1984Echoes

Omigosh... YES!!! What a BABY-face!!!

What value does Cossa have, right now? What can we get in trade for him, right now?

Sort of like getting Skubal in the 9th... Or we would love to hope so...

POINT!!!

THIS is my point... I agree with Shinzaki. I really don't want to trade away Eugenio Suarez or Isaac Paredes before we even KNOW what we have. It's worth it in my opinion to see what his upside may or may not be... NOT that Cossa is going to be the next mini-Jacques Plante or mini-Gretzky or whatever... I think most of us have gotten to this point. Based on this... and I agree... If I am open to trading anyone, it's Larkin or Cat in order to reset our timeline. Every team having money creates some FA difficulty for us... But a team wanting to remain playoff/Cup-competitive MAY afford us an opportunity by wanting cost-known/controlled Cat or Larkin in exchange for a pending or soon-to-be FA that is 25-ish and going to bust their cap budget. Jason Robertson may or may not be the perfect example. Larkin for Robertson? Our new top line would be Kasper-Raymond-Robertson (I would be EXCITED about that line!!!) and we would figure everything else out around those guys and Seider-Edvinsson and Cossa-Augustine. With lots of other guys getting close to the NHL and on this new timeline... Just my 2 cents.

You misspelled "redacted".

Concur. Buddha's been trying to trade Cossa since we drafted him. No thank you.

Even with last year's finish... (meaning even if Cossa had a great finish instead...) I'm still perfectly fine having a Talbot/ Gibson tandem and making Cossa "PUSH" his way onto the Red Wings roster... Also... any nick of either Red Wings goalie hopefully calls up Cossa directly... so we can see if he is indeed ready to try and hold onto an NHL roster spot. He should have PLENTY of auditions, starting in training camp, for that roster spot. It also allows the Org to keep pushing Cossa for improvements... I hope the kid is doing everything he can to earn that spot. Just my 2 cents.

$500K. WAG.

If he adds a hard curveball to that he's going to be nasty....

This is my POV. I want higher leverage pitchers for higher leverage playoff and WS innings. If we can get that far. I have no idea how cheaply we can get them or even if we can... They're not going to be cheap, but at a price that Harris feels he can work with...

Two-way player but Wetwiska is a far better OF'er than pitcher... Just by the numbers...

5th round = Ryan Hall HS RH'er... 6'1"... Can we "grow" some of these guys...? I like my pitchers a couple inches taller...

They do appear to be taking some heavy-developmental guys... Let's hope Harris and his scouts are right...

This draft will be interesting to see 3/4 years out... See how these draftees grow (or not)... For those interested in following minor leaguers...

Overdrafting evrybody.

If he's stealing at a success rate of 80%+, the Tigers should give him the "green light". They might not do that when he just breaks in... But I think they'll turn that light on sooner rather than later or never... IMO.

The Nationals drafted Willets, FYI. Sorry, I ain't edman chas and I know you don't like seeing my posts... just a friendly fyi. The Angels drafted 21 y.o. college arm Tyler Bremner. Who could be a fast riser into MLB, possibly even this year based on Angels...

Which means... The only SP help we should be looking for, if any, would have to be better than Mize-Montero-Olson-Flaherty... because we already have those guys and the rotation gets shortened in the playoffs anyways, as you've noted. We don't "NEED" SP help... But if the rare opportunity to add a true #2 starter were available, and at a cost that Harris approved... I would not be averse to adding that person. Because the above 4 are pitching like 3/4/5 starters (inconsistent, not reliably dominant, IMO). I don't know that anyone fitting that description is available anyways, so moot point. I'm just sayin'...

I prefer them peppered rather than just later rounds. IMHO. Which they already did in rounds 1-3 btw (two position/ two pitchers...)

I'd like them to be tied to a few more pitchers too...

They MUST draft Jack Bauer!!! Jack Bauer or 24!!! errr... Jack Bauer or BUST!!!

I would've liked to have taken a shot with Gage Wood however... He could make an MLB bullpen before the end of the year... and I wouldn't have minded that being with Detroit. He still has starter upside (no hitter 19K's his last start...); but he could begin his MLB career in the bullpen and I wouldn't shed any tears over that... But alas... Dombrowski and his Phillies are taking that shot...

Well... Hmmm... Interesting... Check back in 4 years or so it looks like... So far.

They're saying he wasn't even 2nd round consideration until late this year... I think the money will be much higher than he expected... I'm certain they've had conversations with him and his family on this already... and he'll sign for quite a bit under slot... Just guessing...