SoCalTiger

Overpaying sets a bad precedent so I doubt a new GM like Harris would do that. As for the Big 5 spenders we can’t compete with their budgets so we have to choose players they are not bidding on or make trades. Just a mid market reality.

Harris seems very disciplined with his approach. I doubt we see many trades and all free agent signings under 50 million with the exception of a rare “ check all the boxes “ free agent like Bregman last off season. I don’t think there are any free agents this year that meet that criteria for Harris.

Personally I am not interested in any of the Japanese players this year. Imani is too small and too expensive for the risk and the hitters are all bat first DH or so so fielders even at first and we have one of those. Let’s add dual threat players if we can. I’m not paying big dollars for pitching period. I don’t think Harris will either.

pass on Valdez. too old too much $$

Do you really think Finnegan will sign for one year and under 10 mil ?

I hope you are right and I tend to agree but it would not surprise me either.

I think there was some deferred salary so it was closer to 30 something but still yeah he’s gonna want 170 million so that in total he’ll get 200 million that he’s got the hard on for.

Considering this is a very plausible evaluation that Harris as a conservative GM might agree combined with the valid argument that paying pitchers 350 million for 8 plus years is fools gold it could lead to trading you know who and just continuing the step by step approach to building a winning team while evaluating the fallout of the new labor agreement

The Bregman buzz 🐝 is heating up but doesn’t it just put Colt Keith on ice developmentally as a DH ? It seems we should just play him at third base and see what we have at this point.

So funny and so true....My kids are in their 20's..need a bike or skateboard ? It reminds of my theory as to why we have a trading deficit with Asia..it's because we have garages.

Al Avila was a dinosaur dealing with far more advanced GM's using analytics. As mentioned above he could have drafted Neto or Mayer for shortstop instead on Jobe or Jung. He signed Baez to bookend with Zimmerman to show he did not know how to sign free agents. When the pressure built he traded Parades for a declining outfielder with a rising salary. He could have built a super left side of our infield.He failed. His game plan was to present us fans many years of terrible baseball and collect number one picks. Anyone could have done that and of course he "hit" on a few. You can "hit" on a few in Vegas and still lose your shirt. Yes he hired Hinch and Garko and I would much prefer having a beer with Al than Scot but Scot is Worlds above Al at building an organization and team and we are lucky Junior got that one right.

Except Olsen is as fragile as toilet paper in a rain storm. He can't stay on the field.

That's a head scratcher for Elias for sure who normally grips on his controllable players.

I actually think we will and McGonigle will play shortstop. Add Bregman, Devon Williams , Finnigan, King and keep SkUUB.

Good news. He was our best hitter through the first half of the season. Solid two hitter.

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Any guess who we protect ?

Considering the youth of our core both up and in the minors it does seem possible to pay one person 40 mil plus and still remain at or below 200 per year. Maybe Skubal was who Greenberg was referring when he said “we are concentrating on pitching “

Very difficult decision for Mr. Harris. Perhaps this is the "calculated risk " he mentioned during his initial press conference . A 400 million dollar risk. You know 330 makes him the highest paid pitcher ever and if it's 7 years it's also the highest ever per season. Certainly a risk.

Which is why we aren't offering Skubal and the dumb media should say that instead of saying we're cheap and don't want him. Well we might be cheap...yet to be determined.

I think it's the opposite. Athletes and celebrities here in Orange County seem totally unbothered because it's not such a rare occurrence to bump into one.

You really need to stop making so much sense. I guess Houston is a winner. Anaheim is bad because or Moreno as you have so eloquently stated. But it should be and easily could be a big draw. I be every PBO drools at the chance once Arniw sells. But we are Detroit so let's hope we get the player to come. It just feels like Bregman will sign here. Not sure how I feel about that but he does fit many needs on the field and off. We probably overpay a bit and sign him and keeping Skubal might be part of his request.

So pay Tucker the 400 million instead of Skubal. That works for me.

I believe it's now 24-7-365 shopping time.