Squirmin' for Yermin

If it was Cease.. They better make damn sure he's figured it out.. Oaf..

Yermin Mercedes gets traded to the Tampa Bay Rays for a bag of used balls in Mid-April and finished the year .283 31 home runs and a OPS+ of 132.

Vaughn .390 OBP Madrigal - 2 HRs Kopech and Crochet - 0 starts Bullpen- finishes top 5 in all time bullpen Moncada 2nd in MVP behind Lemahieu

Yeah I don't understand it one bit.. They were even stretching him out during spring training... I feel like most of his appearances were 1 inning

Did he actually say this? That would be sad.

Agreed.

Glad Williams gets to go to the alternate site.

interesting to me this is practically opening day lineup and Robert is at 2 ahead of Eaton.. I am for it, just surprised given his spring

but his muscle would likely klock you out in one punch lol Better hope you take him down first

Sooooo we should just sign Encarncion if we are allowed to use 2016 and 2017 numbers.

Of course there are obvious flaws.. Back end of rotation, rotation depth, depth should we lose another big bad, major league catcher depth.. Of course there are flaws.. Just less flaws than other teams. This is still an AL contender.

Isn't Keuchel a ground ball hitter?

Didn't think so. CRIPES

Lets say vaugn is in LF and Collins at DH. In the 7th inning can we replace hamilton with collins and then switch the hamilton and Vaughn positions so the defense is there while keeping vaughns bat? Unsure of the DH rules.

Whatcha mean?

You should call Vegas and say you want the line under at 86.5. I bet they'd give you like +250 for thaat.

Which means it's right in the middle. If you're every wondering about projections, use Vegas. They're the smartest.

I think you forgot to put Yermin in the 4 hole

I'd have rather kept Mendick over Lamb if those were the two options.

We may be the 2nd best AL team still along with the Twins. The AL is bad. Our lineup is still Top 5 in AL, our Bullpen is #1, our big question is backend of rotation.

No, Collins will be backup and Mercedes will cover DH when that happens.

Yes, it is assumed.

Vaughn LF, Collins DH vs RHP + primary backup C. Yermin DH vs LHP + when Grandal sits and Collins catches. With Eloy out, both having can work.

Can we send him to the minors without him opting out?

He also is DH insurance if Collins and Yermin can't handle it, maybe?