Brownie19

What a bizarre thing to say.

You are putting words in people's mouth. It seems like this hits close to home for you so I won't judge, but what you're doing isn't fair.

I think fans are really going to love the way Varsho plays. I think he'll quickly become a massive fan favourite. The guy is a f***ing stud defensively, runs the bases aggressively and cranks HRs. It's like Teo meets Pillar.

Right - thanks I haven't followed it that closely. But is what I said true? If they thought Bauer did nothing wrong - could they rule the MLB/Dodgers owe him his salary + damages?

That's what I said....he's the backup plan that allows them to play Kirk and Jansen in the same lineup. If somoene gets hurt - surely they would put Varsho back there instead of losing the DH

We really already have Espinal that we want in there v. LHP. Merrifield moves to the OF. That said, a lefty masher would be a nice add. AJ Pollock might be a good fit.

I do like how Varsho should allow Jansen and Kirk to typically both be in the lineup everyday. Teams typically shy away from that if they aren't carrying a 3rd catcher - which Varsho can now act as.

Have a peak at his minor league numbers - they will make you feel better. He wasn't a high K% guy and tore up the minors. There's certainly more potential in that bat.

If the Arbitrator reviewed the evidence and concluded the suspension served was too harsh (or not necessary), would he have ruled that MLB/Dodgers would have had to pay Bauer his full salary + damages?

Am I reading it right that he's served 144 game suspension to date and will be reinstated immediately - but will be docked salary for another 50 games (which is where the 194 games came from)?

Holy f*** - of course we'd all love them to sign a couple more FA starters as depth. Nobody is arguing that adding SP depth would be a BAD thing. The big question is how much more money can they spend and how do we spend it wisely. If the Jays are content spending another $40M then f*** - go wild and sign shitbags like Wacha and Cueto as "depth". Of course that would benefit the team. However, if we only have $10M left to spend, then we need to spend that wisely and adding a $10M s*** baller might not be the best approach. Maybe we land a MLB ready starter in a trade for Jansen, or maybe we add a starter with MLB experience who's been injured and we stash them in AAA as depth. There should be little doubt in anyone's mind that the FO is exploring all the options. There are other ways to add depth besides paying the leftovers the remaining budget we have. And f*** - of course if 2 of our top 4 starters go down with injury we're in big trouble - said every team in major league baseball. Newsflash, if Springer and KK get hurt, our OF is f***ed too. Do you and CD keep going on about this so you can point back in August and say "I told you so" or some s***? Is that what gets you off? How are we still talking about this?

Verdugo blows and is a massive douche. I say no.

I hope you get more tinfoil for Christmas this year Jim.

Have you seen the average results of a #5 starters? The bar isn't very high.

Take the best OFer out of most (all?) lineups and suddenly the team doesn't look so strong. The fact we have Merrifield, Biggio and potentially Moreno who could fill in is actually a strength. I also fully expect we'll be adding a true 4th OFer before the offseason is complete.

Were you asleep when we traded for JD? and then again when we traded for Chapman? Never say never.

That or religion. That seems to be the 'out' card a lot these days.

The reality is that Arizona is a team on the upswing who could be good soon - and for a long time.

SF is a s***** team in a pitchers park. Not the ideal landing spot for Conforto to rebuild his value. Let's go get him.

Conforto seems like much better value than the old washed up guys being proposed. That or we pony up more and get Eovaldi.

I'd much rather give Conforto $15M for 1 year than Wacha $20M over 2 years. Quintana, Heaney, Manaea, Thor and Anderson all seemed like much better values at $12-13M than Wacha at $10M. I'd rather give Eovaldi $15M AAV.

OK? He isn't someone I want to give 2 years $20M to. Do you Jim? projected xFIP of 4.12 (White's is projected at 4.15)

yes - I'm so smart - ignoring what he did in 2017. How about we make 2019 the cut off, in which case he's only averaged 0.575 WAR per year over the past 4 years. I mean if you can get Wacha for like $3M then f*** - go for it, but crowd source projects him to get 2 years $20M and to that I say f*** THAT.

Wacha and Mitch White were very similar last year and have almost identical projections for 2023. Wacha has averaged 0.62 WAR per season over the past 5 years.

This is true - but he's going to the Angels, so he'll probably be out of baseball within the next 6 months.