Off Season Plan Based on Current Rumors and Dipoto comments.

[bpj]

How can they already be out on the asian 3B....

Isn't that where they went wrong with Seiya Suzuki? Now they're pursuing him on the downside of his career like the true geniuses they are.

[GL_Storm]

How can they already be out on the asian 3B....

Isn't that where they went wrong with Seiya Suzuki? Now they're pursuing him on the downside of his career like the true geniuses they are.

Divish had some info about this on Puckett. Basically, they think he's dogshit at third base and they aren't really sold on the bat in the outfield.

[D-train]

How can they already be out on the asian 3B....

Isn't that where they went wrong with Seiya Suzuki? Now they're pursuing him on the downside of his career like the true geniuses they are.

Divish had some info about this on Puckett. Basically, they think he's dogshit at third base and they aren't really sold on the bat in the outfield.

They just need of 5 years of MLB data on him then they will be all in....

[Bil522]

How can they already be out on the asian 3B....

Isn't that where they went wrong with Seiya Suzuki? Now they're pursuing him on the downside of his career like the true geniuses they are.

Divish had some info about this on Puckett. Basically, they think he's dogshit at third base and they aren't really sold on the bat in the outfield.

I posted the Times article in the Hot Stove League thread on page 4

[D-train]

O's fans not liking my Henderson proposals.....LOL

[DavidGee24]

1) Chapman's bat completely turned around in June before he got hurt. .241/.355/.483/.838 with 6 homers... the 97 OPS+ isn't great, but the decline in the number was just a bad month of May. His April and June were fine. Even if he's a 100 OPS+ bat, the defense alone would carry. It sure beats whatever the hell the Mariners were putting out there last year.

2) Maybe, maybe not. They need pitching... don't have much on the way aside from Liam Doyle in AA. Their GM said today they're not going to be in the business of spending $$ this off season... if that's the case, trading Walker if you don't figure on trying to contend for a pitcher with 4 seasons of control to Walker's 3 could be enticing given that they'll likely produce similarly.

3) His FIPs are higher than his ERA because he's not really a strike out pitcher. That said, he pitches to contact and limits effective contact. He is the definition of keeping hitters off balance and limits hits/runs as a result.

4) The Royals had to pick up a club option of $13M. That's a lot of $$ to exercise for a guy who didn't pitch for an entire year. A 1-year deal flier more in the range of the $$ I offered is what he'll likely get. If he's signed, of course it will because he's physically signed off to play.

1) I've noticed that you do this a lot when you're trying to talk yourself into why a trade would work, "He hit well for a month", "He was on a hot streak before he got injured", etc. The baseball season is 162 games. You need players who when averaged out over 162 games will be plus-players, not players who will be good for a month or two and stink for the other four or five. Another thing you need to realize about a guy like Chapman (and to be fair, nobody ever thinks this), is that an aging player in the offseason always ages another six months. People don't think about that, it's almost like the season ends and a week later the next season starts. Six months is a long time when you're 33 and we're reminded of that every season with DiPoto's prize RH pickup. Chapman just put up a .692 OPS, he's going to have aged 10 months since the last time he played, and half his home games will be at T-Mobile Park. That's a pretty bad combination. Would he be better than what was at third last year? Absolutely. Can we do better than him? Absolutely.

2) There's virtually so little difference between 3 seasons of control and 4 seasons of control that it's not even worth considering. 2 and 4 maybe, 3 and 4 not really. Plus the 3 is for a guy who's 23 while the 4 is for a guy who's 27, so that should be disregarded. While the Cards need pitching (and usually when you say that you're alluding to below-average pitching that we would just be dumping off on someone, bravo for actually alluding to an above-average pitcher for once), if they're going to acquire it for a guy like Walker they're going to want pitching that improves the team, not spinning their wheels. Now, this is a trade that could happen although right now it would favor us.

3) Up through 2025 Adam's strikeout rates were decent enough, but I just noticed that for 2026 it was only 5.8 per 9 innings. If you're bringing in a relief pitcher with runners on base, pitching to contact isn't the best thing, you need a guy with a strikeout pitch. He's still a good pitcher but might be on the downside of his career at this point.

4) The Royals wisely didn't pick up the option, so we can sign him, but is 7 million a good investment considering who else is available out there who actually did pitch in 2026? He'd be a good guy to take a flyer on if he comes cheap.

[DavidGee24]

O's fans not liking my Henderson proposals.....LOL

That trade app just befuddles me, especially the Henderson/Emerson trade. If it were the other way around we'd show up with torches and pitchforks if we traded Henderson for Emerson and whoever that is. Maybe the Oriholes GM will see that and say hell yeah, Emerson!

[D-train]

O's fans not liking my Henderson proposals.....LOL

That trade app just befuddles me, especially the Henderson/Emerson trade. If it were the other way around we'd show up with torches and pitchforks if we traded Henderson for Emerson and whoever that is. Maybe the Oriholes GM will see that and say hell yeah, Emerson!

You know I am NOT a Colt fan but he was a top 5 prospect so A LOT of baseball people love him. And it is 8 years of control vs 2 for Gunnar.