SoCalTiger

Looking at yesterday's box score I noticed Jansen has 20 saves. How is that possible and is saves also a meaningless stat ?

He also said he was fat ( poor shape ). Won't age well ? What is he 22 / 23 ? His build is stocky. Keith Law is .....edited

The off season remains an unknown for me at this point. I'm still in shock from this year. I do think they should pick up Anderson's option. 10 million for a starter, even a # 5, is not terrible ,he stays on the field and was second to Sommers in strikeouts/9. IF he can reduce the gopher ball he could be a useful starter. It seems Valdez and Melton are the only "locks" for starting in 2027 at this point.

Veiling is better than Malgeri but not enough to off set the higher salary, injury history and no loner needing his third base option. Save that money for the bullpen kitty. Keith or Carpenter. Both are DH only. Trade one or both. Depends on the return but I'm not getting greedy. McStinky and Javy are also duplication . Only need one super utility and Javy's contract and centerfield play wins out. But I will keep McStinky until I am sure all key defensive positions are covered with back up. he's kind of grown on me a bit.

Well of course not. I guess I should have stipulated but "get what we can " did not include a bag of balls.

Playing Keith instead of Tork we lose defense , meaning a bad defender instead of a so-so defender, and his WAR is 0.7 versus Tork at 0.0 means they both need to go at seasons end. It doesn't matter now but this off season we should get what we can in trade and find players that can play defense and hit. Or at lest one of the two. But alas Harris extended Colt and Tork was a 1-1 so they might still be on the team next season.

Maybe he has more trade value this off season without being more "exposed" on the major League level ?

Reminds me of Candeleria in Harris first year, apart from Tork being a 1-1 disappointment you'd like to salvage , and Harris let Candy go.

I am ok with trading Colt but I want proven major league talent in return. I don't know if we can trust Geoff's numbers playing in a AAA ballpark. Plus we need outfielders more I think.

Also great points but can we really count on Carpenter and Meadows being available ? I don't think we should include them in our planning but if one or both fit due to circumstance or as back up so be it.

I see your point but were buried by the trade deadline this year so I don't want to wait.

Probably a bit pricey given their age unless they can get a short term deal which will also be hard but yes they are the type of bats that I think would help.

And soon to have a Major League team.

I think they need to add an outfielder that hits right-handed either via trade or free agency. I am not as optimistic about Callahan or Malgeri apart from fourth outfielders at best and Riley Greene seems destined for more time at DH and maybe first base perhaps when Hope arrives. Hope is still some time away and Meadows and Verling are now old news. Carpenter is a DH only if he even makes the team. Adding a solid right-handed hitting outfielder , to me, is as important as adding to the bullpen. One without the other will just cause us more pain either not scoring enough or losing late leads. They need to address both.

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