MLB Thread - 2022
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Somebody is going to pay Carlos Correa more than Corey Seager just got $325M / 10 yr or possibly more than $340M / 14 yr extension Fernando Tatis signed last season. Reportedly Yankees, Dodgers, Astros, one or two others in play. Giants have Crawford, ok fine. Last year was a fluke, now regressing. A's have aging Andrus after letting Semien walk, pathetic Beane! Sooner they get to Vegas the better as their Oakland fan base totally fed up and know the writing is on the wall.
Screw that! I was an A's fan long before John Fisher bought the team and I'll still be an A's fan after he cashes out. They can sell everything but the seats for all I care. Sure it makes for a rather miserable fan experience at times, but I'll wait for that joker to up and die if I have to. Vegas can kick rocks.
Farhan taking our horrid starting pitching depth from last season real personal. Not going to be a problem this year. Between Cobb, Boyd and Martinez, i'd be stunned if one of those guys don't pop for a really nice season.
Gotta fix the sticks though. Currently down Posey, Bryant, Solano with only adding Joc, hoping Bart can hit and a healthy La Stella. Right now, the team is putting a TON of faith in 35 year old Crawford/Ruf, 34 year old Belt, 36 year old Longo to keep chugging along when it's pretty likely they'll all regress.
Soler or Castellanos would be a great RH power bat to fill that void.
Was Farhan second place for Bryce Harper? I think the right guy comes along in FA there’s a chance, but it’s not going to be a guy like Trevor Story who has huge holes in his game away from Coors.
as an aside… still bitter they didn’t just add an extra 15 million at Harper. When you’re going 320 million, you can go 335. Lmao
as an aside… still bitter they didn’t just add an extra 15 million at Harper. When you’re going 320 million, you can go 335. Lmao
I actually strongly disagree here. Farhan did an excellent job shoring up the SP depth with Cobb, Boyd, Martinez, Junis and still have Beede/Hjelle as more depth. They did excellent upgrading Cueto and now will actually have some options to turn to if someone gets hurt. Unlike last year where they just didn't have a 6th arm they felt comfortable throwing 5 innings.
The offense is a huge concern with likely regression coming for the old guys, but I think the pitching staff got a fairly strong depth upgrade with some real potential talent in Castro/Santos and Doval from the BP.
The offense is a huge concern with likely regression coming for the old guys, but I think the pitching staff got a fairly strong depth upgrade with some real potential talent in Castro/Santos and Doval from the BP.
Martinez and Boyd are potentially guys who can turn it around and offer great depth … they’ve shown in the past they have something to offer but some of these chances/redemption guys Farhan signs are eventually going to flop.
I don’t think Beede makes it out of spring. Out of options, and think he’s too erratic to stash in the bullpen to prevent the DFA. It’s a shame because his pure stuff is filthy he’s just never been able to command it. Shame really.
DiSclafani and Wood are both so hit or miss… Disco looks like an ace one start then gives up 6 the next. Wood looks like an ace through 4 or 5 innings then falls to pieces.
Hopefully Rodon and Cobb stay healthy and it doesn’t matter. We’ll see.
I don’t think Beede makes it out of spring. Out of options, and think he’s too erratic to stash in the bullpen to prevent the DFA. It’s a shame because his pure stuff is filthy he’s just never been able to command it. Shame really.
DiSclafani and Wood are both so hit or miss… Disco looks like an ace one start then gives up 6 the next. Wood looks like an ace through 4 or 5 innings then falls to pieces.
Hopefully Rodon and Cobb stay healthy and it doesn’t matter. We’ll see.