Chicago White Sox

Who else would teach them that dinosaurs never existed?

f*** yes he is.

Give me Beavers all day over Norby.

Maybe shopping for a Jeep Wrangler?

As someone who hasn’t been too annoyed by Schriffen this year, I found this call to be absolutely cringe worthy. Maybe if we were on a 100 win pace I could tolerate it more, but good god was it embarrassing and completely lacking any sense of how shitty things are at the moment. But honestly, some of the blame should fall on Brooks and him failing to coach Schriffen properly. You hired a guy for his energy ahead of a historically bad seasonal and probably should have had him tone it down a bit to avoid drawing mass hate from the fanbase. Schriffen isn’t the reason we are going to lose 110+ games, but he is as the face of it at times and while I can block that out I can understand why others can not. Know your customer better Brooks.

Because you just referred to Bradfield as a 50 FV prospect on your board when proposing he be a big part of an offer for Crochet + Robert, but then ripped Zavala for struggling with the bat and implying he’s not all that valuable at the moment as a result. Zavala is three years younger than Bradfield and has been more productive than Bradfield with the bat. Is it fair to say Bradfield’s value is down then?

Zavala’s wRC+ is higher than Bradfield’s despite being three years younger at the same level, but haven’t heard you say he is struggling…

Your system falls off massively after the top 4. Not suggesting it’s bad, but there is a massive gap between Kjerstad and whoever #5 is.

While better balance would be nice, ultimately they just need to score more runs. I don’t think they will discriminate on potential upgrades.

I bet they give away some of them hitting them can help them win now.

How is he the same pitcher as last year? K rate up, BB rate down substantially, and his xERA is 60 points better. He is not back in 2022 form, but he’s clearly better than he was last year. I’d give his ERA a chance to normalize before making these comments.

Sure, if using ERA and ignoring all other factors (defense, luck, sequencing) that aren’t fully normalized yet. Based on xERA, Cease would be your #2. And no rational person would start Saurez over Cease…I’m stating to think you have never seen Dylan Cease actually pitch.

lol…a solid #4. He’d literally be your #2 starter right now.

I just realized this thread is going to hit 400 pages…forgot how much this got boosted up with all the back & forth the O’s fans

I think he retired…would still do that swap though

Is there a bad contract we could swap him for? I’d prefer cheering on a different, equally bad player if at all possible because even the best case with Andrew is probably just bad vs. epically bad.

Basallo & Mayo are elite prospects.

He was a legit awesome reliever in 2021. No idea how he can be this bad after previous success in the role.

We have won 26 games this year and our Pythagorean expectation would be 27. We are in fact a really bad team who has performed bad. I think this idea is a fun exercise, but 2026 is a much more realistic target to shoot for .500. You are talking about a 34 game improvement or more in one season if the goal is 2025, which is simply not realistic. 17/year is doable if Getz hits HRs on Robert, Crochet, & Fedde trades.

Mariners Top 100 Prospects (BA): 13) Colt Emerson, SS 29) Lazaro Montes, OF 41) Cole Young, SS 61) Jonny Farmelo, OF 72) Harry Ford, C 79) Tyler Locklear, 1B 80) Logan Evans, RHP 95) Felnin Celesten, SS

Probably not serious, but Julio Rodriguez getting an MRI on his quad. Even so, I think it reinforces the need for the Mariners to add an impact bat like Robert before the deadline. The good news for us is they currently have eight top 100 prospects in Baseball America’s list, seven of which are positional guys. On paper, there is no better match between two clubs. The Phillies might still be the favorites IMO given their GM, but the Mariners are a very close second.

I don’t think he lacks power. I think his approach is overly selective to the point he’s missing out on pitches he could actually hit and hit hard. An adjustment in his approach is needed at some point, but he’s the youngest guy in full season ball with that high of a walk rate. I have much more confidence in his offensive profile as he at least knows when not to make bad swing decisions vs. someone like Wilfred Veras who lacks plate discipline.

You don’t think he gets traded? Just because of the innings limit concern?

Also, Zavala is walking at an 18% clip as an 19 year in High A ball. He legit has a .449 OBP since June 1st (120 PA’s). The whole package isn’t quite there just yet, but it’s easier to become a more aggressive hitter than it is to become a more selective one. Once he learns a more balance approach, he will shoot up these rankings lists.

Fangraphs had Iriarte 67th overall on their preseason list. I seen several other lower profile publications (Just Baseball for example) have Iriarte in their top 100 as well. Zavala was not on Fangraphs’ top 100 list or any others I’m aware of, but I don’t think Dylan Beavers has made any of these lists and he’s a really solid OF prospect.