If things continue to go well, perhaps. They've been freakishly healthy with the young players coming up though. Maybe that's something they're doing or the players they are selecting, or maybe they have horseshoes up their asses. I don't know. That offense is likely going to be very light though, and they are relying on a lot of young pitchers that they have to hope don't regress a bit (especially as the workloads increase for 3 of them).
Realistically, I think every single team in this division has some big question marks right now. I don't think we should be surprised by any of the teams having things click and winning the division, or any of the teams self destructing and finishing last.
I think it's the 3rd time in under a year the O's have tried to pull that now, with trying to leverage the player to accept less money after they magically find some miniscule problem (and of course regardless of how big it is the perception has to affect the player in other negotiations). Agents should be avoiding them like the plague right now.
Interesting. I think I actually like Polanco's offense slightly better from a fantasy perspective than Soler's, especially when you factor in that he should qualify in CF and is closer to the bigs. Can't really go wrong with either though.
The problem is, they'd need some ownership behind them like Rogers to make it work I think. The only ones that might fit that bill would be Bell (TSN) who could be desperate for new sports content as they are being completely shoved out that market atm. Any other group would be taking a huge risk since if Bell ended up deciding to get rid of their sports programming, there'd be no competition for viewing rights to the games. The Jays would also have to receive a compensation package since Mtl is now part of our territory.
They seem pretty similar to me (ie, below average), except for Lind somehow being a master at digging throws out of the dirt. Edwin might have slightly better range. (this is without looking up the metrics)
I think it's been presumed for a while that AA will eventually take over for Beeston. I would expect that to happen when the next rebuild does, whether that's 6 months from now or 3 years.
I think there's a number of people who feel his bat can be respectable. He's certainly not going to be a stud offensively, but I wouldn't be at all surprised to see him put up 80-85 wRC+ or higher. He may not do it, but I think he has the ability to.
I don't really even regret us not paying for Darvish (at least once you spread the posting fee out over the contract length). Everything had to break right for that to be worth it, and Texas is very lucky that it did. This Tanaka deal is WAY worse than the chance on Darvish was.
There's no way Dickey fits the description. He still had 1 year left on his contract (which he played out last year), and we gave him an extension on top of that. Your argument was that we were paying to pick up players a year after we could have signed them on the FA market. Big difference.
No. If more than something like 1M changes hands, the commissioner's office has to approve it. The rule is in place specifically to prevent this sort of thing from happening, so there is zero chance they would let it occur.
Syndergaard and d'Arnaud weren't traded for someone who meets the criteria of your criticism, and Yunel wasn't a long term asset. I think Hendo, Marisnick, and Nicolino will be above replacement level, but I don't think any will be special.