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  1. moonslav59
    Neto seems much more worthy of pursuit than Witt. I'm not coming close to those offers suggested for Witt.
  2. moonslav59
    True, but the Lindor money continues for many more years. If we include Story, his money goes away after 2027. KC or Bello would be longer lasting, assuming they are interested in one or both. I'm not against Lindor. There is a good chance he has 2-3 more good years. I'd just rather sign a guy like him than trade top prospects for him and then pay FA type money, anyway.
  3. moonslav59
    Duran has sucked vs LHPs for a long time. Only his big year saw decent numbers.
  4. moonslav59
    I'd give Mayer, KC and Bello
  5. moonslav59
    Getting any of these was just money not players PLUS FA money. Alonso is a year younger and has not really declined.
  6. moonslav59
    Yup. I was done with Chris "FreaKin'" Sale. I even though Grissom might end up the second base solution this team has not solved in over a decade. It's still not solved. I include myself among those raining down the wrath, although I try to stay level-headed as much as possible. I realize when you make moves to improve the team, some will end up being bad or begin looking bad. Vice versa, too- like the Crochet looking great last year, so nobody thought twice about Teel, Monty and others. (Now, they do.)
  7. moonslav59
    It doesn't take much to incur the wrath.
  8. moonslav59
    Thanks. I figured they stayed under.
  9. moonslav59
    Agreed, and they should want a lot for a power hitting catcher with 3 arbs left.
  10. moonslav59
    They do, but many teams are not wanting Rule 5 guys due to their own roster crunches. Our Rule 5 would have to hold way more value than theirs to want him. Granted, some teams might like 2-3 of our Rule 5 guys more than their worst 3 guys on their pending 40 man roster. I think we need to look at prospects between 1 and 13 to get real value back.
  11. moonslav59
    Many additions talked about aren't close to the adjusted Lindor numbers. Abrams, Goodman and Neto are arbs. Jeffers is a cheap rental. Adames is costly ($28M x 5) That's close to Lindor money, but his name has not been mentioned much. Marte is owed $12M, $20M, $22M & $22M. That's $76M/4 and an AAV of $19M.
  12. moonslav59
    Goodman has 3 arbs left. He's cheap, and he's a real good hitter. They might take Eyanson, Witherspoon, Narvaez & Godbout
  13. moonslav59
    Agreed, trading for FA paid players at or near the point of decline hurts the budget and the roster by giving up players to get them. I remember bringing this argument up when we traded for Kimbrel, but he was not that old, and the market for closers took off shortly after that trade and changed the dynamics or what top FA closers cost was.
  14. moonslav59
    That's $40M AAV - $10M for the cash back, so $30M. JH says no.
  15. moonslav59
    We have no way of knowing how they value Mayer, KC or Bello. The Story and Bello additions were to lessen the cash they'd have to send back to us. I doubt they do Mayer, Story & Bello (or KC) for Lindor + $20-30M, but they would save significant money and have some players.
  16. moonslav59
    That's a great point, as we are down to two eligible far arms, now: Uberstine & Samaniego, neither of whom are SP'ers. That being said, I'm not counting on Early to return or Eyanson to pitch in the bigs, this season, so trading one of them or Witherspoon would only affect the future. The future is important, but we can add pitchers, this winter or next to replace who we trade.
  17. moonslav59
    Suarez replaces Rivera. That's easy. Rivera goes to AAA and then maybe is called up for the pen? Uberstine and Samaniego are the only farm pitchers on the 40 and not on the IL. (That's a bit unnerving.) If and when Early returns or some other SP'er like Crochet, Oviedo, Crawford or Houck, my guess is Sandoval goes to the pen. This day off helps, but we already have more games to play than everyone else, so add one more. The staff will be taxed later this season. We need to add someone or pray we get some decent returns from our IL group of pitchers.
  18. moonslav59
    I see we've all but signed 2 non draftees. Do they count towards the bonus pool? I assume we stayed under the penalty mark.
  19. moonslav59
    Agreed- go with it.
  20. moonslav59
    The 8 could be this, but your point is well made. Eyanson, Arias, Witherspoon are all 1-2 years away. Mayer is ML level. That's 4 close to or at ML level. (Sogard and Romero are, but they wouldnt be part of the 8 I'd choose.) Azocar or Gonzales have value but may be 2-3 years away. Ziehl or Phillips are nice adds, but not what might land Witt. We'd probbbly need to add Valera or both Azocar and Gonzales (or Godbout.)
  21. moonslav59
    Gray may be back, but he will be a FA, so we can't count on him, until he signs.
  22. moonslav59
    Yes. I'd be adding a prospect like Mayer, of course. I was speaking to the money aspect of the deal.
  23. moonslav59
    I think the lefty unbalanced nature of our staff may be overblown, but we do lose RHP Gray, this winter, so it makes sense. We're looking at a 5man LH'd rotation to start 2027.
  24. moonslav59
    Yes, welcome. 8 players is a nice offer.
  25. moonslav59
    We have the 2nd best run diff in the AL and 4th fewest losses.
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