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[Terminator]

Huh, I don't even think Espy makes the squad, either traded or optioned.

 

Many people are saying this

[Terminator]

We are so far past the Clement > Espinal debate that we are now onto Clement > JD Davis.

 

In fact, we are even into Clement > IKF territory now.

 

I'm not saying we are there yet, but it's possible, and that would mean that Clement is our starting 3B.

[Spanky__99]

We are so far past the Clement > Espinal debate that we are now onto Clement > JD Davis.

 

In fact, we are even into Clement > IKF territory now.

 

I'm not saying we are there yet, but it's possible, and that would mean that Clement is our starting 3B.

 

lol... this feels like a Greg Bird type of post.

[G-Snarls]

Bad day for Gavin Lux. Moved from SS to 2B. Rust from missing time is showing. In one game today he missed a routine pop-up, made a throwing error, and went 0-3 including being struck out on a pitch clock violation.

[John_Havok]

We are so far past the Clement > Espinal debate that we are now onto Clement > JD Davis.

 

In fact, we are even into Clement > IKF territory now.

 

I'm not saying we are there yet, but it's possible, and that would mean that Clement is our starting 3B.

 

I’ll raise you and say Clement > Schneider.

 

 

 

 

 

Too far?

[BTS]

Bad day for Gavin Lux. Moved from SS to 2B. Rust from missing time is showing. In one game today he missed a routine pop-up, made a throwing error, and went 0-3 including being struck out on a pitch clock violation.

 

I feel like every time I watch Gavin Lux play defense he either botches a routine play or does something incredibly lazy/stupid. Dude has the baseball IQ of a stack of bricks.

[Terminator]

I’ll raise you and say Clement > Schneider.

 

 

 

 

 

Too far?

 

Wow I haven’t gotten to that level of Ernie Clement adoration yet but it does give me something to think about.

[Terminator]

Bad day for Gavin Lux. Moved from SS to 2B. Rust from missing time is showing. In one game today he missed a routine pop-up, made a throwing error, and went 0-3 including being struck out on a pitch clock violation.

 

Lux might need to go to AAA to start the year. He looks like he completely forgot how to play baseball.

[glory]

Pretty sure that Espinal is on the outside looking in right now. He has an option and Clement doesn't and Clement has made himself interesting enough that they aren't going to lose him for nothing just so they can keep Espinal on the big league team.

 

Yeah, optioning Espinal and keeping Clement seems like the most logical way to go, and since DS is the only one of the bench options who they seem to be playing in the OF, I feel like demoting him isn't happening. Maybe they keep Espinal as well and let Vogelbach go while Votto gets reps in AAA, but there's really no need for Clement and Espinal on the same roster.

[Stangstag]

Pretty sure that Espinal is on the outside looking in right now. He has an option and Clement doesn't and Clement has made himself interesting enough that they aren't going to lose him for nothing just so they can keep Espinal on the big league team.

 

Idk man I don’t see it. If Espy isn’t traded he makes the team. And im saying if its him and Clement on the team, Espy will be getting more playtime.

 

Im hoping he’s traded

[Stangstag]

Bad day for Gavin Lux. Moved from SS to 2B. Rust from missing time is showing. In one game today he missed a routine pop-up, made a throwing error, and went 0-3 including being struck out on a pitch clock violation.

 

He has major yips. He looks absolutely awful on almost every play.

[G-Snarls]

I feel like every time I watch Gavin Lux play defense he either botches a routine play or does something incredibly lazy/stupid. Dude has the baseball IQ of a stack of bricks.

 

Good thing Betts is now an infielder

Edited March 12, 2024 by G-Snarls

[wilko]

I’ll raise you and say Clement > Schneider.

 

 

 

Too far?

 

lol

[Spanky__99]

Probables have been named for the series in Seoul...

 

Game 1: Darvish and Glasnow

 

Game 2: Musgrove and Yamamoto

[Stangstag]

Probables have been named for the series in Seoul...

 

Game 1: Darvish and Glasnow

 

Game 2: Musgrove and Yamamoto

 

Crazy the Dodgers added a 1-2 at the top of their rotation in addition to the best player in baseball in a single offseason.

 

In 2025 the Ohtani-Yamamoto-Glasnow-Buehler-Miller/Ryan? rotation will be nasty.

[Spanky__99]

Crazy the Dodgers added a 1-2 at the top of their rotation in addition to the best player in baseball in a single offseason.

 

In 2025 the Ohtani-Yamamoto-Glasnow-Buehler-Miller/Ryan? rotation will be nasty.

 

May/Sheehan/Gonsolin/Stone/Grove/Hurt and Knack can all start as well. lol... embarrassment of Riches!

[BTS]

Probables have been named for the series in Seoul...

 

Game 1: Darvish and Glasnow

 

Game 2: Musgrove and Yamamoto

 

Looking forward to waking up at 5am to watch these before work next week

[Brownie19]

He has major yips. He looks absolutely awful on almost every play.

 

Maybe LA needs to trade for Espinal...

[Terminator]

Maybe LA needs to trade for Espinal...

 

Sounds good to me. We fleeced the pants off of them for Mitch White and Alex the Jesus. Let's do it again.

[Laika]

Maybe LA needs to trade for Espinal...

 

Espinal for Nick Frasso seems fair

[mphenhef]

Looking forward to waking up at 5am to watch these before work next week

 

Living in the Maritimes, this will actually be preferable to the time most of Ohtani's games will start this year....but him being in LA is good for the game I guess.

[Jonn]

Espinal for Nick Frasso seems fair

 

Yes please.

[Terminator]

Espinal for Nick Frasso seems fair

 

Personally I’d like to aim higher than a middle relief “prospect” in his mid 20s who is made of glass. Pass.

[Brownie19]

Personally I’d like to aim higher than a middle relief “prospect” in his mid 20s who is made of glass. Pass.

 

Let's take Miguel Vargas

[G-Snarls]

We need young outfielders

[BTS]

The Athletic article makes it seem like the Giants weren't really interested in settling with Davis before the hearing. The current rules provide a poorly-conceived set of incentives .

 

At issue will be how actively the Giants exploited those rules, and how much of it might have been premeditated.

 

The Giants recently defaulted to what has become an industry-wide “file-and-trial” policy among teams in which all negotiations stop after the deadline for clubs and players to exchange salary figures to be presented at a hearing. The policy is meant to be a deterrent to negotiations reaching the hearing stage, Zaidi said. Davis said last month that he would have happily accepted the Giants’ filing figure of $6.55 million prior to the hearing. But the team was not willing to reopen negotiations after the exchange.

 

Zaidi said Monday that the Giants “negotiate all our arbitration cases in good faith” and that Davis could have accepted the club’s offer prior to the exchange of figures.

 

Davis’ agent, Matt Hannaford, disputed that characterization. Hannaford said the Giants made one offer to Davis that GM Pete Putila sent in a text message that arrived one hour before the filing deadline. The club’s offer was for “hundreds of thousands” less than what the team filed at, Hannaford said.

 

“In my 22 years in the business I’ve never seen a club in arbitration make their one and only offer less than an hour before the exchange deadline that ended up hundreds of thousands of dollars below their filing number,” Hannaford said. “The way the Giants negotiated gave J.D. no choice but to go to a hearing, which he did, and which we won.”

[Laika]

He really got f***ed. Hopefully some team gives him like $5M so he's close to breakeven.

[Pendleton]

We need young outfielders

 

I was sort of hoping we would claim Canaan Smith-Njigba when he was on waivers (twice) but unsure if he ever got to us on the waiver priority, having been claimed both times. Solid minor league numbers and an intriguing power/speed/plate discipline profile, plus an option remaining.

 

If another dude along those lines gets waived off a 40 man in the coming days, hopefully we jump on it.

[BTS]

I’m guessing not great news on Cole

 

[Brownie19]

Hold the line Chicago! We're all supporting you. Make the Yanks PAYYYYYYY - Jones and Jasson Domínguez!