Tim

Call it a hunch but I don't think there was any confusion. Also don't see the relevance of Howard's 2021 towards PCA's 2022 :dontknow: ....6...4.89...are either of these untouchable golden boy good? PCA also had a 3:2 K/BB ratio in MB this year, and was at a much more reasonable 3:1 ratio in SB for the final month of the season. He is a really good prospect. If Ed Howard comes back strong from his injury and posts an ISO 2.5 times as high as he ever has before while still playing great defense up the middle, then he'll be a really good prospect, too.

Ed Howard had a 9% BB / 20% K rate @ High A this year...Oh boi Sorry - my confusion was that he's the only big prospect in the system with a ratio over five in A ball the past couple years. He was showing a lot of improvement this season before the injury. I really hope he comes back strong next spring.

Ah! With the 4.9% and 24% rates and 4.89 k/bb ratio. Got it.

I can only guess that you're actually talking about Canario's stint in High A last year with your reference to the "latest crown jewel". Which is a statement that literally nobody on here is making. Please quote any post that is saying so. As for the 6:1 k/bb ratio...he had a 5.5% bb rate and a 25.3% k rate. Which makes for a 4.60 k/bb ratio. Definitely not ideal. Also definitely not 6:1. People would take your posts a lot more seriously if you didn't exaggerate most everything you say.

Sorry - Ed was Low A. :)

I'm not going to try re-hashing the first part of this with you since I don't feel that Canario is a better prospect than Davis. But I'm trying to figure out what the heck you're talking about with the last sentence. Ed Howard with a 5.5% BB / 30.1% K last year?

I really don't want to trade Canario

DH & 1B I just wonder if Abreu is going to be wiling to sign with a team where he's going to be the DH 80+% of the time if Mervis is actually good. He played 128 games at 1B last year so, I doubt he's going to be ok with that. Or it may be a reason for him to leave the white sox if he'd prefer not to.

There’s plenty of AB’s between 1B/DH for Abreu and Mervis to coexist. There’s also the likelihood/probability Mervis isn’t all that good (I want to give him a chance as well) that there needs to be some sort of 1B/DH insurance if he just sucks and Abreu seems like a solid fit. Mervis is Freddie horsefeathering Freeman until he shows me otherwise.

DH & 1B

Yeah what are the odds this would happen in a year where the Bears are bad? I feel like I *may* be sensing some sarcasm here.

I'm re-sold on Correa after the video that was posted all over the place.

More like Ski-U-Nahhhh! ILL!

Illini up by 6...but completely dominating the game.

I think this is the big inflection point on gaming out potential offseasons. We're assuming there's 80-something million to spend and the team doesn't want to go hog wild on dumping prospects. So there's enough resources to do anything you want, but not everything you want. Correa or one of the other shortstops use up enough resources right off the bat that you are essentially forced to skimp elsewhere. I chose to skimp in CF and SP. CF is an easy choice IMO, as the over/under on Davis or Canario being ready is something like May 15th. SP was a bit tougher, my preferred "other" SP is actually Andrew Heaney, but I wasn't able to fit him into this scenario. If you pass on the shortstops though, as you showed you can go pretty much hog wild filling the rest of the holes on the roster. I still think grabbing a star SS to anchor the lineup is the right call, but it's easy to see the benefits of skipping there. It kind of sucks Dansby Swanson had such an amazing year. He'd probably be looking at 5/$90 or something coming off a normal year, but now the SS market is Jose Iglesias and four guys who will each get at least $150M. No mid range options at all. On the OF, I've decided that I'm not too worried about prospect readiness. There will be injuries. Happ's only here for one more year. We can rotate guys to keep them fresh. There's the DH spot that can be used with off days for Abreu or Mervis. We can trade guys, too, if the backlog becomes too severe. I'd love it if one of those guys developed a sudden ability to play 2B or 3B, though.

If my #1 SP acquisition is Marquez, then I want someone better than Smyly as the #2. I'd love to find a way to afford Senga as another add in that situation. I'm not wild about Seth Brown, but he's a guy that might be helped by the lack of shifting next year. I'd like to find a comparable FA option that I can get on a short-term contract. For some reason, going big on Correa makes me nervous. I'm not sure why, though. I guess I feel like he's more a very good player than a real star. I think I might prefer to spread that money around a bit more rather than going long on any of the SS, but I waffle on that stance pretty much every day. Like the Correa + Smyly money could be Nimmo + Senga, but without the long-term commitment. I'm not a fan of Phillips, but this is essentially a throw away move until a rookie can displace him. If Bellinger becomes available, he's he guy I want out there. Reliever choices are fine, but could be others and I wouldn't mind. I trust the team here to make good choices. So, maybe something like this: - Do TT's deals for Marquez ($15M) and Jansen ($3.7M) - Sign Jose Abreu to short term deal (2/$36M) - Sign Nimmo (4/$100M) - Sign Kodai Senga (4/$85M) - Sign Carlos Estevez (1/$5M) - Sign budget reliever (1/$2M) That puts me about $10M over your salary, so I may be overshooting here. If there's an option in FA cheaper than Abreu, that would probably work. But I really like the lineup depth with those guys. CF - Nimmo RF - Suzuki LF - Happ DH - Abreu 1B - Mervis 3B - Wisdom SS - Hoerner C - Jansen 2B - Madrigal/Morel There would be great depth in the SP, too: SP - Stroman, Marquez, Steele, Kodai, Hendricks (Wesneski, Thompson, Sampson, Assad, etc.)

That's assuming Brown is injured most of the year, of course.

Mervis and Brown would hit 55 HR between them.

What a beast.

Haters is tough. Just the realists. Can't scotch tape an NFL roster. True enough but, once again, given the terrible lack roster management by Pace and the lack of resources just what could Poles have done? Take Pickens with the first pick in the second, could still go DB with their second 2nd rounder, then pick OL in the third.

You seem to really want an answer! So...nothing. Fake an injury.

Almost as bad as the fumble is even trying to catch that at the 5 yard line. Like wtf is he doing? He was a returner in college?? It was the 8 or 9, but still

1. Yes, absolutely 2. Yes. 3. Nah, I don't have the interest in Kiriloff 4. Yes! 5. Nah, I'm not especially interested in Kaprielian Crazy how much value prospects have relative to proven veterans.

I know where you're going to go with your response, but the 6th highest payroll is not a "low payroll" taking advantage of labor. What do you want? Some kind of [expletive] number where they look like their trying? They were 14 last year. They have the 2nd highest ticket prices, the highest food prices, and were 9th in attendance this year, with a horsefeathers team for half the season. They have concerts, a hotel, apartments, and a TV network, and soon part owners of a betting house. What do you expect them to pay for a competitive team? Anything less than a top 5 payroll is low. lol - you made a ridiculously hyperbolic statement and I called you on it. Lighten up my friend, it's a long offseason.

Pick a dollar figure that represents "Low Payroll". Also, avoiding contracts longer than 5 years is generally a good thing as long as you can still get the players. Less than a top 5 payroll. Last year are 220 million. I know where you're going to go with your response, but the 6th highest payroll is not a "low payroll" taking advantage of labor.