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  1. Hitch
    Agreed. I didn't realise Bichette was still so young. I'd be more than okay with him at 2nd and Story/Mayer manning 3rd/SS between them, as long as the contract is reasonable. This team could do with more hitters that put the ball in play, too, as long as we get another masher (or 2 preferably), but how we'd do all that with the payroll I don't know.
  2. Hitch
    I'm less sure, but as long as it's not from us, I'm good.
  3. Hitch
    I'd be fine with that for the 1-2 punch we'd then have
  4. Hitch
    I think they may well do that, too.
  5. Hitch
    Baseball America is predicting Alex Bregman — 6 years, $180 million. Um - no.
  6. Hitch
    2 from those 3 does feel a pipe dream, however. Plus at some point (soonish) you'll essentially have 2 aging DHs on your team.
  7. Hitch
    Yeah, I'm very glad we don't have Bogey here at the moment, and I always liked him best.
  8. Hitch
    Romy HAS to come back. Or we'll need a thread titled 'Bres is ruining baseball'
  9. Hitch
    Personally, I think Minnesota hang up and never talk to us again if we made that offer.
  10. Hitch
    I don't think that gets it done for Skubal (as in the extension). I'd be up for that trade if he agreed to that however. I don't think Detroit would be inclined to take it however. We can only really get one starting pitcher as the infield is so threadbare, and we have injury prone players for that ones that are here. There's a lot of work to be done this off season.
  11. Hitch
    Oh I'm definitely on the 'please don't opt out' side of things. Which is mind-blowing compared to where I was in May.
  12. Hitch
    Ride out the J.D. Martinez contract for a year, or find a way to move him, or ANYTHING. Up there with Chaim's two deadlines for keeping me awake at night.
  13. Hitch
    I'm okay sending Tolle or Early as neither have proven anything - Ryan has proven plenty. You spend prospects on proven talent. That said, if we can get away with moving neither and Campbell as the main piece, I'd be over the moon, moon.
  14. Hitch
    Hard to say with Brez - he appears definitely analytically inclined shall we say. But as ex-ball player you'd hope he has the other brain on active, too.
  15. Hitch
    And to think Schwarber was available for the same price 12 months earlier. 😧
  16. Hitch
    Well deserved for Raf. Makes Abreu all the more valuable in trades...
  17. Hitch
    Same. Retooling our infield would take SERIOUS work, some of which would need to be trades with 29 teams that see how desperate we are.
  18. Hitch
    No, Masa feels like a real stick in the mud, unfortunately. If they trade Harper, they can go back and get Schwarber no worries. I think they'd get out of that Harper contract given the chance. Whether they'd eat a big chunk of his contract, or take salary on in return is hard to say. It's a very difficult trade to judge.
  19. Hitch
    I think he'll be good to go over the first tax line. Little to no chance he'll go over the second line though. I saw that Merloni video, too. It does feel very much like Ryan is the one that they have their sights on. I do expect that to happen. I think Early and Tolle getting the late season promotions (Harrison, too possibly), will increase their values and one of them will be going in a deal for Ryan I would think. Which is fine by me. We need to spend our prospect capital (especially on the pitching side of things after the last two drafts) to improve our major league roster now. It's the time to strike and go for it.
  20. Hitch
    Yeah, these are good points. It would be interesting to see how much of this stuff they take into a account, or whether it's mostly/all data driven. Seeing the impression Bregman made to the youngsters, you'd hope that this sort of intangible factors into their thinking. Glue guys might not light up the stat sheet but they offer so much to their organisations beyond the underlying numbers.
  21. Hitch
    I don't think it's because he sees himself as revolutionary for pocketing money, but because like all business people, wants success at the lowest possible price and is constantly looking at/for value. He also wants to outsmart everyone else and be seen to be the smartest person in the room is my guess. I think if he sees a possibility of winning he'll spend, if he thinks the organisation isn't in the right health to do so, he won't. Of course, this is about to be tested to the max because we are now fully entering our window.
  22. Hitch
    He would spend the money, whether it is used to the best possible advantage is another thing, however. A big part of me still wants Story to opt out (I don't believe he will), just to get away from the contract as I don't believe this year's form (and health) will continue, but it would require A LOT of work, leaving us with only (an often hurt) Mayer in the infield and Romy who should be platooning and not playing full time. Everyone else has huge question marks. And there's not a lot on the free agency list to get exited about
  23. Hitch
    Easily the MVP, which is saying something with Ohtani's performance. It doesn't feel like it now, but giving $300m to a pitcher that had never played in the MLB was a big risk. Man is it paying off.
  24. Hitch
    It's going to haunt them for years. They might not get this close for a decade or more. Plenty of chances to win it, but you have to tip your hat to the Dodgers - relentless. One of the best series I've seen in a long time. The Dodgers feel like they might just be getting a little old, however.
  25. Hitch
    I think the Sox will spend this summer and fairly big, but I think some of the proposals are fanciful to say the least. Henry does usually spend when the team is in a position to win, but it won't be wild spending. The real headache will come if Story opts out (I don't believe he will). Which is crazy as we'd have been desperate to get out of that deal a year ago. I think they likely offer the QO to Gio. He loves it here so may well take it, but there will be a market for him if he's proven healthy.
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