Meant to say cut the fat from the 25-man. Unless he looks drastically different in ST, Travis shouldn't be on the 25-man to start next season, but he's the kind of 40-man depth that could be important as the season goes on.
The Jays don't have to be bad in 2019. They need to cut the fat from the 25-man (Travis and Solarte for starters) and make the 40-man as robust as possible to ensure almost no PT is being given to replacement or sub-replacement level players. The Rays are going to win 90 games with Joey Wendle and Mallex Smith as their best position players and Blake Snell their only above-average pitcher. And that's supported by their pythag and base runs records.
The media’s/MLB’s treatment of Mike Trout pretty much since the start of his career has been shameful. They have maybe the best baseball player to ever live, and consistently try to talk themselves into not giving him the attention he deserves.
Maybe not for this episode, but could be interesting to have a semi-structured segment where you each present the top X free agents you’d like to see the team target in the offseason.
I remember some of the same people complaining now losing their s*** when people posted that we’d likely get a non-Reyes pitching prospect and not much else. Shatkins would have been crucified in the offseason for trading Donaldson for Flaherty and a 2nd lesser piece.
Thanks again for inviting me on guys. It was fun. And a lot more difficult than I expected.
That said, there’s no way I could bring myself to listen to a recording of it.