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What difference does it make where this team will sit in the draft. Mayer was the #4 pick and we are still waiting. This organization can screw up a pick regardless of when it comes along.

I agree and I feel the same way about Crochett. Why waste his starts on a team like this? I love the young pitching corps. Let them get the experience they need.

I would not trade Wong.. He is a perfect backup catcher for a team with a real starting catcher which we do not currently have.

I’ve liked Eaton for sometime now. I’ll never really understand why this organization does some of the things they do. They brought in two utility players that they really didn’t need.

I agree. We brought in AAAA free agents when we had plenty of them tucked away. Eaton should have been there day 1.

I made a mistake there I meant to say Arias to short and Mayer to second but I could live with it either way. As for Mayer, I think that he is extremely talented and will someday be much more than worth the wait.

Arias to second and Mayer to short.

Sad but true. The way it goes for this team.

I like Ranger to but depending on what’s offered I guess he could go. I brought him up not because I don’t think he helps but what he might be worth. No question about Gray though..

Gray, Contreas(sp), Suarez, were not bad signings. Signing more 4444 players when basically that is what you have in your system was ridiculous. Relying on metrics, trying to sign players that seem to fit in a specific ballplark as opposed to trying to sign good baseball players in general doesn’t seem too bright to me. With respect to Breslow, Kennedy, etc., I would have to say “are you stupid or are you just uncoachable.?” Stubbornness and the constant ridiculous optimism that they throw our way makes me think that they are uncoachable which is far worse than stupid.

I would keep most of the young regulars. I agree with your primary trade candidates but I might even add Suarez to the list reluctantly. Chapman, Gray, Suarez and Duran will be guys that other teams might want.

I’m in the very small camp of do not trade Mayer. He would be one or two of the actual position players that I would not trade.

I think that you are absolutely right on this one. It’s going to be a long haul requiring a different way of looking at things than the way they look at them now. I’m a very sad fan right now. The day that DD walked away was a sad day for me. The experimentation with a whole bunch of this and thats since then has sucked. Let’s see if we can do it as well as the best without spending the money right. It has not worked. Rafaela and the young pitchers might be the only ones worth not trying to trade right now. I would also keep Mayer regardless of the criticism he gets here. Other than that folks I say trade away. Most of them would be much better off with fresh starts somewhere else. Oh and spare me the sililoquies about the huge amount of (wasted) money that we currently spend.. It will cost much money and many fresh faces to get this franchise even close to what it once was.

What’s frustrating for me is that sadly there is no quick fix for this team. It’s going to take a massive change of sorts to right this ship today and going forward. I think that everything has backfired beginning with a much over rated farm system. Some pitching talent for sure but what else? I’m going with very little.

I just want a competitive team to watch. For me, this is now an watchable team.