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Minus a Naylor or Ramirez three run homer...

Well, JR is at least celebrating not paying Rodon and Abreu...just have to hack away another $75-100 million in payroll.

Or a 2B. Or a LFer that can hit at least 15-20 homers. Or a catcher internally developed.

Brennan barely avoiding getting sent down at the moment. Only because Oscar Gonzalez suffered same fate after being so good last year with RISP.

Hahn doesn't want to provide yet another reason to criticize him...but surely Clint Frazier will save the day.

Guardians basically a carbon copy of 2014-15 Royals' model.

It's going to severely punish any 1B who isn't an exceptional hitter and at least a solid defender.

83rd/90 MLB players 26 and under for fWAR...over 100 plate appearances.

Playing CF at GG level except for last year returning from injuries. Any position up the middle of the diamond... 3B and RF as well, to a lesser extent.

1:06 pace seems fair to fans suffering with both these offenses. Not so good for the concessions seller who rely on seasonal tips...

Benintendi fortunate he didn't play that into a double and an error...

Hopefully two hour game but that's unusual with Dylan typically throwing so many pitches.

Hopefully two hour game but that's unusual with Dylan usually throwing so many pitches.

Clang. Shaky.

Not the greatest of starts out of the gate. More youngsters making plays...Arias is/was normally a 3B, at least in the minors. Almost snuck out oppo.

Should be the highest on base guy, in theory...or #2. Like the Boston Red Sox version of Youkilis.

The Mariners weren't willing to do another Borchard for Thornton trade quite yet. Already moved on from Kyle Lewis, Haniger and Jesse Winker...in favor of retaining Kelenic and Trammell, who might never hit.

And he was familiar with the Central about 7-8 years ago...will take revenge on the Twins for discarding him, etc.

They already have Pasquantino and Perez among others for 1B. Seem to need a 3B more, like Burger.

The payroll high point was actually #7 in the majors during the last 12-18 months. Now they're around #12 according to Cot's Baseball Contracts.

please look at his OPS the last three seasons... he makes Benintendi seem like Mike Trout Lite in comparison

Spent principally on Keuchel, Grandal, Lynn/extension, Hendriks, Abreu extension...finally Benintendi. Nothing resembling a star there. Hendriks you could argue Top 3 or elite closer and Grandal Top 5-7/fringe All Star (but just hitting 30s steady decline period) catcher.

Chet Lemon really jumps out there...

Hendriks getting battered around won't exactly improve his trade value...

The worst part is they fought from 2016-2021 to get to that playoff series with the Astros...the following year, jumped from 1.6 million to 2+ million in anticipation of having a World Series contender, and are now about to give it all back and then some over the course of this current/ongoing three year period (will compare to 2019 and not the Covid year, obviously). 2019 23 Chicago White Sox 76 1,629,636 21,442 0.0 81 24,384 0.0 157 22,960 0.0 24 Oakland 81 1,662,211 20,521 0.0 81 27,615 0.0 162 24,068 0.0 25 Detroit 80 1,501,430 18,767 0.0 79 24,826 0.0 159 21,778 0.0 26 Kansas City 80 1,479,659 18,495 0.0 80 25,072 0.0 160 21,783 0.0 27 Pittsburgh 81 1,491,429 18,412 0.0 81 32,070 0.0 162 25,241 0.0 28 Baltimore 80 1,307,807 16,347 0.0 78 25,484 0.0 158 20,858 0.0 29 Tampa Bay 80 1,178,735 14,734 0.0 79 26,067 0.0 159 20,365 0.0 30 Miami 81 811,302 10,016 0.0 80 27,812 0.0 161 18,858 0.0 2018 20 Minnesota 80 1,959,197 24,489 63.6 81 27,017 64.4 161 25,761 64.0 21 Cleveland 80 1,926,701 24,083 55.4 81 26,088 64.2 161 25,092 59.7 22 Detroit 80 1,856,970 23,212 56.3 80 26,157 62.4 160 24,685 59.3 23 Kansas City 81 1,665,107 20,556 54.2 80 24,262 57.7 161 22,398 56.1 24 Cincinnati 81 1,629,356 20,115 47.5 81 29,918 70.3 162 25,017 59.0 25 Chicago White Sox 80 1,608,817 20,110 50.1 80 26,240 62.8 160 23,175 56.6 26 Baltimore 78 1,564,192 20,053 44.1 81 27,204 64.2 159 23,696 54.0 27 Oakland 81 1,573,616 19,427 55.4 80 28,748 65.5 161 24,058 61.0 28 Pittsburgh 78 1,465,316 18,786 49.0 81 31,288 72.7 159 25,155 61.7 29 Tampa Bay 81 1,154,973 14,258 41.8 80 26,381 60.8 161 20,282 52.4 30 Miami 81 811,104 10,013 26.7 79 28,917 67.2 160 19,347 48.1 2017 21 Minnesota 80 2,051,279 25,640 64.9 80 27,797 65.5 160 26,719 65.2 22 Cleveland 81 2,048,138 25,285 58.2 80 27,729 66.3 161 26,499 62.2 23 Baltimore 81 2,028,424 25,042 55.1 81 29,457 69.7 162 27,250 62.1 24 Philadelphia 79 1,905,354 24,118 55.3 81 30,940 72.3 160 27,571 63.8 25 Pittsburgh 81 1,919,447 23,696 62.5 81 32,633 75.3 162 28,164 69.4 26 Cincinnati 81 1,836,917 22,677 53.6 81 32,094 74.8 162 27,386 64.3 27 Chicago White Sox 79 1,629,470 20,626 50.8 81 28,443 66.4 160 24,583 58.9 28 Miami 81 1,651,997 20,395 54.2 80 29,160 67.4 161 24,750 61.2 29 Oakland 80 1,475,721 18,446 52.6 80 29,466 67.1 160 23,956 60.7 30 Tampa Bay 80 1,253,619 15,670 45.6 81 29,898 68.8 161 22,828 58.6