Tenacious D

Both Malloy and Jung can benefit from more seasoning at Toledo. Easy decision when Vierling and Meadows are ready.

It will come down to the 2026 season—if we’re not in contention at that trade deadline, I suspect we’d move him when all options to resign him have been exhausted. Even with an expiring contract, he’d command more in value than a comp pick would be worth.

Yes. But he’ll still test free agency.

I believe Madden was an Avila pick. And he fell where they drafted him.

Kind of a must win. Get it done, rook.

Colt with the better average 🤣

If anyone would have said that Zach would put up a 2.0 WAR before the season, we’d have been understandably skeptical.

I probably would consider Clark, Liranzo, McGonigle and Rainer as our untouchables. Definitely would not move any of them for relief help. The reality is that as much as some might not like our lineup, we really don’t have any sizable holes. I’d love to get a generational hitter, like a Soto, but would be hard to get a team to trade one in their prime, similar to what the Marlins did with Miggy. Hopefully one makes it to free agency and we get consideration.

His wife shares your sentiment.

Some combination of Clark and McGonigle will be hitting 1-2 for years to come. Both are the OBP machines we’ve lacked forever. I see Briceno as the most tradable, if you believe he can’t stick at C, as most think, and Tork will be at 1B for the foreseeable future.

What’s different, though, is that we are not in need of starting pitching. A SS upgrade might be nice, but I suspect we’d be in the hunt for someone who could be a shutdown, high leverage reliever. Someone like Josue Briceno is more likely to get dealt to address that, if required.

As the season progresses and if we can continue to be a playoff contender, I’d like to see us eventually trade for a high leverage reliever. I really think Vest is the only that we have—would like to see us add. We’ll have the prospect capital to convert some into players who can help us if we make the postseason.

Yes. It’s funny because I think we all felt that they rejected trading for Skubal, but I seriously doubt he was being shopped.