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Yes it does. I really have nothing more to add

Right but Springer, Ryu, Gausman, Bassitt etc span 4 offseasons of work. Some people are like just sign Burnes, Soto and Bregman and we can win 89 games

My post had nothing to do with prior seasons or playoff wins. It’s the unreal expectations some people have of what’s capable of being done in an offseason. This team is nowhere close to competing Yes it shouldn’t be that hard to assemble an 80 win team with an additional 50M in 2025 commitments. And I don’t really care if they try and sell at the deadline next year because it doesn’t change anything. I just don’t understand how anyone at Rogers could see this team and be like yup let’s do it again. It’s not like it’s a guarantee that spending is going to keep people coming to the ball park

Doesn’t this board do the same thing every offseason Sign 2 of the top 5 and 4 of the top 10 free agents and our problems are solved! And it never happens and probably never will Then the assumption that Rogers is going to add 50M in payroll again. What is the incentive? I don’t see one Even after selling this team is still stuck in limbo

It would be. Someone higher up has to recognize this. What’re you gonna do let them go AJ Preller this offseason in a desperation attempt to save their jobs!

Bring in new management, since bunch of guys to 1 yr deals to flip at the deadline hopefully with an eye to 2026

Yes it’s brutal for me too

Is this site slow as f*** for anyone else

Flaherty to the Dodgers… shocking

Charles McAdoo https://www.fangraphs.com/players/charles-mcadoo/sa3022823/stats?position=3B/OF Return for IKF apparently

I would bet the same thing actually

The question is why? Your infield is full + you have to make room somehow for Mayo and Basallo Your outfield is pretty good. You could roll with Kjerstead/Mullins/Cowser next year I guess they’re just going 2015 Blue Jays and hope to outscore everybody

Burnes is a FA and they will have no top of the rotation arm unless they buy one in 2025

Or Basallo

The O’s should’ve moved Mayo + for some real rotation help instead of patching it together with Eflin and Trevor Rogers

Please no

Gotta give credit to Atkins, Click, Shapiro, Sheehan, Tinnish, Sanjay, Reesor, Padmore, Goldberg, Dedar, Carruthers, Estey and Maxime Wang

Keep selling that’s for sure Green IKF Bassitt Gausman All should be fully available

Nobody thinks Atkins has full control over roster construction

Without question this does nothing for either of their long term outlooks Like it’s a good trade but it wasn’t the Josh Donaldson trade

He is with Toronto but he’s not very good

Will Wagner is Billy’s son

Wow excellent return. Good job Ross

Kikuchi was a valuable trade chip, I’m not shocked that they got a back end top 100 ish guy for him I’m sure they were pretty set on getting an arm close to or in the majors to fill the void for this year and next and looks like they did

Bloss was taken 99th overall in the 2023 draft out of Georgetown after spending his first three years of collegiate ball at Lafayette College. He coasted through A-ball and was given a quick hook to Double-A after the first month of the 2024 season. Bloss throws from a high slot that, along with his plus extension, generates significant carry on his 93-96 mph four-seamer; the pitch has a 31% miss rate so far in 2024. He also has a deep secondary mix to back up the fastball. His 76-81 mph curveball is a very vertical breaker. He’ll adjust the amount of depth on it, sometimes throwing a deep “freeze” type, while at others, he’ll shorten it up for more drastic snap action. Bloss does something similar with his slider in that he’ll throw ones with hard, two-plane shape while others are shorter, more cutter-like offerings; both shapes regularly show average teeth while flashing a tick above. Bloss’ changeup has the furthest to go to be an average weapon for him, but he’s a small school arm who we think is benefitting from pro instruction and we believe it’ll get there. The best ones he’ll throw have late diving action and a hint of fade, though he’s still prone to frequently throwing ones that have very minimal action. Bloss is a fairly explosive, whippy-armed athlete with below-average body control and frame composition. We’re skeptical the improvements he’s made as a strike-thrower in 2024 will stick, but the way his fastball plays doesn’t make that a strictly necessary aspect of his profile. He’s trending up and tracking like a mid-rotation starter.