Terminator

Has anyone noticed Biggio's ROS projections for Zips and Steamer? Zips thinks he's an 80 wRC+ hitter from here on out while Steamer has him at 101. I know the board seems to prefer Steamer so that's why I go with it but I never knew why exactly. Is Zips kind of trash or is this just an outlier?

We will likely need bats at 1B, CF and DH. Mike Moustaskas is criminally underpaid every offseason. I'd give him a 3 year deal and have him primarily play 1B but would also give him time at 3B and 2B if the need came up. The Jays love resting players too so having a guy like that to rotate around the diamond to allow Vlad and Biggio to DH once in a while wouldn't be a bad idea.

It's not a comprehensive list. Feel free to add.

He's more or less been pretty passive throughout his entire tenure so far. This includes the trade deadlines and in free agency. Now that the team has bottomed out on his watch he's in a more precarious position. I agree I think this deadline is really important for him.

I did one of these after April and it seemed pretty popular. Not a ton has really changed since then tbh but since we've hit the midway point I thought it was worth another thread.

I'm not completely plugged into the NBA anymore but I thought there was a slight chance Gasol would forego that option in order to secure one more multi-year payday. Could have seen a 2 or 3 year deal for him without taking that big of a hit to his AAV. There are quite a few Centers on the market though.

After 81 games we are 29-52. Been pretty disastrous so far but a few things of late are giving us some reason for optimism. Things I Like: -Biggio's plate discipline looks elite. This raises his ceiling quite a bit IMO. -Gurriel is mashing and he looks solid in LF. He's under control for a while so if he can check off a corner OF spot for us for the 2-3 years that could be a big help during this rebuild. -Was generally going to stick to the MLB team but Bichette is mashing as well. Him, Vlad Jr, Biggio and Gurriel could form an outstanding cost-controlled core who form the 1-4 spots in our lineup for years to come. It's kind of amazing at how much potential that group has. -Our two biggest trade chips are pitching very well, setting us up for solid returns if things go right. Things I Don't Like: -Assuming Stroman and Giles are dealt, do we have ANY average or better pitchers penciled in to next year's roster? Shoemaker can't be counted on and I suppose Thornton looks like he could stick as a back of the rotation type and Pearson isn't too far away but the pitching looks atrocious both at the big league and upper minor league levels. We need about 4 viable starters, two of which need to be good and about 4 solid relievers to fill out a decent pitching staff. Yikes. -Jansen looks like s***. His statcast profile is better than his stat line but after 200 plate appearances he's really struggling. I'm still hopeful he gets it going but I am slightly worried. -Other than Gurriel, most of the post-hype sleepers that Atkins has given significant playing time too have been really bad. Teoscar, Drury, McKinney, Tellez, etc. all look like they should be optioned or non-tendered at the end of the year. This goes for a lot of the relievers too. The one diamond in the rough we did find is Eric Sogard who will be a 33 year old entering free agency anyway. -Grichuk is playing like s*** and undeserving of his extension. He's generally a 2nd half guy so hopefully he goes on a tear soon. I'll be interested to read everyone's thoughts about everything so far and where we are headed. Cheers. PS things i really dislike - tbad's take on my post

Gasol opting in. Might be the best outcome for the Raps. 1 year deal for a player his age.

I could see that but it depends on if Shatkins' seat is hot or not. If it is they will try to do more to win next year. If it were completely up to them though I could definitely see them dumpster diving again.

Tellez's statcast is okay but it's got to look good or better for him to be a viable player. Slow lefties can get shifted to death and he contributes nothing defensively or on the bases. Plate discipline profile isn't what it needs to be either. I think he's probably shown enough that I'd give him a lot of ABs over the rest of the season ("we have no one else" situation) but he's a complete shot in the dark at this point.

Yeah and given that 3B, SS and 2B appear to be filled with possible star players there shouldn't be an abundant need for him there anyway. Maybe if we have a flyball pitcher going he could get a start at 2B or 3B 10 games a year or something but that's about it.

Yeah let's say Biggio, Vlad, Gurriel AND Bo all work out. That's a damn good core to build around, all with about 6 years of control. Wow!

Thank god for Gurriel and Biggio. Adding some much needed optimism to this otherwise horrid season. If Jansen and Vlad can get it going more toward expectations I can actually feel a little better about next season.

Good lord he is MASHING

I think Kahwi goes back to the Raptors which will be cool. Everyone's been so condescending toward them about their chances in retaining him. I have a feeling the Lakers are going to f*** it up somehow. They need shooters, defenders and depth but they'll probably get a ball hog point guard instead. I have no clue what Durant does.

He runs extremely well. Run speed is 94th percentile. I don't think it fully translates to his baserunning or his range in the field though.

SSS but I agree he did look solid in LF. That said his career numbers are trash and if we are going to use SSS (295 innings in LF and just 123 in CF) his numbers in CF this year are atrocious. We can see how it turns out but so far I don't think it's much of a stretch to think that Gurriel Jr. may be a better defensive OF than Teoscar. Anyway, I wasn't aware that Teoscar had a fan club dedicated to his defense and this is way more discussion than I hoped to get into by merely wondering out loud if Gurriel could pull it off better than him.

If you want to take my post hyper literally feel free. My point is the current CFer is a s***** OFer while Gurriel has definitely shown some flashes out there in LF and might prove to be better suited out there. I'm not confident he could do it but if they want to give Teoscar a shot out there it tells me they are pretty open to trying out anyone there.

Our current CFer is a DH

Gurriel has a cannon. I wonder if he could play CF.

Forgive me but I can never tell what makes you leftist snowflakes upset these days.

Please tell me this is a joke.

Draymond Green was one of the people bitching about the term owner and in his own twitter bio he refers to himself as an owner of some nutrition company he owns. You can't make this s*** up.

Hilariously stupid

So the NBA is really banning the term "owner"? And calling team owners "governor"? Lol that is retarded.