Tenacious D

OK, Mrs. Harris

I’ll allow it.

Pending physicals.

For me, this will be an interesting test of our player evaluation abilities. They clearly see upside potential in these players that hasn’t manifested itself yet.

It’s too late. He had until today to make any transactions.

Well, it looks like Harris’ dumpster diving could pay off. Some of his pickups cleared waivers and are still in the org, but off the 40-man now.

Nerd alert:

Seems like we’re a match with them. Could Baty be an option, too? Escobar actually has an attractive contract, but do the Mets have a shitty one that we could easily give them relief?

So, you’re saying there’s a chance?

Our Super Bowl

Well, then we’ll both be stuck with each other.

If Javy can put together his typical, pre-2022 season, he could really cash in next year.

Take Devers off your wish list—just signed for 11 years/$330M.

Is he really an upgrade over what we can put out there? I’d rather the AB’s go to Kreidler or Lipcius. However, I still think we should move Schoop to 3B and sign someone like LaStella to be in the mix at 2B.

Which specific free agents would you have applied that philosophy to? For me, I wanted Haniger, but even his modest contract (by current standards), is a risk given his recent injury history.

I do think Lipcius makes a contribution at some point. His bat profile is spot on with new organizational philosophy and they would not have protected him on the 40-man if they didn’t believe he could be a contributor next season. He might ultimately be a very useful utility player, but could also be a decent stopgap at 3B.

I’m unhappy with the offseason, but the truth is we have few tradable assets and ran into an unfriendly free agency cycle, with teams willing to spend ridiculous money. Hard to compete with a winning team and/or more desirable location. We really don’t know how aggressive we tried to be in free agency, given that Harris seems to keep things close. I’d be surprised to learn that Harris and Co were not being aggressive or innovative, but are instead victims of the current circumstances. It sucks, but I’ll keep my pitchfork in the shed.

considered it, but decided that his impending TJ surgery would delay that.

ha--almost put Nevin in at 3B, but he might not make it to next week in order to make room for the next waiver wire acquisition.

this seems like a bit of an extreme over-correction--Hamlin's injury was horrific, but I don't think it would have been impacted differently based on the number of days in between games. I agree that 3 days rest is less than ideal, and that's what they should be working to minimize through better scheduling. If they were willing to distribute the national games more evenly amongst all teams, then they could schedule a BYE week adjacent to a Thursday night game. However, I don't seem them doing that.

If they feel a need to play the game, they could give them their own weekend to do it. Push the playoffs back a week—there is no need to have two weeks between the conference finals and the Super Bowl—one week would suffice.

Ha. At least it was successful in driving forum engagement. Yes, of course there will be numerous transactions that will ultimately impact what the team looks like in 2025. This is strictly looking at the positional depth of the current organization, similar to what Baseball America does in their annual team reviews. I apologize for all of the angst and sadness my post caused. Moving forward I’ll try and post on more realistic topics, like relegation in MLB.

In an ideal world, here is your 2025 team (assumes no external acquisitions): C Dingler/Rogers 1B Torkelson 2B W. Perez SS J. Baez 3B Keith LF Malloy CF Greene RF Carpenter DH Jung SP Skubal SP Mize SP ERod SP Turnbull SP Manning Pen: Lange, Madden Wentz, Dylan Smith, Vest, Flores, Olson Sorry, I’m bored.

Segura signing would have bummed me out.