caulfield12

Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock.

Near South Side=Inner Harbor area???

Irrationally exuberant fanatics.

There were less obvious signs of things to come in the movie Signs.

Unless it’s St. Louis! Or Boston, for some players.

Well, I guess for those who have enough time on their hands to go through individual player's Twitter and Instagram feeds, it's always possible to get the news before it's officially reported...or at least speculate on cryptic posts.

There's most definitely a CONSPIRACY related to KyYLe and Bmaggs, somehow. I figured it out from watching Episode 3 of Watchmen.

So much for Starlin Castro's or Schoop's market...or Yolmer's, for that matter. Joins the Gennett/Dickerson potentially undervalued list...at least by fWAR considerations.

Playing time?

If that's the case, going by JR's newfound generosity with Abreu, Moncada will get $250 million and Robert $125 million.

The ghosts of Pearce and Markakis?

And/or nobody nationally cares that much about Burr to do anything but report it afterwards...especially since he's currently on the shelf.

Bleacher Report has Wheeler (eventually) signing with White Sox and Dodgers in on Cole, Strasburg and Rendon, but at “their” comfortable prices. Who knows, maybe not having one huge mega thread like last year w/ Machado will work out... Of course, there were also two separate occasions ESPN stories headlined Machado to the White Sox was believed to be imminent and everyone got excited (at least temporarily.) https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2863412-zack-wheeler-could-be-the-perfect-gerrit-cole-replacement-for-the-astros Argues for the Astros going after Wheeler despite being $30+ million into luxury tax land. BB Abbott, Andrew Lowenthal and others from Jet Sports are his agents, in case it wasn’t posted in this new thread.

Naylor belongs at 1B/DH. And that’s not even counting Franmil Reyes, Travis Jankowski, Akex Dickerson, etc. Margot is toast. Cordero is likely a victim of numbers game as well. Their version of Adolfo. Naylor is likely trade bait in the same value range as Collins. Trammell and Grisham are the two guys they now have to hope break out, along with a huge Myers rebound. Renfroe had a great first half and cooled down considerably the last two months. Plus they’re now waiting on Edwards and Abrams at 2B...so that’s a stopgap signing. Kinsler is also toast.

They had no choice. He was abysmal offensively. Couldn’t go into a must compete season relying on him again. Prospects bust at an alarming rate. Even Top 15-25 ones.

So they now have Strahm and Pomeranz from the LH side...Yates closing. Pomeranz can be an excellent swingman in that division. Grisham for starting CF, so they need a 2B still with Urias gone. Margot should be gone. Renfroe and Myers the other two outfielders, with 2B and some uncertainty remaining about Mejia/Hedges at catcher.

I think they hold onto him for at least 2020...he’s more expendable when Gore arrives, but they desperately need to up the ante for 2020 in terms of fighting for a WC spot at least. Lucchesi gives you innings and usually keeps his team in the game. Strong competitor. Very calm and poised demeanor.

What role does Sheets have going forward? With Abreu moving to DH in 2021 with Vaughn at first, he gone. This is a trade KW would typically make 98/100 times.

Lauer is basically Jim Parque with slighty better stuff...or a really poor man’s Q. Fox the Sox, he would be the perfect swingman and he’s LH. Obviously Milwaukee just needs affordable bodies for the rotation, and Davies was going to become increasingly expensive. Miley and Gio are similar possibilities.

Strasburg still seems likely to return to Washington. If someone gives Rendon 7 years, no way they match that.

Urias is a very strong defender but he struggled all season just to get to .200. Lauer is just mehhh. Padres trying to ump the ante in the rotation with Richards back from TJ with expiring deal next year...Lucchesi and especially Lauer expendable. Rotation looks like Paddack, Davies, Lucchesi, G.Richards, Lamet/Quantrill...with Gore pushing to be the second ace, and quickly. Grisham has as good an opportunity as anyone to break through as an impact player...Braun/Cain/Yelich and Huira ensconced there for MIL in 2020 and Urias needed a scenery change. Moustakas would be another possibility at 2B. Schoop or Gennett?

Successfully? Well, it’s unlikely to improve with Vizquel gone.

It wasn’t even half...but I guess ten’s of random Twitter screen shots of supposed “insiders” is also cause of unabated excitement. Of course, almost everyone now claims to be an insider of some sort. It’s just that only 5-10% are actually accurate, which in all likelihood is worse than even weather forecasters.

As 26th man, he better improve his “steal on demand” in late innings capability.

Reddick sucks...but at $8-9 million, who knows between him and Calhoun who’s the better value. Of course, in that case of a subsidy from Houston, we’re going to have to surrenders some second/third tier prospects like Burdi, Fulmer and Hansen.