Duran still has options left I believe. And with White we will have a glut of OFers, especially if Anthony returns. Even Masa can sort of play LF, though no one really wants to see him out there.
So you’re saying we made a couple of good moves. If AR helps us get to the WS I will agree with you. Mayer was pretty useless. We got a decent RP for him. I’m going to withhold judgement until I see how our new acquisitions do. Then I’ll decide if it was enough.
Not sure if he’s a middle of the order bat but he’s a lot better bet to contribute than Narvaez, who has almost been an automatic out. He costed a lot but the players we sent over were prospects only-like Mayer, our former #2 prospect.
Having done some reading about Rutschman I think he will work out well. He’s a switch hitter with a low K rate and is regarded as an elite defensive catcher. If he can stay healthy he’ll be a major upgrade over Narvaez.
Still, giving up Eyanson is tough to swallow
At least AR (I’m not going to try to spell his name over and over again) is an upgrade over Narvaez, who can’t hit the baseball. He’s comes at a very hefty price though.
And Duran is still on the team, unfortunately.
I’m looking for the best offensive catcher out there. We weren’t getting Goodman. Hicks is much better than Rutchman with the bat. Our problem is scoring runs. We did a little but not much to improve that.