But imagine what we could have if we were better in right. If I'm not misremembering, Dyson hasn't performed very well when given the chance to play everyday since about 3 Springs ago

Weren't they part of the platoon replacing Gordon that was basically on the same wins pace as with Gordo in games that mattered?

He's consistently about 10% than league in weighted runs created. His speed and defense #s are off the charts. Assuming he got 500 PA and stole bases at the same rate, you're looking at 50-60 swipes. It's hard to imagine him struggling in the field either.

It's possible he will get "exposed" as a regular. But it's also possible he becomes a better hitter with regular PA. It's hard to hit when you're not getting to see live pitching very often. Either way, his floor with just speed + defense should make him better than Rios

If he ='s regular season Rios, minus the injuries/pox, and becomes post season Rios? ****, we've already won.

Our friends in Toronto have traded their leadoff hitter for relief help. Storen was the Nationals closer until Papelbon came in and wrecked the team. Might very well end up as the Jays closer.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sources: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlueJays?src=hash">#BlueJays</a> have acquired Drew Storen from <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Nationals?src=hash">#Nationals</a> from Ben Revere. First reported as close by <a href="https://twitter.com/JonHeyman">@jonheyman</a>.</p>&mdash; Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/685663241427640320">January 9, 2016</a></blockquote>
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At 1/4 Rios' price, it would be hard to lose.

Good news for Dalton Pompey.

Storen is pretty mentally fragile. Not sure he'll hold up the first time he gives up a SkyDome bomb, or the first time Bautista rolls him under the bus.

duncan if I win the lotto, I'll pay for your kids' college to be my fantasy baseball majordomo.

Even though Infante is coming back, part of me has a gut feeling he's going to rebound. He certainly can't be worse, and if he is there's no way they can or would keep playing him because he already gives you zero at the plate, so for him to play worse then his fielding would have to be the area that regresses. That's really been his only saving grace because they place such high value on stellar defense up the middle. If he's not giving you + defense in the field, one of the young guys cutting their teeth and using Infante to give guys a day off would be the way to go. Unfortunately, because of his contract I get the very distinct impression that they've held out longer than normal in just moving on from him.

Chances of Mondesi as a July call up or is he about a faster version of Infante right now?

I'm optimistic about Infante as well. Proud guy with a strong work ethic. Hopefully that surgery will help fix whatever was wrong with the swing last year. Of course it also wouldn't surprise me if he's just done.

All depends on how he hits. If his tools finally translate to production and he starts hot at NWA and then continues that at Omaha, they may make the move midseason.

Also depends on how Colon/Infante perform. If they're getting quality production from either guy, KC may wait one more year on Mondesi and allow him to continue to season.

Mondesi and Starling are probably the two most important in the system, because there are so few position player types close and ready.

I also wouldn't be surprised to see, if they are positive about keeping Moustakas, them have Cuthbert work on LF/RF defense.

It certainly wouldn't hurt to get Chester some time out at RF even if just some platoon time.

Had been hoping to get rid of Revere all offseason, was starting to lose hope on that front. Saunders/Pompey are both better outfielders than him. To get something of actual value in return for him is better than I could have hoped.