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Just in the first three highlights you've got Ron Washington collecting the ball after Olson's first MLB hit and you've got Olson breaking up Folty's no-hitter with a 9th inning homer in Oakland. Good stuff.

If you watch the Olson press conference and go to 23:15 you can hear a reporter casually ask AA "Anything else up your sleeve?" He immediately says "Yep. Sit tight for 24 hours." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHWkRYgmTWM&feature=emb_title

Agreed. I have no issue with Freddie taking as much money as he can get- I'd do the same. AA should- and does- operate with the same degree of shrewdness.

My one new thought on day 2 of the Olson era is a concern about the pressure that he'll face. Hometown kid replacing a beloved face of the franchise player who just brought a World Series to Atlanta. Undoubtedly he's watching the coverage the past couple days and seeing that its all about losing...

Right, but even if we sign someone we still can put one of those guys in the rotation. It doesn't seem smart to expect Anderson/Morton/Fried to stay healthy all season. You don't want to suddenly be in May with a rotation of Morton/Elder/Ynoa/Wright/Muller because Anderson needs surgery and...

I tend to agree that Olson/Freeman are effectively a push. But we're down Soler, Rosario and Pederson from last year. Smyly started 23 games for us last year. Morton is coming off a broken leg and Acuna off a torn ligament. Unless we are assuming that those two will come back healthy quickly and...

Why so? Right now, our Opening Day OF would be Duvall-Waters-Heredia. We need some bodies in a bad way.

Yeah I don't think anyone actually believes that.

Feels like a Pujols situation. Everyone couldn't fathom that he would leave St. Louis. A couple years later, every Cardinals fan was thanking their lucky stars that they didn't sign him to an albatross contract. I think we'll be feeling the same after our fourth straight title in 2024 as Freddie...

Wow. Unreal. So many mixed emotions. Obviously sad to see Freddie go, but I think that contract becomes an albatross by 2024. We just can't allow that to happen. So glad we got to experience a World Series with him before he moved on. I might be in the majority, but I'm actually more excited...

Holy **** is right.

Re: Soler, have to imagine his asking price went way up when his market doubled with the NL DH. A lot of NL teams looking to fill the hole where we already have Ozuna who are probably going to be willing to pay Soler. The days of us getting him for some sort of bargain deal are gone, so I've...

Nevermind. Sounds like lockout technically lifted at 7:00 ET after they can explain new rules to GMs.

I'm almost surprised we haven't seen 10 moves announced in the first five minutes.

Quite the call. Lets get this thing going. Freddie gonna be a Dodger by dinner time.

When you say Lango is the 'low batting average field general with some pop' are you envisioning something like Mike Zunino? Agree on Harris, although I definitely think he could stick in CF. Perhaps the one Acuna comp that actually makes sense for Harris- good enough athlete to play a...

I'm an idiot. Was seeing Chapman in my head for some reason. In that case, I think Olson has to be priority number one. You can't have a lineup with 8 righties and a switch hitter that can't hit righties. I'd love Olson and Conforto.

I'm a little worried about our handedness if we don't sign Freeman. Especially given that the alternatives being floated around are guys like Olson, Correa, Story, Bryant, etc. All right handed additions to a lineup that already has Riley, Swanson, a handful of right handed catchers, Ozuna...

Right, its not a balanced hypothetical, but it shows that winning does in fact add value to your fan experience. Obviously everyone would rather be a consistent winner than anything else, but that isn't much more of a reality than my hypothetical. Barring rare exceptions where you have a built...

Probably a better baseball outcome than just resigning Freddie, despite the emotional distress.