Moose Milligan

Wanna make an omelette, you gotta break some eggs. If not these two, some others. Like I said, I'm shopping Kjerstad if I get to call the shots. You sure seem convinced that Kjerstad is really going to turn into that 30 homer guy, too.

Kjerstad goes if I'm running the show. I'm sure you have guys that you'd prefer to trade, but you don't see me getting all bent out of shape about it. I'd ride the Suarez train as long as I could but you know as well as I do that has the biggest chance of turning into a pumpkin out of all of them. But if you think that Scrap Heap Suarez is a long term answer here, that's fine. I also don't think Webb is as good as he's been. Pretty much. Man, you're in one of your moods today. Lighten up, Francis.

I think the truth, as is with most things, is somewhere in the middle. He doesn't need to "overhaul" anything. He's also got to work on a few things. Now, what those few things are, none of us know right now. Ben McDonald makes one comment about his leg kick and everyone here seems to have taken it as gospel. I'm sure we'll learn after he comes back up and plays well. But the rampant speculation about the leg kick being the thing that held him back in the majors is silly. It might be true in the end, but right now some of you guys would believe that Mark Teixiera was at a Ravens game.

We're not going to have room for all of these guys. We're just not. These wet dream posts of lineups 1-9 with all homegrown talent are exactly that. Second, you're acting like just because he's a top 100 prospect doesn't mean there's a chance that he won't make it. I'll tip my cap to Elias and his crew, they've done a masterful job of developing talent, I can understand why people are so excited about all of our prospects but if we're going to have to trade one, I'm going to go with the one that has a lot of swing and miss in his game and isn't pegged as a great defender at either corner outfield spot. He's also already 25 years old, barely has played at all in the majors....and some of that's not his fault, but it still is what it is. With this franchise's ability to scout, draft and develop, I am not at all worried about trading Heston Kjerstad for bullpen help in a day and age where elite bullpens are game changers. We're going to need a stout bullpen if/when we make it to the playoffs. It's the one spot of this team I think that we should all be able to agree that needs an upgrade. You're also neglecting to understand the fact that those relievers are under team control for awhile and have options which means there's more value to the Cleveland relievers that you're so quick to dismiss. In your little scenario where you're talking about switching places and trading our middling relievers for someone like Kjerstad, you're acting like we'd be trying to trade Baumann and Suarez which is just intentionally obtuse on your part, you should be ashamed. And with how Elias and his team have developed pitching and used analytics and pitch mixing, I'm not too worried about the performance of either one coming back. If we were the 28th ranked minor league system and Kjerstad was our only guy we had to dream on, sure, I'd agree with you. But it's not like Dylan Beavers isn't killing it in AA, he's 2 years younger and can play a corner outfield spot in Camden Yards. Blargh, blargh, blargh #2 overall pick blarg, blargh, blargh

Oh great, Pickles and RZNJ. I'm out!

He actually didn't ask me. I'm not a huge Kjerstad fan. I also don't really care about make-believe lineups in which 1-9 are all homegrown players and have all turned out to be amazing hitters. But since you're interested, it'd push everyone back in the bullpen. Maybe one of these guys could log save opportunities if Kimbrel pitches the day before.

This is probably true. They're in a poverty division, too, there's a good chance they'll come out on top of it.

Why wouldn't we do it?

Yes.

It's like everything I've wanted in a ballclub and an owner at once. Amazing.

True or False: A team who has a Mason Miller/Felix Bautista big time strikeout guy always has an advantage no matter the situation in late and close situations.

Frazier! Oh no you didn't @Frobby!

I want to see Urias or McKenna back there to give people here more reasons to be upset with them.

Oh well.