Brownie19

He'd be the DH. I'd definitely consider Eloy to be our DH over signing Soler to a 2 year $40M or JDM for 1 year $20M....assuming we get Eloy for nothing.

Dude carved out a very solid career. Good for him.

A lot of people struggle with this...

Always so salty...

Well that's also spot on.

what a f***ing joke.

Spot on.

I think it echo's what most have said on here. Stop listening to old boomers who miss what baseball was back in 1985. Swing and miss more - stop trying to "make contact" and "use the whole field". Unfortunately, he's too good at making contact and does so far too often in locations where he can't punish the ball. Be patient for balls in zones you can do damage and don't be afraid to swing and miss more. 2024 is going to be a massive year for Vlad. He's either going to get back on track and hopefully push towards that HOF career (that he has the talent for). Or he's going to push even deeper into that "one year wonder" narrative. The success of this team will be greatly effected by which Vlad we see in 2024.

Does anyone ever do anything right in your mind?

Potentially - I have no issue taking a flyer on him. The Raps are going to need to flex their ability to find and develop talent though - as these 1st round picks are all likely to be in the 20's. Pretty big letdown after seeing all the other names that were rumored for Siakam. The guy I'd like to get is Jaden Ivey from Detriot. He seems to have fallen out of favor there. No idea how to get him. Wonder if you could move Bruce Brown back to the Nuggets for someone like Christian Braun.

Sounds about right to me.

I believe Bruce Brown has a $23M option for next year also - if the Raps want to keep him. I think he's a valuable trade chip though. Lockdown defender who helps the Nuggs win last year.

stop trolling please.

I don't think that's an unreasonable amount for an intriguing foreign player who comes with some obvious risk. Ha-Seong Kim's contract was 4 years $28M. But yes, he's not Yamamota obviously. He got more than Yuki Matsui and Shota Imanaga only got $53M guaranteed. He's a swingman, with some upside potential to start.

Alex Gordon is a nice little comp for Varsho isn't he? He was a beast in his age 27-31 years. Let's hope Varsho rounds out his skills and provides even 90% of that production.

IF Manoah bounces back and is a quality, inning eating, back of the rotation starter in 2024 (which is probably the highest probability result), there's probably a good chance he's only as valuable as Varsho was last year, in what most expect to be his "floor" at 2.1 WAR. Bassitt was only worth 2.6 WAR last year, which took 200 innings to accumulate and I think his 2023 season represents one of the best possible outcomes for Manoah in 2024.

Just use the ignore tool man. Guy is a moron. Manoah has a good year in 2022 (4.1 WAR) and is HORRID in 2023 (-0.4 WAR) - "hE'Ll bE FinE, JuST NeEDs tO HIt dA GyM" Varsho has a good year in 2022 (4.8 WAR) and a disappointing, yet still productive 2023 (2.1 WAR) - "gEt hIm OuT tHE liNeUp, DfA hIM, hE'S AwFUl"

or signed him to an extension...

Great history and a f***ton of success over the past 25+ years? Seems like a simple formula.

Massive collapse. They looked unstoppable early in the year.

This is a f***ing weak take man - even for you. It was Dallas at home. Take the L. Packers put on a f***ing clinic. Love looks like he's the real deal. Doubtful it continues, but this season has been a massive W for the Pack. Enjoy the night Spanky!

They must plan on giving him a shot no? They gave up a 2022 2nd round pick to get him (who was coming off a solid season). Isn't Busch really just a DH?

Mayo already brought in to replace Bill Belichick

A full year of Green is an improvement and should more than replace the 0.2 WAR Hicks provided to the Jays last year (and the 0.3 that Green provided himself). Seems highly likely they'll add a DH, who will replace Belt's production. What is ironic is that this time last year, most agreed this was a legit WS contending team. Running it back with a very similar roster seems like a disappointment and failure - but that's almost entirely based on the recency bias of the results of 2023. The reality is that this is still a very good baseball team as is. Yes, some players are year older and that's likely to hurt them a bit - but we're also full of players who are still young and/or entering their prime. Just as you'd expect the old guys to slow a bit, you should also expect the younger players to improve a bit with experience. Would anyone be shocked if we got career years out of Bo, Vlad, Jansen, Biggio, Varsho, Kirk, Espinal, IKF, etc? I certainly wouldn't be (and yes, I understand there are different probabilities of each having a career year). Also - the goal is to be the best team in October - not May. I think we forget that sometimes.

Yeah - we have Mitch White already for that role. Not much to suggest Suter is any better. He was lucky with his HR/FB% last year.