Bellhorn04
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Making it to the 6th game of the ALCS in your second season when you haven't been able to spend much, or trade much, is pretty good, IMHO.
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Right, but the other point is, for $7 million, you're going to get a guy with weaker numbers. He's $7 million for a reason. Bloom has shown he can find some undervalued players, so why not have a little trust that he has done his due diligence and thinks it's a worthwhile play?
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Of course. He was also very expensive for that reason.
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Maybe Wacha will be 2022's Pivetta. Pivetta was a lot better than expected this year. That's the way baseball is. The bottom line is, you're not going to get a guaranteed stud starter for $7 million. It costs $77 million just to get you E-Rod, who had a 4.74 ERA this year.
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D'oh! ALDS.
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Because you were just bragging about smart the Rays are?
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Hmmm, who won the ALCS between Boston and Tampa this year?
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Oh, so now you're getting all fancy with analyzing stuff.
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Career ERA's Wacha 4.14 E-Rod 4.16 Wacha is better! End of story.
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If you're not going just by ERA, stop pounding away about Wacha's ERA.
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Jesus, Red, listen to yourself for a second. You're freaking out because Bloom signed a guy with a 5 ERA for $7 mill. Then you're saying we should have paid E-Rod the $77 mill Detroit did. What was his ERA in 2021? Oh yeah, 4.74. So I guess having an ERA a tick under 5 is worth an extra $70 mill. Too funny.
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So you've lost faith in Henry then.
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So much whinin' over one little signin'.
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You really don't have much faith in Bloom then.
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I don't have the answer. Maybe they shell out for Stroman, or maybe they swing a trade. What I know is that it's November 27.
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This guy is replacing Perez, not E-Rod.
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Depth signings, 1 year contracts, some upside indicators. It's not that complicated when one gives it a little thought.
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Yep. He's your 2022 Perez. Addition by subtraction followed by subtraction by addition? Oh well, at least there'll be no Sticky Stuff Surprises in 2022.
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Fair point Jax.
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Wacha finished strongly in the regular season. Last 8 games 3.20 ERA, .565 OPSa. In Bloom I trust.
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I'll guess 4.5 mill.
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Still no word on the dollars. Guesses? Hopefully not much more than 3-4 mill.
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Well, to be fair, some of his moves were greeted with more like indifference.
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A move that is sure to be more condemned than praised here!
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Hypothetical question for you and notin: if you knew Whitlock could deliver 150 quality innings next year as a starter, would you still keep him in the bullpen?
