Vlad sets extension talk deadline of opening day of spring training

[BTS]

Chicago White Sox - they suck.

Pittsburgh Pirates - have some intriguing young arms and players, but they never spend huge money.

Miami Marlins - they never will spend big money and always trade everyone after 3-4 years before they become expensive via arbitration and FA's. No direction whatsoever.

St. Louis Cardinals - what is going on there now? You had a lovefest with that organization before haha.

Milwaukee Brewers - never spend money and are cheap, but drafting and player development always seems to rescue them.

Cincinnati Reds - have drafted and developed some real solid young players and arms, let's see if they can keep them however.

 

Would have included the Athletics on that list, but now seems like they want to spend and they have an exciting roster heading into 2025 that could be a sleeper.

 

Have the Jays ranked anywhere between #20-30, maybe around #23/24 right now but that could change.

 

I'd take the Brewers off that list and add the Angels.

 

I think the Jays, Tigers, and Twins are all together in a similar tier somewhere in the 20-25 range.

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I'd take the Brewers off that list and add the Angels.

 

I think the Jays, Tigers, and Twins are all together in a similar tier somewhere in the 20-25 range.

 

Yeah the more I think about, the Brewers did lock up Yelich to a big deal, and regardless have pulled off some nice trades for contracts close to expiring and still haven't missed a beat. Even last season, without Burnes and Woodruff, they still won the division. They operate well under a tight budget and have always drafted/developed guys well.

 

Forgot about the Angels haha, my bad. But definitely they deserve to be on that list in the high 20's. Wasted prime years on Ohtani and Trout, awful contracts and very poor farm system.

 

Jays definitely in the 20-25 range.

[Carlos Danger]

FYI the Mets top 3 prospects per fangraphs in 2024 were:

 

SP Brandon Sproat FV 55

OF Drew Gilbert FV 50

SS Jett Williams FV 50

 

All three reached AAA last year. Add in MLBers like Vientos and maybe Baty and I do that all day long rather than throw $400+ million at Vlad.

 

The names being thrown around were Baty, Acuna to play SS and move Gimenez to 2b when Bo leaves, Gilbert and maybe Mauricio.

 

 

Vientos would be a perfect fit if at all possible and I like the idea of Acuna at SS.