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Alec Bohm is a year away and even with the addition of Wheeler, they still need pitching.
Oddly, report just comes across that Rendon is now the Phillies top priority. Makes sense why they passed on going after Moustakas now.
If it turns out Nola just had an off year and Arrietta can get healthy, they have a pretty decent staff.
All 3 of these guys are Boras clients and Heyman is a Boras puppet. Just driving up the perceived demand.
From @paintingcorner on Twitter, MLB Slapdick+ metrics since 2002. Here are your top ten
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I've owned almost of these guys in fantasy while chasing SB.
- Joey Gathright
- Luis Castillo
- Dee Gordon
- Wilson Valdez
- Nori Aoki
- Tony Womack
- Mallex Smith
- Ichiro Suzuki
- Ben Revere
- Emilio Bonifacio
Xavier Edwards currently fits the slapdick hitter mold. He only has 36 XBH in over 750 minor league PAs. He turned 20 in August but seems like he could still add some muscle to his frame.
Worked ok for the Astros.Nola, Arrieta, Wheeler, Velasquez, Elfin, Pivetta, Eickoff,
Robertson, Dominguez, Neris
Let's say they add Strasburg (or Cole).......That's all your SP innings guys and main relievers are right handed.
Is there any word on how the new stadium is expected to play, whether pitcher or hitters park?Eephus said:
Haven't seen this confirmed yet. But if so I hope for your sake he is playing LF. His arm is not up to playing RF. Heck, saying defensive liability is understating how bad he would be in right. And I say this as a guy who is a Cards fan and likes Ozuna. He is a heck of a nice guy just lacks OF instincts and arm.
Saw them say last night on MLB Network that this turned out to be a false rumor.
Harold Reynolds was kind of saying the same thing about the Angels last night. If you have Trout at $500 million and a pitcher at $300 million, you have two guys on the payroll at almost a billion dollars. It just doesn't make too much sense to pay 2 guys that much money. You need to spread out the payroll.stbugs said:
I think Segura gets moved to 3B in this scenario (they must not love his D at SS because this has been discussed since the end of last season). No, I don't think he has much trade value. His contract is probably considered fair market value right now.
But the Phils have also been connected to Rendon, Donaldson and Kris Bryant, so I don't think he's Plan A for 3B either.
I think the Rendon "rumors" were just Middleton doing Boras a solid. They need SP too bad to dump that much money into a 3B.
It seems like Strasburg is most likely going back to DC. And Cole to the Yanks. So for pitching, you can find some cheap(er) options out there. Maybe a (boy I hate to say this name, but) Keuchel. Or a Ryu who doesn't require a draft pick compensation. Or Madbum.
Well, they did sign Wheeler too, so while they may still have some money to spend, I dont think its Cole/Stras type money (unless they're willing to go over the cap). That's why I think they look at trades instead. Robbie Ray makes a ton of sense. A power-lefty with one year left on his contract.
I saw them talking about the cap and how a lot of big market teams aren't too worried about it because they expect it to be raised at the next CBA.
Yikes. That's a lot of money for a guy who's rarely healthy. Imagine it pushes the Cole price-tag way up too. Feeling very glad that the Phils inked Wheeler before this madness.
Rarely healthy is a bit of a stretch
Pitchers seem to be OK as they get older. Look at Verlander. Hell, the Neikro brothers pitched well into their 120's.
Gotta assume everyone is back in play since the reported Yankee offer (7/245) obviously isn't getting it done now.
Were both the Neikro brothers knuckleball pitchers? I don't think that takes as much toll on their arms.
I was really just going for the joke.
Nope. Didn't forget. And I hope he's his old self. I'm also not saying they won't be good. I'm just saying that the past 2 years, I felt like winning the West was a given. No real challenge. I could see 2020 being a lot tougher.
