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I believe early in the year he was hitting 98 in like the starts in Appleton, my guess is he had 1 rogue super heater that makes him look good.

Moncada or Polanco are fine but if that is the best we can get I would almost want to give Sal or Black a shot at 3B/2B. I think Sal could be a good 2B if given enough time but the problem is how much time. Luis Rengifo and Brandon Lowe would be better options, I think they would be a safer choices than Moncada or Polanco and the prospect price wouldn't be crazy high. I still prefer a prospect option in a Devin Williams trade, most of the potential trade partners have a young IF who would be a good match.

No need to go after a outfielder unless there is no doubt top notch young middle of the order hitter. Brent Rooker is the only guy that comes to mind and he is really just a DH at this point.

If we are going to pay someone big I'd rather just spend money on a starter like Snell, Flaherty, or even Shane Bieber.

I think Perdomo would fit our style well with solid versatile defense, good baserunning, and a reliable but unspectacular bat. At 24 with a 6'2" frame he could still at a bit of power and is controllable for 3 years. If I was the D-backs I would probably keep him and move him to 3B when they lose Suarez after next year (potentially).

I think the big picture is that we need to decide who is the long term core of this team with Chourio and try and lock them up cheaply and then have young guys ready when we move on from the guys we can afford. For example Contreras is going to be to expensive long term, the writing is on the wall that by the 2026/27 offseason we will need to trade him. With Quero in the wings we can trade Contreras after this year if Quero looks good and maximize value (filling in potential organizational holes) or wait and in 2 offseason get good value and hopefully have Quero with some vital big league experience backing Contreras up for a year. We are pretty set long term except for 1B/3B but have 4 good prospects in which at least 2 should seperate themselves by next year. Pitching we have Gasser, Myers maybe Ashby or Hall and the group of Henderson, Misi, CarRod, Patrick with Smith, Wichrowski, Kuehner, Hunt, and others who can probably comprise a solid group of starters for a while. However Ashby and Misi probably are the only guys with top of the rotation stuff so it would be nice to try and find an ace somewhere somehow. With how good Arnold and company have been at finding gem relievers I don't worry to much about that unless a big organization gets smart and hire a bunch of our pitching coaches away. I think the general idea is to not rock the boat and work at keeping the positive clubhouse vibe while finding high potential players without selling the farm. It stinks but we probably can't sign any superstar talent until Yeli is off his deal

Agree, I would still like to have him try 1B in camp but it seems like that wasn't really an option for whatever reason last year. Hopefully if he DH's most of the time we can avoid more injuries and get over the 130 but at this point it seems like he is a bare minimum 2 time 10 day DL guy with back flare ups.

I would love to trade for another 2/3 style starter but for now without a big move Peralta, Myers, Woody, Civale, Rea is a safe bet. I think I would have DL Hall or Ashby piggyback off of Woody for the 1st month or 2 and just keep his work down a bit. I would probably look into stretching out Ashby during the offseason and see if he could bump Rea to the pen. To be honest, I wouldn't mind just trading Rea and then having a camp battle between Misi, Henderson, Ashby, Hall, CarRod, and Shane Smith (+ maybe a minor league fa vet) for the 5th man and long man spots. We have enough quality depth that we can gamble a bit and go for a young guys upside over the likely steady 4 era of Rea.

I don't like mlb trade simulator but it has Devin at a 8.6 trade value. I think Burnes was over 20 last offseason, that being said there is plenty of past trades that say we should get at least 2 top 10ish organizational prospects for Devin. I really like the Red Sox like Redd Vencher posted. Meidroth is super interesting since they have Campbell ahead of him and they have lots of talent in their top 25 to maybe squeeze out 3 pieces. I also like the idea of a 3 team deal where Devin goes to the Yankees, I don't like the match with there farm system but maybe Devin goes to the Yankees and we get a top starter from a team like the Marlins, Rays, CWS (Crochet), or other.

MLB.com com looks like it did a re-rank, has Quero 43, Pratt 57, Misi 80, and Made as the 4th prospect in our system. Likely just outside of the top 100. Nothing to crazy outside of that.

The Marlins got 2 solid pitching prospects (granted not having great years) for a half year Tanner Scott and the solid but not spectacular Bryan Hoeing. We should get at least that value. The Yanks, Rangers, Red Sox, D-backs, Ranger could all use a closer upgrade and then a half dozen or so could pursue Devin like the O's, Phillies, Dodgers, Giants, Blue Jays, Cubs among others. I like the Red Sox and D-backs farm systems best if we are looking for prospects.

Trade Devin to Arizona for Geraldo Perdomo and a comp pick (I think Arizona gets one) Trade Black (maybe add in a couple little pieces) for Jesus Luzardo Trade Hoby and Peguero for 1B Spencer Horwitz Trade Rea and Bryse Wilson for prospects 1)IF Perdomo Frelick 2)lF Chourio 3)DH Yeli 4)C Contreras 5)CF Mitchell 6)1B Hoskins 7)IF Turang 8)IF Ortiz 9)RF Frelick Bench)Perk, Haase, Horwitz, Mone/Collins Peralta, Woody, Luzardo, Myers, Civale (plenty of AAA depth) Megill, Koenig, Payamps, Hudson, Ashby, Mears, Yoho, Hall/Bauk/Uribe/Zas/Herget I wouldn't call any of those all in but it would give us a no holes on offense the best defense team in the league and a rotation with 4 potential 1/2 starters and a glutony of young arms in AAA (eventually Gasser with Ashby and Hall as well) because I built an injury susceptible rotation.

I am ok getting a quality IF and maybe trying to get a top of the rotation starter but we have a solid roster and really only have a couple places to improve. I like getting a young IF as the start to a Devin Williams package and then maybe trying to put together a package for a top of the rotation starter. I don't see any moves that make sense that I would qualify as all in. Maybe we keep Devin and go after someone like Bo Bichette who has been mentioned lately but I don't really see our front office doing that.

I wouldnt be against getting Bichette but agree he wouldn't play SS for us. I would prefer to get a mlb ready prospect for Black or a higher end starter however. Do we think the Diamondbacks would trade Jordan Lawler or Geraldo Perdomo. For my trade money we match up well with them. We could trade Devin for Perdomo and maybe a second piece. I would love Lawler but I doubt he would be on the table.

It's 18 base but the 4 million is only if he opts out. If he opts in he makes 18 and doesn't get the 4 million because he didn't op-out.

Rhys gets 18 next year the 4 million buyout doesn't get added if he picks up his option.

Quintana scares me a bit with our history of falling flat against him. Hopefully we can connect on some high fastballs early, we really need Willy, Rhys, and Gary Sanchez (if he starts at DH again) to do something tonight.

Mitch White elected to be a free agent today. Hopefully he comes back and realizes how our staff helped improve him and that he should come back.

Bad Monkey on Apple has been great especially if you like Vince Vaughn.

Our AAA/AA/A+ staffs next year should look amazing AAA=Misi, Henderson, Patrick, Smith, CarRod (if one of those make the big league roster Wichrowski/Hunt or a free agent) AA-Wichrowski, Hunt, Kuehner, Cornielle, Manfredi, Crow A+=Manny Rodriguez, Knoth, Letson, Corniel, Galindez, Birchard/Woodward That doesn't leave room for guys like Rudy, Peterson, Aquino, Fitzpatrick, and 2024 college picks who could/should be starters.

I agree that we don't need to move Hoskins, hopefully he can replicate his earlier career retutns. I would like to get a better backup for him. Bauers was passible but I getting a better 1B/DH option there would be a sneaky way to add value, if they could play some 3rd as well great.

Score more runs than the Mets. In reality they need to keep the momentum up and be able to hit Manaea's sinker. His fastball (throws sinker, 4 seam, cutter) was worth 21 runs but he throws the sinker 44% of the time. Especially when there are runners on we can't hit into double plays.

What happen to Payamps getting to the bag so late on that big play at 1st? For me, that was the big play of the game. Any chance Ashby was tipping pitches, especially with Stearns and a handful of guys who have played for us? With how good his stuff looked last night (i get location wasn't as crisp as possible) I find it hard he gave up 4 hits like that just off luck. I get pulling Peralta early after the poor inning he had but it did look like he settled down well in the 3rd and 4th. I guess I would have like to see him at least come out for the 5th and if he got into any kind of trouble have a short leash. I guess at least he will be available for Game 1 after we win these next 2 games.

Boeve swing kind of reminds me of Joe Mauer and overall maybe like a left handed version of DJ Lemahieu. Any thoughts on his final position 3B, 1B, 2B, OF, does it matter more where Wilken, Black, and Adams end up? Of the corner IF prospects he has the highest floor for sure and at 6'4" there is still some time/strength for him to add some power. For me 1)Boeve 2)Arienamo 3)EMJ

Hernandez is going to get a big contract (4/100ish) so he is 100% out. Mountcastle would be fine if we can move Hoskins, he will cost 6-7 million in arby with 2 years control and would likely cost 2 decent but not huge prospects or more.