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Yelich and Braun are both shy of the low end for WAR totals when it comes to HOFer in the OF. I'm seeing 50-70 is the typical range for OFers with a few all timers approaching the 100 mark. Yelich is at 45 right now for bWAR, so there's a chance for him to get to 50. I would argue though that the only HOF thing on his resume are his 2 peak seasons. Braun had a much better peak with 5 of his first 6 season all producing either 5 total WAR or more, or 5 offensive WAR.

I have confidence that at least one of the corner IF prospects will be ready to contribute this year, but having either Bauers or Vaughn back to not force us to start one of them right away out of spring training makes way too much sense, and for a single year the salary for either one matters a lot less than a multiyear situation

Glad to see the recognition, after the lull post All-star break I didn't keep close track, but his WAR number for both systems were really excellent

That's mostly how I see things being approached. I feel like the offseason relief market isn't as great as it used to be, so the potential return on Megill may not be very high compared to past years. And for the most part what we need are high quality prospects not depth at the moment, so I feel that limits options a bit there. I hadn't thought too much about it, but Mitchell is a great sell high candidate. Especially since his arby number should still be pretty low.

I don't have the link, but Prince was apparently serving drinks somewhere during the event

That's as close to a full apology that they were really bad I can recall in the league.

Winning hasn't changed my thoughts in general on any of the players. Mostly you try and run it back, but not with the midseason guys there you try and keep turning over the roster from within. Go 1 more year with Bill and enjoy it. If Bauers wants back with the QO great if not keep Vaughn as a hedge and go young to find the next guy.

I was thinking about those 90's Yankees teams and yes there were some big stars, but the dynasty part was driven by having the supporting cast having the complimentary quality to it. Once you adjust for era our stars this year are pretty good too. So I'd put the current crop in the top 5 since 2000

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Wild Bill may have just sealed the MVP

I appreciate that all the guys on long term deals are trying to justify the entire contract this post season

He had one last night

Huge play by Jake there

On real time I thought I saw a brief wince from Frelick as he got to 3rd, so I wonder if he was just a hair less aggressive in the moment

I'm predicting full immortality with a "Maddux" no hitter