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Same here…I mean he did have a bad spring offensively, but by the time you hit your 50’s you should realize spring training results are mostly meaningless.

I think you undervaluing OBP and focusing way too much on power. These guys have elite track records of drawing walks. Over a full season these guys will post well above league average OBP’s. How much they impact the baseball remains to be seen, but the OBP alone will put them right around the 100 wRC+ mark give or take. I also refuse to overreact to a bad spring from Meidroth and a bad 2H last year from Vargas where he looked frail as f***. The stats don’t lie about Chase’s elite plate discipline and plus bat to ball skills and I have watched enough video of him to believe isn’t a pure slap hitter like Madrigal. And Vargas was such a well regarded prospect in the minors that I refuse to accept what I saw last year was the same dude. No 60 hit tool player with some pop should look that pathetic and I am optimistic he will at least be a semi-useful hitter. I am far worried he’ll end up a low end DH than the bad hitter he was last year. As for the others, Baldwin just looks like a solid all around hitter. I think with enough runway he will overcome any initial growing pains and be right around league average. Tauchman has been league average or better against RHP for multiple years so not sure why we should expect anything different. Sosa is admittedly more boom or bust, but the fact he’s got a swing that maximizes his raw power and is able to regularly square up on the ball gives him a chance to be an above average if he can make some strides on the chase rate. Honestly, I’m much more worried about Colson coming and being anywhere closer to league average than the guys highlighted above.

Why couldn’t a team claim him and just put him on the 60 day IL?

Who is getting DFAed to make room for the three NRI’s? Two people got to go and it’s harder to see who that is with Eisert on the major league roster and us claiming Greg Jones. That would really suck to DFA Carela. He’s not a huge piece, but a team coming off the worst season in baseball history can’t afford to dump a top 25 prospect with three options.

Piece of advice for fake insiders, don’t pretend you have sources at five major league organizations

Gilbert didn’t make it?

Mitch Spence threw 150 innings for the A’s last year.

Taylor is an elite defender who was a 2 win player from 2021 to 2023. His bat fell off last year, but he’s far more likely to be a productive major leaguer than Jankowski or Jones. Don’t get me wrong, I wouldn’t have signed Taylor given all the other veteran OFs, but these guys aren’t really that interchangeable.

Robert can obviously hit. I expect an above 100 wRC+ out of Vargas, Meidroth, Baldwin (if he gets playing time), and possibly Sosa. I think Teel & Quero will be above average hitting catchers when they get called up. Hell, I’m confident you’ll get a 100+ wRC+ out of a Tauchman / Slater RF platoon. The problem is beyond Robert, no one is likely to be well above 100 wRC+. And shockingly, if this all happened, the offense would blow last year’s out of the water.

Early favorite for POTY!!! Well done!

He’s super interesting as a AAA lottery ticket, I just hate rostering him because he doesn’t help the major league club right now and the chance of him ever amounting to something before he ages out is incredibly remote. But his ceiling is super fucking high if he could ever hit just a little.

At least someone got the reference!

To be honest, that’s a decent AAAA OF. You forgot Julks too!

He could still join DeLoach and the fun bunch in AAA

Can we try to sneak Mike Jones through waivers if we pick up Canairo?

Albuquerque is arguably the best HR park in AAA, right up there with Charlotte.

To be fair, Jones has elite speed and provides defense, but I dislike this move even moreso because I’m skeptical he’ll hit enough to be even be a 4th OF.

Has Canario been DFAed yet by the Mets?

So we’re wasting a 40 man roster spot on a 27 year old defensive specialist while at the beginning phase of a rebuild?

He’s 27 years old with a 20 grade hit tool. I get he’s a plus athlete, but his bat won’t play in the big leagues.

Based on the projected roster above, we would need to make room for three roster spots. Thorpe being 60 day IL’d is one. Eisert seems like he will be on the chopping block soon enough. No fucking clue why we just picked up a 27 year old with a 20 grade hit tool if it means DFAing someone else.

Didn’t catch that, adjust above now

We appear to be looking at something like this: Lineup: 1B: Vaughn 2B: Baldwin# SS: Amaya 3B: Vargas LF: Benintendi* CF: Robert RF: Slater DH: Sosa CA: Lee Bench: BC: Thaiss* IF: Maton* OF: Taylor OF: Jankowski* / Waiver Rotation: Burke Cannon Martin Perez* Smith Bullpen: CL: Clevinger SU: Ellard* SU: Leasure MR: Booser* MR: Murfee MR: Gilbert* MR: Visal LR: Wilson

Was about to post who was Greg Jones as he’s already listed on the 40 man roster, but you beat me to it!

FWIW, fringier guys on the 40 man roster missing from Charlotte: Oscar Colas Brandon Eisert Jordan Leasure Thorpe can be moved to the 60 day IL to free up a spot, but my guess is those are three guys most at risk for a DFA.