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    I've been wondering about Long, instead of Alcantara. Seems like the more ready big league hitter. We get 2 extra roster spots right? (So one additional bench and 1 arm). Let's say they keep Turner for his veteran leadership, they could throw out a righty lineup against LHP looking like: Suzuki - Castro - Tucker Shaw - Dansby - Hoerner - Long - Kelly Turner Now, probably some arguments to be made if Long (Alcantara) are big league ready enough to take ABs away from Busch against lefties in general (Likely not) or if a RH batting Happ should start in LF and Suzuki just DH over Turner (Probably starting Happ TBH). CC would have options anyways against LHP. Edit: I realized you're probably talking about playoff roster and I'm talking about regular season once rosters increase in Sept. Which in theory, should help CC determine the playoff bench.
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    Jed, I know you're reading this thread. This is me once again reminding you that upper end controlled SP, either at the TDL or in the winter, is extremely expensive in terms of prospect capital. As in, we should not be surprised at the unreasonable ask that's going to happen this upcoming winter and next TDL. Let's say if we don't sign Tucker, lets go ahead and direct those funds towards a Valdez/Suarez/Cease/King/etc. And next TDL (barring major injuries), maybe all we need is a few bats (Cheap at the deadline) and BP help.
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    Yea sad no Castro against a lefty today. Chalking it up to allowing him to get accommodated.
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    Honestly, I hate that we're comparing our deadline to the Brewers right now (Yes, division foes, blah). They're always going to do the small market thing and make moves that improve their margins. Miller, Lockridge, Vaughn, etc.
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    Great analogy @Bertz. D grade from me overall. Castro is a great get/fit. The other three moves are all fine on their own. Didn't address our #1 need or shift to higher quality RP when the SP deals fell through. Going into the deadline, IMO, I think there was a an argument for us being the second best team in the NL in terms of playoff caliber roster (Phillies were more complete, and I don't know how to judge these current Dodgers). After the deadline, I personally put us behind the Phillies, SDP, and Mets. Dodgers probably, but again tough to gauge their injury riddled roster as of now and who they will have available come the playoffs. But the point is, our main playoff competition got much better and addressed major holes in their rosters, while we tuned up the margins.
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    This hits home.
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    General question - are farm system rankings (BA, Pipeline, etc) actually a ways off from what the industry actually thinks? E.g. Yankees were the 24th and 25th ranked system coming into the season (and only have 3 top 100 prospects in most all updated rankings), how are they able to land Bednar and Dovall without giving up a top 100 prospect if their farm system is actually ranked that low? Or did Cashman just take advantage of the Pirates (I know the catcher is a solid get) and Posey.?
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    I’m starting to really believe Jed prioritizes sustained success over a “go for it” mentality. Keeping Caissie, Mo, Alcantara, Wiggins, Cade, etc, all intact, while no prospect is a guarantee, you can look at the prospect core combined with our current big league core and say “Yea, there’s enough there to be a playoff contending team year in and year out for the foreseeable future”. If this season, with the second best record in all of baseball, having Tucker, with a major hole at the top of our rotation, isn’t the year to push your chips in, then I don’t believe Jed will ever do it. It’s almost like Theo made him gun shy by completely dismantling the farm and Jed had to clean up the mess.
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    Brother, you didn’t just today find out the asking prices today. You can’t swim in those waters without a better backup plan….
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    They took on Montgomery.
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    Oh god here comes some Brewers magic on Montgomery
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    Hoping for something out of left field like Robbie Ray, etc. Otherwise I'm going to puke.
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    Come on Jed. Maybe Cease is moved last second now that they got Cortes
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    I'm not sure how it's going to play out against RHP, but against LHP our bench is going to be stacked if we have Busch and maybe Happ on it.
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