Interesting—I’ve not seen the typical amounts that the more elite players are getting in baseball. Seems likes it’s reported on more in football and basketball.
It’s not as if Kelly is an offensive force. He’s adequate at best and a 2 year deal that goes sour, with the type of money he’d command, would not be crushing to any team’s payroll if you had to cut bait.
Bring up Jobe late July. Dude is probably our 3rd best pitcher, behind Skubal and Flaherty. He needs innings, why not under the supervision of our best pitching coaches?
This is ridiculous. We should avoid signing players to more than a one year deal because they might decline? I’ll defer to our front office to make that determination. Not every signing/extension pans out, but that’s professional sports.
No one suggested that. The point is, if we select a pitcher, it wouldn’t be the worst thing if the front office think he’s the best player available at our spot.
We probably need pitching more than position players right now. Forgetting the current offensive woes on the big squad, our best prospects, save for Jobe, are hitters (Jung, Clark, McGonigle, Lee).
Watching this exchange between our new friend, Greg, and the rest of you feels very Moneyball-like: “Dave Dombrowski on line 1”
I just hope you guys can work something out tonight.