(01-09-2019, 07:06 PM)jagibelieve Wrote: It never ceases to amaze me how some people want to trade away or cut some of our best players... just for the sake of change and/or for draft picks.  Take a look at the big picture and the circumstances this past season.  The defense was on the field way too long in many games and were playing from behind more often than not.

I didn't get from reading this thread that anyone was forming a mob to storm the front office with demands to rid the roster of Mr. Smith.

It's a fun thought exercise - we have a guy with some talent, who may be in demand should we move on from him, and may not be in the long-term plans of the franchise. 

I don't consider Telvin expendable AT ALL as the roster currently stands.  In my scenario, drafting a true MLB prospect and moving Jack to the Will means you have two guys on the field likely costing as much or less than Telvin's cap figure. Only then would you begin to start looking at the potential of moving talent off the roster. As we move closer to the days of renewing some of our better players, we are going to begin parting ways with guys who are going to be good players here, and likely good players wherever they land, too.

If the team decides Telvin is a better fit than Jack, maybe he's the one that gets traded, or allowed to walk at the end of his rookie deal. Have fun with the topic, it beats crying about how we never have talent on the roster to even entertain these types of conversations.  I remember those days, too.

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