Harold's Leg Lift

or teams actually watched his last two starts and got James Shields vibes.

Catchers are always over drafted in the 1st round. They should draft a college catcher every year in the 3rd-7th round. Every. Year. That's where the majority of them come from. The very least they should do this year is take Drew Millas in the rule 5 draft.

They should shoot Grandal into the sun and sign a guy. Any guy.

Rick Hahn is having a really bad day.

Yikes. Losing Abreu is an enormous step backwards.

Exactly. They signed a guy who has zero chance of being as good as the guy was he's replacing. What else ya got, Hahn.

He's also going to be making his home starts at the G Rate instead of Petco.

The guy he's replacing wasn't a five and dive guy so they should at least sign a guy who will give them a better 5 innings than Clevenger is capable of giving.

Clevenger is at best a 5 and dive guy. With limited money to spend this move does very little to move the needle.

Anyone who gives Dombrowski "heat" for trading prospects to try to win the WS is unsmart.

correct

Sure they do and Reynolds is just one example. There's lots of good players they should be targeting.

I like the way you think.

I think they should try something new like getting a player that is actually good (Bryan Reynolds) instead of a player that is bad (Cody Bellinger) that they hope will be good but will likely remain bad.

Cole Kmet is unathletic.

Baseball players play baseball.

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Bellinger has to show he's finally willing to make an adjustment. He's been a crap hitter for 3 years and he'll continue to be a crap hitter if all he wants to do is take 3 daddy hacks and make a right turn. Why it took him to get dfa'd to finally realize he needs to change his approach is beyond me and probably a sign that he's happy doing what he's doing. If that's the case I hope he enjoys Oakland.

He's a black hole at a premium defensive position. He does less harm at 1B or DH.

He'll be part of the trade package for Mike Trout.

I have zero expectations.

Winker certinly fits the dead cat bounce guy you can get for fringe prospects profile. Hahn is so F'ing predictable.

Kyle Teel at Virginia is probably the top guy. Jack Payton (Mark's brother) at Louisville is unlikely to stick but he can really hit. Hope some guys pop up because it looks like a down year for catchers.