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  1. Bellhorn04
    There's no question that the current version of Andrew Miller is a very valuable commodity. He had a 3.9 bWAR this year and a 2.9 fWAR. When you combine his lights-out numbers with his ability to pitch more than an inning at a time, that's definitely a weapon.
  2. Bellhorn04
    Yeah, but that's some serious 20/20 hindsight. Miller has turned out to be better than anyone was expecting, really.
  3. Bellhorn04
    Regardless, it's very presumptuous to claim the Yanks would just walk away from a guy they obviously wanted. Things haven't changed that much.
  4. Bellhorn04
    No, that was 2012. In 2013 his WHIP went up to 1.37, which is lousy, and he missed the last half of the season. That illustrates some of the risk factors.
  5. Bellhorn04
    They offered him 4/32. That's been established, hasn't it? The Yanks went 4/36. We had to outbid that. It was an auction.
  6. Bellhorn04
    Lest we forget, the Yankees are an even richer franchise than we are. It's generally been considered bad business practice to try to outbid them because the money will get so stupid. There seems to now be a belief that Hal is cracking down and they are being much more sensible, so you can actually outbid them. Maybe.
  7. Bellhorn04
    Well all your points are irrelevant too! Just kidding. As far as the money is concerned, though, what does 'competitive offer' mean? I'm pretty sure Miller was looking for the most he could get, plain and simple. It represented quite possibly the one big payday of his career. I'm guessing we would have gone as high as 4/40, but it's quite likely the Yanks would have stepped that up. And in any case you're talking about by far the most money ever paid to a reliever with one career save.
  8. Bellhorn04
    One interesting thing about closers and relievers is that their value can skyrocket in the postseason-especially with all the off-days that gives the big guns extra time to recover. It was an eye-opener to see how much Theo was willing to give up to rent Chapman.
  9. Bellhorn04
    2013 was a bit fluky on the pitching side, considering that in 2012 Buchholz had the best ERA on the staff at 4.56, and the only addition we made was Dempster.
  10. Bellhorn04
    A few points about Miller: 1) 2014 was his breakout year. In 2012 and 2013 he was just a good reliever. In 2014 he became an excellent one. But that was the only excellent season of his career to that point. 2) Up until 2014 Miller was not a closer. He had 1 career save prior to 2015. 3) We were bidding against the Yankees. It's kind of humorous to think that because they paid him 4/36, an offer of 4/40 by us would have 'gotten it done', as if the Yankees would have just turned tail and walked away.
  11. Bellhorn04
    The 07 team had a +210 run differential, better than both the 03 and 04 teams.
  12. Bellhorn04
    Don Baylor was a great pickup that year. Should have pinch-hit for Buckner in Game 6!!!
  13. Bellhorn04
    If you add in the signing of Bogaerts in 2009, the 2008-2011 acquisitions make a fairly strong group, in spite of some very weak drafts.
  14. Bellhorn04
    It was $9 million * 4 for Miller = $36 million, for a reliever who was considered more of a setup guy at the time. And it was a mistake not to sign him. $13 million for a starter is relatively cheap these days, especially when it's only a 1-year deal.
  15. Bellhorn04
    I think Torrez is about the only example of a Yankee player being snatched by the Red Sox when he was a real hot commodity. He had just won 2 games for the Yanks in the 1977 Series, both complete games.
  16. Bellhorn04
    David Cone, if you allow guys that were virtually done by the time we got them.
  17. Bellhorn04
    His place in baseball history is much larger now than it could have been by staying with the Sox.
  18. Bellhorn04
    Theo is living the dream now.
  19. Bellhorn04
    'Major players', don't forget.
  20. Bellhorn04
    Mike Torrez
  21. Bellhorn04
    As sk7326 said, the ideal thing would be for Buchholz to start the year in the pen. When one of the other guys goes down, he goes in the rotation.
  22. Bellhorn04
    People can fault him all they want. He acted in his own best interests, sure. It worked out pretty well for him. I somehow doubt he regrets it.
  23. Bellhorn04
    Theo hit the jackpot when he went to the Cubs. He got all the power he wanted, more money than he dreamed of, and he gave the Cubs their title right on schedule in 5 years, cementing his legacy and securing his place in the Hall of Fame.
  24. Bellhorn04
    lol
  25. Bellhorn04
    Right on Dojji.
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