@OctoAlUrCakes@Castellani2014 Your belief is incorrect. 9’s trade request was public knowledge. 3 teams wanted him, so therefore leverage was established. Same will happen with Larkin.
@burchie_kid He will hit LHPs for a higher average than Jones does. Jones has been awful. There simply isn't a reason for the auto pinch hit in the 5th inning. It's past time to give Keith more runway.
@rogcastbaseball You have a good point. That said, they didn't make the playoffs because of players he brought in and last year they made the playoffs despite losing the largest division lead in history. His ability to acquire pitching is absent. Both at the minor and major league levels
.@Graham_Couch Your top 50 Spartans list is too dismissive of Steve Smith, Respert, and Skiles if you think Fears is ahead of them after this season. Your recency bias is showing here. Skiles “fat boy” reference alone gets him to the top 5.
@ShepMatt What’s so magical about about 1500? Nothing - it is an arbitrary number that means nothing. You also just contradicted yourself regarding Gage. Everyone knows it doesn’t always work out, if it did Gage would be a Cub.