Solaxys

Sighhhh

Interview AGAIN? wtf. Yo, I tuned in to watch the game not Gunnar.

Keeping us in the game; offense needs to wake the f*** up.

Its just 2-1; if it stays there the rest of the way, then its on the offense for not scoring more runs (including stranding the lead off double).

Well, he settled down I guess.

lol f***in kikuchi is useless

No fastball control again

And there goes the lead

Nope. YUSEI TIME.

Groundball Jr. strikes again Merry still prolly; he is on a limit of 30-40 maybe?

Danny Double is becoming a new thing lol

He's coming as soon as Merryweather's pitch limit is hit.

Merryweather on POINT.

Its Yusei time. Guess not, more Merry time.

Suck it Urias; LETS GO CHAPPY

Looks like this is gonna be a quick game.

Well, that was easy.

Iunno, I might be in the minority here but I rather lock up Bo first, ahead of Vlad (though if both happen at the same time, fantastic) He has such Doc vibes - silent, deadly/effective when on; excellent swing mechanics - eye will improve over time; breathes baseball. The dude is like our very own Jeter/Turner; 2 back to back 5 WAR seasons at such a young age is kind of its own special (And to think the majority of it came in one month because he was in his head all f***ing year) even if you consider he is playing SS, and his defense is dragging him down (which might not as he keeps developing or he moves to 2B) And, more importantly, we have jack all for true SS prospects in our farm

Soto above Harper

That's 70M/y (60 if you take their current salaries out) added to the payroll for 7 yrs! In 2024, we'll need two starters, a 3B, a CF, and one corner OF (not many internal candidates ready for MLB in those positions; Tiedemann maybe will make an appearance if he continues to progress well; maybe White turns a corner); expecting a lot of relief pitchers internally coming up. Kinda need some monetary flexibility to fill the gaps, esp with contracts for Gaus/Springer/Berrios (60+M among themselves) until 2026.

We have three cornerstones right now --> Vlad/Bo/Manoah Who do you lock up/who can you build a championship team around? Vlad - generational hitter with one MVP season (his 2019/2020/2022 (1386 PAs) are extremely similar while his MVP season (698 PAs) is the outlier), improving his 1B defense and easily en route to a gold glove, could be the face of the franchise, and obviously the whole Canadian/Expo heritage Bo - consistent 120 wRC+ player, and en route to another 5 WAR season (ZiPS projections; Steamer has him at 4.8), improving his defense every year steadily, incredible work ethic (has been spending more time with Chappy to improve his throwing), philanthropist/no-BS personality, can be a team-leader in the future Manoah - possibly our ace or #2 for the future, handles pressure/spotlight incredibly well, always team first, imitates Verlander's style of pitching and always striving to improve his repertoire, incredible personality to boot (you either love him or you hate him, no in between) Genuinely can't see an instance where we'll have the payroll flexibility to lock up all 3. Manoah pre-arb for 2 more years; Bo is heading into ARB1 next year; Vlad is heading into ARB 2.

Didn't Kevin give up 2 HRs last game too?

Lowkey looks like Teo and Vlad have the exact same pitch selection right now; Vlad just has better skills to make contact. Not sure how much influence they have on each other but getting one out might help.

rip.