BackDoorBreach

I think this is going to be a big year in determining what we actually have in the farm system. If we can turn some of these kids into legitimate prospects we could start dealing. Next years FA class looks pretty shit I agree. Hopefully we can flip some of these kids for a TOR arm.

Can we stop with this meme? He costs a pick and wants 4 years. It makes no sense.

Some of these comments are hilariously over blown. It's a minor league deal that won't start a service time clock on anybody young if we have injurues. Yikes

Why are we still doing the Keuchel bit? He costs a draft pick and wants 4 years. He makes zero sense.

This makes a lot more sense than 100 million with only 1 year of FA control. Still would have liked to take 2 FA years but this is still a good deal for both sides. He's going to be starting with the big club now at least.

He's also gotten better every year he's pitched in the Majors. Lopez is one of my least concerns.

I kind of want to just simulate this season and see who is panning out. This is a pretty big year for a lot of the farm kids + Yoan/Lopez/Gio/TA/Fulmer. It's going to be a lot of shitty baseball but as long as our "key" young guys are improving the season could still be a success.

I'm actually less excited for this draft than I should be. Taking a right handed 1B or another SS with not great hit tools seems meh for the 3rd pick. Ruschman would be nice but I doubt he's there.

I don't think those are realistic trades for Kimbrel.

He costs a pick and he wants 4 years. Hard pass

"Reporters report facts". Boiiiiiii

I'm with most here that this reported deal doesn't really make sense right now. The math is weird and he hasn't even taken a pitch yet.

After losing out on Machado, there isn't any reason to go after other FA's, at least this year. We are going to have 2 more top 5 picks including this year and still have a lot of talent to evaluate in the farm system. It is literally pointless for them to go after the Marwins , Keuchels, Adam Jones' that were out there. Let them suck and get young guys more ABs and innings.

Wow, just had to Next the last 3 pages without reading anything. And to throw my hat into the ring, high heat is 100% more difficult to make contact on than low. Dropping the bat head vs elevating your hands to make contact is faster. Idk how this is even being debated.

They also extended Nola, which is pretty impactful going forward.