poppysox

Apparently a good night to rest McCann.

Lopez will come out for the 8th on a short leach I presume.

I'm on that side as well

Half of us will say hell yes. Half of us will say are you nuts.

YoYo showing what he's capable of. We're going to see a lot of this for years to come.

Have to give Lindor his due. He's good.

Folks need to learn to disagree without being disagreeable.

He has for sure missed some balls & strikes.

We already have 3 guys with TOR stuff. We already have a top catcher and Collins looks like his time is now. Madrigal is your 2 nd baseman but might need to go outside if more time is needed. Right field is covered if Robert makes the club. Most question I have would be Madrigal & Robert but I'm in the group who move them faster. I'm not at all against trades or free agency. Just trying to show where are floor is.

Lopez working at a nice pace. I like it.

Good lineup if Garcia is unavailable and Castillo has to catch sometimes.

If it's a top 50 ready to make the jump to the big club I would like it as well. Backflips are however out of the question.

Anyone who has watched the games would agree with you.

One of those guys we were thinking about when we all agreed that not all our prospects would work out. It sucks but not unexpected.

Between injury and agent his only value is possible trade bait.

Playing him in RF is even worse.

I think the 2020 season is looking very promising. By my count we have 18 players who will probably make the 25 man roster. For the remaining 7 slots we have 19 players with the ready or near ready to help label. I also identified 7 other interesting players more likely used as trade chips. An argument can be made that in house we have the makings of a very competitive team without help from trades or free agents. Of course we all have players we like more or less than someone else but I think we have a lode of quality players currently under control. Without adding anyone via trade or free agency I am confident we compete for the Central at minimum. Obviously, anyone from any group can be used to strength the whole. I apologize in advance if I've omitted someone you happen to like. PROBABLE TO MAKE 25 MAN ROSTER: Starting Rotation includes Giolito, Lopez, Kopech & Cease (4) Bullpen pitchers include Bummer, Colome, Burr, Herrera & Marshall (5) Infielders include Abreu, Anderson, Moncada, Sanchez (4) Outfielders include Jimenez,Tilson and Garcia (3) Catchers include McCann and Collins (2) POSSIBILITIES IF DEEMED READY: Starting Rotation include Hanson, Banuelos, Covey, Lambert & Clarkin (5) Bullpen possibilities include Hamilton, Fry, Burdi, Ruiz, Osich & Minaya (6) Infielders include Madrigal, Burger and Rodon (3) Outfielders include Basabe, Cordell, Robert, Engel & Rutherford (5) OTHERS OF NOTE: Rodon, Palka, Zivala, Dunning, Adolfo, Delmonico, Walker (7)

I'm not high on Vaughn because of height but I take him if best player available.

Cordell is a better right fielder. Use McCann to DH.

He does make hard contact. It seems that the extreme shift guys mostly are home run or nothing, They really should work on the opposite field to widen out the playing area.

Just don't ask a player to bunt who can't.

I need to remind myself that there are many more fans who try to keep a positive attitude than there are negative nellies. They simply are louder and say the same stuff over & over. As far as your question (what's behind it) I think it's easier to take a shot at what someone else said then think up an original thought.

The future lineup and 4/5 of the starters are already here or getting here soon. Everyone is anxious to get past the Alonso /Covey stage and get to the fun stuff.

Don't think your going to get an argument from anyone on this board.

I think the intention was that many different types of things could happen in the next 12 weeks including the possibility of early callups that you mention. I'm not advocating for any one particular action. Example : The Abreu decision will probably be made in that time period. I'm 50/50 as I see both sides. Interesting 12 weeks.