Sox in 24. Savagery is a blessing not a curse, Chris. Oh and BTW if they continue to insist on jumping off the diving board into the 10 foot deep waterless pool of Limp Dick Ball, then they will inadvertently kill Robert's trade value for the future. No one will give him anything to hit if he's surrounded by scrubs and his HR totals, doubles and SV will plummet substantially.

Yeah given Getz philosophy so far I'm bracing for exactly zero LH savages in the Cease trade or any trade for that matter.

At some point we have to accept that Getz means what he says....he's all in on defense.

I hope BAL being listed first means Mike Elias has finally stopped being dickless

Thank you!

That's pretty cool. I liked Bannister hire and Barfield. The guy from Rice I dont know about. I know he has limits placed on him and all but I still dont like Getz apparent Limp Dick Ball strategy they seem to want to pivot too. Yes we have to get better on D and be more athletic but there has to be a couple legit savages in the lineup too. Then again we seem to be allergic to winning so it's not a surprise that were also allergic to savagery.

I won't believe he is signing with TOR until I see Shohei use the word "eh" at the end of each sentence and pronounce the word about as "aboot"

Garfein is state media so if he's pumping Merrifield up that's an ominous sign that it's imminent.

Yep I don't see JR approving the chocolate cake after the Fedde signing. We kind of blew our wad on that.

What were Quero's grades and if some could post Gonzalez and Nastrini's writeups and grades that would be great....thanks Ramos writeup was encouraging but if CM has to move to 3B, where does that leave Ramos?

If they are going to play Limp Dick Ball, then there's no chance they'll accept Hjerstad from BAL or Busch from LAD as the main piece (even if offered) and that's prolly why we are hearing about Merrifield in RF which is a massive joke and the pitcher heavy packages from CIN and So we are going to trade our prime asset for pitching and weak contact hitters that can run. That's so lame. We need at least some savagery in the lineup. Alot needs to go right to win with Limp Dick Ball and very little goes right for this ball club. Like every single dude needs to be an OBP monster and can run. This is why they are insisting on Cowser. Because even if the 55 power doesn't come, they don't care. He gets on base and he defends and they are more than happy to be in a 3-2 slopfest every night.

That's a very tactful and graceful way of saying Mike Elias is a dickless coward. Which is 100% true. Pretty soon, he will need to sack up tho unless he wants to get passed by multiple teams in his division.

Thanks. So pretty much in line with estimates.

My bad....I meant the prior predictions of what he'd get to see how pitching is being valued in this market.

What was the estimate for his contract?

Yes. This would be the lesser of two evils. Or just start Korey Lee until Quero is ready in 25.and if he hits 150/180/270 in the interim so what? It's going to be a garbage year anyway and they seem to enjoy making us miserable so why spend money on slop?

Uh oh.... Man we can never have good things it's always s%*#

That and fathom also saying it would be for RF which suggests it's more than just Morosi making random speculations.

The fact that Outman came from nowhere to a 4 WAR season in of itself gives rise to the inference that he's a Dodgers lab created JAG masquerading as a savage. Dude has had several years of abnormally high BABIP in a row which is extremely unusual. Can some people be a little bit above 300 on avg? Sure. But year after of like 368 and 386 etc.? No. You want a guy with good OBP, decent speed and some power? Isn't that what we paid Beni for? To be 2018 Beni again once his wrist is healthy? Why are we trying to dump more resources into getting a similar profile to what we just paid 75m for? I think there's alot of pyrite in Outman and maybe we are mistaking it for gold. Regression will likely KILL him. I'd rather not have CWS holding the bag when Cinderella's magic carriage turns into a pumpkin. As to Busch, I agree he basically only has two tools. It's important to keep in mind not everyone kills it from the beginning in MLB (Cowsers debut was similarly rough, yet BAL is fiercely fighting handing him over). We need savagery. The entire lineup cannot be a bunch of 5'9 180 limp dick speed and glove based players. You want to have a few of them fine, but someone has to hit and someone has to slug besides Robert. There has to be at least a handful of players who don't look like their nutsacks are in a cheese grater against RHP.

I believe with the BA update they now have Busch as No. 1 in LAD system even above Rushing and even though I think in the commentary/chat I think BA said decent shot Rushing sticks at C. Given that Rushing is a high OBP and good SLG too, Busch's bat must be truly legit for him to outrank Rushing even with no glove at all. Regarding Outman, i don't want him as the primary piece because there is extreme JAG risk. Yes he does alot of things OK but he's projected to be about a 2 win player next year. Last year he only hit 248 even tho his babip was 343. If AVG plummets to 200, his BB isn't gonna matter too much. If we are going to get one hitter and one SP from LAD I don't want it to be him and I don't see LAD letting him be a third piece so there's a problem there.

I understand that part of it, but Robert has had injury issues and somewhat wild variations in WAR the last few years. I think they can walk and chew gum at the same time. If someone is willing to actually give up a real haul of young MLB players and prospects they should think about it. From the revenue side if the only variable is in person attendance guess what no one is going to the ballpark this year even with Robert so I'd strike when the iron is hot. They really could totally reshape this team overnight with a fun mix of new cost controlled talent.