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  1. Terminator
    He’s a 1.5 WAR infielder. If you put him in a corner OF spot more than anywhere else (like the Yankees did) it craters his defense as well as his positional value and you end up with 0 WAR. Have to assume Espinal is getting traded.
  2. Terminator
    Maybe 80? Maybe even 60 and he’d be worth it. Cobble together the other 100 with IKF and Biggio?
  3. Terminator
    Yeah good call if Turner can play 100 games at 3B he’s a no brainer
  4. Terminator
    No one thought the offense was going to suck heading into 2023. All the complainers at that time were whining about how Atkins can't build a bullpen. Well we had a top bullpen but multiple regulars had down years and that's why the offense sucked. No one wants to wait until the deadline to patch holes up but what else is there to be done? Overpay on long term deals for Chapman and Belli? If we get locked into too many deals like that it will probably be one of the few ways in which we can't consistently compete for the WC. And I'm not sure that the offense is even projected to be that bad. Take a guy like Varsho, he's projected for a wRC+ of 106. You'd never know that with the way this board talks about him. I think we are projected to have a good offense.
  5. Terminator
    Holy crap he's on the lam lol
  6. Terminator
    My bad I didn't catch the joke but I get it now. Cheers.
  7. Terminator
    Ok I hear ya. I think the KK and IKF signings (I trust Spanky) raise the floor for us. But they also don't preclude us from signing Bellinger or Chapman should their prices drop. Say Bellinger does 5 years and Chapman does 4 then we could still be in on them.
  8. Terminator
    Lol that's one way of putting it. I think I'd describe it as cheap but serviceable options that maintain payroll flexibility to make future moves. Perhaps some prices come down later this offseason, maybe we could do something at the trade deadline, or maybe we dip into the FA class next year. Also buys us some time to get more looks at Barger, Orelvis and Palmagiani to see if they could be an answer at 3B. All of that seems far less foolish than giving an 8 year deal to a guy who projects for a 2.4 WAR next year. Now that seems like the most FOOLISH strategy of all, Max.
  9. Terminator
    Well the hell crawled up your ass today? Did you get a lump of coal yesterday?
  10. Terminator
    Well that's worth almost nothing because the Yankees inexplicably played him 85 games in the OF last year (where he had never logged a single inning before) and only 34 in the infield (where he's pretty darn good). That skewed his defensive numbers big time.
  11. Terminator
    Here you go bud. Tied with Blake Treinen for 5th. https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?pos=all&lg=all&qual=y&type=8&month=0&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&players=0&startdate=&enddate=&season1=2017&season=2021&stats=rel He might still be elite. At the very least he should still be very good.
  12. Terminator
    Yeah it's not ideal but maybe get a bopper at DH, a 4th OF with some pop (Duvall? Grichuk?) and then look at the trade deadline to add a star player. Also gives Barger, Orelvis and Palmegiani, all of whom are in AAA and on the cusp of the bigs, a shot to see if they can play 3B after a half season more of development.
  13. Terminator
    Projects to be barely worse than the Yankees and everyone is slobbing their knobs after their offseason. But yeah it still has good payroll flexibility so there is more that could be done if you desire.
  14. Terminator
    Yeah something like that could still happen. JDM and Pederson are pretty similar anyway. And I think an IKF signing wouldn't necessarily preclude bringing Chapman back but it is good insurance if we don't. Same thing for KK and signing someone like Teo.
  15. Terminator
    Also, don't forget that we brought back Chad Green. In the 5 seasons prior to his injury he was the 5th best reliever in baseball in terms of WAR.
  16. Terminator
    It isn't very sexy but with a good bench, elite defense and very good rotation and bullpen it probably gets them to the trade deadline in contention while keeping all of their prospects and having good payroll flexibility moving forward. The free agent class sucks and there just aren't many sellers right now to do a trade at a position like 3B. I think more of them will pop up come the trade deadline.
  17. Terminator
    RF- Springer SS- Bo DH- Joc Pederson (L) 1B- Vlad 2B- Babe Schneider LF- Varsho (L) C- Kirk CF- Kiermaier/Grichuk (L/R) 3B- IKF (If Spanky's sources are correct)
  18. Terminator
    That could work, especially if he plays mostly 3B which he would be projected to do. He's got about 1200 innings at 3B in his career. That's about 130 games worth, so basically what he would get if he were the mostly full time starter there. In that span, here are his defensive numbers: DRS-19 UZR-6.7 OAA- 22 RAA- 16 Those are prime Matt Chapman numbers
  19. Terminator
    You'd be somewhat satisfied if we traded for a HoF third baseman and then signed the top position player?
  20. Terminator
    Ok there's a lot of slop in this post but IKF could be a fit. And it wouldn't take 3/33 either. I think his value tanked last year because the Yankees played him mostly in the OF. His defense there was ok but his bat doesn't play there at all. Play him mostly at 3B (where he is awesome) or SS (where he ranges from great to passable depending on the metric) and I think he's a 1.5 WAR guy or so.
  21. Terminator
    Yeah Grichuk could be a fit while being cheap. He's kind of changed his game and I think he looks like a corner short side platoon guy this coming year. Plus, he and KK would form the greatest looking OF platoon in Major League Baseball history. I mean WOW.
  22. Terminator
    This matters to some degree but I think it's probably overstated. Fans often want to pencil in perfect fits everywhere but the realities of a s***** FA class are going to prevent those perfect fits from happening. Varsho still played 64 games in CF last year and that was with KK remaining almost entirely healthy and playing in 130 games. Shave that down to 100 games for KK and all of the sudden Varsho is playing 90+ in CF. So if Varsho is in LF for 80 games or so instead of CF how badly does that actually affect his value? I'm just eyeballing these numbers, mind you but the point still stands. On top of it, you need two CFers on your team anyway and this team only had one. KK's salary is low enough that if Bellinger is cheap enough (though I think that ship has now sailed) or if something else presents itself via trade they could still do it and just move KK to a more traditional 4th OF role. Or you could DH Springer more.
  23. Terminator
    You guys are REALLY going to hate this suggestion but how about Randall Grichuk as a KK platoon partner? He mashes lefties, both last year (155 wRC+, compared to 79 vs RHP) and in his career (116 compared to 92 vs RHP). You could probably get him for a ham sandwich. Duvall or MAT would also be good options but they would probably be a lot more expensive.
  24. Terminator
    KK is good. His fWAR projections undersell him because UZR hates him. Duvall and MAT were thrown around as potential 4th OF options and KK is better than them. And yeah, KK is technically a starter but you can pencil him in for 350-400 PAs which is 4th OF playing time.
  25. Terminator
    Jim get your T levels checked. Very low energy thread you’ve got here.
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