And love the two pickups to the rotation already, even though I cannot believe Keukel is getting guys out and giving up no run games.
Great no/low risk trades that are needed!!
I love having a great minor league system, but I think the fan base expects the team to try when we get into July six games up. I hope we trade at areas of depth and get a playoff game caliber starter and a rotation piece for next year.
Adames is a cleanup hitter with a 755 career OPS. Glad he was on fire for a third of the year, but his normal spot on a good team is 7th. Hoskins career OPS is .833…still have hope for him.
Before this series, I was content with a 3-4 road trip…not happy, but content. Really tough to win 3 of 4 anywhere. Now it’s a bad road trip with no wins in LA, a contented one with a win in LA, and a great road trip if we win the series in LA.
Murphy talked about giving Frelick starts at 3B before the season. This is not far-fetched. Regular? No. Kinda like with Black at first. And it looks like he is 5’10” again…not 6’0”.
I think we are very close to that point of whether he opts in or out. If you double his same stats for the second half, I still think he opts out. Also, he could play worse and still opt out with a few big hits in the postseason.
I think he needs to play worse and/or get injured for him to opt in.
My guess is that several B prospects and an A would be needed to get Scherzer. Can’t see him going for less than a small haul with several teams likely interested.
I have no idea how we deal with the rotation/bullpen when several guys come back from injuries….Williams, Koenig, Hall. Bukauskas.
Rob Z is likely gone. Pegeuro and Milner can be optioned, but can hardly see that happening…..have interesting decisions/phantom injuries to come.
Super move…
TB saved 2.4 million and they get a low prospect they like? Sounds reasonable for a small market.
Brewers get a maybe quality SP for 2024 (and 2025 if they so choose for 4ish mil), don’t have to give up a top prospect, get him in early July, and possibly fills a weakness in the rotation.