I really can’t see Chapman getting more than 6 years unless he has a monster season. His numbers are just too under-the-radar and too much of his value is tied to defense.
Yeah I don’t think this deal will blow up or look terrible like the others will. Devers is a great hitter, lefty, young, and should be able to smoothly transition to 1B if needed in the later years.
Meh. Bullpen is still ass, their defense still sucks, Harper is gone until July and Schwarber is their only OF that doesn’t suck complete s***. Turner was a nice add for the next few years, but they definitely aren’t close to being a top 6 team
Phillies are not better than any of the teams on this list, major recency bias here IMO.
So i’d bump the Phills down to 10th and say its a fair list
Also not sure the Astros are #1 considering they lost Verlander and haven’t replaced him
Its easy to see why the twitter casuals are up in arms about this trade.
“Can’t believe we traded a .300 hitter and our best prospect who’s gonna be an absolute stud for some loser that can barely hit above .200”
Caroll definitely seems like he could be better than Varsho but I don’t think he was ever on the table. Also we know what Varsho is, and the two actually project for almost the exact same WAR next year.
Moreno could bust or could be the next Buster Posey, who knows. We are extremely strong at C and delt from a position of strength so i’m not losing sleep over it. Varsho makes the team better.