Turd Ferguson

I really, really do want to be excited about this. But (for obvious reasons) I just have a sinking feeling that it only puts off the inevitable, and potentially to a point when we actually might really need him.

Just came in to post something like this. I wonder if Hedges becomes a target.

Absolutely. Gleyber Torres underwent TJS in June last season and was ready at the beginning of the season -- and he plays MI. There's no reason Ohtani couldn't have it now and be ready to DH next season. I'd be shocked to see him pitch again this season but it would be devastating to see him get re-injured this season or even next and lose him until 2020-2021.

My guess is we do nothing before the deadline, go on a bit of a run, make a move or two in August, and finish 8+ out of a playoff spot.

In other words, throwing strikes

Great clubhouse guy though.

Pujols:

I’m with you. I’ll be the first to say I advocated for Holland—which would have been a disaster. It was obvious that the pen was a problem, but if the purse strings are closed how do you improve it? if I’m Eppler, RP is the toughest to predict, so why not try to fill the other holes and hope you hit on a couple arms. In hindsight it has cost us big time but I don’t fault the approach. I agree that SP has emerged as a strength. But with Ohtani likely out and Richards likely gone, we will need to fill a couple spots. We also have 3b and RF to take a long, hard look at. This offseason is pivotal.

We needed a LF, 2B, 3B, SP, and RP this offseason. And we needed to get them without dipping into the farm. Eppler gets Upton, Kinsler, Cozart, and Ohtani. All without dealing a decent prospect. What would you armchair GMs have done differently? I think many underestimate how deep of a hole we were in.

So he’s a 2b in 2019, not 3b right?

I blame deyhdration.

Great situational hitting. Can't execute a hit and run, pull a ball with a runner on 2nd and nobody out, K with runner on 3rd and 1 out, and lightly ground the 1st pitch right to the SS. For a team that used to be lauded for fundamentals, this team sure has none.

We can't find a decent reliever. Meanwhile, the worst team in baseball has one that 2-hits us over 7 innings. Oh, baseball.

The Maitan blurb was promising.

I just hope he keeps that finger hydrated.

I wouldn't let Moore go anywhere near the rotation. If we could get him on the cheap, I'd be down for trying him out in the pen. Maybe we catch lightning in a bottle and have our own Andrew Miller.

BedrockBOTTOM

Is it time to can Sosh? Obviously, something has to be done to mix things up a bit.

Seattle has Boston for 4, NY for 3, Boston for 3 after us. We have 3 with Oak, 2 with AZ, and 4 with Toronto in that span. We are far from out of this.

I like the idea. Can't imagine he would be too expensive. Checks a lot of boxes for us.

Gleyber Torres had it last June and was ready for ST. That said, based on Eppler's comments during that conference call last week, it doesn't sound like they would let him hit. We will see.

Otopid: short-sighted, impulsive, myopic

And Fontana is on the 40-man, Fletcher isn't.