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It is, but I think its a smaller if than it would be with your traditional high school players taken in those later rounds. Some of those guys were pretty highly thought of and required significant signing bonuses to pull in to the draft class. Guys like Makhi Backstrom, Kadon Morton, Joey...

Yeah if he were traded last offseason I would have valued him at around ~12 wins over his remaining 4 seasons, so minus the ~25-30 million he'd be owed in arbitration (assuming 9 wins over that time) and he'd still be worth a great deal of surplus value at that number. Definitely could have...

If we trade for him we should make sure to buy him an umbrella so he doesn't have to worry about falling pianos or anvils.

We would likely be in the 15-20 range if we didn't have Pache, Anderson, or Waters. Worse if we also didn't have Wright. We aren't exactly thin in the back end because we do have a plethora of young players with flashy tools and upside, but we don't have much of a track record among almost any...

Yeah last year's draft strategy was to get a few lower cost college guys at the top who can help us sooner, and then use the remaining money to go ham on those high risk high schools or community college kids who have 1 or 2 flashy tools that give them high upside long term. I think the hope is...

That's when you call the Padres.

The Padres are sometimes hilariously incompetent.

I also think someone like Realmuto would be a possibility if the catching situation doesn't work out perfectly this year. But looking at next year's class, I actually think that it'll be really good for us. There isn't a ton of star power there, but there is a plethora of very good players...

Given all the money coming off the books in 2021, who do you guys think is the single most likely free agent that we end up going after? I think the answer has to be Trevor Bauer. AA obviously likes the idea of giving short term contracts to free agents and Bauer has expressed a desire to take...

Right, but this is assuming that the absolute worse case scenario is for him to replicate his 2019 season. That's just not the case. I'm pretty high on Ozuna and I think he is likely to have a really, really good season for us. But the possibility exists that he battles weird injuries all...

Whit Merrifield, Trey Mancini, and Matt Boyd waving in the distance. Edit: forgot Matt Boyd

If the reports of a 3-4 year deal at 14-16 million dollars are true, why in the world wouldn't he accept that and instead take this deal with the hope of getting the same exact thing next year, which 4/55 would more or less be. Its not especially likely that Ozuna has a catastrophic injury or...

What is Ozuna's ceiling in regards to potential contracts? I can't think its any more than ~22-24 million per year, and I think he would have to have an incredible year to get that much. So the absolute best contract I could see him getting after a great year would be somewhere in the 4 year...

I was making that joke because he said that Riley had the best hit tool in the system and Davidson had the best power tool.

Yeah, maybe. But I do think that limiting their playing time can keep both of them healthy and productive. I also like the fact that they both bring different skillsets to the table. I think Nick could potentially produce an .800+ OPS if he were only facing RHP and I think Ender is going to...

Oooooohhhh I hadn't thought about Scooter Gennett. He'd be a great 1 year bounce back signing if we could get him cheaply and he could handle 3rd.

Not to mention D'arnaud over Mccann. I expect at least a full win improvement there, if not 2.

I'm not sure he'll have much of a choice. Ozuna and Acuna are going to be locks every game and I'd have Duvall and Ender ahead of Neck in the pecking against left handed pitching. I'd like to see Inciarte and Nick split time 50/50 against RHP, with Acuna playing CF during Nick starts. Have...

This was the Ozzie Albies for Jake Odorizzi of the 2019 offseason.

Yeah, but even I am a little concerned about the long term health of our farm after years of no significant international action, a relatively weak draft in 2019 (from my perspective, some like it), and a just a couple top picks in 2020. I really hope that we hit the international market...