Hey, we are 16 games into a 162 game season. I like Perry being aggressive, and trying to give this team a boost. But I don't know how you give up on veteran players at this point. I like the idea of Fletcher trying to reinvent himself at Salt Lake, same for Thais. I would swap Wallach for Thais at this point, and risk losing Thais. They have played so few innings, and have so few AB's, anything is possible going forward. The same applies to some of the bullpen. Loup had a horrible start last year, then he cleaned it up later in the year. I am not a Loop fan or Tepera for that matter. But you can chase bullpen arms forever, you just never know what you are going to get, and they can change dramatically month to month (we are still in month 1). The better alternative would be young hard throwers like we have in the minors, but from scanning the minor league results so far I don't know if any of them are quite ready yet. There is also a better chance that remaining free agent bullpen arms could be simply trash. And we are not at the time of the year when trades are likely to go down.
I really like Neto at SS, but it's going to take quite some time for him to move through a MLB learning curve. If he really has the confidence to take over at SS like he says he does I am all for throwing all the support that he needs to be successful. Like I said in another thread, if he starts down a dark road we have a batch of young prospects that maybe can help. Soto came up late last year and hit .400, and he might be among the weakest of the group which consists of Guzman, Vera, Jackson, and especially Paris.