Jose Abreu

Imagine giving up a HR to a guy named Tony Salamander

How?

2/24, 3rd year team option at 13

Nova the magician! No luck involved!

And now he's up to an .896 OPS and 137 wRC+. But don't worry, next time he goes 0-4, the whole board will be here to remind us that he's a washed up bum who is actually 40

He's gotta be into the deep hundreds at this point in terms of lives

Yeah about that...

Jose Abreu has an .887 OPS and 135 wRC+. Super, super confusing since I was told by half the board two weeks ago that he’s washed.

100% K-rate in AA. Despicable

But are their last names all Garcia?

No because his underlying peripherals, while not great, are still worlds better than Santana's and imply that he's not as bad as his results would suggest so far. In a month or so, however, if he's still getting rocked, then perhaps.

Strongly agree. Tobias, Gob, and Buster are masterpieces (not so much in Season 5 but 1-3 at least were awesome). I'm sure @Steve9347 is with us

The phrase “a new start” will forever be corrupted in our minds thanks to that show.

In this new landscape, our only hope of acquiring talent not currently in the organization is to trade and then extend if necessary. The FA crop is absolutely abysmal due to all the extensions, and we sure as hell won't be the high bidder for any of the leftovers.

For just 2 years of someone with a mediocre track record? That seems a little heavy no?

Not anymore.

3 RBI HBPs in one inning!

Yoan Moncada

Delmonico

Ken Rosenthal is reporting that the Blue Jays would prefer to trade their vets, and Stroman and TA are apparently friends now, so what do you think it would take to get him from Toronto? He's under control through the end of 2020 so we'd probably want to extend him, which should be relatively easy in this climate. He's also looking like a totally different pitcher this season (in a good way). For the next 5 or so years, we'd be looking at: Kopech Cease Stroman 2 of Lopez/Rodon/Giolito/Dunning/Hansen/Lambert etc. Is Blake Rutherford, Amado Nunez, and Jonathan Stiever too light for ~2 years of him (pre-extension)? If the money will be spent, I figured this would be a semi-realistic target to trade for and extend.

Very possible. I just am mentally preparing for the general disappointment when he *doesn't* hit .400/.500/.600 right away. If he does, there's a real case to be made that he should be in the majors for the summer

He's gonna be bad for a couple weeks and strike out a ton and then get in a groove and force the issue again, IMO