Lets put this another way by looking at our 40 man again.
We have four established MLB SPs, six if you count TMac and his 153.2 IP.
We have one established MLB reliever in Clase, two if you count Karinchak.
We have five established position players in Jose, Hedges, Amed, Straw, and Franmil.
Zimmer, Chang, and Mercado are fringe players. Everybody else is a prospect.
At most we have 13 established MLB players to fill our 26 man roster.
Thats not a contending roster. Adding more prospects won't make it so.
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A look at the lineups of the two WS teams shows that 14 of the 32 players that had at least 100 PAs in the season were on the 'wrong side of 30.' Experience isn't a bad thing.
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The scouting report on Vientos states, 'his defensive ceiling is as a below average third baseman.' In spite of that, he has only played 109 innings in the outfield. I guess somebody could dream that he is an adequate defender, but nothing says so.
Again, some focus too much on power, and ignore everything else....like striking out nearly 30% of the time....and poor hit tools...and small sample sizes.
We have two OFs on the 40 man who have been far more consistent producers than Vientos in Palacios and Kwan.
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Who do I want to add? Geesh, from the beginning of this thread, I've been pretty clear about my shopping list, and I'm willing to trade prospect capital to acquire some of them.
They range from the elite to those that fit a specific need.
Laureano
Mullins
Reynolds
Edman
McNeil
Happ
Dominic Smith
Davis
Stallings
There are others, but that suffices.
Among FAs still on the board....
McCutchen
Pham
Gomes
I wanted Canha, but not at his price, and I had Calhoun on my list of FAs.
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There may be some interesting names available Wednesday that might fit.