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Post by johneaztec on Jul 16, 2021 16:16:34 GMT -8
Nice hustle by Machado and Pham to beat out slow rollers, and another nice 2 out RBI by Hosmer. Hosmer's been hitting the ball very well lately. We need his contribution to continue. Before he gets traded. We'll see.
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Post by junior on Jul 16, 2021 16:37:32 GMT -8
Who's going to take on Hosmer's $$$? Certainly not any team that's currently in contention … I'm not sure if there's a team that he could really help right now (at his price, anyway). Maybe something wild will happen this winter, though. One never knows…
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Post by johneaztec on Jul 16, 2021 16:56:11 GMT -8
Hosmer, simply tearing it up along with his teammates. Hopefully this continues, and he has a great second half.
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Post by aztecryan on Jul 16, 2021 17:12:01 GMT -8
Who's going to take on Hosmer's $$$? Certainly not any team that's currently in contention … I'm not sure if there's a team that he could really help right now (at his price, anyway). Maybe something wild will happen this winter, though. One never knows… They'd have to eat a considerable amount of money and probably attach prospects - But they're are actively trying to move him to get out from underneath the contract. He's having his random hot streak against bad pitching and he's feeling pressure to perform because he no longer has complete trade veto power.
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Post by johneaztec on Jul 16, 2021 17:22:13 GMT -8
Who's going to take on Hosmer's $$$? Certainly not any team that's currently in contention … I'm not sure if there's a team that he could really help right now (at his price, anyway). Maybe something wild will happen this winter, though. One never knows… They'd have to eat a considerable amount of money and probably attach prospects - But they're are actively trying to move him to get out from underneath the contract. He's having his random hot streak against bad pitching and he's feeling pressure to perform because he no longer has complete trade veto power. Hopefully, he keeps feeling that pressure the rest of the year if it's helping him mash and pick balls out of the dirt to save errors.
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Post by junior on Jul 16, 2021 17:42:55 GMT -8
They'd have to eat a considerable amount of money and probably attach prospects - But they're are actively trying to move him to get out from underneath the contract. He's having his random hot streak against bad pitching and he's feeling pressure to perform because he no longer has complete trade veto power. Hopefully, he keeps feeling that pressure the rest of the year if it's helping him mash and pick balls out if the dirt to save errors. These guys can deal with a little pressure for what they're being paid … Watching the Nationals tonight makes me believe they might be sellers before the end of this month - if the price is right.
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Post by aztecryan on Jul 16, 2021 17:56:24 GMT -8
They'd have to eat a considerable amount of money and probably attach prospects - But they're are actively trying to move him to get out from underneath the contract. He's having his random hot streak against bad pitching and he's feeling pressure to perform because he no longer has complete trade veto power. Hopefully, he keeps feeling that pressure the rest of the year if it's helping him mash and pick balls out if the dirt to save errors. The best thing for the Padres would be to unload him so they can get more financial flexibility to make upgrades. Making a run for the division title is the ultimate goal right now and there are holes to fill.
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Post by johneaztec on Jul 16, 2021 17:58:03 GMT -8
Hopefully, he keeps feeling that pressure the rest of the year if it's helping him mash and pick balls out if the dirt to save errors. The best thing for the Padres would be to unload him so they can get more financial flexibility to make upgrades. Making a run for the division title is the ultimate goal right now and there are holes to fill. I'm all for it if they can make the right moves.
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Post by sdsuball on Jul 17, 2021 0:05:31 GMT -8
Who's going to take on Hosmer's $$$? Certainly not any team that's currently in contention … I'm not sure if there's a team that he could really help right now (at his price, anyway). Maybe something wild will happen this winter, though. One never knows… They'd have to eat a considerable amount of money and probably attach prospects - But they're are actively trying to move him to get out from underneath the contract. He's having his random hot streak against bad pitching and he's feeling pressure to perform because he no longer has complete trade veto power. Hosmer is making 21mil this year, 21 next year, then 13 for the three years after that. That's 81 million dollars. Are the Padres considering eating 40 million + shipping prospects - and which/how many prospects are worth the other 41 million that he is owed? Looks like an ugly trade to me, Yikes! I guess it would be all about finding a rebuilding team who wants a first basemen, with money to shell out on Hosmer to get prospects as well. Sounds like you might have some insight on who they are trying to set up a deal with?
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Post by aztecryan on Jul 17, 2021 9:06:15 GMT -8
They'd have to eat a considerable amount of money and probably attach prospects - But they're are actively trying to move him to get out from underneath the contract. He's having his random hot streak against bad pitching and he's feeling pressure to perform because he no longer has complete trade veto power. Hosmer is making 21mil this year, 21 next year, then 13 for the three years after that. That's 81 million dollars. Are the Padres considering eating 40 million + shipping prospects - and which/how many prospects are worth the other 41 million that he is owed? Looks like an ugly trade to me, Yikes! I guess it would be all about finding a rebuilding team who wants a first basemen, with money to shell out on Hosmer to get prospects as well. Sounds like you might have some insight on who they are trying to set up a deal with? Most of this year's salary has already been paid, if not all of it - So this year's amount would be prorated. Just to make it easy, after this season, he's owed 4/60. I think they'd have to eat around half of it, but you're on the hook for that money in that either regard. One thing the Padres excel at (and it's Preller's world) is creativity and balance in transactions. The system is still deeper than a lot of people realize. Guys like Brayan Medina, Victor Acosta, Josh Mears, Justin Lange, Euribiel Angeles and so on and so forth have appeal. I don't even worry anymore about international signees because the Padres sign a great group every year and already have an agreement with one of the top pitchers in next year's class.
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Post by aztecmusician on Jul 17, 2021 19:54:26 GMT -8
All of this talk about trading for Gallo….the Padres honestly should bring back Franmil Reyes. The Franimal hits for a MUCH higher average. Gallo seems like Mitch Moreland part deux, all or nothing approach which craps out during LIPS in the playoffs. Forget the .213 hitter/fishing buddy, bring in a hitter who can drive the ball in play.
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Post by sdsuball on Jul 17, 2021 21:28:48 GMT -8
Hosmer is making 21mil this year, 21 next year, then 13 for the three years after that. That's 81 million dollars. Are the Padres considering eating 40 million + shipping prospects - and which/how many prospects are worth the other 41 million that he is owed? Looks like an ugly trade to me, Yikes! I guess it would be all about finding a rebuilding team who wants a first basemen, with money to shell out on Hosmer to get prospects as well. Sounds like you might have some insight on who they are trying to set up a deal with? Most of this year's salary has already been paid, if not all of it - So this year's amount would be prorated. Just to make it easy, after this season, he's owed 4/60. I think they'd have to eat around half of it, but you're on the hook for that money in that either regard. One thing the Padres excel at (and it's Preller's world) is creativity and balance in transactions. The system is still deeper than a lot of people realize. Guys like Brayan Medina, Victor Acosta, Josh Mears, Justin Lange, Euribiel Angeles and so on and so forth have appeal. I don't even worry anymore about international signees because the Padres sign a great group every year and already have an agreement with one of the top pitchers in next year's class. Mears can mash - 65-70 power. Definitely a lot of potential there if he can put it together. Would love it if the Pads held onto him. We could trade all of those players, and still be pretty well set up with Hassell III RF/CF + Abrams somewhere up the middle CF/SS/2B in a few years. Something like: Hassell III CF Tatis RF Grish LF Machado 3B Abrams SS Cronenworth 2B Catcher and First Base being question marks answered via trade or free agency - I don't have too much faith in Campusano's ability to stick as a catcher, Nola is old and always injured, and first base definitely needs to be addressed sooner rather then later. Myers is solid, but getting older. Who knows which of Pham/Myers will be around in a few years, probably one of them as the 4th outfielder.
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Post by aztecryan on Jul 17, 2021 22:05:19 GMT -8
All of this talk about trading for Gallo….the Padres honestly should bring back Franmil Reyes. The Franimal hits for a MUCH higher average. Gallo seems like Mitch Moreland part deux, all or nothing approach which craps out during LIPS in the playoffs. Forget the .213 hitter/fishing buddy, bring in a hitter who can drive the ball in play. Gallo has the best walk rate in baseball, a .400+ OBP and has 24 home runs, to go along with quality defense in the outfield. Franmil has a strikeout rate nearly as bad as Gallo's and doesn't walk. He also has played all of two games in the outfield. Like...what?
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Post by aztecmusician on Jul 18, 2021 2:00:49 GMT -8
All of this talk about trading for Gallo….the Padres honestly should bring back Franmil Reyes. The Franimal hits for a MUCH higher average. Gallo seems like Mitch Moreland part deux, all or nothing approach which craps out during LIPS in the playoffs. Forget the .213 hitter/fishing buddy, bring in a hitter who can drive the ball in play. Gallo has the best walk rate in baseball, a .400+ OBP and has 24 home runs, to go along with quality defense in the outfield. Franmil has a strikeout rate nearly as bad as Gallo's and doesn't walk. He also has played all of two games in the outfield. Like...what? Gallo’s walk rate is partly due to him being pitched around, he has very little around him in the Texas lineup. I’m not saying he is a bad player, the power is intriguing, but he will be a .180 hitting K machine if the Pads bring him in. Moreland cooled off very quickly last year his first time facing NL starters, expect the same from Gallo.
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Post by aztecryan on Jul 18, 2021 7:46:23 GMT -8
Gallo has the best walk rate in baseball, a .400+ OBP and has 24 home runs, to go along with quality defense in the outfield. Franmil has a strikeout rate nearly as bad as Gallo's and doesn't walk. He also has played all of two games in the outfield. Like...what? Gallo’s walk rate is partly due to him being pitched around, he has very little around him in the Texas lineup. I’m not saying he is a bad player, the power is intriguing, but he will be a .180 hitting K machine if the Pads bring him in. Moreland cooled off very quickly last year his first time facing NL starters, expect the same from Gallo. They aren't remotely the same player...at all. Gallo's a top 15 player in baseball this season. Moreland was a BABIP fueled aging veteran. Gallo is a much better player than Franmil and we don't have a DH. No thanks.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2021 9:50:07 GMT -8
I'm a big fan of Franmil's, but I wouldn't want him in SD without a DH. He's a below average outfielder.
He missed about a month or so with an oblique injury.
Gallo isn't just an above average hitter with very good power, he is considered a solid right fielder.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2021 9:51:02 GMT -8
Most of this year's salary has already been paid, if not all of it - So this year's amount would be prorated. Just to make it easy, after this season, he's owed 4/60. I think they'd have to eat around half of it, but you're on the hook for that money in that either regard. One thing the Padres excel at (and it's Preller's world) is creativity and balance in transactions. The system is still deeper than a lot of people realize. Guys like Brayan Medina, Victor Acosta, Josh Mears, Justin Lange, Euribiel Angeles and so on and so forth have appeal. I don't even worry anymore about international signees because the Padres sign a great group every year and already have an agreement with one of the top pitchers in next year's class. Mears can mash - 65-70 power. Definitely a lot of potential there if he can put it together. Would love it if the Pads held onto him. We could trade all of those players, and still be pretty well set up with Hassell III RF/CF + Abrams somewhere up the middle CF/SS/2B in a few years. Something like: Hassell III CF Tatis RF Grish LF Machado 3B Abrams SS Cronenworth 2B Catcher and First Base being question marks answered via trade or free agency - I don't have too much faith in Campusano's ability to stick as a catcher, Nola is old and always injured, and first base definitely needs to be addressed sooner rather then later. Myers is solid, but getting older. Who knows which of Pham/Myers will be around in a few years, probably one of them as the 4th outfielder. Well, Nola is only 31. I like his versatility, but the injuries are a concern.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2021 9:22:53 GMT -8
MLB Writer Ken Rosethanl in The Athletic today-- "The Rangers, then, need to get busy over the next 10 days, assuming they intend to keep a player who is sitting on 24 homers and .394 on-base percentage while again playing Gold Glove-caliber defense in the prime of his career. They also can put off any decision on Gallo until the offseason, but such a move would carry risk. A lockout is possible after the collective-bargaining agreement expires on Dec. 1. The problem for the Rangers in trying to sign Gallo is that Boras is fully aware owners historically spend more comfortably in the first year of a new CBA, and surely is telling his client about the potential jackpot after ’22. So, it’s possible the Rangers ultimately will determine their best alternative is a trade, whether it’s sooner or later. The Yankees, in dire need of left-handed hitting and athleticism, are an obvious fit for Gallo; one rival exec says the Yanks can dramatically improve their defense by adding Gallo and shortstop Trevor Story, then moving Gleyber Torres to second base and DJ LeMahieu to first. At least one other club, though, is practically panting for Gallo — the Padres, who are run by the sport’s most fearless deal-maker, A.J. Preller. “I think Gallo is the one guy A.J. might unload for,” said one official who has been in touch with the Padres. Preller and Rangers president of baseball operations Jon Daniels were fraternity brothers and roommates at Cornell, which might only mean one would hate getting fleeced by the other. The last time they traded, in May 2018, the Rangers acquired Emmanuel Clase for catcher Brett Nicholas; they later sent Clase to the Indians in the Corey Kluber deal. The Padres’ system no longer is elite. The Athletic’s Keith Law ranked it seventh in the majors in February, and that was before left-hander MacKenzie Gore took another step backward and shortstop C.J. Abrams suffered a season-ending fractured left tibia and sprained MCL. Preller, though, is forever undaunted, and Gallo is not the only Ranger player in whom Preller has interest. Which leads to our next question." theathletic.com/2714711/2021/07/19/rosenthal-the-10-most-intriguing-questions-of-the-2021-mlb-trade-deadline/
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Post by sdcoug on Jul 19, 2021 9:48:23 GMT -8
I'm a big fan of Franmil's, but I wouldn't want him in SD without a DH. He's a below average outfielder.He missed about a month or so with an oblique injury. Gallo isn't just an above average hitter with very good power, he is considered a solid right fielder. You are being very kind.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2021 14:52:39 GMT -8
I'm a big fan of Franmil's, but I wouldn't want him in SD without a DH. He's a below average outfielder.He missed about a month or so with an oblique injury. Gallo isn't just an above average hitter with very good power, he is considered a solid right fielder. You are being very kind. How so? Up above, Ken Rosenthal is talking about him playing GG caliber D. His walk rate is exceptional. Hes likely going to hit 40-45 bombs this year. Whats the issue?
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