Q & A with MacPhail

[Hank Scorpio]

I don't know if I can handle such a drop in prestige and perception!

Hey, at least we'd be hustling!!!

You can afford to be young offensively if you pitch well and play good defense. That's the problem w/ the D-Rays, their pitching (bullpen) is atrocious.

Hahahaha I just called someone else's bullpen atrocious!!!!!

[Rockbird]

He may be here OD, but if he doesn't accept an extension I think he's gone before the season ends.

Why risk him getting injured/not having a good start to the season?

[rolliefingers]

To be fair, you really can't say it makes zero sense if you don't know the whole story behind shopping these players. We can still build around cheap young pitching and trade some of it for other pieces. It really all depends on what the team does as a whole with the trades this offseason. We could very well be aquiring some young arms as well.

Trading pitching for an established star is the kind of move a team makes when it's almost a competitor. We're nowhere close.

We're in no position to be deciding which of our arms are hits and which are misses if they're under 25 and we're in last place.

[Hank Scorpio]

Nolan Reimold does not like this thread.

[Belkast]

Why risk him getting injured/not having a good start to the season?

If we get a deal that is of our liking then sure he would be dealt before season but if not he would be on the team and we'll have to see you needs a big push into the playoffs and hope they blow us away.

[rolliefingers]

If we get a deal that is of our liking then sure he would be dealt before season but if not he would be on the team and we'll have to see you needs a big push into the playoffs and hope they blow us away.

Belkast, no offense buddy, but that sentence made roughly 24 percent of the sense.

[8ripken2131]

Belkast, any hints about the possible blockbuster?

[Rockbird]

If we get a deal that is of our liking then sure he would be dealt before season but if not he would be on the team and we'll have to see you needs a big push into the playoffs and hope they blow us away.

I'm more of the thinking that you get more in the offseason since teams can replenish positions they give up. Let's say the Dodgers for instance are in a playoff hunt, good luck getting them to give up their starting 1st baseman and LF!

[Sports Guy]

He may be here OD, but if he doesn't accept an extension I think he's gone before the season ends.

I just wonder what kind of extension we are willing to offer him.

[Rockbird]

Belkast, any hints about the possible blockbuster?

I'm thinking the FO will have until a week from today at midnight to return the players they rented.

[Belkast]

Belkast, no offense buddy, but that sentence made roughly 24 percent of the sense.

Wow. I agree. Sorry I didn't proof read before I hit send.

[rolliefingers]

Wow. I agree. Sorry I didn't proof read before I hit send.

Thanks. Your insights are much-appreciated. Even more so when we can understand what you're saying.

[bej6789]

Are we talking action at the GM meetings, or is it going to be pretty hush-hush until the winter meetings?

[Crazysilver03]

I'm thinking the FO will have until a week from today at midnight to return the players they rented.

I dont 100% follow with what you are saying here.

[Peace21]

Id say its a 10% chance Tejada is on the OD roster