Jose Abreu

Anderson

Even if it were rained out, how would Tuesday's game be affected since they're in different cities? Wouldn't they just reschedule this one again and play the two Chicago games as scheduled?

It's ironic that some on this board detest Jerry Reinsdorf and everything he stands for, yet vehemently support him in service time debates. When it comes down to it, all of this is about money. That extra year of control is one that can be purchased through free agency if you're the top bidder. While I understand the desire to maximize our window by guaranteeing that year, it's also funny to me that people who are so anti-Reinsdorf concurrently want him to essentially be cheap and save his money.

I've never understood that logic either. Apparently wins against bad teams don't count? Wasn't our problem in past "go for it" regular seasons that we would play to the level of competition, i.e. we'd seemingly find ways to beat the good teams and also lose to the bad ones?

Really no reason for him to not have Keon Barnum's DH/1B job at AA, aside from wanting to keep him for the Dash playoffs

To me, Rivera is just another Tim Anderson with less pop, less speed, and less plate discipline (as weird as that sounds)

But you're looking at one stat. Nicky Delmonico has a .322 OBP, does that make him a more valuable player than Tim Anderson? Jose Abreu has a negative 4.5 UZR, can't be too hard to find a replacement for him, right? Focusing on only one stat while ignoring the strengths that a player brings to the table isn't productive. What you'd gain in OBP, you'd lose in defensive value, baserunning value, and power. Unless, of course, this "replacement" shortstop is like, Lindor, or Correa, or someone of that tier

I guess Madrigal, if he ends up actually playing SS? Other than that, there are a lot of those middle infield guys like Nunez, Sosa, and Curbelo, but they seem like high ceiling guys with little chance of reaching those ceilings.

Even on a World Series roster, not every starter is gonna have an OBP above league average. Even if Tim doesn't improve on his OBP (which I still think he will as he matures as a hitter), the "better option" may not bring to the table what Tim does on defense and on the basepaths.

I don't necessarily disagree, but if they were really going for that, wouldn't Eloy have been called up too?

No it isn't

Wow, stolen bases aside, that's a really similar season offensively.

They can argue that all they want, but it would be an awful argument. Kopech has been "ready" to at least pitch in the Majors for months. At this point, he's as "ready" as a pitching prospect can be. I'm not gonna hold those two June starts (which heavily inflate his rate stats) against him, especially when he was dealing with an unexpected death in the family that he admitted has really been tough on him.

My thoughts as well. Really hope they keep Eloy down but I’m cool with this.

Not to mention 30+ stolen bases a year on decent efficiency

I'm not one to call players "busts" before they reach the MLB level, but Luis Robert has to have contracted the Bieber curse by now.

I want to see him too but he's a lefty (if I'm not mistaken) and our lefty relievers are actually pretty solid in Fry, Avilan, and Cedeno. There's also Bummer who will probably get the call too. IMO Avilan and Cedeno should be traded, with Frare and Bummer taking their spots.

Acuna is a stud, I'm not gonna make any arguments there (Eloy may be better long-term though). But Albies and Torres have been awful lately, and Andujar has been the worst defensive player in baseball. It's not nearly as cut and dry as you're trying to make it.

Another PNoles one but also true

I honestly have no idea who that is. Do you mean Matt Harvey?

To their credit he’s 2-7 with a walk (.375 OBP) and just one strikeout since being moved back

Assuming no major free agent signings, I'd guess 2019: 70 wins 2020: 86 wins (90 or more with Machado/Harper/Arenado etc) 2021: 90+ wins Cubs went from 73 to 97 wins in one year, Astros went from 70 to 86 in one year (and 84 to 101 in one year, as well), so I don't think 70 to 86 is out of the question

I see they're resuming a suspended game. So Gonzalez didn't homer, he homered weeks ago and now it's the 6th inning of that game.