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  1. moonslav59
    Dean threw no hit ball in his 5 IP, 2 BB and 1 ER.
  2. moonslav59
    Alvarez went 5-5 and Kavadas 3-4 in the Woo loss. Booster got shelled. KCampell went 3-4 and Binelas hit a granny in the POR win.
  3. moonslav59
    As time goes by, the Theo and Ben influence on today’s team will be almost gone and DD’s, less and less. I think the amount of DD prospects helping this team surprised a few of us, and despite the long gap with little to no farm help under his time, here, it’s hard to not appreciate his mark on this team. Brez & Bailey have already made a significant mark on this team, in less than a year, but a big chunk of this year’s top performers and prospects are from the Bloom era. That’s not to say all is or should be forgotten about his 4 year reign. 3 of those years sucked, badly, but his task was mostly to rebuild the farm and hope for a better longer term outlook than we had in 2020, and he seems to have done okay as the floor with a ceiling that looks better now than it did 3 months ago.
  4. moonslav59
    What do you see in the Rays that convinces you they have more talent?
  5. moonslav59
    Maybe Bello can springboard off this game.
  6. moonslav59
    No doubt. I do think top brass wanted Bloom to sell on at least one deadline, and were unhappy when he did not. Perhaps by the time Bloom figured it out, he had already been shown the door. I will add, if Bloom’s young additions and prospects do well, we may thank him, here and there, between the bitching and bashing.
  7. moonslav59
    True but he is no rookie.
  8. moonslav59
    Yup. The trick is guessing right more often than not. There is a ton of luck involved, but certainly some GMs are better than others pretty consistently.
  9. moonslav59
    Agreed. It won’t take a top 7-8 prospect to get real talent. I hope we are buyers, and on 2+ pitchers!
  10. moonslav59
    Apparently, one reason he fired Bloom was for not selling. Yea, insisting on selling was a poor choice of words.
  11. moonslav59
    Of course. Nobody wants a team to sell, because it means they suck or are at best near mediocrity. Only when that happens are some of us looking at selling as a possible better option than doing nothing or wasting the future on futile buying sprees.
  12. moonslav59
    He’s made way more than Betts, and when he sells the team, let’s talk.
  13. moonslav59
    Are you appalled at how much JH makes?
  14. moonslav59
    …and not Flaherty?
  15. moonslav59
    … and maybe a bit luckier on the Sale trade.
  16. moonslav59
    The more we win, the harder it will be for JH to insist on selling.
  17. moonslav59
    Very satisfying win. Almsor everyone scored or knocked in a run. Crawford put up some nice numbers. We need him back on track to keep this going.
  18. moonslav59
    Cespedes promoted to Salem.
  19. moonslav59
    Maybe we try to get Kopech back. Just thinking of nonsplash trades, something maybe more possible.
  20. moonslav59
    The Rays May trade Zach Eflin, a SPer Bloom made an offer to a couple years back. His contract seems designed for a Ray’s trade: he’s owed $18M in 2025 on his $40M/3 deal. I’d prefer a deal like this to a 2 month rental, despite the higher return needed. A good rental might be trading for Flaherty from the Tigers.
  21. moonslav59
    I get the risk: I still take Casas. Vlad is not a sure bet, either.
  22. moonslav59
    Wink was a trade acquisition from tge Beni deal. I forgot about him.
  23. moonslav59
    Was it wise to sign Richards and Kluber? Both had been great or very good pitchers for extended times, but has been injured often or recently before their signings? Both had hardly pitched in previous seasons. Not many liked the signings at the time, and nobody liked them in hindsight. Had we signed Sale to a $27M/1 deal, last winter, how many posters would have been happy with yet another gamble at nearly 3x what Kluber or Richards cost? Be honest with yourself. How about Sale at $10M/1? (With or without another addition like Gio?) I think the FO got fed up with hoping injured pitchers might regain form AND give 150+ IP in the upcoming season. Hell, even the recent SPer additions that kinda worked out never gave us both. Wacha and Hill pitched okay but no 150+ IP. Perez gave us IP but not quality pitching. Pivetta came closest, but is really just a decent #4.
  24. moonslav59
    Max, we’ve had the worst 2B WAR over the last 3-4 years, combined. Let’s not pretend we knew Valdez, DHam and others was going to change that. Let’s not pretend we knew Story was going to play150+ games at SS. Let’s not count on Mayer while saying we were dumb to count on Grissom. Our FO attempted to fix our worst position on paper and felt they stabilised the rotation with a more durable SPer. Gio got hurt makes the FO dumb? Sale surprising everybody in the world makes Brez dumb? Grissom surprising almost everyone makes Brez dumb?
  25. moonslav59
    Buying at the deadline is almost always for rentals and rarely for long term improvement. I hope we end up being buyers, but a lot can happen in the next4 weeks. If somehow we could find someone to trade us a SPer under control for 2025 and 2026, I’d consider dealing a top prospect, hopefully not from the big 3 or Cespedes and K Campbell.
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