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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).

Wow... this is old, but I feel like it's just as valid now as it ever has been. Dinges catching everyday(or even 70% of the time=Top 50 prospect. Dinges as a DH... MAYBE a corner OFer=Organizational depth. I hope he can get healthy. He changes the outlook if he can become an average defensive catcher.

His hitting at the end of the last year? A ~100 AB sample size after being moved up in his age 18 season to HiA? If that was an issue, it was immediately rectified this year when he was raking at HiA. The depth is... hardly a concern. He's a 2B, he's in highA. He'll probably be in AA next year(if there's a AA) and IF all goes well for the 20 year old, AAA in '28... at which point, Turang could be on his way out. The getting sick at 2nd on the field twice this year is... something. Not sure it's a whole lot given they did all the tests and watching him, he just looked like he felt sick(the look when you're dehydrated and you drink too much at once... was what it looked like to me, but I'm not MD, but they did get him back on the field) and the hamstring is... really nothing for a prospect. He hasn't really raised his value, but I feel like there's ONE issue and that was the "passing out," and the way it was described, at least the 2nd time, was very dramatic.

I would be very surprised if Baseball America ranks 40 players above Jett Williams from this draft. MLB.com MIGHT rank 17 guys higher. Baseball Prospectus would have to put about 60 players from this draft into the top 100 for him to get knocked out. I don't think it's at all a certainty.

It seems like every report out there has answered this with regard to the Astros(as well as their Owners statements repeatedly year over year, this year, and the fact that they're getting their ace back, Hader and again, several other key players and are 1.5 games out). Note-They're not 3 games under .500... despite getting back to even after a few big late wins last week.

Yes, this is EXACTLY the issue. There's also the Astros own words that they're not selling(which kinda falls into the "we don't know which teams are selling, but as I said when they were 10-12 under .500, it's unlikely to be them). But Adamczewski, Hardin... put them on the table for Ryan? I'm 100% on board. Ideally I'd like to add a bat, but I don't think that's likely. Made may legitimately be the best possible bat we can add unless other teams fall off and agree to sell at the limited positions I see it being likely we'd add that would have an actual impact. Jose Ramirez would again be that dream target(for... the 9th year running) but then you have to decide if his reported unhappiness was true AND you're taking on 110M probably, giving up Pena and... I don't think he'd have been traded and either way, all are now moot as he's hurt. So... adding a bat seems like a very difficult move this season. A RHed bat is apparently the most sought after skill set among competitors... which makes sense if you look at most of the teams. LAD, ATL, NYY, us, most have pretty good rotations, many are LHed heavy. Not sure who we'd target though.

Nobody's stopping you from doing the very same thing Sveum does and looking into this.

I feel like he needs to pick a lane. I'd say they should be dumping salary/contracts and adding all the prospects they can. Trading Sproat... I think that's going to look terrible in the long run... Will Cohen give him the time though? These half measures? Signing Devin Williams? If you're going to sign a closer, sign the best or don't spend. Give Champman money or... Diaz as they point out. But did one Brewers fan think that Williams signing would work? If you're going to spend, realize you're goign to end up with bad contracts on the bad end and that's just part of it, and don't let the Mets Ryan Howard leave(I realize Howard led them to a WS so it's not the exact same, but I think it's close). Stearns just feels a little lost as a guy who came up as a small market GM playing with big dollars. To that point, I don't have a problem with signing Soto or Skubal after this year. Just if you spend, make it count, don't spend it on...Devin Williams.

This was in response to you saying they traded him because of Skiles... who explicitly states he wouldn't have traded him and these comments are from his rookie year when he missed most of camp. If they'd have traded him at that point... it would have been particularly egregious. 20, lottery pick, traded for a rental. Yeah... sure. This entire exchange started when someone said they feared this would be like our "last Tennessee reach Tobias."

He's not a good fielder at 1B... I do not want to see him at 3B for a month.

... from how hard he has thrown the baseball... via Baseball America. That's where. Now can YOU tell me where you're getting AA and AAA are "lower levels" of the minors? We haven't eliminated LowA(or HiA)... or the roookie leagues, DSL yet. So they seem higher up, but I'll google it!

Houston... as they've said they're not going to sell and they're going to be buying. Also... Paredes has hit more than 20 HRs in a season one time... which isn't bad, wouldn't mind him, but like I said when they were 11 under, they've been there before, they usually get back into it and the weak AL is making it easier than before. They also have a whole starting rotation on it's way back, let by their ace Hunter Brown. So... doubt they'll sell. "No chance" on Yordan when he could bring back the largest in-season package in a LONG time outside Soto, same on Pena when he's got the same team control as Paredes. Being a late round pick is ... really bad reason to trade a player. And AA/AAA... not really low level+... and of course, I don't think 10K per 9 is suddenly the cut off for "finesse" pitchers. 9.8, finesse, if he gets to 10.0 is he a strike out pitcher? Of course his stuff would play up just fine out of the pen. 97+ with a good slider and good command.