As mentioned above, and discussed many times before around here - you need about 12-13 starting pitchers these days and try to have four of the best ones ready for October…. So guys like Holmes and Elder are much more valuable than they used to be…
I deleted my post by accident -
Need to call the Pirates and give them AJSS, Caminiti, Owen Murphy, one of Didier/Waldrep/JR, then Lara and Nacho + their PTBNL back+ that 26th pick …..for their pitcher (and his wife).
That might move it up to an “ Enscheff A”
You had to have a feeling this was the plan all of last off-season - and especially at the deadline. They were like William Wallace in Bravehart: “Hold……!”
Only one person above mentioned this - but at the time with the new bigger bag, the pitch clock, and the limited number of throws that could be made to first rule…… everyone was freaking out about stolen bases would be exploding - we had to improve there immediately and it was widely considered...