SilverBullet

Gotcha, I just don't love the argument that you can't do a job if you didn't have the same job or a similar qualified job before it because there's plenty of cases to prove otherwise.

Geoff DeGroot but was let go in 2022 and no one took the role until now.

Ehhh...

She's been a manager, a hitting coach, and a strength and conditioning coach... are they sure she's qualified to lead player development? Seems like she's moving to a department that she's not actually experienced in.

There's no way farm director is the real title. I'm surprised Passan would use that term in that setting even though it fits. I can't imagine any team has an officially titled farm director.

Maybe Bendix doesn't realize that player/roster moves are already allowed to be made?

Is she single?

Oh man I don't know why I laughed so hard at that. To not even bother touching base with him absolutely gives off "not even trying" vibes. How do you not even ask what he's looking for? They very much aren't shopping for any free agents outside of minor league deals.

Holy shit 🤣

Only trade Luzardo for something that clearly improves us in 2024. That's it. Like Pablo for Arraez. But for the record I'm also in the keep Luzardo camp. Not sure if I'll be sharing a tent with anyone here though.

I meant contending with the additions I explained above. Those things need to get done.

Just realized I didn't exactly explain how but trade a starting pitcher for an actual MLB ready bat, preferably at shortstop... maybe trade a valued reliever for roster filling additions... sign a couple fringe free agents as roster filling pieces like they did with Gurriel and Hampson a year ago... sign one addition to the back of the rotation like what was attempted with Cueto a year ago... pray that Bethancourt is better than Stallings was... pray that the starting pitching doesn't fall apart... pray that the bullpen holds up... Some of that sounds like wishful thinking but I think teams have contended with less than what we have here now. Do it, start the season with that, and then be aggressive in tinkering and adding during the season if needed. This is possible... IF it's what Sherman and Bendix want to do. Time will tell.

Just thinking today that even though it feels like this team has done nothing, they can still contend in 2024 but it's gonna take a big trade whether we like it or not. Like the Arraez trade a year ago, maybe even bigger than that, there's ways to add here. If they are still trying to contend, this has to be what they're working on, as it's the only explanation for why nothing has happened in free agency, just based on the natural timing of offseason trades usually taking longer to come together. Get it done, Bendix!

Aww hell nah. Lock that creep up. Zero sympathy for him. Knew what he was doing was wrong and pursued it and kept at it in a creepy way and clearly illegally. This way past the point of "well maybe he didn't know or was tricked" and it's way past that weird line where they might not have been bad intentions.

Rockies signed someone before the Marlins and it's a former Marlin lol

Funny, this quote could also apply to Peter Bendix this offseason so far.

Now they're saying he paid off the mother of a 14 year old girl to keep quiet or something like that. If so then yea there's no defense here, he knew what he was doing and it was no mistake and then he's making it worse trying to cover it up. You're an MLB player, potentially a great one, you can get any girl you want, but you choose underage girls??? I don't get it.

When is ok to start worrying about the upcoming time to worry? Can we get a countdown for that too?

Padres added Korean pitcher Woo Suk Go which reminds me of a girl I knew in high school who was well versed in similar traits.

Oh crap the countdown got low quickly.

Less bandwagon fans in Colorado too.