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Turtle
I’m interested to see how Brandon Drury fits in with the Diamondbacks. Back to AAA? Backup Lamb at third, with the capability to play second? Destined for a trade? He’s too quality of a hitter to languish in the minors much longer.
Mike_Davis
Barring a trade, there is going to be a roster crunch. Nine guys for five spots. Owings, Gosselin, & Brito are pretty much locks. Tuffy likely is the backup catcher. That leaves Drury, O’Brien, Herrmann, Weeks, & Bourgeois for the last spot.. They gave up a top 20 prospect for Herrmann in a trade & he is out of options. O’Brien is a work in progress in the field. Both Weeks & Bourgeois have played well & are on minor league contracts, not on the 40-man roster.
Barring Pollock starting the season on the DL, I imagine both Drury & O’Brien start the season in Reno with Herrmann getting the last spot.
vtadave
I wonder what Dave Stewart would say about his “farm system”?
Ray Ray
That it isn’t as important as the major league club. And to be honest, he wouldn’t be wrong either. They haven’t built their team the way I would have, but at least they are trying something other than just letting the Dodgers and Giants use them as cannon fodder every year like my team. The farm is important, but they have a draft and international signings every single year. Replenishing the farm isn’t all that hard to do if you are really worried about it. As an example, just a few years back the Yankees had an absolute barren farm system and now they have a fairly decent one without going into a massive sell off. Not every rebuild has to be done in the Astros style.
sigurd 2
The yankees got their pretty good farm system now by not giving up talent in trades anymore and treating all their problems by throwing money at free agency.
Greinke will take up nearly a third of the Dbacks payroll.
And you are much, much, much more confident in the Dbacks understanding player development and drafting than you probably should be. They gave up Toussaint for nothing and treated Swanson like he was a chip in trade piece. They signed Tomas for nearly $70MM…
Ray Ray
And the Diamondbacks can do the same as the Yankees when the time is right. The D-Backs payroll is likely to rise significantly with their new TV deal, at least that is what they seem to be banking on. It’s definitely a gamble. I said it wasn’t how I would build the team, so the rest of the lecture is 100% not necessary.
However since you bring it up, Toussaint and Swanson are still just prospects. The D-Backs are playing for 2016. I’d wager that the D-Backs finish with a better record than the Braves despite the Braves getting those two titans. As far as Tomas goes, yes it looks like they overpaid, but so did the Red Sox for Castillo and so did the Dodgers for Arruebarrena, Guerrero, and Olivera and so did the Braves (in players not money) for Olivera and so will someone else for the Gurriel brothers. Just like cigars, Cuban players are expensive and often don’t live up to your expectations.
sigurd 2
“Just like cigars, Cuban players are expensive and often don’t live up to your expectations.”
Okay, I laughed.
paulslc
If you’re using the app, you can see Segura’s glove…. I didn’t know he switched from Wilson… but that split gray welting on his new Rawlings ala Beltre’s glove is absolutely beautiful.