Official MLB Trade Deadline Thread (Rumors and Ideas Welcome)

[Bil522]

Nobody bought into Cal being a star harder than Dipollander did.

Even hitting 60 homeruns Cal barely had a "good" OPS.

But they thought the middle of the order was taken care of.

All we needed was a Rob Refsnyder here. A Mitch Garver there. A Cole Young. An Emerson.

Not going to win with this kind of lineup imo.

Especially when our starting pitchers are mostly a T-Mobile mirage. A bunch of 4+ ERA pitchers disguised by T-Mobile.

Not sure why you included Young in the shit list when he's been the lone bright spot this year unless you just don't like him because. He's claimed 2B going forward and I submit he's going to improve even more the next year or two and settle into a nice 20-25/80-90 hr/rbi type player. If we are lucky Emerson will make the same strides next year.

I don't think handing him 2B when it was one of the few roster spots available was the right move. We didn't need defense. Especially defensive WAR, lol.

He's not a "problem". But he's provided 20% less offense than the guy I wanted and campaigned for, so I included him despite not being our biggest problem.

The Mariners dedicating one of the few spots to him kind of is their problem in general though. The good 'nuff policy.

And why should we expect Emerson to be better next year? Why didn't Cole Young "need more time"?

Cole Young needed last year to be better this year. How can you be so stubbornly obtuse about this? Young players need AB's to get better, so Emerson will get better given time...the same way Young got better with time...the same as Edgar got better with time....the same as ARod got better with time...the same as Junior got better with time. And did you happen to THINK that maybe because the defense is so bad this year that maybe that would be why the pitching has not been as good???? Also, if Arraez is so damn good, why does no one want to keep him? Oh sure, someone will always take a flyer, but no one really wants him on their team.

[D-train]

ARod sucked in the Majors at 18 and 19 because the idiots in charge brought him up for no reason. His best season was in 1996 as a 20 yo. Compare that to Colts 20 yo season and report back...

I will save you some time.

Colt Emerson .196/.611

Arod .358/1.045

[DavidGee24]

ARod sucked in the Majors at 18 and 19 because the idiots in charge brought him up for no reason. His best season was in 1996 as a 20 yo. Compare that to Colts 20 yo season and report back...

I will save you some time.

Colt Emerson .196/.611

Arod .358/1.045

What was weird was that A-Rod then regressed in 1997 and then took off again in 1998. I wonder if that's when he started juicing.

I do think we should be optimistic about Young and Emerson getting better with experience. That's usually the way it works out. Well, not for Julio who peaked as a rookie.

[bpj]

Not sure why you included Young in the shit list when he's been the lone bright spot this year unless you just don't like him because. He's claimed 2B going forward and I submit he's going to improve even more the next year or two and settle into a nice 20-25/80-90 hr/rbi type player. If we are lucky Emerson will make the same strides next year.

I don't think handing him 2B when it was one of the few roster spots available was the right move. We didn't need defense. Especially defensive WAR, lol.

He's not a "problem". But he's provided 20% less offense than the guy I wanted and campaigned for, so I included him despite not being our biggest problem.

The Mariners dedicating one of the few spots to him kind of is their problem in general though. The good 'nuff policy.

And why should we expect Emerson to be better next year? Why didn't Cole Young "need more time"?

Cole Young needed last year to be better this year. How can you be so stubbornly obtuse about this? Young players need AB's to get better, so Emerson will get better given time...the same way Young got better with time...the same as Edgar got better with time....the same as ARod got better with time...the same as Junior got better with time. And did you happen to THINK that maybe because the defense is so bad this year that maybe that would be why the pitching has not been as good???? Also, if Arraez is so damn good, why does no one want to keep him? Oh sure, someone will always take a flyer, but no one really wants him on their team.

So, the defense has been bad- but only on the road since almost all of them do just fine in T-Mobile?

Sorry Stretch, that doesn't check out. So, no, I don't THINK that- even when you use all caps.

We had a DH spot open. 2B open. And 3B open.

They added Donovan and Refsnyder. LOL. LMFAO even.

And then they decided to hand 2B to Cole Young.

I don't blame Young that he's not that good yet.

I blame Dipoto amd Hollander because they half-assed the offseason and added zero impact players across the few vacancies we had to fill in what should have been a season we easily win the AL West.

Arraez will get paid this offseason after proving to the nerds that defense isn't that difficult.