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Predict the SP ace Elias will acquire for the WS run!! :D :D


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Predict the SP ace Elias will acquire for the WS run!! :D :D  

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  1. 1. Predict the SP ace Elias will acquire for the WS run!! :D :D

    • Rich Hill (64 years old: ultimate veteran presence!!)
    • Jordan Lyles (just needs to work with Holt again and he'll be awesome!)
    • Carlos Carrasco (Buck's TTTP stuff probably messed him up)
    • Lance Lynn (INSANE K-RATE OMG)
    • Michael Lorenzen (actually, strikeouts are overrated!!)
    • Marcus Stroman (he obv just tanked his entire July so we could get him for way less!)
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The poll is obviously for yucks but I like the premise.   Who do you think we actually get.   Unfortunately, for the board, Lorentzen is kind of what I expect.   Not a true upgrade but depth to guard against Wells going down or to the bullpen.   
 

 

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6 minutes ago, RZNJ said:

The poll is obviously for yucks but I like the premise.   Who do you think we actually get.   Unfortunately, for the board, Lorentzen is kind of what I expect.   Not a true upgrade but depth to guard against Wells going down or to the bullpen.   
 

 

Yeah, like... I am joking, but... it's very possible we get one of these guys haha.

If there's one thing about Elias, it's that his acquisitions, which to date have mostly been free agents, have been at first glance extremely boring players. Lyles, Frazier, McCann, Gibson, O'Hearn, Givens, Irvin, etc.

He's mixed in some intrigue here and there (Fuji), but mostly when in sell mode (Cano, Povich, Johnson, etc). 

So I fully expect a boring acquisition. I just hope he mixes in someone exciting. We'll see. 

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2 minutes ago, interloper said:

Unfathomable to think Elias wouldn't get one of these TOR Ace #1's for our World Series push. 

:)

He’s not going to trade 4-5 prospects for a rental or give up his top 100 (including the fringe guys like Norby) 

Angelos isn’t adding payroll….I’d like to see Civale myself.

I think he will add one more reliever and possibly a bat.

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Just now, Roll Tide said:

He’s not going to trade 4-5 prospects for a rental or give up his top 100 (including the fringe guys like Norby) 

Angelos isn’t adding payroll….I’d like to see Civale myself.

I think he will add one more reliever and possibly a bat.

I think you're missing my sarcasm here haha. I agree with you. 

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