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  1. moonslav59
    Agreed. I would like Goodman- hole and all, at the right price. COL seems to demand too much, though.
  2. moonslav59
    Ortiz's last season was one of his 2nd best OPS+ for a full season.
  3. moonslav59
    One reason I suggested pushing KC for Lindor is the money he is owed vs Mayer's.
  4. moonslav59
    Early may not be back, but he is still more likely to help in 2026 than Eyanson. Eyanson seems to have enormous upside for 2028 and beyond- maybe 2027. To me, Early has more trade value, so that's why I mention him a lot.
  5. moonslav59
    Love the zero BBs by the struggling Bennett. If tthis is him, at his worst, we have a keeper. Durbin is over .700, now and may pass the league average soon, which is... .245 BA (Durbin is at .239) .319 OBP (CD at .301) .403 SLG (CD at .401) .722 OPS (CD at .702) He's playing GG type defense. Yoshida on base 2 of 4 times and leads the team in OPS for the last month. Abreu made a hard out, today and went 0-4. Contreras keeps being Contreras. Great to see Duran get 3 RBIs, and I hope like hell he has a comeback. Whitlock might be the next Chapman, if he keeps this up. A return to form by Slaten would be huge!
  6. moonslav59
    Rafaela dah man!
  7. moonslav59
    Well, Roman A looks kinda shaded, now. How does Mayer's shade look? KC's?
  8. moonslav59
    I was on the KMarte wagon for most of the winter. I was driving the wagon for a while. I kinda soured when I heard what AZ wanted (Tolle and or Early plus more) and the age issue was brought up, too. I'd consider trading for him, now, despite his dip in production. He has one less year of control and is owed less than half the Lindor Money. Even if NYM pays $60M, Lindor is still paid more and has an extra year on the wrong side of the age scale. I'd consider trading for Lindor, too. His upside is very high, and even if he declines, he could still be a nice value for 3-4 years of the 5 remaining. Maybe even all 5.
  9. moonslav59
    yup, and same with the Priester deal. The Sale deal is down to Ziehl on the Sox side as we got him for Grissom, so that deal is pretty much decided, but one never knows. Look at how many of Brez's trades and signings have done well and well "so far." Many of the prospects we traded for are doing well or very well. Some are not.
  10. moonslav59
    We said the same about Story, and he was younger when we got him and after his first IL stint. (Story was worth 15fWAR & 20 bWAR over the 4 seasons before we signed him and his first season with us was at age 29!) Look, I like Lindor. I'd guess he'll be fine for a year or two, okay for another year or two and be seen as underwater for maybe a year or two. TBH, I'd take him at $20M x 5 and hope he doesn't comeback to haunt us like Story did, but then give up talent for that? I'm not high on Mayer but Mayer for Lindor and $60M seems VERY risky. I'd give Campbell for Lindor and $50M. I'd give Bello for Lindor and $50M.
  11. moonslav59
    I'm sure some other pitchers he traded away will go well, and they will get the Harrison, Priester & Drohan treatment as well. Did we really expect them all to do poorly? We knew we were giving up players with promise to get players with promise or proven talent. We should look at the net results. We'll win some and lose some on both sides of the ledger, but it's the net result that matters. Does anyone doubt that our staff on the 26, 40 and farm has greatly improved in less than 3 years of the Brez era? He's also improved the defense.
  12. moonslav59
    Equally crazy to add a 33 year old SS at $20M x 5.
  13. moonslav59
    I liked the trade, but I also liked the Sale and Priester trades, too- for various reasons.
  14. moonslav59
    I'm very high on Eyanson, and even if trading for Neto, we still need future middle infield options, so Arias becomes close to untouchable. I'm very high on Early, too but we have to give to get. I'd offer him and Mayer plus Witherspoon and Gonzales/Azocar/Godbout, but I'm not sure that gets us Neto and a catcher or other decent bat at 2B or LF/DH. If we traded for a SS and 2Bman, then including Arias is more worthy of consideration, but they cant eb rentals.
  15. moonslav59
    Bregman is 32 and has not been over a 3.7bWAR since age 30. Alonso is 31 and has not been over a 3.3 bWAR since age 27 (2022.) Lindor is slightly older than Breggie and has aged much better. 6.8 bWAR at age 30. 5.8 bWAR at age 31 (2025) It's hard to know if this season is a fluke or a sign of a sharp decline. It's a gamble for a player that turns 33 in November with 5 years to go.
  16. moonslav59
    Yes, and not a single poster cried when we traded those 3. Some questioned the idea, but the thing Brez did was shuffle the deck. He traded as much as he added. We don't hear about Fitts, Dobbins, Clarke, Fajardo, Travieso, Aita, Hoppe, Murphy, Wikelman and on and on... Some are going to do well. That should be expected when you trade for talented players and prospects. To me the major pitcher moves balance sheet is this for right now... Sale, Harrison, Priester & Drohan vs Crochet, Suarez, Gray, Bennett, Chapman, Weissert, Watson (Gio>Sandoval) & Buehler and DMay types (I won't mention we got Durbin for 2 of those pitchers.)
  17. moonslav59
    We have to realize we may need to trade away the next Harrison and Priester (or better) to get what we need. To me, to go large means trading at least... Arias or Eyanson or Early plus maybe Witherspoon or Valera/Phillips/Holobetz Gonzales, Azocar or Godbout plus secondary pieces like Romero, Cespedes, Wehunt and others. Even these guys might not be enough to get what we need in full. We'd probably have to trade two from Arias, Eyanson AND Early plus Witherspoon, Azocar and Gonzales. That's just for two key pieces, and one might be just a rental. (We can add Mayer to the mix, but if Arias is traded, too, we've opened up a big hole for our future middle infield options.)
  18. moonslav59
    Neto & Jeffers and roll the dice with the current staff?
  19. moonslav59
    His reluctance to trade Tolle and Early last summer has paid off.
  20. moonslav59
    Brez has done well with the WOO pen shuttle service and putting Bello there. He may be hoping for the Suarez and Early returns to bump a starter (Rivera & then Sandoval) to the pen, but I think we need some outside help- as we do every year. Here are the OPS Against numbers as RP'ers. I divided them into 4 groups: Failures and not in our future plans: 2.500 La Sorsa (2 PAs Against) 1.378 Oviedo (18) 1.064 Uberstine (11) 1.013 Kahnle (43) (.713 Anderson w 32) _____________________ Not so good but will/may needed: .822 Slaten (104) .750 Watson (222 and improving) _____________________ Doing okay to pretty good: .692 Weissert (165) .652 Gamboa (32) .633 Samaniego (81, but not ding well in AAA) .614 Kelly (71 doing okay in AAA) ________________________ Doing well to very well .615 Guerrero (90) Big BOOST! .595 Chapman (134) Slipping, of late. .535 Whitlock (137) The BULL! .487 Bello (111) WOW! .419 Moran (145) One guy I projected to do well & has. .200 Rivera (10) Starting, for now.
  21. moonslav59
    I'm pretty sure Brez is asking around on some of these names.
  22. moonslav59
    To get those three, you have to include Eyanson and probably Gonzales or Godbout.
  23. moonslav59
    I've been high on Jeffers for a couple years. He's not great on D, but he can DH when not catching or we can late inning sub for D, if needed. Goodman, Langeliers and even Alvarez will be very costly. I hate giving up a lot for a rental, so I'd kick the tires on longer term solutions, but Jeffers might be who we settle on, especially if we find a longer term solution at SS/2B. We could also use a pitcher. I doubt we trade the future for 3 major add-ons.
  24. moonslav59
    Lindor is owed $32M x 5. If the Mets pay $60M, it brings it down to $20M x 5. Yes, that's less than Story's $23.3M AAV for 1 year and one year only. Maybe $60M plus Story and Bello.
  25. moonslav59
    For 5 years? That's almost like Story money, but Story has 1 more year. Lindor turns 33 soon. I'd want $60M plus they take Story or Yoshida (or both.)
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