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Not really. We just dumped our PAs Against season leader in Watson (240 and a .752 OPSA.) Check out the rest. Only Slaten is over .691 and only Slaten and Weissert are over .588!!!! .692 Weissert in 185 PAs Against .502 Moran (167) .524 Whitlock (160) .588 Chapman (158) .464 Bello (157 in relief) ,723 Slaten (123) .575 Guerrero (114) .000 Miller (1) KAH-POW-ZAH!!!!

This might shock some... PAs Against in Late & Close situations ... 132 Chapman and 109 Whitlock (understandable) 83 Slaten (expected) 42 Weissert, 40 T Guerrero, 31 Moran (had to earn it) OPS Against Late & Close: .411 Moran .454 Whitlock .555 Chapman .727 Weissert .795 Slaten .825 Guerrero

I remember that.

Yes, we've seen it and discussed it. We've seen it before, too. I'm more confident that Abreu stays hot and even Monasterio over Duran becoming consistent. I wish we had traded him at the deadline.

I meant 26 just to give Abreu a day off, so what's his value? Injury depth beyond White and Jones (Yoshida?)

We have way different views of speculative and upside values. I look at our Rule 5 and think we may not protect anybody. Let's assume we cut loose these 5, so we can add back the 8 IL guys: La Sorsa, Gasper, Gamboa, Harris & Jones. Anybody we Rule 5 protect has to be better than... Kelly, Samaniego or Rivera Eaton, Cheng or Sogard This assumes we don't finally trade one of these guys for a non 40 man prospect: Duran or White, Campbell, Story & Yoshida. These are the best 5 Rule 5 players I could find: 1. Brannon 2. Jo Garcia 3. Romero 4. J Paez 5. Wehunt, Ward, B Rodgers, Ronny Hernandez, Song I'd keep Casas and and maybe everyone but one middle infielder and pitcher listed above over these Rule 5 guys. I'd also look for trading some of the deadweight guys, and not just to make room for FA signings, but because they are deadweight. I guess one could view a guy who never plays as deadweight, but I see Casas as having much more upside potential than Story, Duran, Yoshida and perhaps others. We may decide to trade Mr Yips Bello or Mr. long contract Campbell. I just don't see roster issues this winter. We could sign 3 free agents and easily make room for them and 3 Rule 5's. Brez is a winter wheeler and dealer. Did we miss these 1 for 1 traded guys- some were not quite Rule 5 eligible, but some were or were on the 40? Bernardino (Ward)/ Murphy (Ro Hernandez)/ Guerrero (Tr Gray)/ Grissom (I Jackson)/ Perales (Bennett) The one prospect for 40 man was Reimer for Rule 5 guy Watson. Plus multi player deals: Fitts (w Clarke & Galle) for Gray Dobbins (w Fajardo & Aita) for Contreras Harrison, Drohan & DHam for Durbin, Monasterio & Seigler Jh Garcia (w Travieso for Oviedo, Samaniego & Guzman Hicks, Sandlin + 2 PTBNL for Ziehl + PTBNL We also emptied out some of the farm at the deadline. Since Rogers is a FA after 2026, the Rut>Narvaez was a 40 man push for 2027, Mayer>Miller, too and Uberstine>White, the same. Nope, IMO no impending roster crunch.

Not worth adding him to the 40 for.

I don't think he care what some people are saying or writing. If there is pressure, it's self-imposed, if he really likes Rut more than some here seem to do. 1.3 years is nice, but for all those years we gave up, maybe he feels like it would help to extend him. He turns 29 in February and will turn 30 before 2028. IMO, I'd offer 1-2 years, maybe with an option and hefty buyout. I'm not offering what Joe suggested.

Moran has been a gem. Another off-the-radar Brez trade (for Gasper- LOL, as we got Gasper back for nothing.) When we made the trade, I mentioned that he has an excellent 2022 season with 12K/9 and a 1.78 FIP. He kinda sucked in 2023, missed 2024 and spent 2025 trying to find a groove. While his 3.78 FIP with the Sox is not great, the 1.100 WHIP is nice. He's brought his BB/9 down from 5.1 to 4.1 but needs to keep that going.

I believe the WC series is 3 home games to higher seed in 3 days, then a day off. (Winning the division would be nice and top 2 record.) Round 2: 2 home- day off, 2 away- day off- 1 Home- day off Pennant: 2-3-2 w days off between. Yes, only 4 SP'ers are needed- 3 at times, maybe.

He's got a Bondesque .508 OBP! 10 Hrs is 184 ABs is awesome, too. To me, he's our #2 prospect behind Arias.

For the here and now, Mead and Early are a push, because both are on the IL. Rutschman vs Narvaez: while Narvaez is healthy, he's a negative value, despite good D. Rogers can hit as defend as well as the 2026 Narvaez, and Wong playing more was in the plans, anyway. Chance for big plus. Miller will pitch- Mayer may not have played again, this year. Should be a plus for now. It's really the future that is the bigger worry.

We should not let the fact that we traded Narvaez, who still has some hopes and was a plus defender at an important position plus 3 top 6 team prospects cloud the judgment on extending Rutschman. We should pay what he's worth- not their speculative value.

He still has to greatly improve on his BB/9 rate, which is 80 in 130 IP, and getting worse over the years. While Mayer never proved he was legit, neither has Miller.

1. Early is on the IL, too, so Mead being out is a push. 2. He traded top prospects for Crochet, too. You hate that deal? 3. Anybody care about Dobbins, Fitts, Clarke, Jh Garcia, Travieso & Aita? How about Contreras and Sonny (and Oviedo?) Certainly, the farm is worse, now, but look at the years of control on most of our filled positions Catcher: 1.3 Rut, 2.3 Wong and a bunch of catching prospects that Brez added over the past 2 years. 1B: 2.3 Contreras, Casas & Romy (Gonzales & Brannon on farm) 2B: pre-arb Mead, 1.3 Story, prearb Seigler & Sogard (Rivas) 3B: pre-arb Durbin, pre-arb Monasterio (Romero) SS: pre-arb Arias LF: 2.3 Duran & White, 3.3 Jones CF: 6.3 Rafaela RF: 3,3 Abreu DH: 1.3 Yoshida, 2.3 Romy Except for Arias, a top 3-5 national prospect, we don't really look to need one new addition for 2 yrs, and five other slots for 3+ Years, Our pitching looks even better. after 2026.... 5 yrs: Crochet, Suarez, Bennett, Tolle 4 yrs: Bello, Moran 3 yrs: Slaten, Miller, Weissert, Kelly 2 yrs: Whitlock & Crawford 1 yr: Chapman, Oviedo, T Guerrero & Houck Sure, I'd like a better farm, but we might not need many players for 1-3 years.

Yes, of course the options matter. My personal reason for keeping Casas is that he might hit 40 HRs someday and rates to have a .350+ OBP, if he every gets to play. He sucks on D. He strikes out a lot, many called. That bugs some people. Give me a .340 OBP and 30 HRs, and you make my 26 not my 40.

IKF was hot before going on the IL, but he has a long history of low offensive production. I doubt he gets playing Time.

Durbin in the clean-up slot. Top 7 batters all over .700. All 9 over .675, except Duran, who seems to be warming up.

yes indeed. Our pitching numbers look better, in part to better defense.

Casas has upside. Not everybody lives in just the here and now.

I've also said I'm not sold on Mona, but that sample size is over 350 PAs and growing longer and rising upwards. Ride the train.

I agree. They won't kill this cash cow. I think owners have enough bones to throw to the players to agree to make many changes they want. I've said this before: most players are on the lower spectrum of player salary due to the min wage rule and the years of arbs. Off the players a higher min wage and less arb years, and the majority of players will not care about salary caps, limits or guidelines. Divide and conquer is often the best strategy for ownership in any contract negotiation.

Maybe 6".

Eaton has speed and can play OF, unlike many on the 9 middle infielders list. IMO, that's not enough to keep him over Casas and his upside offense potential.

La Sorsa Gasper Gamboa B Harris J Jones Kelly Eaton 1 from Sogard or Cheng 1 from Samaniego or Rivera We can/may also trade Duran or White, Story, Yoshida or a pitcher from Houck, Crawford or Oviedo or even Romy. That's over 10 guys. Maybe some have better value than Casas, but some could be traded for different values, and maybe a 2 or 3 for 1 deal. If Story is on the 40, we don't need all those infielders over Casas. While DH has depth, 1B does not- only Romy & Mead. Middle IF'ers are numerous: Story, Arias will be added, Mead, Monasterio, Seigler, Romy, Sogard, Sogard, Eaton. 9 guys for 2 slots?