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  1. SF70
    The Pirates pitching is vastly underrated and has transformed them into team to be reckoned with. Playoffs probably not. 82 wins— quite possible. Keller and Oviedo have taken big-steps forward and with the age-less Rich Hill continuing to get outs and Roansey Contreras pitching like his stuff warrants, they have the makings of an average to maybe even an above average starting-staff. Collin Holderman has really exploded onto the scene and given the team a dominant set-up man for David Bednar. Duane Underwood & co are underrated middle-relievers as well. Then add their young, fast and talented positional players to that improved pitching-staff and suddenly you have a pretty good team.
  2. SF70
    Hoping to see Robert Gasser rotation sooner rather than later. He’s fully stretched, has whiff ability and is part of the post-Burnes/Woodruff rotation anyhow. A few more Nashville starts with improved stride-throwing should do the trick.
  3. SF70
    Doom & gloom, jeesh. Its a muscle injury, not structural, with a healing-time of 6-8 weeks. Add 4-5 weeks of ramp-up and even if it’s 13 weeks, he’s back before August. The team just needs to hang-in there until Woody’s back and should have a good opportunity to do so with getting Houser back soon and being able to add the likes of Gasser, Andrews and Uribe as the season moves along to strengthen the staff.
  4. SF70
    But it’s a sub scap strain, which is closer to a 3 month recovery including the stretch-out. Woodruff said if the injury had happened mid-season he probably wouldn’t have pitched again this season — so closer to 3 months.
  5. SF70
    I don’t think any of the 3 pitchers you mentioned are injured. Lauer’s velo has dropped before when his mechanics got out of whack, which is what I think is happening now. Bush, was babied in ST and still probably has to build-up arm strength. Strez’s velo isn’t down all that much and hopefully he gets it back with more innings.
  6. SF70
    The perfect storm of conditions. Mostly good hitting teams faced. Burnes K power down. Bush velo waaaay down. Big leads in at least 4 games has lead to the team being able to use their B relievers in those games. Strez velo down as well. Would love Gasser to spot start but, his lack of command right now is an issue. Same with Cousins, who’s SL in AAA gets the flail from minors hitters that he wouldn’t get from big-leaguers.
  7. SF70
    I like the Biloxi bullpen better. Uribe, Yeager, Middendorf, Thompson are a dynamic foursome that also could impact the big-club at varying points of the season. Even Chirino & Vannero with their increased velo have potential. Of the 4 arms you mentioned at Nashville I like Andrews the best. His left-handedness, 93-94mph deceptive FB/SL combo has me quite intrigued.
  8. SF70
    Absolutely. Seems everyone (CC/FO? being the possible exception) realizes this obvious what’s best for the player which in the long-run is best for the team fact. But in this case, with the maturity of these rookies it will most likely be better in the short-run as well.
  9. SF70
    Tod Johnson & co. have proven to be adept at what they do and I’m confident they will have their 4th great draft in a row. This team’s farm system, based on what Mitchell, Turang & Wiemer are showing the baseball world, is and has been, underrated, and is actually among the best in the game. My prediction’s will include hitting on their 1st round pick, adding a stud pitcher from the juco ranks, and drafting and signing more speed, defense and hit-tool positional prospects. Can’t wait to see who they add.
  10. SF70
    Amazing off-season re-vamp adding stuff-arms to, not just the 26-man, But the organization as a whole. This team is well stocked for not just this season, but for years to come.
  11. SF70
    Firstly, it’s Hiura with one r, secondly, the only mistake made by this FO with regards to Hiura was rostering him as long as they did. Never should have been tendered last fall.
  12. SF70
    The reliever arms this team has stacked at Biloxi & Nashville is extraordinary imo. Cousins, Miller, Yeager, Robinson, Peguero, Middendorf & Uribe are all legit stuff arms that could impact the big-club at some point this year. That’s not even including Gasser, who, imo, is poised to pitch out of the MKE pen post-S2 or even Small, if he can fix his release-point. This depth will imo, help strengthen the MKE bullpen as the season moves along. And if Ashby can get healthy and the team decides to pitch him out of the pen — jeesh.
  13. SF70
    The Cardinals are 1+ years ahead of us in position prospect development. Nootbar & Donovan have established. Walker & Burleson have pushed Yepez & Gorman back to Memphis with Wyn a possible call-up late in the year. O’Neil, Carlson, Edman, all in their prime, and then Goldschmidt & Arenado, who seem to have gotten better with age. Not close positionally.
  14. SF70
    The Cardinals are incredibly deep positionally. Agree Nootbar is ripe for a breakout and O’Neil a better year. Watching Arenado in the WBC and he seems primed to contend for an MVP. The positional advantage they have over us is greater than the pitching advantage we have over them. Also agree with owbc and see the Cardinals being willing to trade from their abundance of organizational positional depth at the deadline for pitching help if they need it.
  15. SF70
    When healthy, Miley has been a mid-rotation starter and if he continues his recent every other year healthy season, this rotation should be in good shape even with a regressing Lauer. Like what I’ve seen from Wilson & Gasser this spring. Gasser, imo, seems to be trusting his stuff more and back to being aggressive in the zone, unlike his SSS time at Nashville Wilson, as you’ve astutely pointed-out isn’t the same pitcher he was pre-August of last season. I’m hopeful he can continue to refine his arsenal and give the team an effective hybrid out of the bullpen.
  16. SF70
    I think Woody is poised to have his best year, a CY-caliber season. His CH has improved to a near-elite level, if not elite, imo, and with that his confidence vs LHH has skyrocketed. After watching him this ST, I’ve flipped to the extend Woody crowd, provided they can get it done for a Castillo-like deal, including the TJ protection.
  17. SF70
    Which is what I said in my OP and the only plan the players would accept. Unfortunately, baseball financially, moves at a glacial pace and we are likely a generation of time or more from ever realizing this obvious solution to the future stability of the game. Between now and then, we’ll have to suffer through superficial remedies in attempting to improve competitive-balance like adding 2 more playoff teams, giving the small-market teams more draft-picks, more draft-pool money etc. What baseball reality needs is another “Bud Selig” type small-market owner with the salesmanship and consensus-building skills to convince the 3 or 4 large-market owners needed to make this plan a reality. This is baseball’s only hope to remain relevant a generation or two from now.
  18. SF70
    Teams need to share more of their revenue among teams with a salary floor. This is the only plan with a chance to get the players approval that also helps competitive-balance, imo. Keep the CBT, but make the penalties stiffer in an attempt to curb outlier spending.
  19. SF70
    This has to be Yelich’s last year playing the OF for this team doesn’t it? With Mitchell already in the big-Leagues, Frelick & Wiemer knocking at the BL door, with a potential superstar rocketing his way to the majors, not to mention TT, all of which are far superior defenders, shouldn’t the team be thinking of moving Yelich to 1B next year? I suppose they could trade an OF next offseason or at the trade-deadline but would that really be the smart move? Personally I like the thought of having 3 GG-type OF’s manning our OF for the next half-decade or longer, but maybe that’s just me.
  20. SF70
    Ok, I reluctantly have to agree with you. Lots of I’ll-informed fans out there, and idiotic media.
  21. SF70
    Then we might as well hold Burnes for the WAR he provides and the draft-pick because 1 year of control traded next offseason isn’t returning what we would need to give-up his WAR in a season we will still be contending. Same with Woody/Adames. Deadline trades or hold.
  22. SF70
    Burnes has made the deadline trade easier, PR-wise, because of how he bashed the team over arbitration. I’m of the belief a Burnes trade next offseason won’t net near the return of a deadline trade due to teams desire to trade their best prospects not being there because they can add FA talent instead. I’m also of the belief this team will contend for a championship in ‘23 & ‘24, provided they have 2 of the big 3 retained for the picks and can get a Burnes return that can improve the team in 2024 and beyond, also allowing for the team to improve the rotation next offseason thru FA. Not having Burnes post-deadline including playoffs will hurt, but a hopeful healthy Ashby can mitigate somewhat along with a Gasser that should also be ready to rotation later in the year. A trade-deadline return for Burnes should be franchise altering and add enough high-end controllable talent to make it worth the temporary bad PR from some fans.
  23. SF70
    That’s where I was at as well, but Burnes’s calculated “tantrum” vs the team after his arby hearing has me now wanting him gone, and the beautiful thing about a deadline trade is the team can pick the best overpay and that should be enough to sustain the playoff contention window and keep the team from having to reload/rebuild. This team can still contend for a title without Burnes in ‘23 & ‘24. They have enough SP, post-deadline, headlined by Woodruff/Peralta with Miley/Lauer/Houser/Wilson/Gasser as well. Holding on to Woodruff & Adames in ‘24, while adding 2 core players from the Burnes trade, and having the financial-flexibility to add a nice FA starter on a 2-5 year deal makes this team stronger in ‘24 than with Burnes. That’s my opinion and I’m going to stick with it.
  24. SF70
    Yeah, if I’m running things, and we have a healthy rotation this July, I’m trading Burnes for the best return I can get, which should be more than what Cincinnati got for Castillo. i’m then holding Woody & Adames for the 4-5 WAR seasons they each get me and the draft-picks, so I can still try to go win a title in ‘23 &’24. A stud BLR starter & a stud BLR positional from Burnes added to the dynamic positional prospect talent at the ready, should extend the teams contention ability indefinitely.
  25. SF70
    I get that, and it is frustrating, but like with Hiura, I don’t see the team keeping Frelick in Nashville until S2, just to gain the extra arby year.
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