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When Clark first gets called up, it will almost guaranteed be either in late August/Early September (as to maintain rookie status) or on an opening day. They have shown they value the opportunity to earn the extra picks, both with Keith last year and Jobe this year.

Personally I agree. You would like to see at least a bit of production. Evidently he misses a ton of tackles. I'd be very cautious. However, if Holmes/Campbell believe his deficiencies are fixable and they believe he eats and breathes football, they have earned my trust and I'll be happy with the pick.

Thing is, Baddoo of late hasn't shown he can hit much better, and he has shown he is a much worse fielder. Kreidler will likely be the one to go down once Vierling is healthy.

My son and I were having the conversation about Keith and wondered if at this point in his career, he's someone who needs to have 1 position and focus on it. He became an average 2b by the end of last season. Then he spends the offseason working on playing a new position, learning new footwork, stretching, new reads, when to try and field the ball, and when he needs to get to first, etc. So almost all his mental prep is for that. Then all of a sudden, he's back to 2nd when he still hasn't gotten the position he was working on all off season down. For some players, no problem, they are back "home" to a position they are comfortable with. Keith may not be there yet. It doesn't mean a year or 2 down the road, he couldn't be effective at multiple positions, but in the very small sample size of approximately a week-10 days, he definitely doesn't look like he is. I too think the best for the team overall would be to go back to Keith at 2nd, Tork at 1b, and hopefully Torres is willing to go to 3rd (assuming what he said the reason for refusing to do it in NY is accurate). Then Keith can focus again on 2nd and hopefully get back quickly to where he ended the year last year.

$32 mil/year post arbitration according to the Athletic

I did see they restructured Raymond to save 1.55 mil on 2026 cap hit

Or at least charge the salary cap in future years for the amount not charged in the present value calculation. Example if Ohtani’s present value is 46 mil/yrover 10 years, charge the remaining 240 million to the cap over the years the deferrals are paid.

Right, it would seem present value of the bonus shouldn’t be spread out IMO, if deferrals will reduce it.

The thing I don’t like is that it doesn’t appear signing bonuses have any effect on current salary cap numbers. If deferrals reduce to present value why don’t signing bonuses add to it -Snell got a huge signing bonus but his salary cap number is reduced because of the deferrals

It does. I just wouldn’t be totally surprised if they thought 1/3 of the season was enough at WM. I doubt it, but it wouldn’t shock me. I think it’s most likely the ideal plan is a month/45 days in WM and the rest of season in Erie with a week or 2 in Toledo (unless Erie is in the playoffs). With 2026 spent in Toledo with late season call up (to retain rookie status).

Not to really argue, but they both were promoted July 21. So they spent 1/3 of the season there (even though McGonigle only played 14 games due to injury while Clark played 34). Clark did hit much better in his time there than McGonigle. I could see them both starting there and moving quickly to AA. I could also see both of them being pushed to Erie to start. I wouldn't be shocked to see both end up with a cup of coffee at Toledo by the end of the season. I do trust this staffs development, so wherever they start them, I'm good.

Santana just turned 21 in November. He has to pick up his contact skills and is probably running out of chances, but no reason to cut him this year unless they don’t see any hope.

And the Rays actually have a fairly strong TV market IIRC. Just low attendance which like you said isn’t as important in this era. But the low attendance is what everyone actually sees.

Cortizone for back tightness

It also quotes Hinch saying he may try Baez in center some. Perez is getting injections right now as well.