We may end up putting Kike on the 60 day IL and add Kelly, Bastardo or German to the 40.
Broken record here: DFA Diekman for another slot.
I’m more open to DFAing Brasier than before, but he’s not on the top of my list.
… and one way we can get a better feel on his value and a little better sense on what we can count on him for in 2023 and beyond.
Whether he does good or badly after the ASB won’t tell us everything, but we should get a better read on him by playing him FT or near FT going forward.
His BAbip is a full .023 from his career mark.
Explode?
Going from .238 to .261 is going to that bad?
Even if he goes to last year's .279, he won't look that awful.
He is the best projected talent going forward2, and he's already proven he is up at the top.
I think anyone in his shows would think they deserve the best deal. I don't hold it against him, but I don't have to pay him what he wants, either.
I am certain Bloom won't.
We have so few core players with 2+ years of team control, so I think trading one of them worries me. Of course, what we get in return, and should be something very good, matters more.
They need a lefty who is better than what they have. Drek is not better than any MLB lefty, right now.
We might get some low level prospect if we pay half his salary, but I expect nothing.
Possible, but we could unload only rental players and build a competitive teams for 2023. The spending budget might near $110M. That’s a lot of talent.