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By the way, something they absolutely need to legislate is the size of the oven mitt. I forget who it was, one of these guys had one that was basically giving him 18 inch fingers.

You can also slide to the side of the bag and reach back... I'd like to see data both on safety and success rates for each one before making a call. Either way, I agree, a team probably shouldn't on their own put themselves at a competitive disadvantage by voluntarily imposing rules on itself. So if this is a problem, then the proper way to deal with it would be to change the rules like they have with catcher's interference (which I support).

fWAR had him at #16. Not quite top 10 but very close. If he is on someone's top 10 list I'm not arguing.

Headfirst at the plate in particular seems like an awful idea.

Prefer to move Irvin? Or stash Means in the bullpen? I don't have a strong feeling either way but it would make sense to back Means up with a RHP throwing 96. I don't think Suarez is going to have a 0.00 ERA forever and I like having a matchup proof guy like him or Wells in the pen.

I think "well" is a bit of an overstatement. He did give up 5 runs to three outs across three appearances recently, and the two outings since then were not clean.

Agreed, but I think Gunnar needs to sustain his April production for a bit to get in that top 10 conversation for those who aren't O's fans. Based on last year, his biggest flaw was the room for improvement vs LHP. So far he is off to a great start in that department.

I agree with OP, these are the best guesses as to what will happen. However, Elias being Elias I am going to predict at least one of them is wrong, with no clue as to which one. Maybe Means to bullpen and/or possibly Bradish takes longer.

Move Suarez to the pen and have Means on a tight leash.

As much as I value defense, Ohtani is that good as a hitter that you have to think about it. Right now they are neck and neck in fWAR (I believe Ohtani was ahead before Gunnar's big game yesterday). bbref has Ohtani slightly ahead. I would take Gunnar but it's close in my mind. By the way, going into the Angels series Gunnar had like .500 something OPS vs LHP. Now he is at .324/1.017. He just keeps getting better.

He would have been a good 1:1 but he is an absolute game changer at 42. If I had to pick between the two... That's really tough. Fortunately we don't have to. Elias accomplished the impossible by getting them both in the same draft. Along with Stowers, Ortiz, and Hernaiz. That has to be one of the best draft classes of all time.

"Who do I want this year between Ohtani and Gunnar Henderson, I'd take Gunnar Henderson"

He was up in the second series, hit .455/1.026 against us.

He was up in the second series, hit .455/1.026 against us.

I hadn't seen the Gelof injury. From what I recall he was a beast against us last year. We won the series 7-1 but one of those wins was a walkoff and another was in extras. Don't sleep on the A's.