FredLynn
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What “flaw” is that? Getting more talented players than the bums Henry got on the cheap is always a good idea if you want to be competitive.
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The jury is still out on Bichette and E Suarez too. The season is early (but not too early to state that the Flops are already dead in the water)
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Brady doesn’t read the Flops media articles. If he did he’d have to acknowledge that nearly every media outlet had Bregman as the number one target, whether you agree with that position or not.
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Nice rant. But it ignores the fact that bums like IKF, Gaspar, and Durbin are on the roster and more talented players like Schwarber, Alonso, and Bregman are not. BresLOW is incompetent. The end result is another last place team. Enjoy it
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This would have been a great year to go for gold. We have our ace. We have Ranger and other good SPing. We have a stud in Anthony though he’s off to a slow start. We have a great setup man and closer in the pen. Had Henry spent on the pen and obtained a couple of very good offensive players (they were available) we could have made a deep run in the playoffs. Instead he urinated away that chance by once again going cheap and signing bums and also-rans. You don’t waste opportunities like this when you have the basis for a very good team. Unless of course your priority is to make as much money as possible and screw the team and its fans.
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Apparently it is for some here. Good thing there are astute fans like you and me here 😉
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IKF is on the roster. Schwarber is not. I think I made my point.
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You like the Gasper signing? How about the signing of the other train wrecks, IKF and Durbin instead of Schwarber or Alonso or E Suarez? I don’t. And I’m right! The proof is their record.
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Henry knows exactly what he is doing. If he can still attract a full park while spending less he makes more money. He referred to the franchise as “an asset” rather than a team. And that’s the way he treats it: a money making machine, all the while lying to the fans about his priorities. He thinks he’s fooling us, but astute fans see right through his lies. Mind you I’m not claiming he doesn’t have the right to make as much money as possible from his franchise-but we have the right to call him out on it too. And lately the media has been doing just that. Good for them!
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Thanks Maybe we would still suck if we had added Schwarber or Alonso, but it would have demonstrated that the cheapskate owner was at least trying to win. The way it worked out it demonstrates that he’s in it only to make the most money possible while lying to the fans about his priorities.
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By the end of the year Bichette will have outperformed Durbin, who is terrible offensively.
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The stiffs are Durbin, IKF, and Gaspar. I would have been ok with Ranger+Contreras AND the other Suarez or Schwarber or Alonso. Less ok with Bichette or Bregman though even they would have been an improvement. All it would have costed is $$.
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Again: its not a case of Suarez/Contreras OR Bichette/Schwarber/Alonso/Bregman (preferably Alonso or Schwarber): all were available. Getting three stiffs? Not OK. So yes, Henry and BresLOW should go. All it would have costed is $$$. Henry is a billionaire and the team takes in a LOT of money. There simply is no real committment to winning.
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Bichette would have been an improvement over the three stiffs we ended up with. I would have been OK with Contreras and Bichette but I would have preferred Schwarber or Alonso instead. Just look at who we ended up with: three stiffs and a good but not a great player. The FO is too cheap to really make an investment in winning a ring. It will never happen again under Henry's watch.
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I would have been OK with signing both Alonso (or Schwarber or Bregman) AND Contreras and jettisoning Masa. His signing was a mistake. Time to cut the cord. Its not a case of Alonso/Schwarber OR Contreras. All were available. Instead we got Gaspar, IKF, and the stiff Durbin.
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I didn’t say that. I think the current players will likely come closer to their historical averages too. But it won’t be enough.
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Occasionally obtaining a few shiny toys would at least give the semblance that ownership is TRYING to compete. Right now there’s no such evidence: IKF? Durbin? Give me a break!
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No, you get rid of Yoshida. By the end of the year he’ll have reverted to what he is: a ground ball out machine.
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I would be willing to bet that at least two of those three by the end of the year would be within 10 points of their career averages in OPS
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As others here have pointed out the major reason we stink this year is because the existing players are not producing. I contend that this is in part because they are demoralized that the FO didn't obtain high quality offensive players like Alonso or Schwarber, giving the roster a loud no confidence vote, saying "we don't believe you guys can contend this year so we are not going to spend the money to help you out". Its like that year after year with Henry the Cheap in charge.........and it won't change. The FLOPS are just another piece of his portfolio, there to make him more money. He couldn't care less about winning.
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Contreras is a good player and is making a positive contribution to the team. However Alonso is a more potent offensive weapon. He is having so far an off year for him but I expect he will end up somewhere near his career OPS. I prefer OPS+ as the single best metric to evaluate a player's offense; couldn't find it with a quick search. Henry was too cheap to sign Alonso and as usual he lost the bidding war.
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Alonso has a career OPS of .857. How many FLOPS players have an OPS of .857 this year? Alonso will end up the year close to his career average I am sure. Answer: one. Only Abreu. Compared to the wet noodle bats currently on the FLOPS Alonso IS elite. Too bad we didn't sign him, eh?
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BresLOW didn’t whiff on everyone he signed. But I sure expect a lot more from the guy responsible for constructing the roster. He’ll be gone at the end of the season-if he makes it that far.
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Two runs isn’t going to win this game
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Durbin is the poster child for Henry’s tightwad style.
