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They shouldn’t, but it also wouldn’t surprise me if he did wind up here this year.

Yup - this is even why I would’ve been fine with them signing someone like a Lance Lynn this past winter just to absorb innings every few days rather than running Sandoval and Silseth out and hoping either made it to the 5th. Didn’t think Canning would have that same prob.

Flint kinda reminds me of Kole Calhoun. Even their names feel like they were spun out of the same random name generator. Didn’t really raise any eyebrows when drafted but produced in the minors.

I like what he does with the first few picks and usually the 11th round pick since that is a lot where they can spend after going under slot, but it just seems the guys he drafts really drop off a cliff after the first few rounds - and it’s not that I’m expecting there to be a bunch of dark-horse sleeper prospects. Just seems most of those guys struggle to even be warm bodies to fill out the minor league depth chart. Compared to years past, those guys at least would put up average-ish numbers for their leagues, whereas Minasian’s guys after the 4th round or so (again, 11th round not included) seem to have a lot of hitters struggling to put up OPS above .600 or pitchers staying healthy enough to put up sub 5.00 ERAs. In the grand scheme, doesn’t really matter - those rounds rarely produce regular MLB product, it’s not to be expected. Just seems that Minasian’s later round picks struggle way more than prior later round picks. Zero issue with what he does hit on though.

Sticking with my initial guess that this is Sean Burnett 2.0, and that fourth year option won’t even matter because he won’t even pitch enough in ‘25 or ‘26 to justify bringing him back even for $2.5m. Only way that maybe changes is I guessed elsewhere that there was maybe a chance the Halos convert him back to a SP. Maybe if this injury was something somewhat expected, it’ll be easier to assume he can come back stronger post-surgery, they stretch him out, and should he prove to be somewhat healthy, a $2.5m option for a SP becomes a whole different thing worth considering. I just have never had a lot of faith Stephenson was going to be a good, reliable, durable reliever going into the winter. Didn’t see it. Maybe there’s a bigger picture plan here we’re not privy too, and it would kind of explain the contract. Makes the years, the money, the hesitancy from other teams signing him, and the prescience of an uncommon injury option clause seem a lot more sensible.

Wouldn’t that align with taking players in earliest drafts who can reach bigs quickest, and maybe not be the ‘best’ overall pick? That’s why I’m suggesting they probably do the same this year since they still seem to be in compete mode. It maybe being Perry’s last year could further that too. Or are you saying years prior it’s been win now, and they can take a more relaxed approach now?

Ew

We might be saying the same about Soriano before long.

I don’t think Neto and Schanuel wash out given what we’ve seen from them in their brief careers. Neto’s defense alone should make him at least a glove-first starting SP a la Nick Ahmed or something. Not earth-shattering, but dude’s probably a starting SS for most of his 20s. And to start a MLB career with a 30 game on-base streak a couple months removed from college - walking as much as striking out - is promising. I don’t think either will bust.

Detmers was a Billy pick. I’ve made this same point in the minors thread before, about how I’m not totally crazy about Perry’s farm system yet. He’s done a very good job of drafting guys who can get to the bigs quickly and not look totally lost (compared to Thaiss, Ward, Adell initially) but yeah, we don’t know if these quick to bigs guys will be legit yet or not. I think the bigger issue with these guys isn’t necessarily their production, but their health, especially the arms. Not confident Joyce, Silseth or Bachman will remain healthy enough. I have some faith in Neto and Schanuel being at least solid MLB players though. And it’s a strength IMO when compared to other parts of Perry’s portfolio. Not wild about his FA deals. His trades have been okay. Waiver claims non-existent. Top picks, good, rest of farm meh.

I wouldn’t give up on Placencia yet, nor Denzer Guzman, but Vera hasn’t shown anything to give me much hope. Bad average, lots of strikeouts, no pop, no speed. Placencia though still drew a ton of walks, almost 90, against much older competition and a little bit of pop and speed. Worth keeping in mind Tri-City is a horrible field for offense too, and that’s where both played a bulk of last year. Hopefully one of these guys at least makes it to a decent UT IF guy, even if just depth.

Eh…I wouldn’t deviate from what Perry has been doing. It’s one of his strengths. Draft the college player closest to the bigs and get them up here. They can look for deals after that if need be.

Probably a little tricky to get a roster move done being that the Bees are out west and there wasn’t a ton of time between games…I imagine one of Strickland, Suarez, or Fulmer get burned up today if needed and we see someone join them for the Cincy series. Wantz is probably already there waiting tbh.

Astros down to 6-13 with the worst ERA in the AL. I know it’s real early still and they have guys retuning but…oof. I was advocating for the Angels to take the winter off and just develop the kids in 2024, thinking the division would be just way too tough between Texas, Seattle and Houston, but starting to look like the Angels could legitimately re-position themselves to be a true AL West threat for the next few years already within the next year if they have a strong draft, internal development and the other teams keep looking this vulnerable.