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1 hour ago, Jason said:

I’d be down with the Halos trading him if other teams have a high value on him. I just have a feeling he isn’t going to be a good major leaguer. I think Marsh will have the better career 

See, I keep seeing people say this on here. But I’m not so sure at all. I still view Marsh and Adell as being very different players but being very similar in terms of expected outcome at the Major League level. I’ve felt that way for about 3 years now
 

Marsh is the more ready player right now. He can defend and take walks so people are going to overrate him slightly in my opinion. 
 

Im still not trading either one unless I get a cost controlled arm that I can’t refuse

Having Adell/Marsh/Trout as the outfield starting mid-next season sounds enticing to me. I’m not saying both are stars right away. But having them making league minimum and being solid startersis important for us

48 minutes ago, Hells Rainbow said:

I agree he strikes out too much, but he’s striking out less at AAA than Ohtani is at the major league level. 

That’s true. I don’t mean it as an overwhelming negative against Adell. It’s more an argument to just leave him down there the rest of this month. He’s still only 22.

Shame we don't have anyone in the high minors who can fill that spot. Need to spend every nickel we can on bullpen

Well whatever the case may be: The Bachman pick certainly looks better right now. 

Still has 99 strikeouts in 339 plate appearances. That's wayyyy too many still and only expected to rise at the Major League level. I'd like to see him stay down in AAA and keep building on his improvements and then get the call on September 1st. There is no rush with him at this point. Already kind of botched him last year IMO. Just let him get comfortable

17 minutes ago, Blarg said:

What is so bold about trading two guys on expiring contracts?

Who are you trading them to and for what players? Or are you just making noises to have something to post? 

What’s your problem? 
 

Treating a post on a message board as if it’s my dissertation is bizarre behavior even for you

28 minutes ago, Blarg said:

What bold move would you suggest and what is the payoff? 

I would have traded both Iglesias' for sure. The payoff is a couple more prospects (one potentially very good one). That's the move you have to make when you're 6.5 GB in August...you would think

If they don't re-sign Raisel it's a complete failure...maybe they will...maybe they won't

So we hung onto him for a maybe

The lack of creativity shown is very concerning. When you have a team mired in mediocrity, you HAVE to be willing to make some bold moves to try to move the needle forward. We’re just going in circles

I think a lot of this is Arte though. Felt like Eppler was limited too. Even Dipoto has a better track record in Seattle than he did here

It took you this long? LOL

Do yourself a favor and just check the box score...maybe watch a game once a week. Moving to the East Coast has done wonders for me. I'm never living and dying by it

Stassi is legit one of our best players

It's funny he had great plate discipline at one point. 0 walks in 32 at bats with the Angels. Probably a result of no pitcher fearing him too

Amazes me Romo is still around. He throws nothing but 76 MPH spinners

He had 73 pitches! That’s unreal

What a dumbass Maddon is. Him an Minasian is like dumb and dumber

I feel bad for Suarez

Wow Maddon is a dick. They didn’t even really hit anything hard off Suarez that inning

They have to fire these umpires. All of them. Slows the game down…

We have so much money tied up in Upton/Rendon/Trout next year that it’s going to be tough to build the pitching we need. 
 

The bottom line is you have to sell whatever you can and hope the arms you get in return can contribute at some point next season. Also at some point we have to say fuck everything else and just go after flame throwers in the off-season. Spend the entire budget on bullpen

Were stuck in purgatory right now. We’ve gone heavy drafting pitching, great. We’re making the right move of not converting them to relievers until they show us they need to be. But that’s also the problem. Most of them are still so early in their development that we can’t find a role for them.

Honestly, it would be great if we had a few guys who had already flamed out as starters who were ready to be relievers from day 1 next year. I’m just not seeing it though yet. A guy like C-Rod is the epitome of what I’m talking about. You want him to be a starter or at least a multi-inning guy so you send him down and let him develop properly. But there’s zero doubt that right now the team would benefit from him being the 8th inning guy

Suzuki won’t be back next year. Washed up awful player

Better spend some real fucking money on bullpen help

Just now, Vlad27Trout27 said:

I swear I've heard this statement for the past 30 or so games...

Not from me. I felt like they had a very reasonable chance at it. But it’s dwindling…

That legitimately might be the season. I hate to be dramatic, but ouch

The umpiring just makes it unwatchable. Ffs they better go to the digital strike zone by 2023

Iglesias…wtf are you swinging at lol

We just have no right handed power in the lineup right now without Trout/Upton/Rendon. 

What Fletcher is doing is truly impressive