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Definitely not Stanford University...

Rick Hahn administrative tree still with jobs in baseball not exactly looking like the baseball version of the Shanahans… Hostetler the last one standing? Nick seemingly has the Dayton Moore seal of approval going for him due to their original Braves’ connections…and cross connections with Getz as well. At any rate, Josh Barfield will be the new GM in 2-3 years anyway. Then, all the ex Royals can be purged.

That's a pretty lousy group right now. McCarthy if he returns and Milroe in theory at the top...

PLAYER POS TEAM RATING 1 Shedeur Sanders QB 91.0 MORE>> 2 Drew Allar QB 87.0 MORE>> 3 Conner Weigman QB 86.8 MORE>> 4 Carson Beck QB 86.6 MORE>> 5 Jalen Milroe QB 85.0 MORE>> 6 Tyler Van Dyke QB 83.6 MORE>> 7 Dillon Gabriel QB 83.0 MORE>> 8 Preston Stone QB 82.4 MORE>> 9 Riley Leonard QB 82.0 MORE>> 10 KJ Jefferson QB 81.3 MORE>

Tyler Goodson over anyone else on the team who has touched the ball more than ten times out of the backfield all season long? Just wow.

Fair enough. Everyone is simply getting frustrated. Guaranteed that definite movement with Imanaga in the next week will lead eventually to Snell and Montgomery, but Boras FA's typically go down to the last minute. Meaning this could drag on for weeks unless two teams are willing to meet Boras hyper aggressive price points.

One thing is certain. Between Basallo Kjerstad and Mayo there's going to be an eventual logjam at 1B/DH. And they already have Mountcastle and O'Hearn. Those two are disposable...but odds are usually out of three guys like that...only one is going to actually make it. Two are going to disappointments, especially because they are "hit first" players. Basallo in RF turns into Melendez of the Royals.

Basallo still has too high of a risk factor he doesn't stick at catcher...and the White Sox simply don't develop catchers well from a defensive standpoint. Plus they just went out and added Quero. Maybe with Basallo you could argue that Maldonado would be around to tutor him (and Quero...and that would be part of the deal), but Basallo has a lot more value to other teams just like Ortiz because they're blocked behind stud players. "His arm is also well above average, looks elite at times. He is still working on his blocking and overall concentration, but he should catch a whole lot this year and continue to grow at the position.” At 6-foot-4 and 220 pounds, there is a chance Basallo (pronounced Ba-sigh-O) could outgrow the catching position, although the Orioles have a big guy now back there doing pretty well. One scout put it as 60-40 or 65-35 he stays as a catcher. If he has to abandon a catcher’s mitt at some point down the road he could end up at first base or in a corner outfield spot. But even at his size, he is considered quite athletic and flexible. His fielding got a 50 scouting grade from Baseball America, and his arm a 60 grade. MLBPipeline.com put it at 45 fielding and 60 arm. So yeah, his arm is well above average, and he touched 86 mph on some of his best throws to second base last year. Adley Rutschman averaged 86.3 mph on his arm strength, via Statcast data in the big leagues in 2022. And that velocity tied Rutschman for seventh-best arm strength among all big league catchers." https://www.masnsports.com/blog/he-s-no-1-catcher-samuel-basallo-heads-up-o-s-international-rankings

Plenty of distance indoors...just faded. Great play by Stroud on that drive.

Except that was FL. No ballots in Iowa.

Or KW Hahn...with the initial ask.

Haven't they already noticed we have Nicky Lopez who will accomplish exactly the same thing as Lopez at 2B? Or DeJong at SS?

Are the O's true believers doing the same exact thing on Miami Cleveland and Milwaukee boards? Trying to convince Milwaukee they desperately need Ortiz?

Sure Holliday plus lol. No reasonable person would conceivably believe that.

Diminishing supply and increasing demand. Diminishing supply and increasing demand. Diminishing supply and increasing demand.

Insane TD/INT ratio for a rookie. Not to mention there were times he played without Collins this year...talk about a true no-name offense.

CJ Stroud. Pretty pretty good.

So why not simply resign him if he was so incredibly valuable? Why didn't he get a playoff start? A 7.8 fWAR the last four seasons prior to 2023 means he should have been worth approximately 2 fWAR and $14-18 million...and he outperformed that by 0.6. Seems obvious they simply can't compete with even the mid market Cardinals?

Too early for election year humor.

Palacios via trade from StL. https://www.mlb.com/prospects/rays Ledbetter Auer Jones second tier prospects #8-13. Junior Caminero...#1 former Guardians prospect https://www.cleveland.com/guardians/2023/10/guardians-see-bad-trades-magnified-as-ex-cleveland-prospects-flourish-for-other-clubs.html

See Kopech Crochet Burger Vaughn

Kyle Gibson wasn’t even good enough for the Twins. Nice try puffing him up to be something he’s not by the O’s fans, but everyone has known his pluses and minuses for the last five years, if not longer than that.

Not with Snell Montgomery and Imanata all waiting on $100+ million deals…with a ticking deadline of the 14th coming up for the Japanese pitcher, a deal has to get done relatively quickly. Then everyone’s left eying the same group of 3-4 options. Who knows…maybe the Marlins blink and drop the price on Luzardo first. Or the Guardians and Brewers decide they really can’t afford to carry Bieber and Burnes. But then there will always be pitching injuries in the spring as well…WBC or not.

Sure, but that’s always going to be a crap shoot…and Bautista had A+ stuff. And if your closer spot is a weakness, it trickles down across the entire pen as you push each guy one step up the rung to cover for someone else. The White Sox always used to fill out their pen this way too in the 90s and 2000’s…instead of overpaying for past performance and especially big name back end guys. Then the talent development fell short and they to start spending on the likes of Koch, Robertson, Dotel, Linebrink, Hendriks, etc., eventually leading to the most expensive bullpens in modern baseball history from 2021-23 under Hahn. They tried to be the 2016/17 Royals on the expensive downside instead of the of the 2012-2015 Royals on the cheaper upswing. For 75-80% of baseball, it’s a year to year guessing game. Another example, The Padres had arguably the best closer in MLB history in Hader last year and four stars and another statistically in Kim…and Josh had a very very solid year except for one short spell, Preller still spent a lot on their pen overall and went something like 9-23 in one run games and 0-12 or 0-13 in extras. There are no guarantees in baseball. Especially in the AL East with the level of competition ramping up even more this offseason. Standing pat like the Jays gets you left behind in the dust.

Clevinger has such a terrible reputation around the industry, Mr. Yale isn’t going to risk adding him to the clubhouse mix unless he has no other feasible alternative. Look at how much Severino Montas Giolito etc. are going for. They’re going to have to go well beyond the Gibson price tag. Wore out his welcome in CLE and SD. Same will happen again in a similar situation under high pressure. He needs to pitch in relative obscurity imo. He’s certainly not the guy you can count on in the clubhouse to hold everyone together as one unified front pulling in the same direction. And he’s had two major elbow injuries so his health is basically a ticking time bomb…his mechanics have always been spotty/erratic.