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How concerned should we be about Brock Wilken and EBJ and their lower BA? Wilken's power seems to be coming around and Brown has been a little better. I have given both some leeway with the early injuries but both seem to have way to many 0-4 nights.

It would be great to add Kikuchi and a reliever. I probably wouldn't give up any top prospects but maybe 2 top 20ish prospects and a 3rd piece. Brett Wichrowski, Jadher Arienamo/Juan Baez, and Mark Manfredi for Kichuchi and Yimi Garcia

I think Eric Fedde is my #1 target assuming the price is still reasonable. Carlos Rodriguez, Bradley Blalock, and Joey Weimer/Oliver Dunn. We get 3 40 man roster spots and the White Sox get 2 rotation options and a potential IF/OF starter all with upside and lots of control. Add in Kopech if necessary. Any chance the Cubs could trade Justin Steele if they sell. I doubt we would be an option but he would look perfect in our rotation. Black, Boeve, Wichrowski, Manfredi???

MacKenzie Gore and Jake Irvins are the only guys I would give anything meaningful for (not counting Abrams/Wood). I doubt either are available. If Trevor Williams gets a good start or 2 in maybe but I wouldnt give up much for him.

Love me some undervalued guys. Great list. Love Ryan Campos, I must have misses him in my research to this point. Here are 12 more I have liked (rating mlb.com). Chris Cortez (85): Big arm reliever, who averaged almost 3 innings a game. Could be a faster developing Shane Smith. Jackson Barberi (99): 6'4" 185 HS arm, 92-94 up to 97, promising slider and changeup. Lots of project ability. Conrad Cason (102): 17 year old 4 spot, potential 2 way player. Great fastball and secondary stuff. I could see a Knoth like rise here. Anson Seibert (108) 6'8" HS player 92-94 up to 97. We love giant pitchers. Robert Hipwell (139): Strong bat, was suspended for most of last season. It doesn't seem like we worry much about that if it isn't a major character flaw (Zamora, Erceg). Drew Rerick (140): 6'5" 230 HS from North Dakota, throws up to 98. Could be overlooked just because he is from ND. Nate Dohm (165): Solid pitcher for Miss. St. who missed a good chunk of the year with a forearm strain. 55 fastball, slide, curve, and control could make for a steal. Corey Collins (170): A top notch college senior bat, no real defensive home. He has some catcher potential even at 6'5" and no one develops defensive catchers better than us. Emiliano Pitre (173): More bb than k's with sneaky pop (31 xbh, not rated (30) well) and great athleticism. Luke Sinnard (185): 6'8" 250, hurt all of 2024 (Tommy john June 2023). 114 k's/25 bb in 86 innings at Indiana in 23'. Definitely some big upside here. Jace Souza (186): HS OF from Hawaii, solid across the board skills and upside. Jakob Christian (216): 6'5" 225 OF/1B prospect who destroyed at San Diego and a division 2 school in 2023 (54 hr's in 103 games). As a later pick there looks to be some real upside.

At this point we have 2/3 Civale starts before the deadline to see if he will be more depth or top of the rotation. If Civale looks really good I think think we don't necessarily need to do much. If he looks more like the 5 era pitcher he has been this year then we should try and add someone else.

At this point I feel like there is a pretty good chance Rhys picks up next years option. I do like Nate Lowe a bunch and he would be a great add. Scherzer would be sweet, Eovaldi and Lorenzen would be nice. Jon Gray would probably be my target in Texas, He has a plus slider and a 95 mph fastball that needs a bit of adjustment. I think he would be the type of starter our staff could level up and he has a year of control.

Solid deal, Civale should be a solid back-end starter with a ceiling of a 2/3 based on the 1st half last year. Barrios is a tough loss but by no means anything that hurt our organization.

Boeve 23 is crazy . Galindez at 15 is surprising, is his stuff better than I thought, not sure how Baez, Rodriguez, and Barrios aren't there as said above. Fot me Logan Henderson is getting close to the top 100.

Another reliable starter or 2, doesn't need to be Crochet. We are so far behind the Dodgers and Phillies on overall and star talent that big adds won't do it. To win it all we need 4 consistent starters who can go 5-6 innings and not allow more than a couple runs. If the rotation can keep us in the game against the best lineups we have a chance. Fedde, Severino, Kuchchi, maybe Tyler Anderson, Quantrill, or a few others who can be reliable 3's.

I am OK with trading Joey but I hate trading low on a high potential player. I don't know if Joey at this point even gets Kopech or any decent rental pitcher. With the 40 roster crunch coming a trade would make sense maybe just for a stronger lotto ticket style player maybe in the mold of Di Turro just to save a roster spot.

Agree for the most part. I probably wouldn't trade Yophery, Bitonti, Letson, or Di Turi I feel like as 18 year olds (19 for Letson) those guys all have top 100 prospect upside. To trade them now seems like selling low.

Great point on some of the IF talent maybe moving to the OF. I was just thinking OF as a need to improve our minor league balance. I still think we take best players that fit our organizational goals and we can probably find some nice college bats that can push guys later(3rd or later).

It think that wouldn't be the worst. Can he play 3B? I think he might be best as a utility bench piece 5th OF/2B/3B. I still have some hope that Boeve or Wilken will be ready at 3B and then Ortiz at SS and Turang at 2B.

Wichrowski, Manfredi, Letson, Patrick, Cornielle probably a few others could be added as well. The pitching in our system has been amazing this year.

Hopefully we can add some nice OF talent in the draft that can move up quickly and help out those lower levels. It is nice to see that we have solid talent at every position and some spots where there are multiple talents there is versatility to move spots if need be. It would be nice to add some power bats as well but I can't complain about the draft athletes that are more hit over power strategy.

Not surprising. I would be surprised. if we trade anyone in the top 10 range of our prospects. What gets me is the term people familiar with the team. Does that mean fans or reporters. It kind of seems like there is no specific info here just speculation from the past.

Earlier in the year the Rockies or some reporter said that Ryan McMahon would be off-limits. I do think he would be a nice add that might not cost quite as much. He could play some 1st this year and then back to 3rd when we lose Willy. The amount he strikes out is a concern and getting a bat from Coors is always a risk. I wonder if we start making some fringe roster trades over the next week or two as our 40 man and OF become crowded.

I brought this up in the offseason and got massacred for it. Any chance we could have Mitchell learn some 1st (this offseason) and platoon with Rhys or Black next year. If Yeli is unwilling to try 1st maybe Mitchell goes there. It would be a waste to lose the OF defense but having a 1B who can steal 40 bases would be nuts. Add in Frelick platooning some at 2B/3B and there is pt for everyone. Yeli DH 80/LF 60 Chourio 102 LF/45 RF Mitchell 90 CF, 40 1B (or move these to Yeli) Sal 110 RF, 30 IF Perkins 72 CF (more when someone likely gets injured. A lineup like C-Contreras, 1B Black, 2B Turang, SS Ortiz, 3B Frelick, LF Chourio, CF Perkins, RF Mitchell, DH Yeli might be the fastest team in the history of the league. Maybe Sal just moves to 2B or 3B full time next year and makes it easy.

The Kopech Fedde trade would work for me. To get a starter like Kikuchi it is going to likely take a top ten prospect or 2 top 15-20 guys. I like Patrick but if we are giving Dallas Kuechel a shot over him our front office must have some major concerns. Dallas probably gets 1/2 more starts. Then Patrick will have DL Hall, Taylor Clarke, Carlos Rodriguez and Junis maybe Ross, Junk, and Ashby (hopefully not) on the 40 man who could get that spot or Misi or Henderson (probably to soon) who could make a jump from AA. Patrick would get a good shot in Chicago the rest of the year and I would rather trade him than a higher upside young guy. I am with you that I would give Patrick a chance before trading him. I am just not sure he gets that chance at this point.

The Jays would have to eat a bunch of Bassitt's contract for me to consider that. Bassitt has been good and that is probably fair value but I worry about him more next year as a 36 year old. For a smaller askig price and contract I would rather go Fedde that Bassitt. Kikuchi for 2 prospects like Blalock and Baez (maybe 3rd lesser piece) Fedde and Kopech for Boeve, Arienamo, and Chad Patrick

I didn't like that it was with William at bat. He is hitting like .350 with RISP. Just take 2nd and let Willy C. drive them in, I'm pretty sure he had 2 hits at that point. Part of my distaste for that is that we do it like every time we have 1st and 3rd with 2 outs. We are not fooling anyone with a halfway decent scouting department or in division rivals (or our ex head coach who knows how much Murph loves the little league plays). I don't know what the success rate is but it seems like 2 for 5 or 6, which isn't terrible.

I would guess he needs to get his average up to .260 or so to get back in the conversation. Jackson Merrill and Joey are hitting around ..280 with WAR'S over 2. Chourio at .241 with WAR around 1 has some ground to go. Scenes may be impossible to catch unless he gets hurt.

Any news on the Pratt injury? I would move Pratt to A+ and Bitonti to Carolina. That way there are still enough ab's for everyone.

Give it a couple weeks and the teams that are 5-7 below .500 will be 7-9 and become sellers quick. On top of that 5 or 6 teams that are within a couple games of .500 either way probably won't be buyers.