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  1. wallus
    Pitcher with options? Send him to the lab.
  2. wallus
    We went from just a few lefties to tons of them.
  3. wallus
    Good trade for the Sox
  4. wallus
    No, he won't opt out. His defense is already not phenomenal and there have been a few questions about his age. The Mets will be stuck with him.
  5. wallus
    According to Robert Murray, we are looking at catching options. I imagine we would DH William a lot more in this scenario which wouldn't be my first option. I am guessing we are looking a ton of different options to cheaply help out the team. None of these guys should be expensive. Among the catchers drawing interest at the Winter Meetings include Yasmani Grandal, James McCann and Tucker Barnhart, among others, sources say. Among the teams in the catching market include the Pittsburgh Pirates, Milwaukee Brewers, San Diego Padres, Boston Red Sox and the Athletics. Yas against RHP in 2024: .747 OPS Haase against LHP (career, too few ABs in 2024): .743
  6. wallus
    Hall is still a question mark but Ortiz will likely make the trade worth it by himself
  7. wallus
    Maybe but he was non tendered by a team that needs bullpen help and was a dumpster fire last season.
  8. wallus
    Thinking about this more, I think our interest is real. We really only "need" one starter at 3B/SS/2B in the near future assuming Turang and Ortiz at least stay at the levels they are at now and into the future. So as of now, we have Made, Pratt, Boeve, Wilken, Arienamo, Adams, Bitonti, etc that are possibilities that could play at least one of those positions. We also have a ton of picks this year. I do not have as much confidence in our starting pitching options this year and especially next year. In 2026, we have Peralta, Myers, hopefully Gasser, hopefully Mis, maybe Hall or Ashby? We have a few other interesting options in the minors but not like our infield options by any means. Crochet is cheap this year and next year. He also mentioned being open to an extension at the trade deadline which may be our angle on trading for him and adding a few years of control on him. The strength of the White Sox minor leagues is pitching so they maybe might not value Mis as much. Brewers get: Crochet (BTV 53.4) White Sox get: Pratt (BTV 19.7), Frelick (BTV 21.4), and Uribe (BTV 7.5)
  9. wallus
    Mis could be the headliner but I am not trading Pratt or Made for a guy with only 2 years of control.
  10. wallus
    Poverty franchise
  11. wallus
    I am more optimistic on this off-season than most. We need to replace the WAR of Adames, Bauers and Sanchez offensively. I think Haase has a chance to give us about what Sanchez did (0.2 WAR) so I won't include him here. Adames (3.1 WAR) Bauers (-0.4 WAR) Assuming we trade Williams, I have confidence that we can replace that production within our budget this off-season.
  12. wallus
    If they ask for Oliver Dunn, no deal!!
  13. wallus
    Isn't 5 years and 100 million the running joke around here?
  14. wallus
    Happy for Willy, no way we should have paid anything close to this to keep him
  15. wallus
    Well pretty much most options are better than Baty. I would prefer someone that doesn't suck. Tyler Black is not a 3B.
  16. wallus
    I'd much rather have Perkins than Baty
  17. wallus
    A guy like that should absolutely take that kind of contract. Odds of him getting traded to a contender at some point is relatively high.
  18. wallus
    Trading for Williams does little to help the Rangers lower payroll which would be most of the reason for them to trade Lowe.
  19. wallus
    There are enough options to pickup a third baseman that you put Ortiz at shortstop and leave Turang at second
  20. wallus
    Luis Severino to the..... A's? 3 years, 67 million
  21. wallus
    I think Lowe is a decent target. I might be on an island in that I want Hoskins to be the primary DH this season and to bring in a 1B. I like that Lowe does not need to be platooned, especially with the good defense. He also has been durable which is important to a team like the Brewers. Due to salary, Lowe would be a guy that would maybe make sense for this season and the next. He would be too expensive to make it past that most likely. The trade that works is Lowe (8.2 BTV) for Payamps (3.9 BTV) Joel was 7.2 not long ago so that was kind of a big drop. Payamps can be a high leverage reliever for them and they can save about 6 million. If Texas wants a prospect in the 18-25 range as well, so be it.
  22. wallus
    This is pretty great for a few reasons. One, I have never heard of Ernie Clement but he had an interesting 2024. He doesn't walk but he did have a few homers sneak over the fence. He hits RHP better than LHP so he isn't really a platoon guy. I think he would be fine as a cheap first off of the bench guy. Horwitz is absolutely a platoon 1B/DH at this point but at least it's on the strong side. Defensively he is a little below average/average but I have confidence he would be better than Hoskins there moving forward. I like him as a cheap 2 WAR guy under control for a few years. A tweak I would make is include Payamps instead of Peguero just for control reasons but wouldn't say no for that reason alone. After this, I would sign Moncada and Grichuck to round out the roster. Grichuck would be a nice LHP platoon DH guy/corner outfielder. This team would fit under budget. I would find a way to trade Frelick in this scenario. Lineup Chourio (RF) Yelich (LF) Contreras (C) Horwitz/Hoskins (1B) Hoskins/Grichuk (DH) Mitchell (CF) Moncada (3B) Ortiz (SS) Turang (2B) Bench: Haase, Clement, Grichuk, Perkins
  23. wallus
    If all you have to use is fielding percentage, then you don't have a strong argument. From Baseball America: "Defensively, Foscue does not have the range, mobility or arm strength to stick up the middle or at third base." https://www.baseballamerica.com/players/8618-justin-foscue/#:~:text=Defensively%2C Foscue does not have,platoon partner for Nathaniel Lowe.
  24. wallus
    Braun also played 3B but that doesn't mean he should have. Foscue is a 1B/DH
  25. wallus
    The Yankees would just sign Walker versus trading for Hoskins. Hoskins likely is near untradeable after his 2024 season.
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