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  1. Walker is definitely going to mash, but keep him at 3B or keep him in the DH spot.
  2. Lol Smyly is a disaster. Free double play and gets no outs.
  3. Time for Smyly to find himself on the IL with a mystery ailment.
  4. Every inning of Fulmer is walking a tight rope, where he's one batter from letting the game get blown open.
  5. Heston by himself is a better piece than Westburg
  6. With Cedric Mullins looking like he's out for an extended period and Mountcastle sucking, the Orioles become a perfect home for Stroman and Bellinger. I wonder how reasonable this is. Stroman+Bellinger for Kjersted+Seth Johnson+Connor Norby.
  7. Start building up that immunity now. It's only going to get worse.
  8. The prospect stuff has taken a very noticeable nose dive. Case and point, I'm as big a Triantos fan as there is on this website, but even I find it laughably stupid to have Triantos as the #2 prospect in the system, while Cade Horton is #7 and Matt Mervis is #46.
  9. The funny part is they have the fan support. They're ready to ride into the playoffs with what they have if they can't land upgrades for guys like Prieto. It's prospect hugging at a level not even we hit in 2015-2017.
  10. If the Orioles aren't even willing to move guys like Basallo, Norby, Povich, etc. then they just aren't interested in acquiring anyone worth having, but have fun wasting those years of control for the guys they wont be able to pay later.
  11. Actually I kind of like this, I hadn't thought of this comp before. I think PCA might have a slightly worse hit tool, but it's pretty close.
  12. If I can't have nice things, I want the rest of the world to burn along with me
  13. This is basically the only time I'm ever going to do this, but I think it would be hilarious if the Cardinals took like 7 of 8 from the Cubs, where they then find themselves like 6 or 6.5 out of the division and they decide to buy instead of sell. They lose prospects in the trades and they lose the opportunity cost of have acquired prospects at the deadline.
  14. Pretty safe to say Mead, Bradley and Caminero are very unlikely to be available. Manzardo is the guy I think I'd insist on. He's more hit tool than pop, even so, he's still likely a 20, maybe even 25 HR guy. The Cubs probably have to sweeten the deal a bit, but he fills a hole and the timeline.
  15. Gilbert is a top 100 guy on a number of lists, though he does very little for me. What was supposed to be a 60 hit tool is more like a 50 hit tool. The power is more 45 than 50 or 55 and the defense is solid. He is fast, not elite fast, but definitely warrants his 60 tool. He torched A+(194 wRC+) to open the season, but has struggled in 226 AA PAs(82 wRC+) I'm not sure why they would even want Bielak. His peripherals are awful and getting worse each year. This would be supremely underwhelming for me.
  16. I haven't really thought about it, but what do we think PCA profiles as a hitter in MLB? Maybe a .275/.340/.440 guy with 15HR and 30 SB and elite CF defense? If he can pull that off, that's crazy valuable.
  17. Hmm, there's a legit chance that PCA might be your opening day CFer. Of course knowing the Cubs, they'll let Tauchmann be that guy for the first 4-6 weeks then bring up PCA.
  18. Mancini put it in play. Congratulations to him.
  19. Seiya has been on base 6 times in the last 12 innings.
  20. If I'm not concerned with proximity to mlb or position and only talent, I'd go with this. Stroman to Bal for Samuel Basallo and Seth Johnson If I'm trying to make the 2024 squad better, I'm throwing Stroman+Merryweather for Mayo and a lottery ticket.
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