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Miqueas Mercedes had a 2.6 era, I get that he isn't a big prospect and walked to many but I think he should get some recognition. Crow is a good pick however I think Cam Wagoner is my pitcher of the year.

The Cubs are 1.5 up on the D-backs and a half up on the Phillies. Any chance that if the Cubs lose they could be out? I dont know the 3 way tiebreaker.

When you get a guy like Misi in the 2nd the draft is an A+ regardless of the rest of the draft.

Can he become that guy, sure. However I think the odds are much more against it, maybe his injuries just fix themselves and he can be a plus defender again. I doubt that happens just poof, but maybe overtime he can get stronger. If we trade William I don't think I would worry to much with having a Quero/Naylor platoon especially with Wood and maybe eventually Dinges around (probably add a Haase style AAA depth catcher). But in no way have I or likely anyone else penciled him in as the catcher for the next 5 years like we probably did a couple years ago.

I don't think the lack of power is a fatal flaw, last year we could have hit 5 more HR in that Dodger series and still wouldn't have been close becuase they would have likely been solo shots. Anyone facing Skubal, Yamamoto, Snell, and Glasnow is going to struggle and it just was that we had 4 tough ones in a row. I would rather have a scrappy team that can get on base and play some small ball to steal a run here or there than really on a random solo HR or two when facing that rotation. We have enough guys who can hit HR, maybe no 40 HR guys but 6 guys who can hit 20+ is alright.

For me I wouldn't give up one of those higher end pitchers just because it is one year of Alcantara, you could be correct on the value for sure. I do think the bidding for Sandy would get a little out of hand if he is made available.

There was an a small update on the Gart Trent investigation, basically just that a law firm was designated to investigate and that the Bucks and Klutch sports are "cooperating". I have become a little torn on this. Obviously it is a stupid and really bad business deal. However I don't see the big deal. I doubt Trent had been offered any big long-term deals over the past 2 years. I am sure we saved a decent amount of money. My guess is that he would have been a mid-level exception style guy instead of 3ish milly a year. However I feel like teams are always doing things like this. Vets often have agreements/discussions with teams to decline a bigger player option for a longer lower AAV deal, which for me is the same thing. Even something like LeBron playing for 3/4 million in Philly could be looked at as a similar cap circumvention, however there is no likely handshake agreement a year or two in advance on that one.

What would you all say to something like Megill and Crow (throw in someone like Dylan O'Rae if necessary) for Sandy Alcantara? Instead of getting prospects for Megill we could flip him for a perfect starter like Alcantara. The Marlins need relief help badly and have other top of the rotation starters, Megill would make their pen look decent and they could get good value still in a trade if they aren't contenders at the deadline. If the Marlins want mlb players, this would be a pretty good package for Alcantara. We would get a perfect workhorse arm that I believe we could offer arby to and get a little back for. If we gave up Frias and Ragsdale for 1/2 a year of May, I could see us going after a guy like Alcantara to add alot of stability to the rotation.

Wow, Letson with the performance of the year. He had a very uneven season but he was able to get over 100 innings in with the playoffs and it's pretty easy to see a #3 type starter with that breaking stuff. Hardin, Letson, and Knoth all showed out pretty well towards the end of the year really helping easy some of the pitching concerns from most of the season.

I would use both Gasser and May in game 3 as a piggyback, especially if the team we play uses a couple platoons. If Misi and Henderson can both go 6+, the game 3 piggyback would hopefully leave a mostly fresh bullpen for a game 4 bullpen game that could maximize lefty/righty matchups.

Miz, Henderson, Harrison, Gasser, Drohan, Sproat, Priester, Crow, Hardin, Stallings, Gordon with Patrick in case is better depth than any other team. As I said originally said probably the top priority would be adding another top of the rotation potential arm. But as far as pure depth goes we have 12 guys who could make starts next year.

My guess would be that with the inability to shift that wouldn't be as big as an issue. I definitely could see Joey or Turang "steal a grounder" here or there possibly having a small impact.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2026/09/kaima-taira-expected-to-be-posted-for-mlb-teams-this-offseason.html I think Kaima Taira could be a sneaky interesting option for us to look into. He likely has some funky metrics being a much shorter than usual pitcher. I have seen some different opinions that he could be the best pitcher on the market after Skubal (not buying that much hype). There are some smaller injury concerns and he has been a reliever most of his career (started on in 2024 and 2026). I do think that is possible he could be a guy that would be in our price range, especially if teams look to guys like KIng, Gray, Rogers, Holmes, Gausmann, Freddy, and others before Taira. It would be a gamble but I think that there is likely an interesting enough profile that our pitching lab could make him into something special. He also will only be 27 next year so his age is better than other FA starters. Imai from the Astros sign 3/54 last year, this guy might be similar but I could see size, injuries, and relief concerns pushing the price down a bit. Thoughts????

I am interested to see the offseason plan, if we keep Megill and Contreras they really aren't any holes. If we lose Bauers there are plenty of 1B options even after Vaughn. We have great depth in the rotation, it would be nice to add another young top of the rotation starter as always. The bullpen is solid, even if we trade Megill as we usually trade 1 year left high end relievers, we have lots of late inning options and upside young arms coming up. Clearly how the playoffs and CBA shake up will decide alot.

I think this is the most balanced offense we have ever had. With Joey's 180 and Pratt and Lara at least being avaerage there isn't a weak spot in the lineup. Yes we could hit more HR but everyone other than Lara and Pratt (probably Joey) are guys who can easily be 20-35 HR guys. I think next year we could see Chourio take off and really make a run at MVP type numbers, his confidence is really starting to match his ability. Yeli is probably our worst bat right now but we have seen a few flashes, hopefully he is the leader we know him to be in the playoffs and had a couple big knocks.