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Merrill Kelly in the KBO 3.86 ERA, 7.9 K/9, 2.5 BB/9, 0.8 HR/9, 1.309 WHIP. Lindblom in the KBO 3.55 ERA, 8.2 K/9, 2.3 BB/9, 1.0 HR/9, 1.19 WHIP * this includes five years - he was much, much better the last three years Merrill Kelly was a boring 2 win pitcher in 2019 Lindblom > Merrill Lindblom > Kyle Gibson? We will see! Please sign him

The goods on Lindblom: fastball seems to be mostly 90-92.5 but I saw one clocking at 152 km/h offspeed stuff looks sick sign him up

Sounds like Toronto is out on Wheeler anyway. Ken Rosenthal @Ken_Rosenthal · 1m Still alive for Wheeler, per sources: #Phillies, #Reds, #WhiteSox. Possible other teams remain in mix; #Angels also have shown real interest. Phillies’ push first reported by @Buster_ESPN .

Worst contract in team history but you wanted more of the experience. Got it. Someone likes a good paddlin’

It's still not clear if you think he sucked or if you wanted him to stay. Heh heh!

AJ Burnett was such a gem. Aged like fine wine too and was excellent until his retirement.

If you’re bum is still sore about him opting out then just admit it. The fact that you are sour about him leaving seems to invalidate your position that the contract was a failure!

I’m sorry, but what the f*** is this post?

Wow that's sad. Absolutely ruined by injuries.

^ The ones that interest me, at a glance. Varying levels of interest of course and it's all $ dependent!

That is pretty rich. He might approach the Patrick Corbin contract (which would not be insane, all things considered - they are comparable.) Wheeler is a 1990 birthday, Corbin is a 1989. Wheeler has 8.9 fWAR in the last two years, Corbin had 8.9 fWAR in 2017+2018 Corbin last year had a slightly longer track record. About 150 more IP and ~3 more career fWAR. Corbin was the top arm on the market though and Wheeler is not, he is the #3 arm. 5/100 is an underpayment for Wheeler relative to Corbin. 6/120 would be a decent deal for the team but I don't think it makes sense for Toronto given where they are. 6/140, the Corbin number, would be a good get for Wheeler and would be surprising but it wouldn't be completely insane.

Honestly, upon reflection Walker and Gausman kind of just slide in with Shoemaker, Anderson, and Thornton as inconsistent or unreliable rotation filler with some upside. Gausman is slightly better than the other names and both Walker and Gausman probably have more ultimate upside than the other three, but that would be a rotation with zero #1 or #2 starters, arguably no #3 starters, no horses, and everybody liable to either put up an ERA over 5.00 or barely pitch. If Gausman is part of the solution then I think that solution also needs to include a better and more reliable pitcher in front of him. Keuchel, Ryu, Wheeler. Pineda doesn't fit that bill for me even though I like him as a target. A one year veteran like Hamels could fit the role. I mean I'll take anything, don't get me wrong. If Gausman and Wade Miley is all the front office can pull off, then that's an improvement I guess but I don't think it would exactly accomplish what the team should have a mind to accomplish this offseason. I assume Gausman just wants a one year deal. If Walker needs to rehab for half of the season and will sign a two year deal then that's a different thing altogether.

Both are obvious targets and make sense in a nutshell but the question would be, is it enough? Gausman might project to be close to an average SP and Walker can't be relied on for anything. It's not exactly the inspiring, culture altering top of the rotation infusion that people want. The Blue Jays probably have enough SP depth they are just missing the 1 and the 2.

Sounds fine to me but I bet his camp will just want a one year deal so he can try to be good and cash in next year.

BTS, he was crucified though. Crucified like our lord. #LUP

Grant is Jesus

That doesn’t solve anything. Teams just don’t value below average players as much - they don’t think of $/WAR as linear anymore.

So much talent being non tendered!

you mean SG? i don't really understand basketball positions anyway. other than the obvious lumbering centres and tiny little point guards, everything seems largely meaningless in this era terence davis is the player norman powell has always wanted to be

The Padres are such a mess. They had adequate starting pitching in 2019 and maybe the best reliever in baseball. They had a couple of stars on the position side. For them to have only won 70 games is a colossal failure in roster management and player development. Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy the f*** would they expose Josh Naylor as a useless NL player when they could have traded him to the AL for anything before he debuted? Why oh why.

It's amazing how well-rounded Davis is. Defense - check Threes - check Finishing at the rim - check Dribbling in traffic - check Good enough size to dunk, contribute on the glass

What can I really say? I hate black cats

If all three of them stick around I will never post here again

Someone with graphic design as a passion please make a .gif where EE grows hair and turns into Franco

f***, he even kind of LOOKS like EE!