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  1. FredLynn
    Are you satisfied with making a guest appearance in the playoffs like last year?
  2. FredLynn
    I realize its a possibility, though I don't think it will happen. Regardless, just getting into the playoffs and getting bounced in round 1 like last year isn't good enough because management had the means to get us the talent to do much better. I am not willing to settle for mediocrity again.
  3. FredLynn
    I am predicting 88-90 wins, no playoffs. Now lets watch the games prove me right.
  4. FredLynn
    4th place and no playoffs is spot on. It’s what I have been writing all along. Pecota is a few games off in the win column though. Watch and weep….
  5. FredLynn
    Sounds about right
  6. FredLynn
    And where would you play him? DH?
  7. FredLynn
    There is a non zero chance that Casas comes back . I think his career OPS is over .800. I haven’t given up on him . The question would become where to put him.
  8. FredLynn
    Duran is the worst of the four OF but Rafaela-unless things have changed for him-is much worse with a bat in his hands. We actually have five OF if you want to stick Masa in LF occasionally. I suspect that Duran will get at least 20% of the OF starts since Breslow didn’t do his job and trade one of them for a good IF.
  9. FredLynn
    No doubt we will discover additional needs near the TD-if we are a legitimate contender for a playoff spot. Those needs can be addressed at that time. The issue is that right now there is a glaring need that wasn’t filled. Why do you think that is? The players to fill that need were available.
  10. FredLynn
    I tend to be stubborn and stick to my guns when I think I’m right. I realize that I won’t always get it right but if I truly believe something I see no reason to change my mind unless what I consider to be solid proof that I’m wrong presents itself.
  11. FredLynn
    I think you correctly and succinctly posted that our ceiling is now limited because our offense isn’t that of a team competing for a ring. That sums it up. Maybe we’ll finish 3rd. Maybe we’ll make the playoffs. But doing that and getting bounced early again isn’t what I would call a successful season. Not this year. And the shame is that it didn’t have to be this way.
  12. FredLynn
    Yes, Conteras IS a good hitter (see above). But Alonso has better numbers.
  13. FredLynn
    Contreras was not on my dreg list. His lifetime OPS is 121. Alonso is at 135 lifetime and 144 last year. Alonso hit 38 HRs last year. Contreras 17. Face it: we chose "Alonso light".
  14. FredLynn
    OK. We seem to be in agreement here. I will concede that Durbin is probably not a dumpster dive. But he certainly isn't what we needed, not when his OPS+ last year (his only year) was average and his HR total last year was 11.
  15. FredLynn
    Then don't bother.
  16. FredLynn
    This ^^^ We could make the playoffs but anyone who thinks this team as currently constructed is talented enough to make a deep run in October is living on a different planet. And I didn't mean to dismiss WAR. I just wouldn't rely on it too much. There are many other factors to consider: past performance and the current needs of the team. If a team has an outstanding rotation but lacks firepower to score runs there isn't the need to sign another ace. Address the needs, not the WAR.
  17. FredLynn
    Yup. That was a good move, a rare one. Those kinds of moves are few and far between though. Instead we end up with dregs like Andrew Monasterio, Anthony Seigler, Caleb Durbin, IKF, Tsung-Che Cheng, and Brendan Rodgers. As I wrote, I don't really mind those dumpster products as long as we complete the roster with the talented players we need. That didn't happen. Its going to be a long long season unless our rotation is lights out because our lineup scares nobody.
  18. FredLynn
    Sorry. You're wrong again-if you value winning rings, which is really what counts (and what you stated YOU personally value most). WAR is a theoretical prediction that is high on assumptions and devoid of current performance. Saying that player X has a WAR of 5 for 2026 has no bearing on how that player will actually perform. If a team needs one player to fill a major hole, as we did-and still do, I don't care what his theoretical performance analysis predicts. I look at what he has actually done in the past. Schwarber and Alonso have a long history of hitting the ball out of the park. We don't have many players in that category-none, really. Anthony has potential, but he will be pitched around all year because Bresslow failed to get a player to protect him.
  19. FredLynn
    We should have gone all in this year. We have our ace. We have a very good #2 and a solid rotation behind him and a respectable pen. We have a budding superstar. All we really needed was one more excellent offensive force (ideally two, but one would have been OK) to make the team formidable. Now we are likely a fourth place team.
  20. FredLynn
    Yup. And while Breslow is marginally better if the FLOPS don't make the playoffs he will likely be history too. I don't envy these GMs. They are being put in a corner by budget limitations imposed by ownership that makes it nearly impossible to construct a team that is consistent with revenue and competes for a ring nearly every year.
  21. FredLynn
    Exactly. Thats POOR MANAGEMENT. There comes a time to either (poop) or get off the pot. We did neither in those years other than declaring that we are going "full throttle". Liars.
  22. FredLynn
    Just to correct Brady (again) those dregs to whom I refer include Gaspar and Durbin (lifetime OPS+ of 101). While Contreras and Gray are nice, better players were available, as everyone who is paying attention knows.
  23. FredLynn
    Defending the indefensible has become an art form here to some. I find that in life, generally, you get what you pay for. Generally the more expensive players are more talented than dregs, dumpster products. Wouldn't you agree?
  24. FredLynn
    It is totally accurate to state that we picked Gaspar but didn't pick Alonso, Schwarber, or Bregman. That should tell everyone here what the mindset of ownership is: cheap.
  25. FredLynn
    Didn't you say earlier something to the effect that was just the opposite-that you could have done without Gray if we obtained help for our anemic lineup? That would certainly be the rational approach, though more expensive. But hey_the Henrys gotta eat too, right?
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