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Let me guess, they all look alike?

Sadly Goodwin isn't out hitting BHam by much over the last month either.

This new ownership group doesn't seem like the type to try to squeeze a guy for an extra few hundred K, but at the same time, I wouldn't be sad if they lost Rocker because of it.

Honestly, it wouldn't surprise me if that was the 2022 opening day starting OF.

And breaking his neck somehow.

My church softball team runs out a better OF defense.

Give em Ron.

Yeah, I could never do it as an announcer. Over my years I have seen some future NBA players making plays that kids at that level make against normal HS players, and I give the play its due. I got lucky to do some broadcasting again this year and covered the local Regional basketball championship and saw two kids signed at ND, and one who just signed at UNC as one of the top HS players in the country for next years, and when they made those kind of plays, I gave them the fair amount of excitement.

I feel like I saw that live, and Hawk was losing his mind. Obviously this is the Detroit call.

That's not really true, as many teams pull starters very quickly in the playoffs.

It feels like we are probably playing poker with these teams really thinking they will have to move these guys for the highest bid, and that is us. Hopefully this doesn't end up like Machado where someone comes in off of the sidelines and blows us away.

I mean if we are keeping it ERA simple Codi Heuer 5.12 ERA Matt Foster 6.04 ERA Ryan Burr 3.38 ERA + 5.03 FIP Evan Marshall 5.60 ERA There are a lot of guys on that list who would be significant improvements over what we have been running out there.

I will be honest, if we got Hosmer and cut him the next day, I would be fine with it. If we got him and used him as a lefty bat off of the bench for a year or two, I'd be OK with that too. To me it isn't about Hosmer, it is about the guy we got for taking him on.

I wonder if this is why Rocker slid in the first place?

I 100% believe this. It's just a shame, because there is a nice niche chance here to take advantage of Preller's aggressiveness and put your team in a better position talentwise, which is what we should care about most.

Also a good call.

And about the time you pay them a "real" salary is the time that Hosmer drops off of the payroll. Superstar level players are getting deals in the $200m to $300 million range today. That is only going to go up in the next 6 to 7 years. Over that time period you are going to get the cheapest years of this players career, or something like $30-40 million for six to seven seasons. if you trust your scouts and get $200 million in value for $70 million in extra cost, you came out ahead of what you could go to the market place for.

At a full pick up of the contract, I count about $70 million.

Uh, oh , hurt feelings alert.