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  1. davell
    Already some talk the Fins are going to try and trade Landry. If so, I think my ideal scenario is to give up our 2nd for him and to trade 8 and our best 4th for 22, 53, and 55. I don't know if I liked it, without knowing you'd get a WR. But, if our 2nd could net Landry, I'd do this trade with Buffalo.
  2. davell
    I really want Trubisky to have a good group of WR's. Leming brought up a scenario of Meredith, Albert Wilson or Doug Gabriel, Marqise Lee or Paul Richardson, and a 2nd or 4th Rounder. I'd puke.
  3. davell
    Buffalo is evidently talking about trading up. They've got 21, 22, 53, and 55. Not that the trade value chart is a great example, but pick 8 is 1400. 21 and 22 are 800 and 780. 53 and 55 are 370 and 350. Their 3rd is pick 96 and is valued at 116. Our 2 4ths are at 96 and 72 points. To match value, it'd be something like 8 and our best 4th(1496) for 22, 53, and 55(1500). Not sure I'd want to trade THAT far down. But, I guess it all boils down to what gets done in FA. With Landry, Robinson, and Watkins not likely to hit the market, a WR early is damn near a must, in my mind. Hell, I'd possibly use one of our 4ths on one as well.
  4. davell
    Sounds like you're happy with relying on a bounceback from Whitehair (good as a rookie at OG but no guarantee he will be right back at that level when moving back), health from Long (I'm really skeptical of him), and Nelson making it several spots beyond where the majority of mocks have him going. If teams are okay drafting Nelson top 5 (Denver is the hot button destination) then I think it signals a bit of a philosophical shift in the league. 5 years ago I don't think he would be considered so high but interior line is being prioritized higher than before. Pure and simple, I want a dominant line, and for the unit to be deep. I won't be too happy with a patchwork line that depends on several variables. We're looking at nearly 100m in space after cuts and Pace won't be able to land everybody he targets. I hope that he casts a wide net and that certainly involves Norwell, a young, nasty, bulldog to help protect our franchise QB. What would be your move, if say, you get everybody you target? I'd sign Fulton. Pugh, if his price isn't more than around the same as Sitton's was this year. Personally, I'd try and trade back in the draft. Take a WR, CB, OL, or OLB in the 12-15 range, if it netted us an extra 2nd.
  5. davell
    Why? Putting THAT much money into your interior line is not a great use of money. Move Whitehair or draft Nelson. Or find some other decent guy. But, there's plenty of ways to solve OG without using that much cap space.
  6. davell
    Sweet. We're at least going to try and lose. There was another quote saying Lopez, Holiday, and Grant will sit for blocks of games. Hope that means against the other shitty teams.
  7. davell
    I'd have loved Dyson at that price. Realistically, the only way I can see how it'd work(without Almora or Happ being sent down) would be go with 12 pitchers and just constantly use the 10 day DL, to keep everyone getting innings(and healthy). But, considering we used the DL less than anyone last year, I'm not thinking Theo is a fan of manipulating the system. I think he even complained about the Dodgers doing it, or something, if I remember correctly.
  8. davell
    I’ve wondered this same thing. I like the upside of Chatwood over Cobb though, especially with him maybe, likely not having his best pitch. Plus with Darvish now solidifying the top end of the rotation give me the guy with the highest upside at the back end of the rotation who still should have an okay floor. Chatwood did have similar offers to ours, apparently, so I think the market valued him about what we got him at. Can also be glad Cobb turned down our 3/45 offer or whatever early on and wanted 20 aav that led us to being able to wait out the market and get Darvish. That would’ve been a disaster getting both those guys locked up early (albeit at good value deals) then missing out on the market dropping to be able to get Darvish. Yeah, we may have possibly missed on Cobb, at this stage. But, I guess getting Chatwood early, got us to evaluate the entire market and allowed for Yu to fall into our laps. At the beginning of the off season, I truly thought we'd be trading Happ or Addy, to get our TOR starter, and signing Cobb to be our back end guy. I'll gladly take Yu, Chatwood, and not touching our position player core, over the other option. Can't believe we've not made a single trade. And got Yu, Chatwood, Smyly, Morrow, Cishek, and kept Duensing in FA.
  9. davell
    At this point, I think there's a decent chance one of Cobb or Lynn may wind up settling for less than we gave Chatwood. Do have to wonder if maybe we jumped on Chatwood a bit early. Revisionist obviously, but Cobb at 4/52 versus Chatwood at 3/38? I can see Chatwood winding up better, but I liked Cobb more, at the start of the off season. Draft pick wouldn't have mattered to me, at a price like that.
  10. davell
    We'll be 10 games up on the Brewers by the end of May. But every time I look at this thread, I wonder why the Cards aren't included.
  11. davell
    They gave a guy who literally sucks out loud every other year a huge contract. This being a team that doesn't have money to even do this. This is a move they should have done next year or even the year after that. They're a last place team in the West this year. Maybe even next year, depending on the Giants.....
  12. davell
    I'm not defending Hendry, but there's a humongous difference between those 2 moves. At least the Cubs signed a bunch that off season. Bought themselves into being the favorites. Plus, Sori was a hell of a lot better player than Hosmer.
  13. davell
    Obviously, he's taking his time developing that shiny new analytics department. Or he rage quits tonight, if Fangraphs will take him back.
  14. davell
    Preller showing off the savvy once again for the baseball world to behold.
  15. davell
    There goes another landing spot for Jake, Cobb, or Lynn. Those guys are playing musical chairs.
  16. davell
    He had a disappointing year in 2016 (probably Bortles related) then tore his ACL. I feel like Landy is more of a sure bet but Robinson maybe a higher ceiling? Landry's speed bothers me, for the offense I'm thinking we're going to be running. He's a really good player, but 13-15 mill per for a guy not averaging 10 yards a catch seems too much.
  17. davell
    We're probably going to have the chance to draft a top 10 talent this year, that falls. Either injury or signing demands.
  18. davell
    Have seen some speculation that Robinson gets franchised, but I'd love to add him. I'd take him over Landry easily.
  19. davell
    Schwarber is going to be too good for us to consider moving. Ideally, Heyward puts up a .750+ OPS and we can send prospects with him to someone. More likely, we move Zobrist, in the same manner. With Hayward basically becoming the highest paid defensive replacement in MLB.
  20. davell
    I kind of doubt we can get a guy like that. There's far better opportunities out there for those types to actually make a team, than what we've got to offer. I'd love to get one, just doubt its plausible. As for Butler, my guess is we give him a serious look out of the pen. He's got stuff. Opening it up for one inning may turn him into something worthwhile. Wouldn't shock me to see him make the pen honestly, if we keep 8 guys.(counting Monty)
  21. davell
    LOLOLOLOLOLOL The Empire Strikes Back, I guess.....
  22. davell
    Its beyond hilarious that the national media hasn't caught this stuff.....They consistently bring up that Theo always gets his guy...... So, I guess we'll be subjected to tons of articles next off season, bringing these quotes up. "We all should have saw this coming, Theo tried to tell us."
  23. davell
    That was the worst real win of the year. Winding up with the 8th or 9th pick is going to suck.
  24. davell
    Well, I for one, think this is helpful. Anyone here needing their forehead heroin injection, now has a hookup.
  25. davell
    Wow. I'd have thought Boston would be an easy 2nd. Probably would have guessed Dodgers had more than 4 too.
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