Brownie19

Just stay healthy! He's quite possibly the best defensive CF of all-time. We just need him on the field rocking a 95-105 wRC+ bat.

Here's a snippet from a recent Fangraph's article. • Kevin Kiermaier wants to hit for more power. One thing to watch for? Kiermaier wants to hit for more power, flipping the script after he joked one year ago that his goal was to hit zero home runs and be the best No. 9 hitter in baseball. He believes — and you can see the belief is earnest — that he has another level to unlock. “I’m as motivated as I’ve ever been right now,” Kiermaier said, leaning in to the camera. “I can never sit still. I’ve got this fire in me.” I also found these interesting: • The Dodgers will go with a six-man (or six-day) rotation next year … Whether the Dodgers call it a six-man rotation will depend, most likely, on whether they add another starting pitcher this winter. But it will likely function as a six-man rotation, in terms of affording pitchers extra rest between starts. … I suspect that will continue in 2024, given: 1. Yamamoto’s transition. 2. Tyler Glasnow’s injury history. 3. Walker Buehler’s return from elbow surgery 4. Miller’s youth. So even if the Dodgers don’t officially name six starters, they’ll likely shuttle players like Emmet Sheehan, Michael Grove, Gavin Stone and Landon Knack through the rotation, with some bullpen games and Ryan Yarbrough usage thrown in for good measure. Apparently the Dodgers may hold Buehler out of the rotation to start the year. They want him in October, not April/May.

We basically had IKF playing 3rd for the Jays last year during May, June, August and September. This is just a MUCH cheaper, lower risk status quo move!

I'm pretty sure the direction was to complete for and/or make the playoffs from 2020-2025. To compete beyond that, we're probably going to need to 'hit' on more prospects who are ready to contribute by 2026-2028. Ricky, Orelvis, Nimmala, Barger, Barriera, Watts-Brown, Bonilla, Roden. There are some high upside players in there and while the margin for error is getting tighter for sure, it's not completely hopeless. If we move Vlad or Bo before they hit free agency, we might be able to increase our chances (although that may also decrease our ability to win in 2025).

They did buyout Bo's last arb years, but that's not really an extension. I mean - who would have you have wanted them to have extended? I'm pretty happy they haven't extended Vlad, Kirk, Manoah or Espinal. The only one I think you'd consider it with would be Bo - and it seems very clear he has no interest in an extension. I guess you could extend Jansen and/or Romano, but both come with risk (depending on the duration/price). I know this will shock most, but I actually think the FO deserves credit here for not extending players too early.

It's about f***ing time you took notice. Rumor has it that Term is polishing up my Assistant Sheriff badge as we speak.

Super encouraging to see how efficient Barrett has been so far. New life in his career perhaps. Hope it continues.

Offseason isn't over yet and I'm not sure that's true - but thanks for your opinion Dick.

ah - I, um, don't see those ones.

You have to love Darko's passion.

Forgot to switch accounts?

Agreed. Hard to look past George Kirby also.

Same. I really hope Varsho takes his meaty cock and shoves it right up that haters raw brown star, sans lube - on his way to another 4.5+ WAR season. That, combined with a WC birth that turns into winning multiple playoff rounds (maybe even the WS) would simply be sublime.

Interesting. This could be huge for Anaheim.

Isn't the question whether or not Cutter will sign with a team or play 2 more years in College and become a FA?

Yeah - after Billy told him to off his pedestal and Jonah Hill showed him how much better he is when he doesn't swing

Man - how good would 2021/2022 Turner be for this team? Start 60-90 games at 3rd and DH the rest. 125 wRC+ If only he could turn back the clock.

Billy Beane to David Justice conversation maybe?

f***ing right buddy! Pack and Bills win - it was a beautiful day all around. I don't know what they did, but Love flipped the switch midseason and went from having some major accuracy issues to this completely locked in beast. 18 TD, 1 INT over his last 8 games. 4000+ yards, 36 TDs (total), 11 INT on the season with a very young, inexperienced offense is incredible. Reed, Wicks, Musgrove, Kraft is one hell of an offensive draft + Watson and Doubs - the offense should be loaded for awhile. Regardless of what happens next week - this season has been a massive win for the Packers.

I mean - does he have a choice? I agree that hedging your bets a bit is always a good idea, but you can't hedge all 4 of those players....there's no way to cover them all in the event they suck like they did in 2023.

How many HR's does Bonds hit if he played at new Yankee Stadium his whole career? 1,000+? It's probably not that high, as it's not like Bonds hit a lot of wall scrappers, but Oracle is like death to most lefties.

I agree - he's been volatile, so unless there's something to prove he figured something out last year, it's a bit scary locking in a DH for more than 1 or 2 years - even if you think he can stand out there in LF a bit like Schwarber. Joc has been a bit similar...he went through a funk for like 3 years, then lit it up in 2022 and fell back to earth a bit last year (although the peripheral numbers were still pretty good). I honestly think you wait this s*** out and sign whomever is left out of JDM, Joc, Soler, Hoskins. Not sure you want to commit more than 1 year for any of them. If I have to go 2 years with any of them, it's probably Soler

Sorry - I should have clarified that we'd be getting these guy on short term deals as the market for them simply doesn't appear to have formed. There certainly seems to be A LOT of sluggers who can't field who are still available and spring training isn't far away (just got tickets to see the Braves / O's at the new stadium in North Port). Could you get either Teo or Soler 2 years $30M and then Hoskins or Joc for 1 year $15M?

Would a combination of Teo and then either Soler or Joc add enough umph to the lineup? KK acts as the 4th OFer and Biggio/Schneider/IKF fight it for AB's at 2nd and 3rd?

This will shock you, but Mark Feinsand of MLB is reporting the Blue Jays are showing interest in Soler.