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If our pitching is as dog shit as half of you say it is, getting one or two of those needle dick FAs wouldn’t have helped anyway. We would have had to sign Cole and Wheeler, and neither of those were close to happening.

Rendon gives his thoughts at 27:10

Dude, this is nonsense but keep spinning it if it makes you feel some righteous anger or something...
Again, let's revisit what happened this season:
 - Strasburg - 31/32 years old in 2020, signed a 7 year deal with the team who drafted him and he just won a World Series with that previous season.  We going 8 years on him to pay him $35 mil into age 40?
 - Cole - Angels offered him 8 years and were outbid by the Yankees who offered 9 years.  Do we offer 10 years guaranteed to a pitcher?
 - Wheeler - Took less money and years to stay on the East Coast near New Jersey.  If he won't go for 6 years, do you offer 7?  Do you up it $25+ million per season?
 - Bumgarner - Took less money to play in AZ to be near his horse ranch.  Are we offering a 6th year, $120 mil?
 - Keuchel - Do you go 4 to 5 years, close to $20 mil guaranteed to take him away from the White Sox?  All that for maybe a 3 starter?  
- Ryu - A pitcher so desired on the market that his own team didn't make an effort to keep him and ended up signing with a basement dwelling Blue Jays.
- Kluber - I'm guessing you give up Marsh and Sandoval for him, right?
"Waited out", come on...
You guys keep waiting for him to make his "Vernon Wells" panic trade and he hasn't because he knows the ability to acquire players doesn't end today or next week or in Spring Training or April...he can acquire players to impact this season up until July 31st, that's his timeline.  

We already know that the Indians wanted to build around Marsh for Kluber. I've heard Gray isn't really available right now and Boyd is kind of meh. I think our best bet is for Adams to develop a little more (maybe half a season?). Apparently he is in the 100-150 range right now but should shoot up with a strong performance because of how raw he's been. I think Marsh might be 'too ready' for teams looking to sell off controllable pitching if it looks like he'll be up 2021, but Adams would still be a couple more years away to line up with another team's timeline.

We already know that the Indians wanted to build around Marsh for Kluber. I've heard Gray isn't really available right now and Boyd is kind of meh. I think our best bet is for Adams to develop a little more (maybe half a season?). Apparently he is in the 100-150 range right now but should shoot up with a strong performance because of how raw he's been. I think Marsh might be 'too ready' for teams looking to sell off controllable pitching if it looks like he'll be up 2021, but Adams would still be a couple more years away to line up with another team's timeline.

Logan Morrison claimed the cheating went back to 2014. Altuve hit .283 in 2013 and .341 in 2014. 

Brandon Wood would have won MVP if he knew what was coming.

Logan Morrison claimed the cheating went back to 2014. Altuve hit .283 in 2013 and .341 in 2014. 

Logan Morrison claimed the cheating went back to 2014. Altuve hit .283 in 2013 and .341 in 2014. 

Logan Morrison claimed the cheating went back to 2014. Altuve hit .283 in 2013 and .341 in 2014. 

If Scioscia goes to Boston, they can expect a lot of boys from Providence, delivering cannolis.

I expect us to acquire another pitcher but not until closer to the season.
I have to imagine some of the conversations right now involve GMs saying:
”Sure Billy, let me stop my Arenado talks so you can tell me you aren’t trading Adell or Marsh for Gray”
or “We’re waiting on the decision on if I’m going to be fired and we lose 4 draft picks for our cheating scandal. I’m getting calls for Mookie. You can talk to the new GM about Price.”
 
The Kris Bryant grievance decision hasn’t even come out yet. That’s holding up some of the trade market. KB will have a higher demand than Arenado because he’ll be almost half the cost for the same amount of control. The only reason we’re hearing rumors of the Cardinals going after Arenado is the Cubs would never trade Kris Bryant there. Dodgers are probably in on Bryant but they’d also be interested in Lindor and Clevinger so the Bryant decision is holding up anything about Clevinger.
If the Angels have asked about Clevinger, the Indians would probably want to wait for a superior Dodgers’ package.
The Red Sox are waiting on their punishment which will give them an excuse to sell off a bunch of assets or even just clear payroll to get under the threshold. 
I think patience is the right move right now,  there aren’t any acquirable pitchers that would make us clear contenders. The trade market still needs to settle out.

What’s the value of a win in free agency? $9 million or so. The Astros were fined half of a win.

Luckily for the Astros, Big Brain Brad is available.

Luckily for the Astros, Big Brain Brad is available.

Luckily for the Astros, Big Brain Brad is available.

Luckily for the Astros, Big Brain Brad is available.

That’s kind of the point. The fact that I can even get close to an unobtainable goal with realistic inning targets for the pitchers we have is my argument against the doom and gloom about us having no pitching.

Let’s say we get a quality start every game next year. That would be pretty optimistic. 6 innings a game for 162 games is 972 innings of 4.50 ERA. Bundy and Teheran have basically had a 4.50 combined ERA for 350 combined innings over the past 3 years. So now we’re looking for 620 innings. You’ve chalked up 200 to Barria, Suarez and Peters. Throw ‘em max effort you can get 66 innings of 4.5 out of them.
Down to 420 innings and Ohtani, Heaney, Canning, and Sandoval. Can they get 105 innings averaged at 4.50 ERA between them?

Barria threw 130 innings in 2018 with 2.6 bWAR or 1.4 fWAR. Maybe he returns to that/improves with a pitching coach not telling him to only throw harder and spin the ball more. Then you’re looking for 70 innings and replacement level isn’t that bad

Invariable would be a line that has no slope. The definition of straight is has no curve. You are arguing against the dictionary.

That makes sense. Why spend $36 million on four 1war guys when you could spend $36 on two 2war guys and have two chances at someone providing value on a league minimum contract.
The way to win is having young cost controlled guys play well. 

Liberatore was selected one spot ahead of Jordyn Adams and seven spots after Kyler Murray.

Ohtani is obviously a unique case, no one has ever done this before and there are good reasons for that, so I think it's important to question whether or not the team is getting the most out of him.
As a top of the rotation starter he is potentially one of the most valuable players in the league. As a designated hitter his value is somewhat pedestrian, even if he is a better hitter than any of us expected. The team should not allow his hitting to interfere with his performance on the mound, especially given this team's current situation. 
This season he should have ample opportunity to get at bats at DH, simply because he is going to be on an innings limit (and Pujols sucks). Moving forward it is probably reckless to let him hit beyond any amount that impacts his ability to take the ball every 5th day while logging 200 innings. 

He said don’t just make idiotic assertions.