Things can change quick, of course. Maybe an innings eater type though. I think it’s tough to be the upside of what they already have. Obviously, Skubal has been talked about. I don’t want them to give up what people think it’s going to cost. It shouldn’t be anymore than what the Brewers got back for the Burnes trade.
Honestly, yes. Get guys healthy and pitching right, I don’t think you’ll find much better. Sproat is borderline unhittable the first time through the lineup. He’s starting to figure out how to pitch deeper into games. Gasser is starting to figure things out too. Continue that trend and get healthy. Find bats.
Turang was going to be the shortstop over Ortiz until his arm issues came up. Williams could go to 2nd, Ortiz 3rd, Turang short (I don’t think that will happen, but easily as realistic as anything else right now).
Well since there has been internal turn over in the past few years I’m sure teams have tried.
How pitchers perform isn’t quantifiable? Brewers pretty consistently grab some dude with a 6.00 era, tweak some things and send them out to have a career. There are other organizations who do it well too. Simply rank them. Just like any other rankings list there are differing opinions. Or is there one top 100 list that is 100% accurate? If so, send it over please! Could simply ask players who have been in organizations with and without questions about the differences too.
Well that means he was held down, no? Lol. Williams is not plan A (He could become plan A if he’s put on the 40 man roster). Plan A, I’d imagine, is Ortiz SS, Turang 2nd, Mitchell CF. One has to bad or get hurt and Williams might get called up. Similar to how plan A failed and Durbin got called up. I think we are on the same page here. I’m incredibly confused!
It’d be awesome if he forced his way on the roster out of spring, but he’s not on the 40 man and he’s had 130 ABs in AAA. They can leave him off the 40 man, give Ortiz (and others like Lockridge) until the super 2 date and reevaluate. Even Durbin they waited on and there was a much clearer path for him at 3rd last spring (I think Durbin may have been banged up in spring, but don’t remember though).
And that’s where we’ll never agree. There’s years of penny pinching from these two franchises - otherwise one wouldn’t be moving and one wouldn’t have a whole fanbase calling Mark A cheap. One year of signing the players you mentioned is questionable at best. Those were minimal contracts to get the MLBPA off their back. These franchises go to arbitration with players for hundreds of thousands (nothing according to this thread) because that money adds up to, sometimes, their biggest free agent signing for the year.
That’s fair. Although I’d add let’s wait till FA kicks in for smaller market teams to see if this is a trend or one year to avoid getting in trouble as the other commenter pointed out. They did a lot in the minor league rule 5 and have a couple smaller signings.