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  1. Bellhorn04
    This thread is about how much we would pay, not whether Bloom will do it. So there's no right or wrong.
  2. Bellhorn04
    Jeez, you're all questions and no answers.
  3. Bellhorn04
    Maybe we are heavy on warm-weather hitters.
  4. Bellhorn04
    Yeah but you're still not saying who you actually like.
  5. Bellhorn04
    You're a hard man to please, you know. You don't like Eovaldi because of his career old school numbers. You don't like Cole, who has great career old school numbers, because of one postseason outing. We're yet to hear of too many guys you actually do like. Bob Gibson, I suppose.
  6. Bellhorn04
    Your odds of being right are better than 50%, no doubt.
  7. Bellhorn04
    I really have serious doubts about the importance of FIP.
  8. Bellhorn04
    The Yankees would probably take Nate off our hands. (Playing dirty now.)
  9. Bellhorn04
    Well, if you're into the Johnny Clutch stuff, Eovaldi seems to fit the bill?
  10. Bellhorn04
    Of course. But how many are slam dunk great deals? Scherzer's with the Nats was, in retrospect. But he's an exception.
  11. Bellhorn04
    To me, Eovaldi is a guy who has made himself a much better pitcher. Look at those fantastic K/BB numbers the last 3 years. Plus from all accounts he works super hard keeping himself in top shape. The durability of his twice-repaired arm is obviously the big risk factor.
  12. Bellhorn04
    I hear what you're saying. But guys who check all the boxes like Cole get $324 million. Expensive times.
  13. Bellhorn04
    Chapman is a potential problem. A closer with a walk rate over 6 is not ideal.
  14. Bellhorn04
    They may indeed have turned a corner when AC shaved.
  15. Bellhorn04
    Same, I'd go as high as 4 years @ $23-24 mill.
  16. Bellhorn04
    Interesting reasoning, but I can't help disagreeing - are you surprised? I think not going to the max for Betts was an ownership decision. If you recall, Dombrowski failed to keep Scherzer in Detroit. Offered 6/$144, Max turned it down, DD wouldn't go higher. Or again, maybe his boss wouldn't go higher.
  17. Bellhorn04
    I don't know, but again it's about alternatives. You said trades were better. Our last big trade for a pitcher was Sale. For 3 years we gave up Kopech and Moncada, who we paid $61 million to acquire. And I actually misspoke earlier when I said Sale's health issues started in Year 3. It was Year 2 they started in. The second half of his 3 year deal was all IL trips and question marks.
  18. Bellhorn04
    And you're the same guy who didn't like, or still doesn't like, Gausman for what he got. But he seems to be pitching pretty darn well. Who are your big picks, notin? What are those trades you've got in mind? Edit: just noticed that Gausman has 54 K's and 2 BB's. That's ridiculous!
  19. Bellhorn04
    I'm not saying "there's no one else". But it seems like a certainty the Red Sox are going to invest some money in another starter. So who should that starter be? I like Syndergaard, and if we get him instead of Eovaldi, cool. But how many other potential acquisitions are there that seem like better plays?
  20. Bellhorn04
    Very creative!
  21. Bellhorn04
    The Sale extension was unusual because there were concerns about his health well before he signed it.
  22. Bellhorn04
    Technically, Eovaldi was different from the others, because he actually became a free agent and we had to outbid other teams.
  23. Bellhorn04
    Agree 100%. Feeling marginally more hopeful after the last 3 games, and that's it.
  24. Bellhorn04
    Sure, Sale's original 3 years were great, although he actually started to sputter health-wise in Year 3. Thing is, we had to pay a very high price in talent to acquire those 3 years. And one of the players we gave up, Moncada, cost us $63 million, which isn't chicken feed either. I still say there's no rule to be followed. Every acquisition comes with its own costs and risks baked in.
  25. Bellhorn04
    So Price is sucking. So is Sale, and he came by way of trade. Eovaldi was a free agent signing and he's been excellent. I don't think there's a consistent rule to be followed.
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