FlipTheBird

With as far as to RCF as it was, no chance… among the many challenges with hitting the warehouse is that, as it angles away from the playing field, it rapidly gets further and further away as you drift toward right center. If it’s ever going to get donked during a game it’s going to take a shot either directly down the line or pretty close to it.

I’m not saying I agree with any of it, I’m just noting that until they prove otherwise, keeping costs low will appear to be king.

Oh I imagine some will get dealt… but in offseason deals to get other players in positions of need who are under team control/making less money.

Well I’d say in the off-season it’d be guys like Hays and Santander that get sent packing for arms - in part because their salaries are due to go up in arbitration.

I know about a dozen posters here that say the same thing near daily.

Unfortunately, if the team strategy going forward is going to be “keep the payroll as low as remotely possible,” this adds up. Have to keep as much as the farm as possible because you’ll need those guys making the minimum.

The handwringing in this thread every game is pretty wild. There’s never any chill.

They’ve just never caught on. It’s incredible, given their relative success. Though it admittedly doesn’t help that the stadium is an absolute quagmire, nobody should be allowed to play there.

*Hyde calls on Cano* Thread: Hyde is making a mistake. *Hyde calls on anyone but Cano* Thread: Hyde is making a mistake. Guy can’t win here.

Huge performance. Longest been asked to go since April and he was just on. Good for Mike.

So you’re claiming *that’s* what made you blind? I figured it happened many years ago.

It’s useless, the game thread regulars hate them some Jorge Mateo and Ryan Mountcastle.

Well I believe he meant in the sense that O’s fans have been taking over The Trop the last few days. In the ALDS or beyond they’d very much have to play games in Tampa, though.

He got one off the end of the bat that should have been an out. You can pin the walks on him all you want, but the inning should be over.

“Game tying single” sounds a lot better on the Rays’ Twitter, I guess.

McDonald is all over the arm-slot issue… I’m sure the staff is working on it with Cano, but he’s still the one that has to execute it.

It’s a hypothetical based on a literally impossible scenario. Divine intervention. Lighten up. And the OP makes clear that the prospects going would be guys not actively on the 26-man roster. Hence Ortiz and Basallo being among the 5.

I believe the OP’s question was pretty straight-forward: What would we as fans be willing to sacrifice if it truly meant a guaranteed 2023 WS win? Nothing else. No need to pontificate on other scenarios. The organization of course isn’t going to clean house, because there’s no such thing as a real world guarantee. So all the question is meant to cover is “If there WAS, where would you draw the line?” To provide an actual answer: If a higher power guaranteed it, send it. Take the title. Raise the banner.

Even if Kjerstad enters next year as a Top 20, he’s a then 25-year-old outfielder with limited to no major league experience that proves he’s a can’t miss. He could get one of these guys. Not both.

The Cubs are the people that wouldn’t do that. Stroman and Bellinger are arguably the best *separate* (as Ohtani is basically both) SP rental and position player rentals on the market this summer. You aren’t getting both of the Cubs major trade chips for one 24-year-old OF prospect, no matter how successful Heston’s 2023 has been. He could be the centerpiece, but there’d have to be other parts to get the Cubs to pay attention.

Goodness they can’t be worried about every single player they might move. That’s cowardice.

Seems like a win/win. Gave up a non-prospect. Got a guy who’s been trending the right way and has stuff. If they can harness it, great. If not he’s easy to forget since he’s rental. This isn’t a game changer but it’s a prudent move with upside.

As this is would be a strength for strength deal (with the Giants still very much in the playoff picture themselves) I doubt they’d move multiple arms. Or Doval at all.

I don’t think the media is wasting its time thinking about future clickbait. They’re actively rooting for an Ohtani trade because it’s good for them (the media) and the game if the most talented, dynamic player in the league is showcased in the playoffs.

That statement can be made for any player. A rental, a regular, a $30 million a year free agent. There’s more to baseball than what a guy does in a short series. Whoever the Orioles may acquire in the next few weeks, they need to be evaluated on their performance from their first day on the team to their last. Not exclusively based on 2-3 days of work.