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Ah... that's right. I was thinking of Adams/Wilken.

Man, talk about a kings ransom. But not while he's throwing 94. I think right now his value would be where Soto's was when he got traded. Three years with Mis... we should be able to keep Made as well in theory, but the Pirates wouldn't trade with us. The pen also takes a huge leap as you have Sproat throwing maybe 2 innings out of the pen, maybe his stuff ticks up, Henderson, same thing.

I see them as insurance for each other. One of the two hits, we're good. They both hit... we'll have to find ABs for Burke the next couple years until he can take over at DH(by then maybe someone else steps in)... but I'd be in no rush to get rid of either one. I'd say Fischer is far more likely to be the 1B of the future though. The RHer in Fischer and the lefty in Burke.

Oh, ok. I thought he popped the bunt up. That makes sense. I was sure he popped it up(I'm not watching super close). Really thought I saw that rare circumstance where everyone misses the obvious like Colorado in the early 90s getting 5 downs to get a 1st down... but nope, just didn't realize Pratt didn't pop it up.

Pratt popped up the bunt. Bauers was thrown out because it was a safety squeeze. The play before the pitcher didn't get over to 1B and Perdomo didn't throw the ball. We HAD an out at 2B. And Ortiz struck out...

And people on Twitter are freaking out that he pinch hit for Frelick, one of the hottest hitters when you had Pratt and Hamilton(or Ortiz) coming up. But can someone correct me here... I feel like I'm going crazy, did the Brewers not make 4 outs last inning? Vaughn grounded into a FC. Pratt hit into a Double play And then Ortiz struck out...

Skubal was never our biggest "need," nor is BP help. BUT... in lieu of another bat, you take a strength and make it overwhelming. The Dodgers could have beaten us with a mediocre offense last year... and they had Betts, Ohtani, Freeman, Smith, Muncy... now the best player on the team we played in the NLDS. As for the REAL Sproat, I am as bullish as anyone. I've said I'd rather trade Henderson and... understandably whoever it was that replied to me said they didn't even think it was close. One has struggled while the other has been remarkably consistent... and consistently good. But I don't think you can count on any true consistently dominant version of Sproat. I'd be more than happy for him to step into the Chad Patrick role and just give us a dominant pen(when he's on, or because he only has to pitch to 3-6 batters. Skubal/Misiorowski/Harrison/Woodruff->Ashby->Sproat->Uribe->Megill. That's more than we need, but that's a helluva formula in the post-season and probably more than we need. But that would be an ideal setup. End of the day, it's going to come down to our core. We cannot win if Turang, Contreras, Yelich, Chourio, Vauhgn, Bauers... and Frelick are all contributing(I'm a bit reticent to add Mitchell, as I don't trust him, but he's been getting it done). I just don't see who will be available you could slide in there. Taylor Ward? He'll likely be more expensive than he should be.... .283/.364/.464 and .827 OPS vs LHP You play matchup's perhaps? It's difficult as I think this team is REALLY good, but they're lacking and the two most obvious area's we need to improve, SS/3B.. we have so many players on their way up... it's hard to trade for a position where you have 7-8 prospects either up or in the pipeline and there's really no other position where there's a substantial upgrade. So, again, we're back to making a strength and overwhelmingly dominant strength... not that I'd pay, I don't even know if the Tigers trade him, the logic though, that's easy enough to understand.

I know... I was being a bit hyperbolic and you may be younger or maybe it wasn't as well known as I thought, but a certain Left Handed CF'er who was... pretty well known in some circles was 6'3, robbed a HR or 20, hit for power... was a 1st rd pick out of HS from Moeller HS... and for some reason, it was REALLY well known and talked about quite often({I guess the trade to the Reds). And I understand this is like comparing... Dinges to Ivan Rodriguez or... ya know, any prospect to a player he will almost never come close to, but I see SOME comparisons and if his hit tool/plate discipline can reach 50 and the power is legit, with his speed... you can dream on what he could become. His value may actually be capped by having Lara in CF and him most likely moving to LF due to his arm strength(or lack thereof). Anyway, that's what I was saying(not very clearly apparently).

I know this will not be popular, but I'm looking at Tyler Black as the obvious replacement right out of the gate next year. Not as much pop, but he's a very similar player. You want a LF/1B/DH who hits LHed? I think Black can be a .280/.360/.400 type player with 10-15 HRs and 20 SBs. But he won't have the power and I may be generous with the HR total if he's playing limited time. You are omitting Burke who I think could slide in and be a very good hitter relatively early, but if nothing else a nice power hitter who draws walks early on. Even if it's only ~.220/.300 with some pop. And then Willken I think still deserves a mention, but he does not look good right now. I think he can turn it around.

If he was a RHed hittter, he'd be one of the most valuable position players on the market. As it stands... I think he'd be in the top 15. We're... not a great offensive team... it makes zero sense to trade a player like that. You're NOT going to get a top 100 prospect, probably not an average systems top 10 prospect and we have sooo many prospects at every position. But hey, if Seattle wants to trade Kade Anderson, Jake Bauers is all theirs, but I wouldn't shop them. I would actually prefer to see him and Vaughn play more to be honest. I don't care about his splits this year, I think he's the type of threat we need, but I'm not a 2X MOY... but at most, I'd trade Mitchell or Frelick(preferably Mitchell since I've said if he has a healthy year, sell high and replace with Lara) if you could get a better hitter with less control. I have zero thoughts on who that may be, but I'm thinking a Randy Arozerana type. Selling offense with this staff though? The exact opposite of what we need to be doing.

Pena for Skubal would be needlessly overpaying. Also, who is he blocked by? He's in HiA. Next year, if there's a next year, Turang will have 2 years left, he'll be in AA. The following year, he'll be in AAA, Turang will have a year left. You can trade Turang or keep Turang.... and play Pena as a utlity player before sliding him over to 2B. Or he could play 3B. But I'm pretty sure the top 20 prospect isn't going to be blocked.

And this is the poster that was saying the same things about Brice Turang.

Payne's now on the board(at least BAs). Seems kinda obvious now. 6'2 lefty with 70 speed hitting for that type of power. Did he go to Moeller High School in Cincy by the way or am I confusing him with someone else? And yes, not only are they lapping the field, the fact that Frias is showing up on BAs list is... pretty incredible. He's just getting started!

That's awesome. Has to be a very difficult field for a women to break into(like being an NFL coach or any male dominated field like this). That said... I'm a little torn. A women? Cool. Not going to say much about our scouting right now. All cylinders are firing... But a Ginger?

Nope. He's at the lower levels and is a finesse pitcher(unless he's gone from 9.8 to 10K per 9).