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Vladdy Jr. and Viciedo are probably comparable at 3B. It's THAT bad...well, almost.

Well, sure, you have two different versions. The first three years of his career, 7ish fWAR average...and then the last two, attempting to factor in exactly what player he is today and how he projects going forward (especially if they go back to the regular baseballs.) So much of his value comes from hitting for power, and that has definitely been diminished since the injury.

He’s obviously plenty attractive if he can receive three offers of more than $100 million and at least four years at his age.

I meant for the teams not spending...but spending more than zero. Indians: $6.25M A's: $7.5M Giants: $9M Red Sox: $9M Dodgers: $10M Rays: $12M Cardinals: $13M Astros: $15M

Without the ability to bring in both Rizzo and Lester...the Cubs couldn’t or wouldn’t have won. So that advantage would be gone the third time around.

But he didn’t have the range, wingspan on diving plays, or throwing arm...not like that. I saw him in Greensboro in 1993 when he made over 50 errors. He also couldn’t throw out runners from his knees or from short LCF with all his momentum going towards the 3B line and having to plant and throw back in one smooth motion. If he tried to make a throw like that, it would bounce 2-3 times.

Sure, but what would Tim’s average been at age 20 at the big league level? It’s kind of comparing apples and oranges. He was still growing during the season, and is now 6’ 3 1/2,” which is massive for a SS.

By this argument, Wheeler would have been much better off facing every team but the Twins in the AL Central...

There's no way Tatis is in the bottom 5. Having watched the majority of his games (or at least the highlights), there were at least 15-20 plays he made last year that only a handful of players in the big leagues could make. He piled up a number of careless errors in the 6-8 weeks before he went down to the back injury, ...especially after they were already out of contention, but between diving for balls in the air and getting additional outs with his arm at first, I'm not buying it.

He's much better at third or 1B (and he's never been considered a good defender at any position). Leury is the logical choice, or Mendick.

Not if his asking price is still over $10 million...and the expectation of getting at least 20-24 starts. We can't guarantee that like some of the Bottom 10 teams can.

Would just be happy to see TA/Moncada/Jimenez/Robert/Madrigal jerseys start outselling discounted Maddon and new Ross ones in the Chicagoland area.

The reason that I mentioned Stiever as closer (rather than starter) was simply because of the idea that joining the team in the 2nd half...especially in a pennant race, that's MOST LIKELY where he would be needed most. And the White Sox history of guys like Buehrle, Sale, drafting Burdi in 2016 with the thought they were going to need him down the stretch that ill-fated year. As the old saying goes, "you can never have too many starters." Some of these guys are going to end up in the bullpen, traded for other areas of need or held back for depth/in case of injuries. The last year or so, it was pathetic the lack of options we had in AA or AAA...at least now you can see some quality depth forming, legitimate future pieces and not just organizational filler guys.

Just the fact that you had almost half of MLB (so far) only adding $15 million or less in terms of new FA contracts goes to show the need for a floor to protect the fans (somewhat) and also to increase competitiveness of lower-level/small market/tanking teams. That's pretty embarrassing, and it's not like all of those clubs are poor, because you have the Dodgers, Giants, Red Sox and Cubs in that category...even the Cardinals, who run their franchise about as well as possible considering they're never going to be generating hundreds of millions from their local media deal regardless of how good their franchise does in terms of W/L %.

What was the final % of homers and RBI’s that Torres had against the Orioles? It was insanely high, like Matt Davidson vs. KC that year.

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The most recent time was a BA prospects chat...I think it’s largely based on his frame, his ability to get it up in the high 90’s in shorter outings, having two really high-quality pitches and the logjam of pitchers in front of him, including Dunning, Rodon and the loser of the Cease/Lopez battle. But sure, everyone prefers “Justin Verlander” as a comp.

A lot of scouts are projecting Stiever as the next strong internal closing candidate.

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Didn’t realize how much that dude was paid from 2012-19...his agent is now the Mets’ GM.

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Sure, the last couple of months....but through the first half of the season, he and Vladimir Guerrero, Jr., were struggling mightily, compared to, let's say, Peter Alonso and Tatis.

Can they get out of that contract?

He's the most important weapon in the entire organization after Yelich and perhaps Hiura (cost-control). It's going to take a boatload of talent...I'm sure Collins and Stiever alone wouldn't get it done. Equally sure that Vaughn, Collins and Stiever risks an overpay and the fact that he's a significant risk for injury considering how heavily he's been used in the last 2-3 seasons.

Here's the obvious problem with looking down on the likes of Kimbrel, Diaz and Jansen. Not much to choose from until after 2021, and there's many red flags already with that group, for a variety of reasons. Seems that between Rodon, Dunning, Stiever, Hamilton, Burdi and perhaps Lopez, the options are more likely to come internally rather than buying at top of the free agency class prices. Kimbrel's the obvious poster child for that, especially not getting him during spring training...coming off some anxious moments in the 2018 post-season, it would have been much better to get him back out there in February of 2020 instead of giving him months and months to dwell on it. Free Agents 2020-21 Relievers: Blake Treinen, Alex Colome, Andrew Miller (vesting option) 2021-22 Relievers: Kenley Jansen, Brad Hand, Jeurys Familia, Corey Knebel, Archie Bradley, Raisel Iglesias, Roberto Osuna, Zack Britton (club option) 2022-23: Aaron Judge, Trea Turner, Gary Sanchez, Aaron Nola (club option), Luis Severino (club option), Aroldis Chapman, Edwin Diaz, Sale (opt-out), deGrom (opt-out) 2023-24: Machado (opt-out), José Ramírez, Matt Chapman, Cody Bellinger, Rhys Hoskins, Blake Snell, Josh Hader