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If they could get him to make better swing decisions, they'd have a CF with a lot of speed. As it is, he profiles as a utility dude. FanGraphs - New York Mets Top 45 Prospects | FanGraphs Baseball 9. Luisangel Acuña, 2B Video Signed: July 2nd Period, 2018 from Venezuela (TEX) Age 23.3 Height 5′ 8″ Weight 181 Bat / Thr R / R FV 45 Tool Grades (Present/Future) Hit Raw Power Game Power Run Fielding Throw 30/40 50/55 30/45 60/60 50/60 45 Originally signed by Texas and then traded for future Hall of Famer Max Scherzer at the 2023 deadline, Acuña made his big league debut in 2024 and was essentially the team’s everyday second baseman this year, with the occasional rep at shortstop or third base, before he was sent down just before list publication. He graduates from rookie status projecting as a good utilityman. Acuña’s best swings are blazingly fast for an athlete his size, though he’s sometimes out of control and pulls off a ton of soft stuff away from him to generate all that power. He has an inside-out approach and tends to only be able to spray fastballs to the opposite field. He’ll likely hit for less game power than he has raw because of his approach. On a contender, he has the offensive skill set of a luxury utilityman. Acuña came up as a shortstop and has experience all over the diamond, but at the big league level, he has mostly played second base. In anticipation of the infield logjam ahead of him, both the Rangers (Seager and Semien) and Mets (Lindor and McNeil) gave Acuña some center field reps during the past couple of seasons, though barely any in 2025. When he last saw frequent action out there (2024), he looked pretty good despite having not played the position for very long. He’s much more comfortable breaking right than left, and has plus closing speed. While his hands can be clumsy, Acuña has the arm for any infield position; his exchange can be a little slow, but his pure arm strength is plus. He projects into a Dylan Moore sort of utility role.

MLBTR reiterates the softness in the CF market. Latest On Center Field Market - MLB Trade Rumors

SoxMachine takes a crack at Passan's guessing that Robert has a 60% chance of being traded A miserable free agent market could provide a boost to Luis Robert Jr. trade talks - Sox Machine

I don't know. I'm going to guess that Getz feels he can do better than Vasil in the rotation, and that Vasil is more valuable as a bullpen arm.

SoxMachine clocks in... Looking overseas for rotation help, White Sox sign Anthony Kay to two-year deal - Sox Machine

yes. Getz threw cold water on starter talk.

The tragedy of Mason Adams' TJS is that he was probably going to supplant Jon Cannon in the rotation to start 2025. Now they have Burke/Cannon/Davitt competing for 2 slots with McDougal/Schultz right behind them, and then Bush/Thorpe/Adams in June/July. I could also see a bunch of guys who haven't bought their plane tickets to Korea yet getting mop-up face time in March.

RotoGraphs took a look at Kay and made some comps back in October: Mining the News (10/29/25) | RotoGraphs Fantasy Baseball Here are the MLB results for his comps. His 7.6 K/9 with a “high” 2.4 BB/9 limits his upside. Anthony Kay’s MLB Comps Name Season Age IP K/9 BB/9 HR/9 ERA SIERA WHIP Nick Martinez 2022 31 106 8.0 3.5 1.3 3.47 4.03 1.29 Hisashi Iwakuma 2012 31 125 7.3 3.1 1.2 3.16 3.85 1.28 Naoyuki Uwasawa 2024 30 4 6.8 4.5 0.0 2.25 4.89 1.00 Luis F. Castillo 2025 30 7 6.4 9.0 0.0 7.71 6.75 2.71 Kodai Senga 2023 30 166 10.9 4.2 0.9 2.98 4.00 1.22 Ryota Igarashi 2010 31 30 7.4 5.3 1.2 7.12 4.50 1.55 Kohei Arihara 2021 28 40 5.3 2.9 2.4 6.64 5.39 1.43 Robbie Erlin 2022 31 2 4.5 4.5 4.5 9.00 5.73 1.50 Shun Yamaguchi 2020 32 25 9.1 6.0 2.1 8.06 5.09 1.75 Yusei Kikuchi 2019 28 161 6.5 2.8 2.0 5.46 5.17 1.52 Kenta Maeda 2016 28 175 9.2 2.6 1.0 3.48 3.69 1.14 Average 30.0 76.6 7.4 4.4 1.5 5.39 4.83 1.49 Median 30.0 40.2 7.3 4.2 1.2 5.46 4.89 1.43

Lopez was coming off a season where he put up basically league average 1.8 bWAR. Brebbia was coming off of a very good year with the Giants. Neither were bad gambles to hold down a spot on a team that was a smoldering ruin when Getz took over. Fedde was a similar signing, and Anthony Kay falls into that box. There's just not a lot of payroll flexibility, and there are spots to fill. The ones that work out look like genius. The ones that don't, well, you're all over those. You know what the strategy is. Reinsdorf has debt, and they're not spending until the new player agreement is in place. I see them making moves that would put them around 75+ wins.

Lighting money on fire. They should have paid Cease $30M a year.

Cheap. $2M.

Obviously. A CPS is an accountant.

I was a Realtor. It gets capitalized to denote that one adheres to their code of ethics and more importantly, pays dues to the NAR. They don't need to add "certified" in front. "Realtor" is what it is. I don't understand your CPA comment. They are accountants. It's right there in their designation - Certified Public Accountant.

Realtor is a trademarked name. A Realtor is a member of the National Association of Realtors. It gets capitalized.

I think the guys with pedigree are already going to be priced out of our range. Teams like the Giants are already announcing they're going to be shopping in the lower-mid range, which means 6 other teams will be right with them, and they'll all bid the $5M/1 guys up to $18M/2.

Garfien/Merkin podcast. Not a lot of info, 10 questions that they don't really give any concrete answers to. CHSN Podcasts | Instagram, Facebook, TikTok | Linktree

Getz has a ridiculous budget. I'm not sure what you want him to do. You keep bring up this "lighting money on fire" argument - Lopez was replacement level. Without him, Zach Remillard is your opening day starter.

The Rays aren't a rebuilding team digging out from the "worst evah" crater.

Another nonsense ESPN listicle about trade targets and who could be involved. McDaniel/Passan give Robert a 60% chance of being traded: 2025-26 MLB offseason: Ranking players who could be traded - ESPN

FutureSox clocks in on their lists of who might the Sox lose, and who could they pick up in the Rule 5. 2025 Chicago White Sox Rule 5 Draft Preview -

Bravo.