drewski6

Good discussions today, all

Abreu has disappeared last 2 playoff series, and its not something thats going to cause me to just give him away.....But his like .150 OPS (like 1 / 12 , with a single) in the postseason is certainly annoying. I would entertain including him but I like him. Its hard because we keep losing in teh playoffs so early that our guys have playoff stats but on tiny samples. But them being so bad in the small samples is why they have such small samples, cuz they keep stinking.

Hayden Mullins, Mikey Romero, Duran, a burger king franchise, arias, and Brooks Bannon for Elly. Im willing to upgrade that BK to a Longhorns steak house too.

Yes, 2 more bats, one good; one great. We can count Contreras as 1 of 2 great hitters needed. I think you underrate Elly. WAR is subjective, thats why 2 different sources can vary wildly. But I think Elly is literally one of the best young players in baseball. Im okay if we can get Elly without giving up Tolle, Durbin, Abreu ... But Im not sure how. If they do it for like Arias and Bennett and Duran + money eaten, great. BUt I dont see it. I just want to improve, because Im sick of losing to the yanks in playoffs. And I think the area we need to improve the most is slg. Not just homeruns. But doubles and triples too.

That team could win the division.

But I would like at lest 2 of them to be great.

An elite hitter is worth more than an elite SP. But I would prefer to not give up Tolle also. I dont think they do Elly for an all prospect trade. Generally the rule of thumb for an absolute superstar (which elly is) is: a young major league player, a top prospect, and either another top 5 prospect or 2 more 5-10 range prospects. And Elly is 6'6 , one of the fastest , most athletic, freakish, strongest players in baseball. And you cant develop that.

Yup and he should have gotten Bregman and Alonso, and we wouldnt have been third place and a snack for a team that was a snack for the rays.

If Elly is up for grabs, theres nobody I hold back. I use to think Tolle, but pitchers these days, just get pulled in the fourth inning. Id prefer to keep him, no doubt. But Elly is 6'6 lightning fast, good defensive SS, great hitter, contact AND power. Hes better than Soto, hes better than Devers. Hes 25. Hes prob the best RS player we've had since Betts.

Weird how this averaged out to a third place team that got made easy work of in the playoffs by a team that turned around and got swept..

I dont praise 0 playoff series wins in 4 years. I dont praise seeing the team noodlebat right out of the playoffs in 2025, know we need to get much better hitting, and then have like the 25th best offense this last year and noodlebat out right again. I dont praise firing Cora to keep his job and going with Tracy who was yes, VERY OVERMATCHED in playoffs, the yankees went into the series with like 10 pitchers. Thats modern! Durbin was the nine hitter on a bottom 5 offesne, that to me is a hole. I dont care what his OP+ is. Although, GG and .700 isnt bad, so I dont need him gone. But like you said before, we need some real guys who can carry us. I hope Brez does more than he does....Because hes finished 5th, 3rd, 3rd, 3rd and has 0 playoff series wins. I thought results mattered?

You just named nine hitters and none of which were Adley who is going to start at C. If you are keeping all these names, there is no room for a bat. YOu have to be okay with upgrading guys you like (my opinion) or you will forever be a third place team.

Im surprised the overall swing % is that much higher than the first pitch swing %. I always loved swinging at the first pitch. Nobody is expecting it and its often a fastball in the zone.

I dont care about the batting order, I just want to not roll forward the #26 ranked offense. Durbin was the #9 hitter on one of the worst offenses in MLB. Im not saying hes terrible, but you dont let that stop you from getting the best player in MLB under 26.

The modern is that batting order doesnt matter very much, and you arent trying to arrange pieces strategically. Modern is nine good hitters.