It's great seeing all the progress that the pitchers have made. I always thought Lopez might do better as an opener or reliever and I'm glad he's putting together a great season so far.
How bout some Dean Kremer huh? Finally paying off as one of the pieces in the Machado trade. Kyle Bradish I believe will rise. Definitely got a lot of strikeout capability. Watkins has been a steady hand. And last but not least Tyler Wells as a Rule5 pickup. A Rule5 pickup!!! In the bullpen we got the 3 amigos (Bautista, Perez and Lopez) at the backend where all can throw 100 mph or damn close and that guy Baker just looks like a hardnose. Lopez definitely shoed some mettle putting that Minnesota series behind him plus big ups to Hyde for sticking with him.
I'm excited for some of the bats coming up in the minors. I'd like to see Means get an extension, but his injuries worry me a little.
Well when you got guys like Gunner,Westburg,Bannon and Stowers banging on the door.....................
Right now I think we got an outside chance with the mix we got now (no trades) to make a run We're super solid in the outfield which includes great defense. They remind me of the times when we had Finley,Brady,Devo and smoking Joe O from the Why Not's and of course catcher and 1st base are top notch with the rest of the infield as interchangeable servicible pieces with the solid pitching. I like it!!!
Tradeline is coming up soon and we have to decide if we're sellers or buyers. I'm thinking maybe minor sell maybe with Santander who I think would net us a lot and yeah I hate to say it Mancini but we got serious outfield depth waiting in the wings. Guys like Odor and Urias are possibilities who probally would net us a couple 16 yr old dominicans which drive me crazy when Elias does this tbh but hey for the longterm......... Also guys like Lopez or others from our bullpen could be talked about too. Jordan Lyles possibly but (and I'm sure
@Tank remembers him) he reminds me big time of Rick Sutcliffe who provided a big time vet leadership which we don't have besides him in our rotation and he's more valuable to keep imho.
GO O'S!!!!!!!!!