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Yeah. Taylor was the 19th overall pick in 2023, was 6th/7th ranked prospect for Rays and 65th-ish in MLB heading into 2025, then had a terrible year and slid out. This year he’s been crushing it though. 17hrs, 20sb, .384obp and almost .900 ops.

There’s our 3b for next year

What do we think our best window to compete is? It isn’t now, that is for sure. Next year? We should get at least one of white and/or snelling in the rotation, and continued development from this emerging core. It would be dumb to trade assets away this season when even with a stopgap 3b, back of the rotation starter or bullpen help the ceiling of the team is still probably lose in the wild card round. What they should be trying to do is looking for teams to overpay with mlb-ready talent for guys where we have some logjams, or where guys’ value is at a high. Hicks, Hernandez, maybe even Stowers and Sandy - if we get great value at positions of need with guys ready to play now or next year that would set us up much better for an actual contender in 2027.

Pretty sure the blue is back to just spring training now(?) Those city connects they wore tonight are rough. It wouldn’t be hard to make an awesome vice-esque set, but they really missed the mark on these (especially the two tone 305 hats. Man those are bad).

Yankees 15, 16, and 23 ranked prospects. Seems pretty light/unnecessary. Or, they just don’t have any confidence weathers can stay healthy (or that he’s even good when healthy). Hopefully White and Snelling are ready to go sooner than later.

There’s an intriguing amount of power in this lineup now. Conine at 1st is the real X factor. Can he stay healthy? Is he even good if so? If not at least there are some options. Morel, moving Ramirez there if Mack is ready, moving Norby there is De Los Santos is ready. I like this trade and how the team is shaping up. One more corner infield option and some more bullpen depth feels feasible and I’ll feel pretty good.

Cubs top prospect Owen Cassie reportedly in the return.

In a vaccuum, without the context of whether or not this is our “big move” for the offseason, signing Morel is a good move. He probably cost very little, is quite talented with 30hr potential, and is only 26. There’s not really any risk here, only potential upside. Let’s just hope it’s not the only way they’re planning to address 1B.

With regards to bullpen, a team like the marlins should sign 2-3 RPs who have shown success at some point in their careers but are coming off down years and so are cheap. Bullpen arms go for a ransom at the deadline every year. And like you say, are so volatile there’s a decent chance at least one rebounds. Throw a bunch of sh** at the wall, hope one or two bounce back, and then if you’re not in the hunt trade them at the deadline for a good prospect. I’ve always wondered why they don’t do this more. It’s a pretty low risk way to try and accelerate prospect accumulation.