JoeBrady

Sure. I remember in one of the RS sites, the suggestion was to move Youk from 1st to 2nd, move Pedey from 2B to SS, and use Papi as our new 1B.

If you are talking strictly from .750 to .850, then a 100 point jump acts the same at any level, and imho, plays the same. And if it is that important, then it would be important to know that we have probably improved catching, 2B, and LF by 100 points each.

You also have to count foul territory outs. If you have more playable foul territory, you will automatically have more putouts.

I'd have to see the trades. I'm not a fan of CJ since he can't play SS. But I'm a huge fan of DLC, and SS is likely our biggest upgrade possible. Let's say we trade Arias + Abreu for DLC. We've added 6 HRs, and lost 6 years of Arias in return. And then we have to add a RF. I'm having a hard time seeing the improvement. Basically, Arias has to go if we acquire DLC. If we acquire DLC, I need to see a substantial improvement over his three years of control. DLC is better than Abreu, but I don't consider it substantial

That's a fair statement. There is kind of a pyramid affect here. But it still needs to be explained how we are going from .775 to .700, and improving our offense. Not to mention how we cover the defensive hit.

IMHO, they intentionally miss 8 games and then go to a permanent 154-game schedule, with expanded playoffs.

AZ would have to chip in money. Like I said last year, over and over, his contract is cheap, but very long. He's owed $93M. He might only have 1-2 good years left. I know the RSN mantra that RS players never age, but he will.

It better not be anything at all.

It's impossible to not love the extension. I don't have to keep all our players, but Ceddanne is a pleasure to watch. But more importantly, the idea that we should keep all our players, but never extend any of our players, isn't really worth considering.

I seriously doubt it. If Arias gets promoted, it is only because Story is playing badly. I see very little chance that Story could play his way off of SS, but hit anywhere near enough to be a DH.

Abreu had a .773 and Grisham had a .703. In order to improve elsewhere, you'd need to improve that position by 70 points. You'd have to be targeting someone like Yordie to get that type of upgrade.

I'd bet more WAR/$$$ for Sato, with more flexibility.

I believe it was a mutual option. Gray was never going to opt in. It's possible he'll stay, but it won't cost less than $50M/2.

That trade would be a negative, even in 2027.

He's Japanese, so I don't know, but that sounds way cheap.