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JuanAgosto wrote: ↑04 Aug 2025 17:53 pm Hopefully not make a couple of roster moves the first week only to hibernate the rest of the winter. Hopefully not hide in a hotel suite at the Winter Meetings. Hopefully not devise catch phrases and excuses for doing a [shirt] job. In other words, I hope he does the opposite of anything John Mozeliak usually does.

cards53 wrote: ↑04 Aug 2025 17:32 pm What will Chaim Bloom do after our 2025 season is over?

I’m talking about personnel changes and trades.

I have a feeling about what I would like to see.
Bloom doesn’t have any vested interest in any of the current roster.

Personnel:
Fresh start with his own management.
This means Oli and some others are gone.

Players:
I think he will trade a few position outfielders and middle infielders.

JJ Wetherholt probably will be our 3B or 2B for many years.

I think Gorman will be one of those that go.
Gorman is a well below average defender.
We can’t hide him anywhere except DH and that position is overcrowded.
He needs to go to a team that can make him their prime DH.

I also think that Walker is similar to Gorman although not as bad a defender.

There is some deadwood at Memphis. Players that haven’t really had a looksee.
I’m thinking about Prieto, Koperniak, Bryan Torres and Nathan Church.
Also Luken Baker and maybe Siani to go.
We need to clear some roster spots in Memphis for Springfield and trades.

I hope we can find a way to clear Arenado and Contreras from the roster.

HorseTrader wrote: ↑04 Aug 2025 17:58 pm
So on offense, Donovan stays, so do Winn, Scott, Walker, Ivan, the two catchers. Maybe Gorman, WIllie, and Burly. I say the two catchers stay because they are both dirt cheap and easy to cut or demote so no real reason to get rid of them.

cards53 wrote: ↑04 Aug 2025 17:32 pm What will Chaim Bloom do after our 2025 season is over?

I’m talking about personnel changes and trades.

I have a feeling about what I would like to see.
Bloom doesn’t have any vested interest in any of the current roster.

Personnel:
Fresh start with his own management.
This means Oli and some others are gone.

Players:
I think he will trade a few position outfielders and middle infielders.

JJ Wetherholt probably will be our 3B or 2B for many years.

I think Gorman will be one of those that go.
Gorman is a well below average defender.
We can’t hide him anywhere except DH and that position is overcrowded.
He needs to go to a team that can make him their prime DH.

I also think that Walker is similar to Gorman although not as bad a defender.

There is some deadwood at Memphis. Players that haven’t really had a looksee.
I’m thinking about Prieto, Koperniak, Bryan Torres and Nathan Church.
Also Luken Baker and maybe Siani to go.
We need to clear some roster spots in Memphis for Springfield and trades.

I hope we can find a way to clear Arenado and Contreras from the roster.

Punkk6 wrote: ↑04 Aug 2025 19:49 pm Better question is what will ownership let him do ? How much will they let him spend to improve the team.
Only after he knows the answers to those will he be able to get started

cards53 wrote: ↑04 Aug 2025 18:32 pm

HorseTrader wrote: ↑04 Aug 2025 17:58 pm
So on offense, Donovan stays, so do Winn, Scott, Walker, Ivan, the two catchers. Maybe Gorman, WIllie, and Burly. I say the two catchers stay because they are both dirt cheap and easy to cut or demote so no real reason to get rid of them.

I'm hoping that Jimmy Crooks is added to roster and makes the team out of ST.
This would mean that Pages or Pozo as at least off the 25-man roster.
I would prefer keeping Pozo to spell Crooks against LHP.

Bernal would then be at AAA.
He is probably going to be the best hitting catcher of those mentioned.

Other catchers are a few years away.