12 hours ago12 hr Just now, Khani1 said:Would love Bader as well.Tbh i think this kind of is a sign he’s not back. I hope I’m wrong. Feels like your stating OF is marsh, Crawford and Garcia. Might sign someone like refsnyder to platoon with marsh.
11 hours ago11 hr 7 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:Tbh i think this kind of is a sign he’s not back. I hope I’m wrong. Feels like your stating OF is marsh, Crawford and Garcia. Might sign someone like refsnyder to platoon with marsh.If that's it with the outfield, hopefully they can find a better bat in the infield.
11 hours ago11 hr Not a bad deal if he’s not your only OF singing. We will see what else they hopefully do
11 hours ago11 hr 4 minutes ago, Khani1 said:If that's it with the outfield, hopefully they can find a better bat in the infield.Tbh Garcia is a better defensive outfielder than Castellanos. But as a hitter, they’re pretty similar to what you’re gonna get at this stage if their careers. A lot of strikeouts, swinging out of the zone, declining player as he’s turning 33 (he might give you a couple extra home runs).This is the same idea that they tried to do last year with Kepler hoping that they paid him $10 million and it would work out an he’d bounce back to what he was a couple years back. It’s very unlikely. I said this earlier in the off-season, if you’re not willing to actually spend the money to make big improvements to this team, then you should let Schwarber and Realmuto go. Cause without that you’re not winning a WS signing them and making minimal additions. And on getting into 5 year deal with schwarber and if JT is 3 then hurting your flexibility in future years tied up with them and a roster that still isn’t good enough.
11 hours ago11 hr 4 minutes ago, BirdsFanBill said:Not a bad deal if he’s not your only OF singing. We will see what else they hopefully doIf this is it for the OF then it’s basically what they tried with Merrifield and Kepler contracts. Hoping a guy has a bounce back year after he hasn’t been nearly as good in 2-3 years.
11 hours ago11 hr 2 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:Tbh Garcia is a better defensive outfielder than Castellanos. But as a hitter, they’re pretty similar to what you’re gonna get at this stage if their careers. A lot of strikeouts, swinging out of the zone, declining player as he’s turning 33 (he might give you a couple extra home runs).This is the same idea that they tried to do last year with Kepler hoping that they paid him $10 million and it would work out an he’d bounce back to what he was a couple years back. It’s very unlikely. I said this earlier in the off-season, if you’re not willing to actually spend the money to make big improvements to this team, then you should let Schwarber and Realmuto go. Cause without that you’re not winning a WS signing them and making minimal additions. And on getting into 5 year deal with schwarber and if JT is 3 then hurting your flexibility in future years tied up with them and a roster that still isn’t good enough.Rangers fans were saying he was playing hurt last year. Let's hope that was some of the drop off. He only played one post season in 2023 but he was clutch as f. I guess low risk high reward signing.
11 hours ago11 hr Just now, Khani1 said:Rangers fans were saying he was playing hurt last year. Let's hope that was some of the drop off. He only played one post season in 2023 but he was clutch as f. I guess low risk high reward signing.It’s a Kepler type signing. Hoping he bounces back to what he was in 2023. What they were hoping for with Kepler. I’m guessing in CBP he’ll be somewhat better as more hitter friendly park. IMO expecting him to be the solution to your issues going on 33, strikes out a lot normally and declining the last 2 years feels like at the deadline we may need another bat.
11 hours ago11 hr Worrisome is for a RH hitter he’s never been great vs. LHP but he’s declined over the last 2 years since 2023. Which is a problem when you have Schwarber, Harper, and then Garcia in your lineup. In the playoffs teams are still gonna use the lefties and until Garcia shows he can get back to being at 2023 version vs. LHP 23: .244/.362/.504/.866 9HRs 26 rbi24: .231/..296/.343/.730 7 HR and 26 RBI25: .199/.248/.353/.601 5HR and 19 RBI
10 hours ago10 hr 16 Defensive Runs Saved vs - 11 for Castellanos. He's a significantly better defensive player.
6 hours ago6 hr I’m OK with Garcia if there is a more significant move in the outfield coming. He’s better than Casty, but that’s not saying much. OF is paper thin. I think they bring back Bader. Crawford could 100% flop offensively as such a young hitter. They need a plan B, not to mention Marsh and Garcia are also sub par options that need platoon mates.
6 hours ago6 hr This paves the road to the Phillies having a worse hitting outfield than last year. I’m telling you guys they will not be a playoff team this year.
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