Baseball Gal

I'm glad people are coming around on the trade Robert front. It's really hard to see anything better than .500 in 2027, Robert's last year under contract.

You can add 1B to the Nobody list as Vaughn deserves a non-tender imo. I'd put Sheets there ahead of Vaughn.

Ding ding ding we have a winner

Moncada, Jimenez, Robert and Vaughn were more highly touted than any of those guys. Only Moncada and Robert turned out to be MLB regulars outside of the bouncy ball season in 2019.

Didn't Hahn just fail at that for 3 seasons?

That's exactly my point.

Ok in the fantasy land where Montgomery, Quero, Ramos and Gonzalez are all at least ML regulars, where are the rest of the hitters?

Wait they have minor league stuff on fangraphs? I never knew.

Does it really matter?

You just answered your own question about Gonzalez. Not enough pop. Where is everyone getting minor league advanced stats? I don't have access so I had no idea that Quero had a 127 wRC+

Where are the position players coming from that you expect to be ready in 3 years? Montgomery, Quero and Ramos have disappointed, and Gonzalez is probably a bench IF at best.

Well as we know hanging breakers go 440 ft.

Idk why anyone will pitch to Robert the rest of the year. I'd just throw him breaking stuff out of the zone and let him get himself out. If he walks, he walks. Not like the rest of the lineup is any threat.

Cease didn't make sense either. Some guys in AA are nothing more than trade pieces in the future. They're that far away. The remainder of this decade is lost.

1. Ownership won't extend either Crochet or Robert at fair value 2. They're 5 years away so it's pointless.

#2 was true this winter, and it's still true now.

Yeah, I'm not sure anyone that's in the minors right now that works out isn't just another trade piece. They are so barren on the position player side that it's hard to see the Sox sniffing a playoff spot before the stadium deal expires in 2029.

What would you consider an acceptable deal?

Yeah, don't get attached to any of the prospects.

The Dodgers know what they're doing. Shame on us for getting excited about Nastrini based on one good year.

Doesn't Wolkow have a ridiculously high K%?

Not only that, but their top 3 position prospects in Montgomery/Quero/Ramos are flirting with Mendoza.....in the minors. Montgomery has a .392 SLG. In Charlotte. Quero has a .377 SLG in Birmingham Ramos had a .323 SLG in the minors and a .239 SLG in the majors All of them are barely hitting over .200. So it's not like they're getting tons of XBH.

I believe in Iriarte more than Thorpe, but Iriarte has risk to be the next Kopech. Kyle Hendricks is the ceiling for Thorpe. There's also a good chance that Thorpe comes up here and the entire league just sits fastball and crushes him.