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I don’t believe that cost won’t be a factor for Moncada’s 2025 club option. Even in the rare occurrence that Moncada stays healthy and performs well this season, he could easily perform terribly in 2025 even if he stays healthy, as his up and down career has already proven. JR isn’t taking on the risk of paying Moncada $25 million to stay healthy but suck in 2025. Insurance won’t cover that scenario. If Moncada doesn’t stay healthy and perform well enough to be traded at the deadline, that $5 million dollar buyout will be pounced on after this season

Especially since Nicky only cost $700K less than Anderson. In hindsight, Anderson starting at 2B with Lopez anywhere else and Mendick/Sosa backing up would have definitely been much more ideal for having an additional piece of trade bait at the deadline.

Well, I’m referring to talent, and how it wasn’t really improved from last year. What you are referring to is hope.

Potter’s Field.

Exactly.

I’m not buying it. Even if Moncada has a good season he will still be a huge injury risk. JR isn’t going to eat $25 million to see if Moncada can both stay healthy and be productive two seasons in a row.

And Little Nicky Lopez at more than double the salary ($4.3 million) of each of them. It’s amazing how much money bad players can earn in the MLB.

It was per Bob Nightengale but I can’t find the exact article. Here’s one that references it. https://www.sportsmockery.com/chicago-white-sox/tim-anderson-receives-2-million-contract-offer-from-marlins/

The Marlins offer is only $2 million guaranteed to Tim Anderson, and he gets to start at SS. Getz definitely jumped the gun on the defensive guys he wanted. Rosario is a ridiculously better signing than DeJong for only $1.5 million, even though Rosario’s glove is in question. DeJong has been so bad over the years that he should have only been given a minor league deal and had to perform in ST to earn his spot.

JR is paying that $5 million dollar buyout as fast as he can.

And what has changed? Getz acquired a bunch of unproven pitchers or pitchers that came from the dumpster because they were old, bad, injured, or all of the above.

You’re going to have guaranteed back-to-back enjoyable seasons then.

At least if you are going to dumpster dive, go after guys like Rosario that can bounce back. Not guys like DeJong and Lopez who simply are what they are at this point.

And as down of a year that Rosario had last year, he was still better than DeJong. Yet Getz gave DeJong more money.

A 27 year old 1B/DH with a career OPS of .690 has no trade value, and even less to a team like the Orioles that has much better prospects that can play all over. And just because our dumb manager throws him in the outfield doesn’t mean he can play there.

Rosario was a 4 win player in 2022 with the Guardians. Nicky Lopez and Paul DeJong must feel like they hit the Leury jackpot getting paid more than Rosario.

“Publicly Funded Field.” Make the address 1 Billion Boulevard.

Not bloody likely.

Back to the Pirates. Getz is weak.

In his press conference announcing the Getz promotion, JR said that the Sox could win in 2024 with a few tweaks to the roster, and they didn’t need to waste a year or more rebuilding. Meanwhile, every acquisition this offseason has been for a guy fished out of the dumpster.

Exactly. If Getz can’t cut a guy like Scholtens loose for a 24 year old lefty outfielder with good minor league numbers, he’s doing the GM thing wrong.

Accidental discharge that luckily didn’t kill anyone. Are you for real?!?

Moustakas has never played any position other than 3B, 1B, and 2B. I have faith that Pedro won’t play him in the outfield like he has with Sheets.

Ultimately, it probably means nothing in the grand scheme of things but Moustakas can backup 3B and 1B and it ideally means Sheets is not on the opening day roster so Grifail won’t have the opportunity to play him in the outfield.

That ship has sailed. Even with the injuries to their rotation, I think it’s pretty obvious that Elias isn’t giving up either of those guys for Cease.