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  1. moonslav59
    No. We are at least 2 very good SPers and a very good all around 2Bman away from being close. Just 1 SP, 2Bman and a guy from your list does not get us to 80 wins, IMO. 2 from Stroman, Imanaga or Giolito plus a 2Bman might. My list is short, at this point. Monty Stroman Imanaga Maybe Giolito or a guy like Bauer. Trade for Kim or Polanco. I might beE forgetting someone, but to me, falling short of even this downgraded list, is punting. I’m not interested in how we can punt better, unless it involves improving the 2025 outlook.
  2. moonslav59
    Me, too. I felt just as badly after we traded away most of the late70’s team and lost Fisk.
  3. moonslav59
    I’ve stated my preference: concentrate on quality over quantity. Put all the winter spending budget into 3 players: SP SP 2B Now, if we spend big on 2 guys and have very little left over, then maybe one of these guys might make sense. If we get even two SPers like Stroman and Imanaga, none of the guys you listed look to crack my top 13 opening day pitchers.
  4. moonslav59
    Feel free to make suggestions that keep us from even 80 wins. If these are the guys we are serious about, count me out from having to choose from that group.
  5. moonslav59
    Not even
  6. moonslav59
    No doubt. I don’t think JH would have signed Betts, after 2019, even if he asked for$280/10.
  7. moonslav59
    If these are the types of guys we are looking at, I’d rather we just play the kids and punt to 2025.
  8. moonslav59
    I can’t see how we could have extended Betts and got to the budget of 2020. Nobody takes Price off our hands without Betts or Bogey. BTW, I just said clear evidence, not that it shows trading Betts was a 100%. IMO, he was a goner after that 2019 season.
  9. moonslav59
    Many working age families are moving to Texas.
  10. moonslav59
    It’s still better to have the 5th pick than 15-20.
  11. moonslav59
    Add an “I”
  12. moonslav59
    Certainly the ceilings are higher in the 25 group.
  13. moonslav59
    Probably close to the same as the team was thought to be LAD. I would find it very strange to think maybe we did not seek out all the possible trade parters before choosing the one we felt was the best, at the time. To me, the fact that DD almost traded Betts at the deadline, but hopes of making the playoffs put it off, is clear evidence a trade was already decided on after the 2019 team failed to advance.
  14. moonslav59
    Yes, and how many teams were able to take on the contracts of Betts and half Price?
  15. moonslav59
    This is worse than the time we traded Lynn, Burly, Lee, Cooper and lost Fisk by not offering him a contract on time? There were other long stretches of little to no hopes.
  16. moonslav59
    Starting with at least one doing very well from Rafaela and Abreu.
  17. moonslav59
    Usually, where there are high taxes, there is also a higher cost of living. People often move to places where they can get more bang for their bucks.
  18. moonslav59
    I liked him before he signed, but never as the top pitcher we sign.
  19. moonslav59
    Our top 3 RPers v LHB (OPSA) .609 Wink .615 Martin .650 Jansen
  20. moonslav59
    Are those splits for the pen only?
  21. moonslav59
    It’s the one thing we have quality and quantity.
  22. moonslav59
    JH spent a lot to build what looked like it should have been a 4-5 year window. The budget for2019 was higher than2018, despite not bringing back Kimbrell & Kelly. That’s what happens when studs move through arbs and close to free agency. I agree with Bell. The 2019 season soured JH. Hell, we came close to a summer fire sale by trading Betts under DD. That is evidence the change was already underway. I expected it to be for a couple years, maybe three, and in some ways the spending has increased a lot, but it got so low, it just looks like a lot. I also think JH is stuck in the 2017 market on some sort or time warp gig.
  23. moonslav59
    Strawman.
  24. moonslav59
    Many of our righties do very well vs RHBs. One does better. If we can keep 3 of these 4 guys in the pen all year, our pen is set: Crawford Houck Pivetta Whitlock
  25. moonslav59
    He’s added 5 already- all excellent
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