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    Burger To Marlins

    in The Diamond Club

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    I'll give Eder a break due to his Tommy John surgery in 2021, missing all of 2022, and this being a recovery season. He'll likely be at AA next year again to start, and that'll be his make or break season, most likely.

    A Sobering Thought...

    in Pale Hose Talk

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    47 minutes ago, Snopek said:

    I think there's this misconception from the anti tanking crowd that they think the rest of us actively enjoy tanking. No. It's just the less shitty of two shitty options.

    I think there's an allure to tanking because you can dream about the future. That's where I think the issue lies here - this group has shown no ability to tank and come out the other side with a sustainably competitive team. Injuries didn't help but they failed to finish the job, and recent trends have been encouraging but I still doubt they can put together a good minor league system to continually reinforce the MLB team.

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    A Sobering Thought...

    in Pale Hose Talk

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    The only way they're remotely competitive on offense is if Moncada, Eloy, TA and Vaughn all stay healthy and all end up producing like we hoped they could. You get 15-20 WAR out of that group and add in Robert, all of a sudden you have a good top 5 in your offense and can absorb some struggles from Colas, Sosa, Korey Lee and whatever stiffs they bring in to fill holes.

    Pitching wise I think they can put together a league average-ish bullpen as long as they don't blow money on relievers again. They seem to be ok at finding value here without paying a premium. Starting is going to be a problem unless they sign a couple of the available quality starters out there like Nola. This is the only place I would spend, and could see some success with a Cease, Nola, Clevinger/other starter, Toussaint, Scholtens rotation.

     

    Overall, though, ALL of this coming together is incredibly unlikely. The most likely outcome is they end up as bad as or slightly better than this year. It's a rebuilding year, even in this shitty division.

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    Farm System Rankings - MLB.Com

    in Pale Hose Talk

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    27 minutes ago, Texsox said:

    They swapped the #1 farm system for a consensus favorite to win the division a couple years later. 

    The process seems solid, the execution was bad. 

    Execution was terrible. Injuries didn't help for sure, but the minors had zero depth and they made terrible free agent signings. This team with some smart signings probably beats Oakland in 2020, gives a much better series to the Astros in 2021, and wins the division last year.

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