25 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

I think Wheeler is too big a fish. A team with a top 2 record can’t trade a Cy Young quality pitcher.

Nola and Suarez may not even be in the October rotation if they don’t get traded. So that feels too obvious to trade them for minor league prospects. I don’t know that they’ll generate anything other than bullpen arms and not-good-enough outfielders if you look for MLB players. But prospects? We could probably get some good ones. 2 years from now, both may be afterthoughts and we could be thanking our lucky stars that trading them generated a cleanup hitting corner outfielder.

They won’t deal wheeler and i believe he has a NTC. Unless he accepts they can’t or won’t. Nola is the one they should move and just get off the contract and use he money towards luzardo or ranger who are younger and frankly entering their primes.

Ranger can’t strike anyone out is an issue eventually. Gets 2 strikes and then guys just foul things off then put it in play.

100% losing this game cause Wilson is Fing lousy player and they can’t hit worth crap.

Yup that error by Turner pretty much solidifying that they are gonna lose.

Turner has ****s for hands

Romano still sucks in case we thought his 3 week stretch made up for his lousy April

13-15 vs. teams over .500 with a -26 run differential

23-7 vs. teams under .500 with a +51 run differential

Didn’t realize Tampa was over .500 again

Clearly we should keep Wilson who is 30 and is a backup player that’s likely a minor league talent

4 hours ago, eagle45 said:

Yep.

I'm really fixated on the starting pitching situation. They've got young guys, they've got old guys, and they've got middle aged guys on expiring deals. But those SP's are the primary assets of this team.

I think the only way to do this right is to lean hard one way or the other. Either go all in now and sell off the young guys for real 2025 playoff run help...or get these young guys up here pitching now instead of 2026-2027 and sell off the older ones for premium minor league position players that can keep this lineup going 2 years from now.

If they do nothing, the rest of the team will decay and our younger pitching prospects will sit around in AAA for too long without bringing value to the big club....or will get kicked around transitioning in and out of the bullpen.

it's the reason why the dodgers have been good for so long because they get younger and they spend on younger pieces. the fo has to change the mindset of spending on older players like in 2011 which resulted in the 10 plus year drought and start to get younger and spend on younger talent. if they dont restool this offseason, it's pretty much the 2011- 22 drought again.

Max Kepler:

.222/.310/.702 6 HRs 20 RBI

Brandon marsh:

.220/.319/.649 2 HRs and 12 RBI

Kody Clemens (24 games with twins):

.273/.351/.957 5 HRs and 12 RBI

Maybe our hitting coach isn’t very good ay his job and marsh/kepler also just stink.

It is not normal to run up a 9 game winning streak and then get swept at home by the Brewers, all within the same month. Their deviation around their net winning % is wild...and that's why they wont last in the playoffs. They will often look like the best team in baseball, but they will sink into a bad team frequently enough that they invariably hit a brick wall of their own creation at some point in the postseason.

I do love the move to put Walker in the pen and Abel in the big league rotation. Walker is a regular season innings eater who pleasantly surprised everyone and righted the ship this year...but he's out of the rotation in October and definitely a low leverage guy at that point, if he's even on the postseason roster. Rock him up and tweak him for one inning now...that gives you a little more upside as a reliever if he can work into it through the summer. Not holding my breath, but he might have more to offer this way.

Mick Abel's road to the majors has been...interesting. But at this moment, he's earned it.

I think the move is to try to trade Nola, Ranger, and Walker for some combination of hitting prospects and MLB bullpen help. Whoever you can't move, let them sort it out in the pen.

2 hours ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Max Kepler:

.222/.310/.702 6 HRs 20 RBI

Brandon marsh:

.220/.319/.649 2 HRs and 12 RBI

Kody Clemens (24 games with twins):

.273/.351/.957 5 HRs and 12 RBI

Maybe our hitting coach isn’t very good ay his job and marsh/kepler also just stink.

DD is on it don't worry, big trade coming

7 hours ago, eagle45 said:

It is not normal to run up a 9 game winning streak and then get swept at home by the Brewers, all within the same month. Their deviation around their net winning % is wild...and that's why they wont last in the playoffs. They will often look like the best team in baseball, but they will sink into a bad team frequently enough that they invariably hit a brick wall of their own creation at some point in the postseason.

Losing your best player and your closer doesn't help....

34 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

That's interesting. MLB.com still shows Wheeler going tomorrow night. Not sure if they want to give him extended rest or what.

44 minutes ago, John Blutarski said:

That's interesting. MLB.com still shows Wheeler going tomorrow night. Not sure if they want to give him extended rest or what.

Wife is having a baby. So he’s definitely not making the trip

38 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Wife is having a baby. So he’s definitely not making the trip

Lame

5 hours ago, Bwestbrook36 said:

Lame

Over/under 500 people not including team

Personnel

10 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Over/under 500 people not including team

Personnel

Never should have gotten a new stadium, should move to Montreal

On 6/1/2025 at 5:45 PM, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Clearly we should keep Wilson who is 30 and is a backup player that’s likely a minor league talent

Apparently Kemp can’t play the field, at all.

8 hours ago, Joe Shades 73 said:

Never should have gotten a new stadium, should move to Montreal

Not quite...... never ahould have expanded and not to those areas.

Season saved….