Did not see that coming. Very interesting. I hope he still has something left. The OBP skills don't seem to diminish with age as much.
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Yep - what entered my mind as well. I hope this also means we are making a playoff run next season :-)
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I mean this lineup (if all produce around their norm) is not terrible.

Merrifield - 2B
Dozier - 3B
Santana - 1B
Soler - DH
Salvy - C
Mondesi - SS
Cordero - RF
Taylor - LF
Lopez - 2B
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Pretty decent 1-5, not good at all 6 - 9
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GMDM being really aggressive this offseason. Props to him and ownership.
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Mondesi could bounce back

Cordero / Taylor a bit unknown

Agree on Lopez. Would love another OF (move Whit back to 2b) or a better 2B option.
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Mondesi looked amazing at the end of the year. I think a lot of people missed that because Chiefs. But in the month of September Mondesi hit .350 with 6 HR, 20 RBI and 16 steals. Superstar stuff.

I think that's a huge reason Dayton's going for it. It wasn't just one or two good series at the end... that whole month of September they looked solid. Mondesi was great, Salvy was hitting like Mike Piazza, young guys like Singer and Bubic pitched great and there were a bunch of good arms in the bullpen. Might as well try to add some pieces to build off that.
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Cordero and Taylor as starting OF's makes me nervous. That looks like a shit ton of empty AB's and outs to me.
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GMDM needs to get some bullpen help now
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With the Carlos Santana signing, I guess Hunter Dozier will move back to 3B or outfield.

We are paying him too much to use him part time, but looking at Carlos's splits, he should probably split time with a 1B that hits Right Hand pitching.
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We need a lefty for sure.
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I am still dreaming of doing this:

(vs. RHP)
Merrifield - 2B
Santana - 1B
Dozier - 3B
Soler - DH
Perez - C
Pederson - LF
Mondesi - SS
Cordero - RF
Olivares/Taylor - CF

(vs. LHP)
Merrifield - 2B
Santana - 1B
Dozier - 3B
Soler - DH
Perez - C
Mondesi - SS
Olivares - LF
Taylor - CF
RF - Bench guy (McBroom, or play Gutierrez at 3B and Dozier in RF)
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Going with 5 infielders?
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You think Joc is still a possibility?
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I’ve found the biggest thief ever: Justin verlander. Got a 2/66 extension before last year. Threw 6IP and blew out his elbow. Out for 2021 too.



Recap: 66M smackers. For 6 innings.
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