Signing the Wilsons of the world to pitch the 6th inning isn't the problem. Signing Chapman is really dumb. Letting Soto go elsewhere will be really dumb. Not getting a TOTR starter will be really dumb.
They floated Adames and nobody really bit on it. I know Bregman, Fried and Burnes have been considered.
I wonder if they end up just going with Alex Cobb (doesn't throw a 4 seamer) and Tyler O'Neilll?
Hendriks hasn't had a high powered arm since he was out of baseball after 2022. I'm worried that he doesn't have a 9th inning repertoire anymore.
Slaten hasn't really been that guy. Whitlock either. Both have been more setup. Slaten could develop into that guy. I don't see Whitlock as that guy going forward.
Passan will earn millions over his career from working for ESPN. MLBTR isn't taking money out of his pocket. People don't go to ESPN.GO.COM or whatever anymore because half the site is paywalled on the most banal articles.