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Hicks. Well it was nice dreaming of a win there for a moment.

True, but Duran is clearly athletic. I don't know what what we've seen to give Campbell that moniker so far. I think he could definitely be worse there. It would be hard, but he's not showing much to believe in right now. 1st and LF are the only areas I can see him having any use as a fielder (thought left is something that's just popped in my head - I've no idea what his arm strength is like), but unless he hits, it's all moot anyway.

I'm not sure Campbell has shown he is athletic? He's been flat out awful at every defensive position he's played.

Page 4 was a fun page to read after the event. People are desperate for bad things to happen so they can say they're right on their particular obsession.

If we're within striking distance of the Division (especially with the best record up for grabs) I don't see us skipping Crochet.

Yeah, after the last two drafts, I'd very much like to see us concentrate on position players at the next one. At least in the majority.

You've called an almost 4 WAR guy 'an impediment to winning'. Of all of your hyperbolic takes, this one may be the worst yet.

Definitely QO Gio. No-brainer. Though I suspect they may work out a deal with him. He seems to love it here and feels comfortable. Chapman is a little trickier. He's not getting 22m in FA I don't think, but you maybe just take the option to make sure he's yours for 1 more year. If you believe he can get anywhere close to this again it's another no-brainer. No such thing as a bad 1 year deal and all that.

Bradish is going to be some pitcher. Not looking forward to facing him through the years.

What a ridiculous statement.

Fans overrate their own players and prospects. It's natural. I don't see how he's proven more than the doubts he has created offensively? He's defensively awful. Not bad. Awful. And he's shown little to show that his offence for the first month is the real him. He hasn't been able to pull the ball for large chunks of the year, though it's got closer to what you'd want. Unless an evaluator just loves something everyone else is missing, he's not got great value right now. I'm still hopeful he will be the player we'd hoped but it won't be at 2nd base that's for damn sure. I'm 45 with a dodgy back and bad eyes, and I play better D there than he does. I have always wondered if he could be a decent left fielder. Not sure what his arm is like though. But he needs to hit for more power and get his hard hit/barrel rates up.

It really is.

Lets not get hysterical to try and shoehorn in a point. I didn't say he was worthless, I said I don't think he has much value right now. We'd be trading low while he's signed to a long term contract. He has not been able to show he can play defence at ANY position yet. He was clearly rushed through the minors without any thought to where he would play long term. Lou Merloni was on this early, asking where he could play defensively last season as he didn't see it. And while I generally enjoy your input and posts, I think I'll side with Chris Hatfield and Ian Cundall from Sox Prospects.com on him, when they were saying as little as 10 days ago that the underlying numbers are not even supporting his improved batting average in AAA. Hopefully that will change and with luck, he will be on our team, or at least brought us something back very tasty, but he's far from a lock to be either right now. To think he's ahead of Mayer is flat out absurd, even with Mayer's sketchy injury history.

Proven by the quite absurd takes after Anthony penned his extension.

This is very true. The rubbish/furniture on the streets and horse-sized rats was an eye opener, especially moving there from a European city. Mind you, London on a hot day is no picnic on the nose, either. I lived in NYC for the '18 WS which was fun.

I lived in NYC for a while. I wouldn't want to live there too long, but (and as long as you didn't bump into too many Yankee fans) I had a great time.

The dislike is over his worth to the team, specifically as compares to his contract. I don't believe I've seen anyone say they dislike him on a personal level. All athletes are judged by their worth to their team. It's a s***** way to look at any human (one need only look at the way people talk about Henry despite all the success he's brought the franchise) but that's sports. I would like him off the team so the resources can be used elsewhere. That's it.

I don't dislike Masa as a person. I dislike that we signed him. I dislike him playing on this team.

I really don't think Campbell has much trade value right now. If we could trade him for pitching I'd do it in a heartbeat. Not happening. It's the same alignment now. Anthony and Duran are both fine in left. Rafaela is great in centre, and Duran is a more than adequate replacement. In right we will suffer occasionally, but you can still play Anthony there, and can't have a roster full of perfect replacements unfortunately. Your DH point makes no sense. I'm not saying use it to rest people, I'm saying use it to get all 4 very good outfielders in the game, or Gonzalez/Password when needed against lefties.

It's at least 1 for 15m with the buyout. A 2nd year added on as well for a player of his age is not bad from his point of view. It could definitely take a bit more, though.

1) Absolutely prove himself over Mayer for me. Campbell hasn't shown he can even play the position yet. In fact I'd argue that he's shown he can't really play the position and you'd use him there only in emergency. 2) I've been impressed with Lowe so far. I've always quite liked him from afar, so maybe I'm a little biased, but I'd be keeping him if he plays like I hope he does. I'm so fed up of the 1B hole. I'd platoon him with Campbell there, if Lowe continues to struggle with lefties. 3) Why does my plan have little regard for defence? I'm more than happy with Duran as a back up for Rafaela in CF when he needs some time off, and playing in left when Anthony does. Spotting Rafaela in right every now and then for Abreu works for me, too. Bullpen goes without saying. Good shout on Sandoval, I forgot about him. Gio has said often he loves it here, so I think we can bring him back if the will is there. I re-sign Chapman. I saw Moon suggest something like 1 for 12m with a 3m buyout/2 for 22m the other day. I'd be okay with something like that.

1) He has yet to prove he is worth anything more. 2) Because I'd happily pay 10m for a player that he's been for the most of his career, for the next few years at 1B, rather than worry about this position and trying to shoehorn prospects into all the time, but I accept we can wait on this, though it might end up costing us more if we don't jump on this down year. 3) Trades can be used for anything including for unloading as we've seen to great effect at this organisation. Whether we can do what I've suggested is another thing - I said it would be difficult/unlikely. Yoshida is more or less useless to us. and along with Casas has little to no value, which is why if you're lucky enough to get a taker, you do it immediately. Literally immediately. 4) We'll have to agree to disagree here. I'd be over the moon to have those 4 rotating, with Password as the RH back up, assuming he can hold his own. Several different skill sets, and 4 very good options, with one prospect. For SP I'd like - Crotchet, Bello, bring back Gio, and see if Cease wants a year where he tries to rebuild his value, and then we have Crawford, Dobbins, Harrison, Tolle, Sandlin and Early waiting to take the 5th spot and give us depth. That would be just fine by me,

I'd be tempted to offer him a 3 year deal, see if you can get him to sign for like 3 x 10/12. He's had a down season and may be open to it. Then package Casas and Yoshi together and literally give them away, hopefully eating as little of Yoshi's money as possible (this won't be easy admittedly) C Narvaez 1B Lowe 2B Mayer SS Story 3B Bregman LF Anthony CF Rafaela RF Abreu DH Duran (rotating among the 4 out fielders) Gonzalez, Password, Campbell and Wong as the bench pieces. Buy in pitching. Looks exciting to me.

I'll reply in the other thread.

Good shout, I didn't see that thread.