Since you are brainstorming, SS may get crowded. Elvis Tejeda and IKF is a load. What do you think will happen with Elvis? Will he get traded?
I'm thinking you were implying that Huff would be playing all games at MLB level and catcher.That is OK but does have consequences. If he plays a lot at first then we have to consider Guzman if he is part of the picture and he had shown improvement at the end of season. DH is fine but Willie may get less time. Just a lot of pcs moving around before we even look at Trevino. Yes I agree we do not want any of these guys sitting on the bench interfering with their development but at some point more specifics need to be worked out and not sure if JD and co. can do that effectively.
Maybe but I think he ie re-signed and ends up on the 25 at some point. That still means they either play Taveras in CF and Solak in LF with Calhoun at DH or we waste millions bringing in some 3rd or 4th level FA and one of them gets benched or relegated to the minors.
Depends if Jung plays at the MLB level for sure or not. IKF is a really good at 3B. If he was to lose out at 3B I actually would rather see him at 2B over Odor or Solak but don't see that happening. They are going to have a logjam in the IF.
I am fine with Santana moving on.
Me too. We are heavy with IF/OF
My thought is Tejeda gets a little more seasoning at MILB level so IKF or Elvis starts at SS. At midseason let Tejeda come up and take over spot unless everything is going great. Next season is a likely a wash and no money will be spent unless we have Fans in the seats and somehow get a great start. But the latter is so unlikely since we really don’t have elite talent
My thinking is IKF is our next SS. Elvis is a problem we all love but the time comes when he will need to move on. Oder is just Oder. We all know about that problem so not much to speculate about. If Jung is all we have heard about, the future looks bright.
Correction: Tejeda to be our next SS. That may create a need for some trading with Jung IKF or Elvis. Seems if Tejeda is our SS, then who plays 3rd. Jung or IKF. Maybe @the Nightcrawler will take Oder home with him LOL and solve a big problem.
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Yes that was a blowaway to me. Huge surprise he was pulled low on the pitch count and had handleD Betts so easily all night longBeing an old school baseball player I have always thought you cannot over rely on analytics as you do need to use your eye and gut on what is going on around you. Otherwise you are just a robot. Interesting article.
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I was saying that is what you can assume they are going to do since they almost always do it that way. It has nothing to do with being what I want them to do.
I give up. You just can't stand the though of an idea that conflicts with yours even when your idea is in conflict with the history of how things have always been done, and have always been done that way for a good reason.
Never mind.
Eventually, I think both of those guys are bench players on a WS team. We are a long ways away from that now though.
I think our future at SS is still a couple of years away from the big leagues. Maybe it will be Maximo Acosta. When it all said and done, I wouldn't be surprised if neither Elvis, Odor, IKF or Tejeda fits into our long range plans as IF starters. Jung, Apostle, Foscue, Acosta, Acuna, Basabe, Wendzel, and possibly our next top draft pick probably will pass those those other guys.
