Jose Abreu

Yeah that I agree with. Just was pleasantly surprised by the DFA.

Nah, he's awful. His ERA has always been flukey. Last year he had a horrible walk rate. This year it's better but he's allowing far more home runs and hits. He just throws meatballs. Not having to watch him pitch anymore is almost as exciting to me as not having to watch Engel hit anymore

Gavin Sheets since 5/30: .326/.394/.576 9 HR 43 RBI. 16 BB to 24 SO. .970 OPS, 179 wRC+

I don't get this. They could easily promote Walker (if the rumors are true that he was supposed to be in AA by now). Rotate Walker, Rutherford, Gonzalez, and Basabe where one of them DHs every 4th game and the rest are in the OF. I couldn't care less about Joel Booker's playing time and neither should the org at this point.

I think Yolbert will become the new Yolmer.

I posted it mostly in jest but I do think he's truly a special talent who may actually become a top 5 player in MLB.

What's scary is that his defense might actually be the best facet of his game.

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Don't disrespect April and May of 2016 like that

Nice to see that Robert has turned you. That may come off as a snipe or something but I mean it. Now if only Moncada can as well

The Alen Hanson one... thanks for doing this it was fun to read

Robert, pronounced like the common first name

I feel the same way, and just because of it, they're going to lose like 12-0 tomorrow just to crush our spirits

In a vacuum, contract/expectations aside, Dunn was absolutely an MLB quality player in both of those years and was a pretty good one in 2012. I don't think a .762-.800 OPS is necessarily Collins' best case scenario, but let's say that he hits .220/.330/.420 or something like that. If he can stick behind the plate, and so far there has been no indication that he cannot, then that's still a pretty valuable player.

Interesting thread and under those exact parameters I'd take Option 1. The worst option is 2, IMO.

No, and I already said in my first post that I'm not saying Collins = Gallo. Collins will never have a high BA, I'm just not sure why that matters if he takes walks and hits home runs. 20 at bats isn't even close to a fair assessment of whether he can do that. I also would be willing to bet that he does not end his MLB career with a .000 BABIP.

Ok, then did he suck from 2017-2018 when he hit .208/.322/.516 (.838 OPS)?

Does Joey Gallo suck? I'm not saying Collins is Gallo, but you're only using one stat to evaluate a player, and it's one of the worst ones you could possibly use, and I know you know that which is why I'm confused by your stance.

That, and the big declarations about players who have had 20 ABs, is very unlike Jack

Since he already had a cup of coffee with Boston, wasn't the timing of that promotion largely irrelevant as long as it occurred after the first month or so of the season?