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Overall, O’Hearn was a very slick pickup. Getting him to agree to the $3 million team option for 2025 was a slick move as well. He probably shouldn’t play RF, but stuff happens over a long season and we may see that again. I think the bad feelings of the Crush Davis contract rubbed off a little on O’Hearn. Just similar looking players. He’s not blocking Kjerstad. Kjerstad is our Santa replacement. Stowers is just being blocked because he’s LH and he’s behind the other LH hitting OF types in the MLB.

Yet another example of a why it isn’t the end of the world if a player has to be sent down. Bradish, Grayson, Cowser…. all went down and made cautious adjustments.

Brown isn’t my favorite, but Gary Thorne isn’t walking through that door. Plus, I identify the recent winning with Kevin Brown’s voice. I just wish he wouldn’t have pulled his martyr stunt last year. Everyone has to listen to their boss.

An .872 OPS with GG defense in CF. I’ll surely take that over 30 SB and trying to leg out/stretch out every ball in play. Cedric is a gamer. Cowser will help with his load management in CF. Keep those legs fresh.

I’m a little surprised Hyde threw any type of expectations out there. Bradish must be feeling good.

“Print the Playoff Tickets”.

Impressive. This young team is really coming together. Everyone should keep Westburg, Cowser, Gunnar, Adley, in mind when worrying about Holliday. They had long stretches of “struggling”. The exit velos at the MLB level are impressive.

Just a statement of how good this lineup is. Cowser will have a lot of RBI opportunities. With all the “starters” starting and Adley at Catcher, our 6-7-8-9 is Cowser, Mullins, Westburg, and Holliday. Also, the league is tough and I’m sure they will adjust to whatever has been working for Cowser so far.

Good OP. Not worried. Remember that Cowser, Gunnar, and Adley, all struggled to some degree for being too selective when first called up. We’re a young team. The umps made our guys “earn it” last year and the team adjusted. I think this also shows how Elias, Sigbot, and Hyde coaching staff, are all not locked into one idea. They can adapt. Cowser and Westburg have benefitted the most so far. Hopefully, we’ll start to get some respect from the umps more consistently and we don’t have to be so aggressive. But for right now, it’s working.

Won’t happen a lot. Mullins and Mateo ran wild last year in April, then both had injuries that lingered all season. Mullins is having a resurgence and Mateo has an .800 OPS. We aight. It’s probably only going to happen if Mateo pinch runs.

I chalk it up to Facebook/twitter. Joey Ortiz was the first real darling of Facebook. People on those sites tend to overreact more so than here. It’s the whole “throw the bums out, someone else must be better” mentality.

Here’s an example of why it isn’t the worst thing in the world if a player is sent down to work on things. Cowser. Bradish. Stowers and Kjerstad now. Cowser worked his butt off this offseason it looks like. Kudos to him and the coaching staff.

Looks like a situation where Elias is trying to acquire a project with stuff we like to plug the RH RP role that we didn’t fill in the offseason. 94/95 mph fastball/sinker, throws a lot of sweepers. I prefer him over Heasley. I like Baker and Vespi too in AAA, but Ramirez has some upside if we can get him figured out.

Burnes is the guy that should be extended. I know I know it’s easy to throw out “extend him” with every player we love, but with how our org is setup it makes sense to extend Burnes. Elias can consistently draft and develop bats. We can fill bats in around Burnes over the next 7 years or whatever it takes. Honestly, those bats are probably already in our system.

Keep it as “depth”. We’ll need it to add to this team this season and to replace Burnes, Means, Kimbrel, Santa, and possibly O’Hearn/Mullins/Hays. I’m not writing Hays off yet. O’Hearn also agreed to give us a $3 million option for next season. Santa will be gone. The big decision will be Mullins. I see the replacements lining up like this… Hays -> Stowers, Norby Santa -> Kjerstad Urias -> Mayo Mullins -> Cowser? EBJ? Mateo? Kimbrel -> Bautista Means -> Povich Burnes -> We’ll have to make another trade again. Basallo will be untouchable.