Me too
I'm glad we got Rogers
Gomes might have been better than JPA this year, but at best, going forward, we'd still be looking at getting Ruiz, Piern, or Ruiz, and maybe keeping Gomes as backup for next year. No biggie.
Morrow's the one who drives you crazy. Can be soooo good but can't stay healthy.
I'm not holding my breath on Drabek. He wasn't that good even before his second TJS.
Yes. It's the consistency that Rogers lacks, when his fastball doesn't sink. And he doesn't throw the variety that the craftier guys do.
I see a rotation of maybe:
Buerhle
Tanaka
Dickey
Rogers
Morrow or Drabek
With pretty good depth in Hutch, Stroman, Romero, Happ
How good it that starting rotation? Maybe average in the AL? Hard to say.
I wanted to comment on Happ and found this thread as a jump off point
Wow but wow Happ looks bad. I'm not even sure he's even an acceptable #5 starter
Here's hoping we pick up a Tanaka or Garza, and get some major upswings next year out of the DL guys (Hutch, Morrow, Drabek)
And can retain Johnson on a cheap 1 year deal
Egads
Agree totally
And I can still see the possibility (likely? no) of Gose becoming good enough all around to become the every day starting CF. In that case you can trade Rasmus, or move Melky to DH and Rasmus to LF.
Agreed. I like Rajai, quite a bit actually, but we have to save somewhere in order to afford McCann and Tanaka
Gose can do what Rajai did (except hit lefties well) and do some things better (catch and throw) for 500k
Gose gets my vote too
The 4th OF plays a LOT, is important off the bench, and if he's fast can pinch run. Gose is the new Davis AFAIC.
I value the defense too much to risk going with Sierra, even though he's a better hitter
Assumptions:
1. Bautista and Rasmus are not traded, and are healthy in ST
2. Melky Cabrera is healthy and more mobile in ST and is given the regular staring job in LF
3. No new outfielders are acquired (This means no Shin-Soo Choo, sorry. The money needs to be spent on catcher and SP)
Who would you take as your 4th OF and why?
Serious about preferring to start next year with Cabrera/Rasmus/Bautista/Gose raher than Cabrera/Rasmus/Bautista/Sierra, yes. Unless, of course, something about Gose or Cabrera or Sierra looks so different in spring training that you feel the need to change the plan'
Serious about the name calling? No, you're all right
Serious about 2104? No, LOL. Obvious typo.
Right. Not holding my breath.
If I'm AA and Gibbons I don't want to gamble on Sierra next April when they're going to be very much under the microscope. If Melky is healthier and more mobile, he gets the LF job. And I think Gose is "safer" as your 4th outfielder because of his defense.
Starting pitching and defense is what killed this team in 2013, and everybody knows it. I can't see AA and Gibbons taking risks like playing Sierra early next season. If he is killing it in AAA (and I'd love to see that happen) then you might give him a shot later in the year.
Yes, of course there is, you sarcastic _____. I never said he might not get better. But in a year (2104) where expectations are going to be high again, do you want to risk defensive and baserunning fiascos in April with this guy? We're all tired of that. He is probably best suited to spending most of next year in AAA and as backup to Rasmus/Bautista/Gose/Cabrera.