Bob Sacamano

Players on the IL come off at the end of the year. We always talk about that here when we go over any possible 40-man roster issues. And you do have a case for sending him to the minors since he hasn't pitched in over a year. Sure he'll have Spring Training, but I'm sure they will want to see him go 6-7 innings somewhat consistently before calling him up.

Had to look at his stats. Wow. 7 walks on the year.

He comes off the 60-day IL at the start of the off-season, no?

We need Beef back so Ricky doesn't shy away from putting Collins and McCann in the same lineup every day. Beef currently has more value to this roster than Alonso.

Jay is fine against lefties in his career but yeah, if they wanted all righties it would be easy to take them out.

Yeah if you're going to have a poor hitter in the lineup, you might as well at least improve your defense by having a guy like Eloy DH a game.

I get that Moncada isn't great against lefties but hit him higher to give him a chance to improve. Against the lefty, I'd probably go with Cordell in LF and give Eloy a partial day off as the DH. Anything to get Alonso out. Edit: Yolmer is also solid against lefties so even him at 2B and Rondon at 1B (Abreu DH) or DH would be fine too. Literally anything is better.

And he's hitting 6th in front of Moncada. Edit: Yonder hitting 8th.

They dfa'd Despaigne. Edit: how many starters are currently on the active roster, 3? With 4 bench guys and the rest relievers? 2nd edit: to answer my own question, this looks right.

This will be second half/late next season. Maybe pitch him in the pen the rest of the year but then have the idea he will start in 2021 as the 5th starter? Maybe they will have someone else knocking on the door in 2021 that can get his innings if he goes on the IL that year.

Agreed. Can never have enough pitcihng. Lopez can start next year in the minors trying to work his way back.

I was thinking about it the other day and 3 of the most exciting players on the team are each of the biggest pieces in those trades: Giolito, Moncada, and Eloy. Edit: that's not to say guys like Cease and Kopech aren't big.

I would have to think Machado would be hitting better on our team (ballpark alone would make a difference). Not that he's doing bad anymore (average up to .278, .354 OBP, 16 homers and OPSing at .847). That production would be amazing compared to Yolmer.

Hopefully the rotation is one of Cole/Bumgarner, Giolito, Cease, Kopech, and Lopez or a cheap signing or trade (someone like Mike Leake?) for the 5th spot.

Watching this rotation makes me yearn for James Shields.

3 years ago, we would have been saying: "Who?" to a lot of those names.

Yeah looking at the OF's available in free agency and assuming they want to go the stop-gap route, I'd want Calhoun (doubt his option gets picked up) or Puig. Calhoun can play RF and has some left-handed pop. Wouldn't be opposed to him hitting say in the 7-spot to open the year (would have to adjust as guys get promoted throughout the year).

One year with the understanding he is the DH. Also, get him out of the 3-spot. Want him 4th behind Eloy or 5th (depending on what they do in the off-season or how they structure the lineup when Robert and Madrigal are up)? That would be fine too.

Yeah I would bet on it being picked up. They need his innings, even if he's a back-end starter.

Every accounting/finance job I've had so far was really flexible. Last job I had, my department's boss was so cool. Some people came in at 6:30 every day to leave at 3. Some were not morning people and came in at 10 and worked until 6:30/7. They didn't care when you came in as long as you were there 8.5 hours (including the hour lunch break) and got your work done.

At least this year the negativity is warranted. Unlike the last 3-4 years you've posted negatively about him.

I'd prefer Shields to Nova, Santana, Despaigne.

If Collins gets a good chunk of at bats at DH going forward (after this year), probably go with a defensive-first catcher as the primary back-up with Collins getting occasional starts. Or go with a versatile catcher (rare, I know) who can at least add depth to the bench (where are those Swihart fans at?).

It's not every day teams puts it's only 2 catchers in the starting lineup every day so Alonso playing is expected. Can't really blame Ricky for using the players on the roster. If you want to blame Hahn on the other hand...

What would it take to get Mike Leake? Interesting option for the back end and signed for a couple more years. Mariners seem more interested in shedding salary. I think he has a no-trade clause though.