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  1. It matters when you have a pitcher going 3 or 4 innings every five days. It’s going to kill your bullpen unless planned for. Hopefully Getz & Grifol have an actual plan here, because Touki or whomever the long reliever is will be needed to cover the other guys in the rotation.
  2. So who will be his piggyback every five days? Feels like you basically need a dedicated sixth starter who is paired with Crochet to pull this off.
  3. I don’t disagree with your core point, but I don’t think AAA experience is all that important for pitchers. If he dominates AA for three months, then there is a real argument that he’s ready for the majors IMO.
  4. Gio Gonzalez was “passed along” three times and put up 32 fWAR.
  5. Yes, let’s ignore all of Sheets’ history of being a bad major league hitter and slot in his horrible glove into RF because of a few dozen meaningless spring training at-bats.
  6. To be fair, only one person is doing this and they constantly look for things to feed their pessimism.
  7. It’s like two or three weeks typically unless it’s changed with the new CBA.
  8. Sheets isn’t a legitimate OF option though. How has DeLoach been this spring? If bad, I’m not sure what alternative they really have.
  9. For a reason? How about Arizona’s loaded fucking OF? When will you stop with this insanity.
  10. If we use Sheets as the strong side platoon in RF, then Getz should be fired immediately because he’d be even more full s%*# than Grifol.
  11. He has already proven himself in the minors and more seasoning won’t really help. At this point, it’s make or break in the majors…it’s really that simply.
  12. Can we please stop doing this every year? Spring training stats mean almost nothing and I say this as one of the most vocal critics of the Fletcher / Mena trade. And for the record, if Fletcher doesn’t make the Opening Day roster, that would much more indicative of Getz has no clue about player evaluation.
  13. I’d personally wait until mid/late April with Nastrini & Thorpe even if they were ready.
  14. Fedde, Soroka, & Flexin are locks. The other two spots probably go to some combo with Crochet (with a piggyback), Nastrini, and a free agent.
  15. I think we will look back on this trade in 10 years and all agree it was an A+ return when Zavala ends up being a legit star posting .400 OBPs year after year with 25+ bombs per and Thorpe has made 200 (mostly quality) starts for us.
  16. He’s 3.028 service time and typically you need to hold a guy down 15 days to ensure they don’t a full year (172 days) since the season is around 187 days long. As such, we’d roughly have to hold him down for a month and a half, which is an absolute no-brainer.
  17. This should be a wake up call for the Bears who wanted to keep Fields over drafting Williams and yet it definitely won’t be.
  18. He gained a couple MPH last year so more is definitely possible.
  19. If a lot of the young pitching works out and Jerry spends on multiple big pieces it is possible. But I’m talking about scenario in which we add say Alonso + Torres to the lineup plus a quality veteran for the rotation. I 100% think we could afford that in 2025, but Jerry is allergic to long-term money which means going after C tier free agents like Benintendi instead.
  20. Why does the bat have to be elite to be a good RF?
  21. Sounds like we’ve been “dangling” Kopech per Nightengale’s latest article:
  22. I think Fletcher was added to the Dbacks’ 40 man last year.
  23. How is Horn burning his last option? Wasn’t he added to the 40 man roster this offseason?
  24. First & foremost, we should pretend we are attempting to win games next year until they actually don’t matter, so I don’t really support the “110 loss team” being a fair excuse for us not sending him to Charlotte to open the season. As such, it is very challenging to carry a dedicated opener on your roster as it limits the amount of true bullpen guys you have available on a daily basis. And that’s problematic when you have a very questionable rotation. Second, are there things he needs to work on to be more successful as a starter vs. a reliever beyond just building up his innings? If so, why not let him do so in a less stressful environment where results don’t matter?
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