poppysox

He's "one" of our all stars.

I always liked Avi accept his time on the DL. With Avi you probably get more offense and with Hayward a lot more defense. Hayward is 29 year old which doesn't make him old. Excellent defense and has rediscovered some semblance of what he once was offensively. I was suggesting a Cubs deal probably could fit both teams if Hayward could be had at discount. Dye was available to us for similar circumstances when slow recovering from an injury while with Oakland. Dye and Hayward always reminded me a bit of each other. A pitcher like Colome would be attractive to our friends on the Northside.

This is a rare moment...I agree with everything you said.

With all due respect...Jerry Reinsdorf is worth over 1.5 Billion. Do you really think he made that amount of money by being a weak leader. I don't like all the results but to call guys like Reinsdorf lacking the guts to make decisions just isn't reasonable.

We need decent arms and some teams have an abundance of outfielders who might look good in right field. We no longer need every deal to be for prospects.

Why is it so hard to find a "good" bullpen pitcher when you need one?

Hayward at a discount might be available for our right field opening.

Good summation of where we are and what is ahead. Ricky has just recently become a large concern. Just like the Cubs...he's good with getting from point A to B but might not be the guy to take us to the promise land.

The Abreu and Colome decisions will be interesting to follow. Both players could be part of the rebuilt contender. Also, both players qualify as our biggest available trade chips. I would imagine other teams will make these decisions for us. No reason to deal either player just to be making a deal. However, now is probably the time of greatest return as apposed to the off season. I am 50-50 on what way I want it to go but if we trade... I want something in the form of major league ready players. Time to start pulling that contender together at the major league level this off season.

You said it well...I agree 100%

Their happy...just having a hard time showing it.

Yeah...we shouldn't use any of that triple crown crap to judge players.

Gonna be happening very soon. Keep the faith.

Anderson-Rodon-Collins-Madrigal don't particularly scream terrible to me.

Well...I didn't say anything about meatheads.?

The sooner he gets here the sooner he gets those rookie butterflies behind him. He, Gio & Kopech are going to dominate once they get acclimated to the league.

In other words...Hahn has done several very nice trades.

Amen!

It's a plan...lets do it.

You're giving me chills.

That would be a good bet.

And he hasn't cut up any uniforms.

Yes that's true but reinforcements are coming next year. Gio, Kopech & Cease will be mucho fun to watch.

He pitches with nice an easy control of the situation. Looks calm and in charge.

Ricky makes the normal guy decision to bring in Bummer...I'm proud of him for not out thinking himself.