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The two consensus best FO in all of baseball, the Dodgers and the Rays, are hot after Lynn. I’m not saying I want him, but to dismiss him as having any value to a contending team seems a bit extreme.

As has been mentioned, we’ve got at least three guys who are approaching their career highs in IP and we still have two months left to play. He would just give us an arm to throw innings with some upside that we could help fix him a bit and get him pitching more like he’s been capable of in the past. I’d love Verlander or Scherzer, but I think it’s healthy to temper expectations.

I’m getting impatient too, but I think the reason we haven’t made a splash yet is because the prices are already too high. I think we’ll get a somewhat obscure reliever or two and Lance Lynn. I’m willing to bet we’re out on all the big names and the inflated prices that come with them.

Agree. We need another guy who can play center and isn’t a black hole offensively. That’s a package worth acquiring imo.

Haha I was joking. Of course he meant Shohei

Mike Trout?

Love it. I suspect they’d want someone with more upside than Watson though. Or what about Mountcastle and Watson?

Cowser should be nothing more than a last resort imo.

Ah dang I thought it was a one year deal for Verlander. If we’d be willing to take on the salary it would make a ton of sense.

I think we can get both. Verlander and Pham from the Mets.

Also, see the play Hicks just missed, and the several plays Cowser failed to make in center last week. Get used to that, unless you want to bring McKenna back up. I’d rather find a cheap veteran with a bit better bat than McKenna.

What if Hays gets hurt?

Does it make sense to shop for another veteran OF rental now? It’s getting thin.

He’s 6’6” I just learned. Mt. Fuji.

Maybe for Abbott. Are you just asking that because they dominated us this week?

She’s better than watching Keegan Akin pitch. Leave her alone.

Consensus top 30 prospect by season’s end.

This. At some point since he was drafted the mechanics changed pretty significantly and this seemed to coincide with him vaulting to the status he currently enjoys.

Point taken.

Send him down. He’s not walking anymore. There are other guys who could help us right now. It’s no different than the situation with Grod. If we are in win-now mode, it’s time for someone else to get a shot to produce.

Because he provides depth and insurance in the event that the young players falter or get injured. He just stepped in for Ortiz and did exactly what he was brought here to do. Who else would you have signed for 8 mil or less?

Agreed. And while I didn’t like the Frazier signing at the time, it looks like it was a the right call.

Very informative, thanks.

Best win of the year.

Exactly, they’ve earned the benefit of doubt from me. They’re also surely working with more data than we have access to as well first hand, daily knowledge on the human level. @Sports Guy: No offense at all, I mean that sincerely, but they know more than you do.