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Suarez probably needs a skipped start. (His max is 157 IP, and he's at 123.) I heard Gray might skip one.

Crochet, Houck, Crawford & Oviedo have yet to start throwing in rehab games. By the time any get ready for rehab and go through it, how ready can any be? Count on ZERO. (Slaten, too.)

He did do a lot- I MEAN A LOT- this past winter, and this was after a winning season where we basically lost Gio and Bregman over the winter. I coulda-shoulda done more, but I'm not sure what. Trade Early in January not July? Trade even more prospects than he did for Ruta after the nice season Narvaez had? Maybe I cut more slack than some/many others do. I thought he did enough to significantly improve on an already good team. Every team had and has holes. Not many team can lose their ace, their 2024 ace, their 2024 IP leader plus their 4-5 got the SP'er yips. We lost Anthony and tried Mead as a boost- then poof. Now, RUT is poofing. I see it as Durbin + Suarez over Bregman.

L-R Splits v R (70% of all SP'ers we face) .946 Gasper (our major problem is hitting and we cant find room for this?) .884 Contreras .804 IKF (AAA) .797 Seigler (AAA) .758 Abreu .749 Rafaela .743 Yoshida (IL) .720 Durbin .719 Anthony .693 Sogard .679 Eaton (AAA) .667 Jones .663 Wong .633 Duran & Monasterio .627 Cheng (AAA) .579 White .567 Story .558 Rutschman .517 Romy v LHPs 1.511 Jones 1.024 Sogard .945 Contreras .917 Abreu .843 Monasterio .807 Rafaela .774 Wong & Yoshida .691 Durbin .618 Romy .566 Story .549 Seigler .487 IKF .417 Eaton .423 White .308 Rut .200 Gasper

I think the Sept 1st call-up rule supersedes the 10 day rule.

To many ifs, especially the Duran ones.

Wong often has reverse splits, but yes, Gasper should not bat v LHPs. With Anthony on board, we won't DH. He's better vs RHPs than Duran, but playing Anthony in LF seems too scary to try. With Anthony in LF v RHPs, Gasper could DH v L. That pretty much benches Duran FT.

You do know we will never have 100% health. Mead & Anthony return- maybe 1-2 other top batters go out. With pitching, it's even more probable.

Yes. Thinking of next year does not man we are giving up on 2026. If anyone thinks Brez is only thinking of 2026, the fact that Rut, Miller, White and Mead are all under control for more than 2026. There were no rental trades.

With Brez, at least 3-4 trades are mandatory. They may not be very major, since we kinda ran out of prospect trade candidates. Arias will not be traded. Story, Yoshida and Duran will be very difficult to trade. We can trade: White or Jones One from Romy, Monasterio, Seigler and Sogard. Maybe we trade Oviedo, Houck, Crawford, Slaten or Bello but for what? I think we keep Campbell, but maybe not. None of these trades will bring back a Gray, Contreras, Rutschman or Mead. As for prospects, Primera is too far away to have great value and too much upside to consider losing that upside. That leaves Gonzalez who could end up as our next 1Bman or LF'er. Godbout won't bring what we need, even if packaged with Holobetz, Paez, Wehunt or Ziehl. My guess is we make some minor trades, maybe dump one from Yoshida or Story and finally make that long-awaited Duran deal. Maybe we try to shed Bello and or Campbell's back-ended deals. (I doubt this last one.) Okay, what do we get back for Seigler, White, Oviedo & Slaten? See where I'm going with this? I think we sign a SP'er (maybe even Gray.) We fill our other needs via minor deals & signings.

We could tank and avoid playing the Yanks. Seriously, the 3 starters in NY would be... 1. Gray 2. Tolle 3. Bennett That's pretty good.

One suggestion, only reserve one thread, such as the game thread to the top of the thread list.

Would the offense be okay with Anthony, Story and Mead? 1. L Anthony DH 2. R Mead 2B 3. L Abreu RF 4. R Contreras 1B 5. S Rutschman C 6. R Rafaela 2B 7. R Durbin 3B 8. L Duran LF/ R White or Jones LF 9. R Story SS/ S Sogard SS

Yes, and with an eye towards Sept 1 roster additions.

Yes, my bad. Nobody would have paid him, so I was jumping a step.

It was also a pitcher on the IL for a healthy good bat. Then poof!

I think they had to make the choice they had to make. Story is a slow starter who started slowly then got hurt. He was the team's HR, RBI & SB leader last year and is healthy, again. Monasterio was slumping. Seigler had been slumping but was starting to do well. Neither really deserved to keep a FT role. Sogard will keep playing. Anthony at DH was a no-brainer.

You and many of us. I could run. I could catch. I could throw. I could NOT hit.

I think that might be all we do. Maybe Gray comes back or we get another SP'er. Brez may take the same pen approach- add guys like Guerrero, Coulombe, Rivera, Gamboa, Samaniego, Kahnle, Olds, Martinez, La Sorsa, Anderson, Burgos and others in hopes 2-3 rise up. We may need near perfect health, but our bench did well this year and will be back next year, too. Anthony and Mead could be solid to great 2027 pluses. I'm not counting on Casas, Romy and Campbell, but one of two could be a force. The rest of the everyday bench is pretty nice C: Wong, Gasper, Jo Garcia 1B: Romy, Gasper, Casas, Brannon 2B: Sogard, Seigler, Romy, Monasterio 3B: Monasterio, Seigler, Sogard, Romy, Eaton OF: Duran or Anthony, White, Jones, Campbell DH: Casas, Romy, Brannon, Campbell The pitching may overly rely on returning IL pitchers like Crochet, Houck, Crawford, Oviedo, Kelly, Slaten & maybe even Valera. With just Crochet, Slaten & Kelly returning, our 13 man looks like: SP: Crochet, Tolle, Bennett, Suarez, Bello RP: Chapman, Whitlock, Miller, Slaten, Guerrero, Weissert, Moran, Kelly The starter depth would rely on Houck, Crawford, Oviedo and then Wehunt, Paez, Holobetz, Ziehl, Burgos. The pen depth: Gamboa, Rivera, Bastardo, Olds, Samaniego, Song

My point was that if he used the same resources he did to get Rut, and got a SP'er and a bat, I'm not sure the results would be any better. Of course, the hindsight results for Rut looks pretty easy to beat, I'm still thinking getting two players instead of one might have given us little help. Sure, I'd probably like to roll the dice again, but Rut may still end up helping us- either in SEPT-OCT or 2027. While we're at it, let's re-roll the Mead for Early trade- maybe the Oviedo trade from last winter.

That was an excellent 3rd strike pitch. Hitting is not easy.

I doubt we dump all three, and even two might be wishful thinking. IMO, None have more than $1-4M trade value- not counting their contract costs, except Duran. BTV shows... Net Value / Player (production vale- salary) 6.9 Duran ( 19.7-12.8) -16.5 Yoshida (4.5-21) -29.3 Story (4.8-34.2) Let's assume we can find a couple teams to pay $4-5M towards each of the Story and Yoshida contracts. We'd knock $8-10M off the budget. If we include a prospect of bubble vet, maybe we can save more. I'm assuming we keep Duran, since Brez will not get the return he thinks he's worth. That would leave this foundation of a roster (assuming Gray, IKF and Sandoval bolt as FAs) SP: Crochet, Tolle, Bennett, Suarez, Bello, Houck, Crawford, Oviedo (Burgos, Wehunt, Paez, Ziehl, Holobetz) RP: Chapman, Whitlock. Miller, Slaten, Guerrero, Moran, Weissert, (Samaniego, Rivera, Gamboa, Kelly, Olds, Bastardo, Song) C: Rutschman, Wong (Jo Garcia) 1B: Contreras, Romy (Harris, Casas) 2B: Mead, Seigler (Rodgers/Cespedes) 3B: Durbin, Monasterio (Eaton, Romero/Winnay) SS: Arias, Sogard (Cheng/Godbout) LF: Duran, Jones (Gonzales, Gutierrez) CF: Rafaela, White (Ward/Jackson) RF: Abreu (Campbell, YRod) DH: Anthony (Gasper, Brannon/M White)

Very hard to watch this, today.

...and Willson

Yanks sending a clear message.