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On the field, would you say it's our top priority to upgrade the starting staff?

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On the field, would you say it's our top priority to upgrade the starting staff?  

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  1. 1. On the field, would you say it's our top priority to upgrade the starting staff?


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RVAOsFan
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I feel like a solid SP addition pushes Wells / Hall type guys into the pen solving any question marks we still have there. 

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Outside of Ohtani, since signed by the Dodgers, I'm not sure that there was/is an available bat that I would want blocking our young position players.

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Is Ortiz a vet?  He’s one of our older players, and overrated. 

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Yes. I think the team is built to succeed as it stands today and if they rolled into April with this roster I’d expect to contend for another division crown. 

But I think the rotation is thinnest part of our organization and the part of the ship that’s most likely to fail under stress. So it’s the priority for reinforcement/upgrade. 

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To me the most pressing decision is to decide what to do about the depth in the minors, who goes and who stays. By doing that you may end up with a Cease or Bieber or you may just acquire more Povich, McDermott, Johnson like prospects. Most want a guy to slot with Bradish and GRod in a short playoff series but Wells or Means could be that guy if Hyde uses them wisely during the season. I am more concerned about who is lined up behind Johnson in the upper minors today while we wait for the International guys to emerge. For me, I keep HK and Westburg along with Mayo and Basallo. Cowser, Ortiz, Norby, Stowers are available for the right pitcher. Holiday is the SS and Mayo is 1B when they come; Gunnar is 3B. O'Hearn, Mounty, Santa are available.

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15 minutes ago, AnythingO's said:

To me the most pressing decision is to decide what to do about the depth in the minors, who goes and who stays. By doing that you may end up with a Cease or Bieber or you may just acquire more Povich, McDermott, Johnson like prospects. Most want a guy to slot with Bradish and GRod in a short playoff series but Wells or Means could be that guy if Hyde uses them wisely during the season. I am more concerned about who is lined up behind Johnson in the upper minors today while we wait for the International guys to emerge. For me, I keep HK and Westburg along with Mayo and Basallo. Cowser, Ortiz, Norby, Stowers are available for the right pitcher. Holiday is the SS and Mayo is 1B when they come; Gunnar is 3B. O'Hearn, Mounty, Santa are available.

I believe that will probably resolve itself as the young guys play this Spring and into the season.

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19 minutes ago, AnythingO's said:

To me the most pressing decision is to decide what to do about the depth in the minors, who goes and who stays.

Agreed.  It’s bigger than finding a short-term pitcher regardless of where he slots in.  On the flip-side of that, who we are willing to trade away determines the SP bracket we will be acquiring for 2024 (assuming Elias follows through with that stated goal).

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Yes, seems like the biggest weakness when you compare us to playoff level teams. I'd rather have Grayson and Bradish be solid 2-3 guys that are capable of pitching like 1's rather than feel like they need to pitch like aces. Kremer/Wells/Irvin are all fine for the back end but depth is good and they could help the bullpen.

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9 minutes ago, Greg Pappas said:

I agree but have read plenty of posts that point to other priorities.  I suspect a strong majority of votes will be Yes, but wanted those with differing opinions to express how they see it here.

I think many would vote yes as well.  I mean it’s the simple, easy answer given the rotation and results/options at other positions.

But I also think framing it as “on the field” tilts it even more toward the 26 man roster decision vs. a more wholistic process.  

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As it was mentioned above, starting pitching is the one spot on this roster that looks like it could hold us back.  I will say I think an argument could be made that an improvement at 1B could be made but I think we can cover that with internal options to supplement Mountcastle. 

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