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My only take on the rest of this season is this: Can we please just bring up Jung and then just let the kids play all/most games. If I’m gonna watch this team whimper down the stretch, I at least want to watch players that I have interest in for the future. I don’t need to see Urshela, McKinstry and Madris play every day. I get that the pitching is what it is, but positionally let’s just go all in on them.

Trout done for the year with a meniscus tear. Probably safe to say he’s not gonna get to the elite career hitting milestones at this point

This generations Eric Eckenstahler

For all the talk of how DD left the farm system barren, I think the real discussion is how he left the Avila regime plenty of assets to be used to restock the farm only for Avila to absolutely piss it all away. McCann/Miggy/Kinsler/Iglesias/Castellanos/JD/V-Mart/Verlander/Sanchez/K-Rod/Alex Wilson/etc. Got turned into a whole lot of nothing. If we didn’t waffle around those first few years of the Avila regime and actually committed to a strategy, maybe we could’ve restocked the farm system appropriately. On top of squandering the assets we had by either settling for less in trades or just letting guys walk, the draft strategy sucked too. From 2016-2019 we drafted a grand total of 5 players that we got to the big leagues. DD drafts were regularly getting us 2-4 per year. Harris already has appeared to draft a lot better than Avila did, and has actually taken measures to improve our minor league facilities and international scouting.

I predict Madris gets sent down in no more than a week when they recall Meadows from his rehab assignment.

I don’t disagree at all- but I’m fully prepared for 2025 to start with Torkelson playing 1st (maybe platooned with Jung) and Malloy/Vierling being our RH OF “with power” and maybe a FA signing like JD Davis to be a short term 3B. Any actual money will be spent on pitching because they pretty much have to bring in some arms based on the current roster and farm system. Then we will be sold that this is the start of the young core era and to hope for everyone’s upside will show up.

Off-season priorities as I see them: 1.) Everyone being healthy. 2.) Add pitching: 2 Starters, 2 relievers. RPs should ideally be high leverage type. Ideally get one high level starter and one short contract bounce back guy a la Flaherty. 3.) Reps for either Keith or Jung at 1B as a contingency plan for Torkelson during offseason and spring. Maybe platoon Tork if he hasn’t progressed offensively. 4.) Move on from the following players: Wentz, McKinstry, one of Brieske/Faedo. A healthy 26 man roster of: C- Rogers/Dingler 1B- Tork/Keith 2B- Keith/Jung SS- Baez/Sweeney 3B- Vierling/Jung LF- Greene/Vierling CF- Meadows/Perez RF- Carpenter/Perez DH- Malloy/Greene/Carpenter That’s an acceptable offense (minus Baez) if it’s healthy. Don’t really see a reason to need to add to it. If you’re going to platoon this lineup, do it properly. SP- Skubal/Olson/FA/FA/Mize RP- Holton/Maeda/Vest/Foley/Brieske or Faedo/one of Miller-Vanasco-Lange, FA/FA Would be nice if we could pencil in Manning somewhere in there but we will see. Montero/Sammons/SGL/Lockhart/Jobe/Madden at Toledo is acceptable depth in the rotation. Hopefully SGL and Jobe can force their way up but give it time. Not spending a ton of money, and Maeda would be off the books after this season also. Since we sold this year, play the young guys the rest of this year and next year—don’t pepper in more Canhas and Gios.

3 spots on the 40 man roster open by my count unless I’m missing something. Any reason not to add Jung and call him up and let him run at 3B so we can use Vierling more in LF/CF to help spell Riley?

My sources have just told me that we’ve traded Cameron Maybin again

I was one of them. I wanted us to build around Cat and Kapler, to go along with Encarnacion, Fick and Higgy

I’m fairly surprised we haven’t moved Canha or Urshela . Just clear those guys out of the roster and give that playing time elsewhere

There were message boards back then, and the general consensus on the Juan Gonzalez trade was anger that we gave up Frank Catalonotto

I’d only consider it a failure if we then can’t re-sign him and end up with only a comp pick. Locking him up for a few years given the Mize/Manning disappointments wouldn’t be an awful thing and could in turn make a Skubal trade next year easy if we have Olson/Flaherty and potentially Jobe to fall back on at that point.

Trading Flaherty for a guy on the 60 Day DL with an elbow injury?

Considering two of the three were from Ramirez, I’m not gonna fault him for that. AJ should be telling these guys to pitch around/walk him in every at bat.

We gonna get a borderline complete game out of Sammons? Bro better be getting a standing ovation

If he’s gonna sign for 50 or less, sign him to an extension now….

James McCann got hit in the face with a pitch and stayed in the game. Dunno if anyone else saw that clip. Guy looked Justin Gaethje after the Max Holloway fight.

Atta boy Dingy!

Despite what his final line will be, that was an A outing from Sammons for us. keep him and send Brieske/Faedo down or DFA Wentz when Mize or Olson are back

Guardians acquiring Lane Thomas for prospects

It’s amazing how we have three pitchers who can barely ever be relied on to get through a single inning. Hope Harris can overhaul this bullpen in the offseason.

Only if they can also get us the rights to Gene Kingsale Jr, Jose Macias Jr, and Wendell Magee Jr…..

Not sure what we’d get from the Yankees for Flaherty. Not interested in Spencer Jones. A lot of their top prospects are either outfielders or pitchers. Wouldn’t mind seeing Ben Rice as a C/1B included in the deal which could give us a promising bat in the event Tork/Dingler struggle.

Bryan Sammons up for Easton Lucas. There’s your starter