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  1. Terminator
    I could see a fit there. The Braves literally have ZERO bench so I could see a fit there as well. And when I say ZERO I mean it. David Fletcher (who was outrighted to AAA already), Leury Garcia and our old friend Forrest Wall are currently taking up their bench spots right now on Roster Resource. They may want one or even two guys from us. One of Espinal, Biggio and Clement and then perhaps even Horwitz who could split time with Ozuna at DH.
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    Yeah you would think he would be interested and I don't think the trade would affect that too much. I do think that the trade maybe shows how Ross and Co. aren't his biggest fans. But maybe it's a different situation now and they would consider him.
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    Normally I would agree but death, taxes and Cavan Biggio getting way too many ABs at positions he can barely field are the three constants in life.
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    More dinger highlights for all of the Greg Bird fanboys
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    I gave up on the Biggio hate months ago Dean and it feels great. You just don't have to worry about whether or not he'll hit above the Mendoza line and if he's going to be stealing ABs from more deserving players. You just let the good times (the occasional walk) roll. https://www.bluejaysmessageboard.com/threads/11136-Announcement-from-the-Sheriff
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    Yeah between the 4 guys you mentioned and Teoscar you'd think at some point the music will stop playing and one or two of them will be forced to take a 1 year deal. Even Soler and Teo could find themselves looking at less years than they had hoped. Seems wise to wait the DH market out.
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    Michael Brantley will do everything he can to avoid playing for the Toronto Blue Jays, including retiring from the game of baseball altogether.
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    Yeah this makes sense. I've seen IKF's numbers against high velocity floating around twitter. I think he had a .330 xwOBA against 95+ which is in line with his career totals. That puts him somewhere around a top 150ish hitter in baseball against high velocity. Here he is in a 1-2 count slap hitting a high 99 mph fastball from the reigning Cy Young winner into right field for an RBI single for an example. https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/sporty-videos?playId=f9e2c5f5-be57-4cda-be49-4ed5d4de9db6 So not only is he an great fielder but he's also an excellent professional hitter as well. Love that signing. *takes another gulp of Kool Aid*
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    Michael Brantley is a xenophobe.
  10. Terminator
    Speaking of DH targets, Joc Pederson and Devante Adams were both WRs on the same high school football team. Joc Pederson was WR1.
  11. Terminator
    He would have been a good target for the DH spot.
  12. Terminator
    Yeah the best he can hope for is NPB at some point. Not sure how they would view this but that door might be slammed as well.
  13. Terminator
    Lol nice try Jim
  14. Terminator
    I don't think this is common practice in the DR in current times though. If it was even somewhat common they'd let it slide for a millionaire baseball player. So I get having certain allowances for different times/cultures but this instance doesn't fit that bill.
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    Yeah the Orioles system is a lot better than ours. But my whole point is that it's not fair to say that all of our 50s and 45s are destined to move down the defensive spectrum and more or less suck if they hit their 50th percentile and that when the Orioles' similarly ranked guys make it to the bigs they are destined to excel. I'm not talking about their 60s and comparing them to our 45s. I'm talking about our 45s compared to theirs. Apples to apples it's not fair to assume that theirs will all excel and that ours will all stink.
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    Well that's fine but do it for other systems too and it's the same thing. Can't act like Westburg and his 45 FV is some future stud with a 50th percentile projection while Orelvis and his 50 FV is destined to be a below average RF if he hits his 50th percentile.
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    I'm not trying to pick on you but Mayo is only a 55 FV to Orelvis' 50. If you undersold Orioles prospects like you do Jays then we could describe those guys like this: With 50th percentile projections go ahead and move Mayo down the defensive spectrum (I've seen more RF projections for him than I have Orelvis) and he's a 1.5-2 WAR RF. That doesn't scare me. Basallo is already 6'3'' 250 at age 18. He's not catching at that size so move him down the defensive spectrum too to 1B. No defense and no base running. We'll see if the hit tool holds as he advances. Looks good now but sometimes the more physically advanced prospects dominate the lower levels. He's a 1B/DH type. Doesn't scare me either.
  18. Terminator
    No way. You undersell these guys way too much. 50th percentile is: -Orelvis an average everyday 2B. Value comes more from the power side and less on the glove side. 2 WAR kind of guy. -Schneider probably the same. Low average, high walk profile. Also a 2 WAR kind of guy but he already projects for a good amount more than that. -Barger and Jimenez would be low end regulars or platoon/utility players. -Roden and Horwitz would be platoon players or bench players. These guys are your 50th percentile 0.5 WAR types but they bat lefty so they can be useful. But then again they are ranked 18th and 19th in our system so whatever we get from them is gravy. Steamer loves them though for whatever that is worth. Your Orioles start guys at 1B and DH that barely project to be better than these two, for example.
  19. Terminator
    I agree but 21 and 14 sounds like the ages of when half of my Mexican friend's parents met lol I still don't like it. And it seems like this a pretty big no no in the DR. I say lock him up. Toss her mom in the clink for a while too. It's disgusting and we need to make examples out of them.
  20. Terminator
    Those aren't 90th percentile outcomes for our guys. Maybe like 50-70th percentile depending on the player. 90th percentile outcomes would be: -Orelvis a perennial 30+ homer bat with average defense at either 3B or 2B. Probably makes the All-Star team a couple times? -Schneider projects as a 2.8 WAR 2B already. A 90th percentile outcome would be something like a 4 WAR 2B lol. -Barger becomes a 2 WAR UT guy with a lefty bat that can even handle SS for 10 games. -Roden already projects for a 107 wRC+ this coming season. His 90th percentile is a poor man's Michael Brantley in a corner OF spot. -Horwitz already projects for a 113 wRC+ bat. His 90th percentile would be prime Ty France? -Leo Jimenez at 90th percentile would profile as a glove first 2+ WAR SS who bats #9 and has a .320+ OBP. Like JP Crawford prior to his power breakout.
  21. Terminator
    I think keeping the younger ones and trading a couple of the older ones would be wise. Redundancy for the younger ones will tend to work itself out as some exceed expectations and others falter. And if it doesn't then you've got a good problem on your hands and can trade them. At this point, the IKF signing basically makes Espinal and Clement pointless. Biggio still has some value since he bats lefty and profiles a little better in the OF than IKF. But he could go as well and we wouldn't notice. And you wouldn't think Espinal, Biggio and especially Clement would net you anything at all but the FA infield and trade options are so freaking grim right now that they should be able to net you something. We've also got extra relievers in Yimi Garcia (7th inning type) Richards (middle inning guy) and Pearson (maybe someone still believes in his upside). Surely there is some sort of package we could put together to trade to a cheap contender.
  22. Terminator
    Donaldson has 80 games of 15 homers and league average defense in him before both of calves explode. Can platoon at DH with Joc too. -Joc for 1 year 14 mil. -Donaldson for 1 year 5 mil. -Trade Espinal and change to the Braves for Alan Winans. Could perhaps expand this by giving them another bench player (they literally have zero) and taking back a young prospect. Getting swept in the Wild Card round will be easy to make.
  23. Terminator
    Yeah not a ton of upside with that group but it isn't completely worthless. If they all hit their 50th percentile you are talking 2 WAR starters, fringe starters and capable backups. If Orelvis or Schneider hit their 60-70th percentile you are looking at a 3 WAR guy. I wish we could trade some of them. The Braves have zero bench. I wonder if we could trade Espinal for a depth starter like Alan Winans.
  24. Terminator
    Ah yeah I forgot about that. Thank you! EDIT: Kirk projects to be our best position player next year.
  25. Terminator
    Yeah love him or hate him this is a pretty big season for Ross. Team needs to either win the division or win some playoff games.
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