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Lol. Pretty hard to screw up bidding 30mil more than the closest competition.

Yeah which makes sense over the course of a full season. I get where you’re coming from. I just really hate our best hitters coming up with 2 outs already, when they could have biggio OB 40% of the...

If we are discussing biggio here... do you think he’s in our top 3 hitters? I personally do not.

Ok I misunderstood. I personally like our infield once we add a 3b. I’m cool with brichette and biggio up the middle. With springer we have pretty impressive hitting up the middle.

Yeah the game was put to good use down the stretch, and the players that got promoted performed in key roles.

In general that entire offseason was smoke. At least everyone fell for it - experts, pundits, GM’s, scouts, Vegas...

I’d bet we see springer that 2nd at the end of the day.

Yeah. Hence 9th. Give the extra AB’s to the HR mashers.

Again though - this theory is 2k hypothetical facts. Playing 1 game in a vacuum.
IRL over the course of a season those extra AB’s...

But why is a 9th hitter not expected/required to get on base? For me that’s the main thing they should be trying to do. Especially if you are starting the lineup with the boppers.

I agree that...

Just really want that OBP before the RBI machines. Putting biggio 7th means he has grich and Jansen trying to cash him in. It just pains me to think about lol.

I don’t at all understand why you would possibly want JBJ still. Pretty expensive 9th inning defensive sub. Even as a lefty he shouldn’t be taking AB’s from anyone else on this team imo. Dudes...

Also because they didn’t have a better lead off guy.

I dig the thought behind this.

I think I would have a tough time batting biggio 7th though. If that happens it’s probably because biggio is struggling with OBP or because the rest of the lineup...

Plenty - especially early on. Rookie GM’s make a lot of mistakes as they develop. I’ve never implied AA was perfect or infallible. I just liked his philosophy for the ALE.


I’m still concerned...

Exactly though. I want to have my 4 best bats 1-4 for sure. Best bats have power though. I personally like extending the lineup by putting a high OBP player at #9.

I understand what you’re...

If this was 2K I would be putting biggio in the 9 spot ahead of Bo with springer batting 2nd. Unfortunately real life players don’t see the huge value of batting 9th before the big boys. They want...

Those multiple 2 week stretches per season are enough for me to believe. Most kids can’t do that at his age. He has at least 2 more seasons before I start giving up on him.

I do not believe teo’s arm is stronger than grich’s. .

You have a point but I’m worried about pulling the trigger too soon based on the “on paper product”. We saw AA make that mistake with the Miami trade. I’d personally prefer to see how the team...

I think they can convince springer to bat 2nd. Dosh did great in that spot for us.

Anyone have any hope for fisher as a DH?

Why trade the specs away in a deal like that? We still have money to spend. No reason to trade for Castillo when Bauer is available. Castillo will be expensive when the rest of the roster is...

The walking hand Wong. Love it.

I’m an offence-first type of guy from any corner position. Until I feel like I can project groshans bat, he makes me uncomfortable to dream on.

I hope that isn’t Montoyo’s criteria.