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Seller’s market does not sound like Elias. Hindsight, we should’ve just traded Holliday + for Cease last deadline.

I’m only 50/50 that Elias adds the two SP we need. Anything less would be disappointing.

That’s a narrow window, but that’s our choices. I would expand that to 6 and add Taillon and Anderson.

We need two SP to get through the season. We can nitpick each available pitcher. We’ll see what Elias does.

I sure as hell hope so. I think we all agree on that.

The alternative to Kikuchi would be Tyler Anderson. But that costs $$$. I’ll believe we are spending when I see it.

Texas is only 2.5 GB in the AL West. They get back Jung, Carter, DeGrom, Dunning, and Bradford, all in the next 2-3 weeks. The entire AL should be really worried about them.

Probably. But this fills our needs at a minimum, in my eyes. We get to keep the big 3. If we’re going to contend year in/year out, we have to start spending FA money on pitching. Because after this deadline if these deals go down our system would be the big 3, the guys we just drafted, Etzel, and a bunch of guys in A ball. Stowers and Norby remain to replace Hays and Santa next year. Just my two cents. This gives us a chance to win the division and playoff series. A possible ALDS rematch versus the Rangers looms. Game 1 - Burnes vs Eovaldi Game 2 - Grayson vs Heaney Game 3 - Fedde vs Scherzer Game 4 - Kikuchi vs Lorenzen/Gray/Degrom/Dunning Game 5 - Burnes vs Eovaldi

Just my opinion. But the minimum we should do if we’re trying to win the division is add Fedde, Kikuchi, and Scott. If we want to go for a WS, then it’s Skubal instead of Fedde. - Kikuchi for Fabian. - Fedde for EBJ(if Skubal, add Holliday+) - Scott for Horvath and Wagner We’d come out of the deadline with, SP - Burnes, Grayson, Fedde, Kikuchi, Kremer RP - Kimbrel, Cano, Scott, Webb, Perez, Suarez, Irvin, Akin Same position players as of today. In September, add Mayo and a P. Again, this is the minimum that I think we should do.m to win the AL East.

I don’t think he’s a lateral move. We currently have a rotation that includes Suarez and McDermott/Povich. Kikuchi is clearly better than McDermott/Povich the rest of the year. He’s also insurance for how much can Suarez hold up for? Kikuchi is not the Bradish replacement. He’s a #3/4 on a playoff team. We need two SP to have a chance to win the division and a playoff series. Kikuchi is fine as the lesser half of the two SP puzzle pieces.

I think you’re underestimating De Los Santos a bit. Like we all are/were initially. He was only eligible for the rule 5 because that affects the foreign born players more so than the NCAA players we tend to draft. Even though Cleveland returned him, he’s still having a monster year for just turning 21. Arizona took a calculated risk not protecting a then 20 year old OF with a roster coming off a WS appearance. Clev as a contender was smart enough to draft a 20 year old OF, but couldn’t keep him on a contending team. The mid season rankings don’t really do him justice and tend to just be slotting guys up/down that were already on their lists. When the season is over he’s going to crack some top 100 lists. So that puts him slightly ahead of where EBJ is now. Would you trade EBJ for Puk? That’s for everyone. Not picking on you.

I was just listing the dude Draftkings had us favored to land. Also, we need two SP. If Kikuchi is the 2nd best of the two SP that we acquire, then I’m all for it. He’ll help us win the division and be a game 4 SP option in a 5 or 7 game series.

It’s as safe as anywhere else and I actually prefer it for quickly getting out of town on 295/95. If you get down there early enough, there is free street parking right there by Top Golf near the garage. That’s more of a weekday game option though. I’ve never parked there on a weekend game. Goof Luck!!!

I would trade one Holliday/Basallo/Mayo for Skubal if, - We acquired one other SP to be a game 4 SP type. Kikuchi. One of Wagner, Horvath, or Fabian would probably be the price. - We acquired one of Estevez/Scott. That might cost Baumeister or DeLeon. Hopefully just Stowers. Sort of have to do those moves if you make a move for Skubal and push some chips in the middle.

Draftkings had the O’s has “favorites” to land Kikuchi yesterday. See screenshot. Fabian is currently #30 on Tony’s power rankings. Across most publications he’s going to be somewhere between 10-30. On average around 20. +450 aren’t slam dunk odd by any means.