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By Can_of_corn · Posted
I mean more notable for anything. It's been around 60 years and you don't even have a State Senator or CEO to crow about? -
By Bemorewins · Posted
If Mayo and Holliday are here next year, one of them most certainly has to move to the OF. There is only one position available. Henderson, Westburg, and Mountcastle are all starting caliber INFs. For a team who is trying to win a WS (like I assume the goal will be again next season) I don't see the wisdom in introducing too much possible volatility at one time due to the variance in performance that young players (first time big leaguers can produce). To have a lineup where Holliday, Mayo, (Kjerstad and Norby for that matter) are all trying to acclimate/figuring out how to hit big league pitching all at the same time does not seem like a wise move and it definitely doesn't seem like something Elias would do. I'm not sure that I see this is a move that would be ultra-risky or a move that would be for a rebuilding team. We are obviously going to be in the postseason and we could go all the way. If we were to turn around after a successful season and then jettison all vets and go with a rebuild lineup with half or more being occupied with young players prospects, I think it would come with a lot of negative PR and most likely a negative fan reaction. Teams who are successful and have young stars/cornerstone players under multiple years of control/contract (Rutschman, Henderson) don't typically decide to rebuild/reset in the midst of that. That could be detrimental to the teams bottom line and that would be a hard sell to an owner who has just taken over the team. -
Yes, Boras clients occasionally sign extensions. No, Boras won’t prevent a client that wants to sign an extension from doing so. Yes, Boras clients sign fewer pre-FA extensions than clients of other agencies (based on comparing his share of pre-FA extensions vs. his larger share of MLB players). That’s because of either the advice he gives, attracting clients with a similar philosophy, or both. Scott has never signed a player with less than two years of service time to a long-term extension. He has only signed 1 pre-arb player to a long-term extension which was 13 years ago (Carlos Gonzalez). Expectations of signing Gunnar or Westburg to extensions need to be calibrated against this reality. -
A.J. Preller is apparently a good talent evaluator and an aggressive GM. I get the feeling he thinks they can keep replacing prospects through the draft and J2 signings. He’s kind of painted himself into a corner with the current team. He traded for Arráez. The Padres were already rumored to be interested in Crochet. I wouldn’t put it past Heller. Of course, Crochet isn’t a rental so it’s not quite selling your soul to the devil to trade an Ethan Salas for him. Not sure what else they have to offer. -
I didn't really know either until the news of his death, which was kind of a lightbulb moment for me in relation to the extreme all-in approach the Padres had been taking in recent years. The family has kept a lot of details private, but from reading a couple of the articles after he passed, he had already gone through a couple of different tough cancer fights and it was known around the industry that his health was tenuous. I don't know if he got a specific prognosis before the end, but it seems clear that he wasn't taking any time for granted and wanted to push to make things happen while he could. It's not really relevant for the O's, but it has come up now and then when some folks start asking why the O's couldn't try to spend like the Padres - it's clear now that the Padres were in a unique situation. -
No, but my family should get a good dose. -
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