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You are expecting many back to back save opportunities for this team?

Clearly I was wrong. Apologies.

A benefit to not having a lot of talent on the 40.

If I was an emergency call up I'd write home about it.

I am going with Fangeaphs overvaluing his defense.

You expect them to be bad?

Dodgers are great at cap management.

My thread not good enough for you? ?

I'm a believer in the quality of play increasing over time . I'm confident Trout would be just fine in center.

I'm sure they are sending some cash as well but that won't hurt them.

Price could have a nice season in the AL Central.

Bit surprised no one is saying Trout.

I was talking about both, the 2018-2019 class, in which he traded away a lot of the slots and the 2019-2020 class. Once again I'm not expecting him to sign a top 10 or even top 20 class but signing the #48 and #51 guys is within the realm of what I was expecting. I don't see that as A or A++ work. That's doing your job now that ownership is in place that will allow you to spend your money.

The O's 2019 class probably ranks what 29th? Elias had a small part of that, he traded a ton of slot money that other teams found value in spending. This class is probably in the bottom five or so right? That doesn't exceed my expectations. I was expecting poor but not quite as poor. Folks are grading him on a huge curve. I will say that if he had managed this trick with Peter still in charge I'd give him an A.

That to me isn't an A, it's a B. An A is going beyond, to exceed expectations.

Either over Aaron or at DH. I don't think it's close if Williams doesn't go off and fight in two wars.

You like outlier better? Problem with outlier is you have to include inexplicably poor seasons.

Ouch no Williams. Docking the poor guy due to military service?

You are rating him A++. I don't want to hear, "it's no rush" and "so goes it in the craft of dumpster diving". Not when you are talking A++, or even A for that matter. You sound like you are talking about someone pulling down a B. You don't lose a 3 win guy for nothing and get an A++. Class with 30 students, how many do you give an A++? Are you saying that you think Elias has been the best GM in baseball since he's been hired?

I think his 2014 would make a list of top fluke seasons.

I'll take talent over "grinding". Pearce has 9.7 rWAR over 13 seasons. 5.9 of that came in one year.

So he's not a hero?