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Moncada will be fine. Say he stops switch hitting and only remains a LHH. I think a line of 261/354/450/804 is reasonable to expect from him... 42.5% of his hits are XBH and 8.5% of his PA are XBH, that's not bad. Granted this comparison is way off base and unfair, but Trout has 46.9% of his hits as XBH and 11% of his 478 PA are XBH. Especially when he figures out he's not a switch hitter and the umps actually give him the benefit of the doubt once or twice.

Well, this is about to get awkward. Wonder if this divides the locker room or not.

I don’t know about that... it’s the moral compass thing. Although, we did add Ramon Castro in ‘09 during KW tenure...

Correct. Essentially I'm saying Rodon isn't "for sale" unless someone is stupid.

I'm sure he has. I mean, unless someone wants to offer us the equivalent of Vlad Guerrero, Jr. & Bo Bichette, + a lottery ticket then gtho. He's got 3 relatively cheap years left after this year.

A lot of teams could use a good LOOGY. Avilan fits that build. I think he’d look good with either Seattle/Boston. Everyone is trying to model after the Yankees and build super bullpens now, if they lack starters. Look at the Brewers now. Suter goes down, they have to fill the void without acquiring a starter because of its limited market. Hader, Soria, Jeffress, Burnes, Knebel, even Taylor Williams is solid. Wowza.

Yes. I'd say #3 or a really good LOOGY.

More importantly, who comes up, Stephens or Hamilton?

Remember when Soria was just a throw in the Peter deal?

I thought we'd have medeiros eventually. That slider can be nasty.

Unless someone decided that $10M is fair for him next season.

As he should say that if he wants to get paid the most $.

Mariano Rivera was a SP to start his career.

I was at home, I remember jumping and hitting my head on the chandelier when Wise made the catch.

Machado to Dodgers is a good thing. If we chose, we can probably pry him away from them in the off-season due to them being at the luxury tax cap.

"Medical Orioles" goes together like peanut butter and jelly.

Plot twist he’s definitely going to us for Jordan Guerrero, Eddy Alavarez, and Trey Michaelczewski... because the O’s are weird like that and are shady whenever they hear “medicals” ?

The thought of Brady Aiken makes me giddy... Even though he hasn't been the same after rejecting $5M and getting TJS, I think time in our system will help him develop into a nice piece.

Anyone see that Giles for HOU was optioned to AAA? I know they have Hector Rondon, but I thought Soria could fit there... Thoughts?

Anderson has really impressed me this year. Yes he can be frustrating, especially defensively, but he seems like more of himself this year. It’s rough losing someone close to you, it messes with your head. All aside, especially on the offensive end, I’m happy he’s taking way more walks as the season went on. I think these last two months he’s taken almost as much as he has his first two seasons. Believe he has 22 and his first 2 seasons were 26 combined. He’s gaining some pop too.

Happy for Booker, keep defying the odds buddy!

Hahn growing out the stress beard I see. Love this pick. It was either him or Kelenic for me (impartial to WI, also Gavin Lux went to my brothers HS).

No. I was thinking him for more of a floater... essentially rotate him with Palka when he DHs. Now the more i think about it, it really doesnt make sense

If it's for minimum, why not take a chance? Which I think it is because Boston is covering the rest of his deal this year? If not, take a hike. No harm in taking a shot at minimum.

Sounds like Mark Reynolds to me.