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The starting rotation will most likely be some combination of :Roark/Tehran/ShoemakerChase AndersenThorntonKayZeuchWaguespackThis is not promising. Atkins won't have a chance at any of the big arms Stras, Cole, Wheeler so he'll have to settle for the 2nd or 3rd tier pitchers. A better way to shore up the rotation is via trade.I'd like them to take a shot at Calhoun. He can play all 3 outfield positions and he can be had for round $7MM.
I'm going to be frustrated with the team because it really isn't going to be better than last year but you just can't get upset at not paying a guy stupid money. Wheeler is a good pitcher, he's not a 23 million dollar pitcher.
Quote from: The Empire on November 17, 2019, 11:22:52 AMThe starting rotation will most likely be some combination of :Roark/Tehran/ShoemakerChase AndersenThorntonKayZeuchWaguespackThis is not promising. Atkins won't have a chance at any of the big arms Stras, Cole, Wheeler so he'll have to settle for the 2nd or 3rd tier pitchers. A better way to shore up the rotation is via trade.I'd like them to take a shot at Calhoun. He can play all 3 outfield positions and he can be had for round $7MM.Borucki could be a part of that as well if he can get his health in order.
Quote from: Dappleganger on December 04, 2019, 05:01:55 PMQuote from: The Empire on November 17, 2019, 11:22:52 AMThe starting rotation will most likely be some combination of :Roark/Tehran/ShoemakerChase AndersenThorntonKayZeuchWaguespackThis is not promising. Atkins won't have a chance at any of the big arms Stras, Cole, Wheeler so he'll have to settle for the 2nd or 3rd tier pitchers. A better way to shore up the rotation is via trade.I'd like them to take a shot at Calhoun. He can play all 3 outfield positions and he can be had for round $7MM.Borucki could be a part of that as well if he can get his health in order.Don't think we are going to have to wait too long to add Pearson to the list. Kay may surprise as well. I liked his stuff in the few games he played in September.
Quote from: Highlander on December 08, 2019, 12:41:27 PMQuote from: Dappleganger on December 04, 2019, 05:01:55 PMQuote from: The Empire on November 17, 2019, 11:22:52 AMThe starting rotation will most likely be some combination of :Roark/Tehran/ShoemakerChase AndersenThorntonKayZeuchWaguespackThis is not promising. Atkins won't have a chance at any of the big arms Stras, Cole, Wheeler so he'll have to settle for the 2nd or 3rd tier pitchers. A better way to shore up the rotation is via trade.I'd like them to take a shot at Calhoun. He can play all 3 outfield positions and he can be had for round $7MM.Borucki could be a part of that as well if he can get his health in order.Don't think we are going to have to wait too long to add Pearson to the list. Kay may surprise as well. I liked his stuff in the few games he played in September.Pearson is the 2nd best pitching prospect in baseball so can't wait for him to arrive. Still though we will need 2 more legit starters. Like Stroman - lol
Is anyone advocating signing a top-tier pitcher to a bananas contract like Cole even as a defensive measure so that Boston and the Yankees don't get stacked again?
Quote from: Frank E on December 11, 2019, 09:20:51 AMIs anyone advocating signing a top-tier pitcher to a bananas contract like Cole even as a defensive measure so that Boston and the Yankees don't get stacked again?That's not really practical. With the resources those teams have there's always going to be someone they'll be able to spend money on.
Very few guys in the history of baseball have been good for 9 straight years. Let the Yankees deal with the contract after it goes sideways. Yankees have the dough to do that. The Jays do not.
Quote from: Dappleganger on December 11, 2019, 12:29:24 PMVery few guys in the history of baseball have been good for 9 straight years. Let the Yankees deal with the contract after it goes sideways. Yankees have the dough to do that. The Jays do not.I think that's well said. It's not just that the Yankees have the ability to pay a pitcher 36 million a year, it's that if they only get 4 or 5 good years out of Cole they can chalk it up as a win and just eat the rest as a sunk cost.
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