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  1. Bellhorn04
    Mookie's down year is 2021 now. 3.9 fWAR. 40 games missed. Slight negative ratings in baserunning and fielding, likely due to the assorted injuries. Even Mookie could start tailing off. It's those nagging little injuries like he had in 2021 that could do it.
  2. Bellhorn04
    You do wonder where these rumors come from. If the rumors are accurate, we seem to come in with a lot of silver medals LOL
  3. Bellhorn04
    Ah moon, you love to torture yourself.
  4. Bellhorn04
    Well, we did get a decent late inning reliever on a 1 year contract at approximate market price, so we didn't pay a lot for German.
  5. Bellhorn04
    Oh. To quote a very old SNL sketch, "Never mind."
  6. Bellhorn04
    The Yankees probably fixed it so there would be no major league Rule 5 draft this year.
  7. Bellhorn04
    Bloom has done some spending this offseason, just not any that stirred a lot of excitement. Paxton, Wacha and Hill have a total AAV of about $25 mill. Plus the exercise of Vaz's option.
  8. Bellhorn04
    Me either. Especially since we have a player in house, Devers, who they should be signing to one.
  9. Bellhorn04
    So far his bigger additions have been relatively small.
  10. Bellhorn04
    Sol the net negative is what, about $5 million? Considering the variability of the measurements used, you might as well call it a wash.
  11. Bellhorn04
    That may be exactly what Bloom expects.
  12. Bellhorn04
    Never happening.
  13. Bellhorn04
    The overall score on WAR yielded per dollar cost on those names would be very good, I think.
  14. Bellhorn04
    I agree, but I left them out because I thought we were only talking about 2021 starting pitchers. Whitlock and Seabold are potential 2022 starters.
  15. Bellhorn04
    If we count all the starters acquired for minimal cost, it would include Pivetta as well.
  16. Bellhorn04
    A column in the Boston Globe yesterday shed some light on why this will be a protracted struggle. The players are going after some semi-radical changes, such as instituting a draft lottery to discourage tanking. Reportedly the owners are on board with a 3 team lottery but the players want an 8 team lottery.
  17. Bellhorn04
    The names aren't exciting, but Bloom's strategy of acquiring cheap starters on short contracts seems like a sound one. They don't create payroll problems or cost prospects, so they leave the future intact.
  18. Bellhorn04
    Looks like some Minnesota Twins bias in these selections! Kidding.
  19. Bellhorn04
    What goes on between the owners and the players is a power struggle, basically.
  20. Bellhorn04
    Everyone acts out of self-interest. The owners are interested in getting money from the fans. The players are interested in getting money from the owners. The fans are interested in getting entertainment-performance and wins-from the players. There's not much sentiment on anyone's part.
  21. Bellhorn04
    One could argue that the hypothetical player notin is talking about is free to play in any other professional baseball league not controlled by MLB.
  22. Bellhorn04
    The MLB payroll and payroll tax systems are unique, methinks. Are there any other industries in which companies whose payroll exceeds a certain level gets penalized for it? And that's just one of the quirks.
  23. Bellhorn04
    I don't disagree. But one could argue that the fans let them get away with it. No matter how many times these negotiation breakdowns hurt the game, the fans keep coming back, keep paying more and making the owners and the players richer. We're suckers, in other words.
  24. Bellhorn04
    I used to be interested in US college football, but I finally had my fill of all the corruption. Even if it wasn't for that I think it gets a little boring when it's always dominated by Alabama and the other regulars.
  25. Bellhorn04
    No idea about that.
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