Jazz Chisolm Trade?

[interloper]

38 minutes ago, bpilktree67 said:

I don't want to trade for a positional player but if we do it should be a right handed bat that is a rental veteran then can play some outfield.   We have a lot of left handed hitters in the outfield already in Mullins, Cowser, Kjerstadt, and Stowers.  

Agree here. I think there's some room for a RH addition if he doesn't cost much. I don't think it's any real necessity, but if the price is right, it could be sensible. 

[GunnarBomb]

2 minutes ago, bpilktree67 said:

Urias and MCcann are backups and won't see anytime time the playoffs if they are even still on roster which i am not sure they will be.  So only 4 of those guys have 80+ at bats 

If you want to just look at batting averages The Dodgers bottom of the order starters are. 5 guys over 100 ab

Lux .204 147 ab

Pages .234 145 ab

Muncy .223 139 ab

Hernandez .205 117 ab

Outman .147 109 ab

Guardians 6 guys over 100 ab

Freeman .216 171 ab

Brennen .232 151 ab

Rocchio .207 150 ab

Bo Naylor .177 130 ab

Arias .215 107 ab

Florial .173 98 ab

The other contenders are not much different. Here is the list of teams over .500 with guys hitting .235 or lower and at least 100 at bats.

Yankees 3

Guardians 6

Royals 6

Twins 5

Mariners 6

Phillies 3

Braves 1 They have 4 guys in the ..240s though

Brewers 5

Dodgers 5

Giants 4 with 3 guys in .230-.245 range 

Orioles 4 

 

 

We're in the AL East.   That's the problem.

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, GunnarBomb said:

We're in the AL East.   That's the problem.

That's one of the divisions in which they've only got two teams over .500 right?

Not like the powerhouse AL Central.

[Greg Pappas]

5 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

That's one of the divisions in which they've only got two teams over .500 right?

Not like the powerhouse AL Central.

Cool new avatar (or whatever we call it these days). 

[GunnarBomb]

13 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

That's one of the divisions in which they've only got two teams over .500 right?

Not like the powerhouse AL Central.

Yeah, how long is that gonna last?

[Bemorewins]

3 hours ago, GunnarBomb said:

Santander.204

Cowser. 235

Mullins. 188

Mateo .236

Urias. 219

McCann .198

 

Gunnar/Adley will be eventually be pitched around until the others show they can produce.

Other than Cowser, think any of the current first place/top contending teams would run those guys out there consistently?  No guarantees calling up Mayo, Holliday, etc. would be the answer and already have holes in their game at AAA.

Time to spend that new owner money and make a run at it!

 

1) How much of other MLB teams do you watch or keep track of?

2) If Holliday and Mayo have “holes in their game” what position prospects in the sport do you like more?

3) Not another “new owner” (who has been here for TWO MONTHS) has to spend money.

4) We are going to make a run because we are one of the best teams in MLB (top 5/top 2 in the AL).

[Bemorewins]

3 hours ago, GunnarBomb said:

We're in the AL East.   That's the problem.

We are tied for the best record in the AL East. What other team other than the Yankees is even close to us?

[Can_of_corn]

3 minutes ago, Bemorewins said:

We are tied for the best record in the AL East. What other team other than the Yankees is even close to us?

Boston, the third place team in the AL East, is eight back.

[Bemorewins]

Just now, Can_of_corn said:

Boston, the third place team in the AL East, is eight back.

I don’t know about you. But I am in no one concerned about Boston, Tampa, or Toronto surpassing us this season or next season (for that matter).

I wonder how much that new poster who showed up (today or yesterday?) watches other teams? Speaking of the AL East like we are some inferior team. Speaking of guys to protect our young guys. Who “protects” Aaron Judge on the Yankees? That concept seems antiquated or is designated to an era gone by.

[Bemorewins]

3 hours ago, GunnarBomb said:

Yeah, how long is that gonna last?

Do you foresee Boston, Toronto, Tampa finishing day within 10 games of us by season’s end?

[TopGunnar]

Ya we’re not trading for anything other than pitching.

[Big Mac]

We have 8 regulars in the lineup with a 105 OPS+ or better, including 6 better than 125 OPS+.  The offense is just fine.

[HowAboutThat]

I agree with the pushback, but this does beg the question of why Mike went out and got Brett Phillips and Tony Kemp, and the gang, who were all worse than guys we already had. Aaron Hicks wasn’t terrible, but It’s legitimate to argue he wasn’t necessary. Frazier, too, wasn’t very good.

the fact that Mike did these things indicates the OP is not an impossible scenario, though unlikely Mike trade for anybody significant.

If we were to get somebody, I would want somebody short-term who makes lots of contact and has a high OBP. I don’t care about hitting Home runs. I care about getting on base.

McCann isn’t going anywhere because we don’t have anybody here who’s better than he is, and a catcher takes time to learn to work with the pitchers anyway. 
It’s good to be backup catcher.

[HowAboutThat]

3 hours ago, Bemorewins said:

Do you foresee Boston, Toronto, Tampa finishing day within 10 games of us by season’s end?

The question is not about Toronto, Boston, or Tampa, but New York. We’re chasing them, and we need to do everything we can to catch them, because they aren’t slowing down.

[Bemorewins]

1 minute ago, Philip said:

The question is not about Toronto, Boston, or Tampa, but New York. We’re chasing them, and we need to do everything we can to catch them, because they aren’t slowing down.

No. That’s not what the poster said. He was talking about how daunting the AL East is/will be. 

We don’t have to “catch” the Yankees in order to be in the playoffs.