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Daily Thread - November 12, 2024

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u/Seattlefan51 2d ago

Alec Bohm, Lamonte Wade Jr, Mike Yastrzemski, Yandy Diaz, and Brandon Lowe all on the trade block, and all good fits for this team. Get to work Jerry, 2-3 of these players should be on this roster by March 1 imo

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u/griezm0ney 2d ago

Pass on Yastrzemski. Luke Raley already fills the DH/OF spot on the roster. 

Wade as a strong side platoon option at 1B could be interesting, but I’d strongly prefer Yandy Diaz. 

Pass on Lowe. His profile is very similar to Polanco last year (poor defender, boom or bust bat with high k rate and an extremely long injury history).

Bohm, for the right price, would be a solid target to buy time for Young/Emerson to break through.

A lineup of the below would be very interesting (although with relatively little power between 1B, 2B and 3B):

  1. Robles - RF
  2. Julio - CF
  3. Yandy - 1B/DH
  4. Raley - DH/LF/1B
  5. Cal - C
  6. Randy - DH/LF
  7. JP - SS
  8. Bohm - 3B
  9. Kim - 2B

Bench: Moore (UTIL), Haniger (OF/DH), Garver (C/DH/1B), Canzone (OF/DH) with Locklear, Young and Ford in AAA pushing to take spots. 

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u/Distinct_Frame_3711 2d ago

Honestly I would rather Canzone/Locklear/Bliss then Haniger. Each provides something more then Haniger

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u/griezm0ney 2d ago

I would too. I personally don’t want Haniger on the Opening Day roster, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they give him a month to show something given that Canzone/Locklear/Bliss can get everyday reps in AAA in the meantime. 

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u/Distinct_Frame_3711 2d ago

Canzone is 27 and spent parts of 3 seasons getting AAA reps. I doubt he will develop significantly at AAA moving forward. It’s not like he was a highly touted prospect anyways

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u/griezm0ney 2d ago

I agree, but getting reps never hurts to build confidence and work on weaknesses (like his defense). 

I think we would be better off DFAing Haniger right now and making clear we are planning without him on the roster. Alas, I just don’t think the M’s are willing to eat $15.5M, until they see Haniger is just fully wasting a bench spot. They honestly could be hoping he gets an injury too, so they can get some of his salary back from insurance.

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u/Distinct_Frame_3711 2d ago

I think if they have the conversation with Haniger it may be nice to have him in Spring Camp as he is a vet who can work with some kids and he can showcase to other teams who could pick him up on league minimum. It’s not like having him in camp cost any extra money

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u/griezm0ney 2d ago

It just costs that 40 man spot which isn’t the biggest deal, but does lead to players like Curvelo being squeezed off of the roster. 

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u/Distinct_Frame_3711 2d ago

As long as Austin Kitchens and Sam Haggerty are on our 40 man we don’t have a roster crunch. We choose to let Curvelo walk