moonslav59
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The thing that seems different to me, this time, is that we should not have to spend big at any everyday position. Yes, we will miss Turner, bigtime, but alternating Casas and Yoshida at DH makes sense and improves the D. Yes, we lose Duvall, who has been a spark, recently, but we have Ref from the right side and and two young OF'ers beating down the door in Rafaela and Abreu. We could get by without adding any major everyday players. Who knows what the budget is, but it could all go to the rotation, if we want to do that. (I'll believe it when I see it.)
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I'd really like to see us add two quality arms, but even one might be wishful thinking. I'd prefer to see Houck in the pen, and Pivetta or Crawford would be nice, too. What a pen that would be!
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Does Dalbec make the 40, or will he be traded? Who would be the back-up 1Bman? Devers? EValdez? (Jordan and kavadas do not need Rule 5 protection.)
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How many 40 man roster slots do we lock down for OF'ers? 1. Dugo (trade?) 2. Duran 3. Refsnyder 4. Yoshida (DH?) 5. Rafaela 6. Abreu Do we add someone from outside the system? Is Duran trade bait? (Rosier does not need Rule 5 protection, but could be in season depth, if needed.)
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How many 40 man roster slots do you lock down for middle IF? 4 or 5? 1. Story 2. Urias 3. Reyes 4. EValdez T5. DHam T5. Bonaci Do we add someone from outside the system? Is EValdez trade bait?
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8/28 Astros @ SOX 7:10PM ET
moonslav59 replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Exactly. Hardly any pitchers could be counted on for even 24 starts, let alone 28-33. That's why we needed 2 more SP'ers or one ace-type. Even Bello was questionable. The guy most likely to get 32-33 starts was Pivetta, largely viewed as our #5. -
Nice take. One question: do you put Bonaci above DHam, if it comes to a choice?
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Yes, but zero big contracts from Spring 2019 to spring 2022 (Story.) That's 3 years. Then, 3 big signings in 2 years (Story, Yoshida and Devers (spring 2022-spring 2024) We didn't even have more than a couple 2 year deals over those 3 years (Kike '21-'22 and ???) I do see a shift happening. I also see more fram help coming up, now and expected next year and beyond.
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8/28 Astros @ SOX 7:10PM ET
moonslav59 replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
It goes back to last winter. Had they added 2 more solid SP'er or one reliable ace, it would have pushed 1-2 SP'er to long relief roles and kept guys like Jacques, Llover and Bear Claw from even being on the 26. Other than that, I'm not sure what more you can do, except play the revolving door with AAA to keep bringing up fresh arms. I'm not sure we could have done that more or better. It did seem like just a temporary issues, and every team goes through this 1-5 times a year, I think. My wording could have been better. I didn't really see a way out of last night without messing up the next 2 nights. (I could be wrong.) -
Thanks for breaking it down further. I think I had Paulino as a bubble guy. I don't know enough about Hagenman to respond to that choice. I'm not sure I'm all that afraid of losing Liu, Fernandez or Hagenman. Castro seems far away, but I don't want to risk losing him. Drohan has fallen off a cliff, but should be protected.
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8/28 Astros @ SOX 7:10PM ET
moonslav59 replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
I'm not sure if 48 games in 51 days has never happened, but that is extreme, I agree. We did know it was coming, and had some more rest before then than most teams, I assume. Cora also rested many of ourplayers and no pitchers seems maxed out on IP, so we should have handled it better. -
Yup. I agreed then, too. I was pointing out how Red hated the trade on its merits, too.
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Nobody thinks the way they handled that trade was even okay.
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It looked like we tried to spend right up to the line, last year and missed on the upsida. I thought that was stupid, but since they never planned on going over, this year, I guess is was no big deal. We still spent a lot, and the Devers extension kicks in next year, so there does seem to be a movement towards longer and bigger deals. Story March '22. Yoshida '23 Devers '24 You were right to question the "up to the line" beliefs many of us had. I'm not sure another $6-9M, depending on what budget source you use would have made a big difference. Even Eflin over Kluber, despite his injury, would have made us a stronger contender.
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And you roasted Bloom for the Vaz deal- though mostly about how they handled telling him he was traded..
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Most believe we don't know enough to throw blame on anyone but the top brass.
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Yes, I did and I meant it and still do. It looks like JH does not think the same way, and I have seen improvement in several areas, including farm infusion and the promise or more steady farm infusion. I would not be upset, if they fired Bloom, this winter. I do not think they will. I wrongly assumed we'd spend right up to the line. I hoped we left room for deadline deals for pitching, but I was wrong.
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I did not forget. I mentioned it.
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Will he be the next Bear Claw?
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OK. I was asking if you could go beyond "maybe," but you won't. That fine.
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8/28 Astros @ SOX 7:10PM ET
moonslav59 replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
I brought up a relevant example of Bloom not always being on the dumpster side of trades. He also traded for Urias, this summer. Again, I wish he had traded for 2 SP'er and kept Houck in the pen, but he didn't. -
You obviously believe what you want to believe. Yesterday, you presented two seemingly opposite quotes and said, "How can we ever know?" I agree, JH is not in on every deal, especially if it is minor one- perhaps like the Urias trade, but I do think they have met and set top priorities, like avoid trading top prospects for a rental. There probably was some talks about the general direction to take at this deadline. I suppose it is possible Bloom was told he could trade some prospects, if he liked the deals, but he chose not to. Again, until I know what those possible deals could have been, I find it hard to blame Bloom for not trading Mayer & Bello for Verlander, as an example. If I knew some deals were available, that I liked, then yes, I'd be all over Bloom.
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My very first thought on the JBJ trade was WTF and "head scratcher," the term I used and got grief over. My first thought on not spending to the tax line and only adding one SP'er, last winter was WTF and why isn't the rotation a higher priority to Bloom. (This goes beyind farm vs 26 man roster, because Bloom had a lot of money to spend, and he spent it on kike, Mondesi, Braiser and Kluber, instead of better SP'er. That was my first thought and I expressed those thoughts over the winter and spring and through the season. There is a lot of things I disagree on with Bloom, but when people bash him for things I don't think is his fault, I will present the facts.
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Well, you are wrong. My point is usually "I don't know who is making the call, so maybe it's not Bloom," but I don't see that as "defending." I'm pretty sure Bloom did not want to trade prospects for pitching, at the deadline, but the whole upper brass might have decided that the farm was a higher priority. Do you think this is possible? If yes, why is your first thought to blame Bloom?
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Why ask me? I wanted us to add not one but 2 SP'ers at the deadline. I'm not defending the Sox on this, despite many thinking I defend everything they do.
