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  1. moonslav59
    Many of the guys DD traded, in hindsight, were over-rated. Trading them for very useful pieces worked out well. While DD was trading away many prospects, he was adding better ones. I don't see how that can be viewed as tearing down or emptying. No, he did not do a great job, especially when adding pitching prospects, but the terms "tear down" and "emptied" just don't make sense to me. In hindsight, the guys DD kept did much better than the guys he traded, despite many of those traded being highly regarded, at the time.
  2. moonslav59
    My list shows the guys he inherited and kept. Just what you asked for. I even provided a short list of those he trades and did more than squat. I asked you what list was better. Kept: Devers Houck Duran Bello Crawford Casas Rafaela The best performers he traded were: Moncada Kopech Margot Which list is better?
  3. moonslav59
    A 1 page game thread. I think the number of posts equaled the attendance.
  4. moonslav59
    Story seems to be coming to life. A couple big ribbies.
  5. moonslav59
    That was a beauty. No other OF'er on this team makes that play.
  6. moonslav59
    Huge win. Not easy.
  7. moonslav59
    DD traded over 20 players, who were at one point a top 20 prospect. Many had dropped down, when traded, but many were still highly regarded. Almost all of the ones he traded underperformed, got hurt or just plain sucked. I guess, if you want, you can say he emptied the farm, but he ended up keeping the ones that have done better. Some were from Ben and some were his own. Kept: Devers Houck Duran Bello Crawford Casas Rafaela The best performers he traded were: Moncada Kopech Margot Which list is better? If you kept filling the farm as you emptied it, and kept the best ones you inherited, is that really emptying it?
  8. moonslav59
    His guys were part of his farm, but I'll answer: Prospects he kept: (Fall 2015) 2. Devers 5. Beni 8. Johnson 10. Marrero 11. Chavis 14. TBall Others in the system but not yet ranked in 2015: Beeks, Rusney, G Bautista ERod just graduated a month before he joined the Sox. Owens, too.
  9. moonslav59
    Huh? All of DD's guys were there when he was here. Casas was our #1 prospect when DD left: he was NOT traded. (In system for more than a year) Dalbec was #5: maybe should have been traded by Bloom after 2021 (1+ yr) Duran was #5. (1+ yr) Houck was #6 and in the system for 2 yrs (was #6 at end of 2018) Murphy, Bello, Rafaela... I get the pont about some of these guys being so far away, it was hard to know who was good or not, but DD chose well, lucky or whatever. Do you still think he emptied the farm? (The Bloom list was added, so people know who were not DD guys.)
  10. moonslav59
    I wonder if the Sea Dogs would beat Woo in a 7 game series.
  11. moonslav59
    Some call it luck that he kept "the right guys." To me, that doesn't matter. The fact is he did pretty damn good with his farm passed on, and with the ones he traded away. FYI: Bloom guys (many are still months to several years away from the bigs of flame outs.) Prospects when acquired: Whitlock, Wink, Abreu, Valdez, Slaten, Bernardino, Kelly, DHam (Anthony, Mayer, Teel & others) Non-prospects when acquired: Pivetta, McGuire, Refsnyder, Reyes Jansen, MartinGio, Story, Yoshi
  12. moonslav59
    With inflation, he probably will, assuming he does well.
  13. moonslav59
    These days, many SP'ers just go 18 batters, if they are lucky. It's fine, if you have a good pen with some good long men.
  14. moonslav59
    Jupiter would be so much cooler!
  15. moonslav59
    Lasst season... 25 pitchers had 180+ IP 56 had 150+ (almost 2 per team) 67 had 140+ (about 2 per team) 83 had 130+ (that's almost 3 per team)
  16. moonslav59
    Some interesting career comps: Pitch 1-25, 26-50, 51-75 and 76-100: RP & SP .516>.653>.822>.830 Houck .686>.605>.779>.923 Whitlock AS SP: 1st PA, 2nd PA, 3rd PA .566>.700>.949 Houck .761>.660>>1.103 Whitlock
  17. moonslav59
    I can agree with your divisions into 4 tiers, although spotrac has 11-19 over $128M. According to spotrac, we are $21M from #10 SFG and $47M from #9 CHC. We are about $30M from being at the bottom of the 3rd or middle tier. We are $60M from your 4th tier and $20M from your 2nd tier.
  18. moonslav59
    True. They are just $14M above the league average (spotrac,) but those big spending teams really warp the numbers. (I guess the A's do, too.) We are $35M from second tier (#16 in MLB.) Add $35M and we'd only move up one slot to #10 and still $22M from #9 CHC..
  19. moonslav59
    Yes, mid level, which is still a step down, but not low budget. Maybe, someday we get back to top 6 or 7, but there are some (newer) big spenders in MLB, now. Since March 2022 (2 year period:) $313/10 Devers $140/6 Story $90/5 Yoshida (plus posting fee of over $10M) $55/6 Bello extension $39M/2 Giolito $32M/2 Jansen We lost some big contracts and players, since March '22, but not many low or mid spending teams spent that much on new contracts in this time period. (I'm not trying to defend JH & Co.)
  20. moonslav59
    Was the Devers extension an illusion?
  21. moonslav59
    Who would dare?
  22. moonslav59
    It seems our AAA roster has lots of those type, plus we have Dalbec on the 26, who might be going to AAA when Grissom or Ref return from the IL. (Maybe EValdez?).
  23. moonslav59
    Look at these ST'ing plus MLB K:BB ratios of 2024: Whitlock: 22:3 and 8:0 = 30:3 Pivetta: 22:4 and 10:0 = 32:4 Crawford: 18:2 and 7:1= 25:3 T. Houck: 16:3 and 10:0= 26:3 Bry. Bello: 18:8 and 2:0= 20:8
  24. moonslav59
    Good point. SSS, of course, but look how HOU started the season, after switching from Maldi to a hitter catcher.
  25. moonslav59
    Are you going to flip the script, this spring on Wong v McGuire? LOL!
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