moonslav59
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I can understand overvaluing your own guys, but there comes a point, at times, when the best idea is to trade a guy for the best return you can get, regardless of it not being "good enough." Getting something is better than getting nothing or just a comp pick.
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It could be a slow swinging pendulum that is almost at rest- swing just slightly left and right.
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I mentioned Perales in this post.
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Thanks for pulling that from the archives.
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When was the last time a Sox farm system just graduated 2 players like Bello & Casas and still had a top 4 like this? 1. Anthony 2. Mayer 3. Teel 4. Bleis I'm really high on Cespedes, too, but it will take time for him to show he belongs in MLBs top 50-100. I also see hope in Rafaela, Yorke, Wikelman, Perales, Zanetello, Joh Garcia, Castro and Abreu. We have a bunch of farther away guys that will likely jump up, next year (and some that fall.)
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I'd stay away from TJS recoverees.
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Yes, he might be identified as a they.
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Not al all. Just a balanced approach. Some big contracts, some moderate, some small. A willingness to trade top prospects without trading almost all of them. A willingness to go out and get what is needed at the deadline, or to pull the plug, when needed and stop being afraid of the backlash, if you choose to fire sale a summer. Whichever way we go, we need to start hitting better on our larger deals. If all these guys earned their money, we'd have still been in the race, this year: Sale Story Yoshi Even 1 out of 3 would be a vast improvement.
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I'm pretty high on Teel, too. Another guy kind of lost is the talk due to an injury is Bleis. We have a really solid top 5. The second tier, maybe headlined by Rafaela and Cespedes seems hard to grade out, but that's probably true for most team's 6-10 or 12 prospects. I know some here seem to get upset when we get optimistic about our prospects and the future, but I find it odd that not everyone can see the skills so many of our prospects have and not think a few are going to be highly impactful. Perhaps the prevailing view of Bloom will be changed in 4-6 years, as we see some of these kids hitting their strides.
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The pendulum needs to not swing so far each way. In fact, how about just resting somewhere in the middle?
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I do think Bloom deserves a B to B-, as of now, on the foundation/farm he built for te next guy. It's still mostly speculative and that grade could go up or down. I do think he was dealt a rough hand to start with, in terms of trying to win at the big level, every year after 2020. I think he deserves some slack for 2021 and 2022, and he actually did fine in '21, despite my thinking he made better winter deals before '22 than '21. It's the 2023 season that kills his grade for assembling the big club rosters to a winning combination. I have to give him a D in that area. C- would be okay. Overall, I'd give him a C or maybe C+, but I am one to consider context more than others seem to do.
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It's happened more than once, but of course not as well as Pedro. Schilling Beckett Sale to some extent, Porcello All were extended.
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He's had some long good and long bad, too.
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He probably won't see his option picked up, so cross him off.
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True, but I'm not sure judging a guy on so few "big moves" is all that fair. Many feel the Betts trade was forced, and having to add half-Price hurt the return and limited the choices of teams to deal with to just 1. The Beni trade was not all "that big," although at the time, many felt Beni was poised to improve and be close to a star. The Story and Yoshida signings might be the only two big moves we should count as big. Jansen at $16M x 2 might count, for some. Both Story and Yoshida are not off to good starts, but both still have time to improve on the outlook.
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True, and when you think about his very worst moves, they were not only just "1 year hurts," none were massive overpays, in terms of money or trade returns: Renfroe for JBJ, DHam & Binelas $10M/1 for Kluber $10M/1 for Richards (who still managed a 1.1 fWAR) Most of the worst fWARs were minor deals gone bad: -0.8 Kluber (not so "minor"" -0.6 Robles (had done well in '21) -0.5 Diekman (dumped most of his salary and got back McGuire) -0.4 Godley & Danish -0.2 Danish & Brewer -0.2 Sawamura & Ort -1.6 Kike 2023 -0.7 Cordero '21 -0.4 Arrojo '23, JBJ '22 -0.3 Downs '22, Marwin '21, DHam '23 -0.2 Story '23, Santana '21, Cordero '22, Arauz '20, Pham '21 -0.1 Peraza '20
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It's the perfect storm to spend almost everything on the rotation. Maybe, bring back Duvall. The rest should be spent on the rotation and maybe a little on a LH RP'er. I'm not sure Joely, Bernardino and Murphy do the trick, but if we squeeze Whitlock, Houck and one or both of Crawford and Pivetta to the pen, maybe we don't need any better lefties. RH'd RP'ers Career OPS Against v RHP/vLHB .517/.589 Jansen .674/.663 Martin (reverse splits) .830/.740 Winckowski (reverse splits and .811/.619 in 2023) .685/.723 Whitlock .551/.771 Houck .759/.791 Pivetta .701/.791 Crawford (.680/.703 in 2023)
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According to many, here, Bloom made plenty of stupid moves. I think we all agree, he did not do enough- either buying or selling, or both. Not doing anything seemed to be his calling card.
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Maybe we splurge and sign Flaherty, Lorenzen and Seth Lugo.
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The idea that players about to return from the IL is as good as a trade is a fallacy. The new guy better embrace this truth.
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Like many hitters, Yoshida has seen his ups and downs. Nobody is denying he's had more downs, recently, and his up have not been as up as those earlier in the season. I'm still not sure we know who the "real Yoshida" is. One can cherry-pick many different ways: here is the season broken into 6 wildly different sizes of samples.... .560 first 12 games (53 PAs) 1.186 next 15 (67 PAs) .751 next 44 (185) 1.121 next 17 (75) .053 next 5 (19) .729 next 28 (110) .285 last 10 (39) Here is another one with 3 making his start seem best... .900 first 207 .791 middle 192 .611 last 149 and another with 3 making his mid-season look best.... .863 first 169 PAs .907 middle 211 .549 last 168 I can't make any to make the end look best, unless I get real crafty... .719 first 41 PAs .737 middle 35 .805 last 490
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I agree. harmony is more objective than most here. I think he tries to counter some over exuberance, so it tends to sound anti-Sox. I will say, he doesn't often counter posters saying bad things about Sox players, so what's up with that? I guess nobody says, let's trade Mayer and Anthony for Beni, so the need never arises.
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I'm not optimistic, but I do remain hopeful he adjusts to the league, the culture and the pitching. Maybe his friend joining the team can help that adjustment move more quickly and forcefully.
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I'm just here to counter the negativity, my friend!
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9/20 Red Sox vs Rangers in Arlington
moonslav59 replied to vegasbob's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
It's not Dugo's fault Cora didn't teach him the basics.
