I didn't mean this in any way to come off as having any inside information, sorry if it came off as such. I was responding to the post from
@Dewey'sCannon (which again is totally plausible) about the optimistic side of the coin and why it might make sense not to sign Monty or similar. I was merely providing another (yes, pessimistic) viewpoint of why it also might make sense not to sign Monty (or similar).
However, I will say that we have seen some snippets of people more closely associated with the Theo tree (like Breslow is) dropping nuggets about the "view" of the organization changing. Paraphrased (but all were here in this thread) remarks from Gammon's about the team "not being as good as they think"; Billy James and his quip about the team being in a good spot going into ST, minus the last 18 or so spots on the roster.
We also of course had the comments from Breslow about looking to make trades from and people needing to get comfortable with the idea and then having nothing come to fruition.
Now - could he have been offered any number of deals and people were VERY interested in the OFs - yes, of course. We don't know either way.
I'm just saying the pessimistic take is equally plausible / possible. And this is JUST my personal take as someone that doesn't like the roster Bloom built and thinks the farm is overrated - better - but overrated. Well, maybe properly rated now as most publications have them kind of in the 10-15 range, which I think is a lot more accurate than FG having them 2nd or wherever it was last year.
Crawford sure. Pivetta no way (and to be clear as a starter I like Pivetta more than Crawford, Houck, Whitlock or Winckowski and it's not particularly close. I want him extended yesterday, personally). That said, I have literally zero interest in one year pitching. Pivetta has one year left. I'd have no interest in trading for him (or anyone on a one year deal) whatsoever. I have no interest in signing a one year contract either.
Also - I just want to be clear - I'm not down on the job Breslow is doing. I actually really like what he's doing. I just think what he inherited is far worse than a lot of other people on the board seem to think he inherited. Which is fine. Debate is fun - and I HOPE that people that are more optimistic are right and get to throw it in my face all season long!