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  1. moonslav59
    Our guys and their gals need to plan their pregnancies better.
  2. moonslav59
    Maybe Ellis Burks.
  3. moonslav59
    Having to be done is a different issue, to me. (I'd argue at Judge's age, the contract was insane, but from a PR standpoint, yes. They were being held for ransom.) Mookie's situation was for both PR and for the good of the team- short and long term. The Judge contract may turn out worse than Stanton's.
  4. moonslav59
    Had we just had 1-2 durable and competent pitchers, we likely could have not had to try 10 others.
  5. moonslav59
    It's not hope. It is expected his deal will be very bad.
  6. moonslav59
    It is not beyond any question. One could argue all the rest days caused injuries just as easily as your claim.
  7. moonslav59
    Bad comp, since NYY will regret signing Judge. We regret not signing Mookie.
  8. moonslav59
    Who was sent down or put on the IL?
  9. moonslav59
    Agreed. I might even say "most of the time."
  10. moonslav59
    Is that counting all pitchers with 0-5 IP? All I know is WAR means wins above Replacement not Average.
  11. moonslav59
    Yes, I did, but I would like someone to look this up. LOL
  12. moonslav59
    No, it's 1 fewer win than a replacement level pitcher with a 0.0 WAR.
  13. moonslav59
    You gave the link? I apologize, if you did. I'm still waiting on the links with only "F" grades.
  14. moonslav59
    Someone could look up team singles with a man on 2nd and see where we place in runs scored. (Not me.)
  15. moonslav59
    I think there is some truth to this, and it seems we saw more3 multi year deals than one year deals, last winter, so maybe a change is coming. Maybe that's just wishful thinking.
  16. moonslav59
    Vaz played a career high games in 2019 crushed the 2018 negative WAR with a +2.3. Devers played more games in 2019 and greatly improved his WAR. Bogey played 19 more games in 2019 and nearly doubled his WAR. I could look at 2017 and probably find similar points to make. Maybe rest helps, some, but my point is that this seems excessive. I'm fine with nobody getting 162, again, or even 158 or 159, but 135-145 is too much. BTW, those low numbers from 2018 were not all from "rest games."
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    Well, did you expect instant 3 Cy Young candidates right off the bat? Modest improvement can be viewed as step in the right direction. To be truthful, I'm not sold on the idea that modest improvement continues over the next few years, but I think it deserves consideration that we are now in the midsts of a chaning system that is better at acquiring better young pitchers and is better at developing them. (Note: Whitlock and Wink spent very little to no time on our farm. They were acquired vis trade or Rule 5.)
  18. moonslav59
    Both statements can be true, if you consider no formal offer was made, but $300M was offered, informally.
  19. moonslav59
    I know exactly what you are saying. Yoshida is struggling and is in danger of playing less and less, especially if Agreu stays hot. We've seen the ups and downs of Yoshida and various opinions on him change a few times, this season. I'm not sure we can look at his prior 3 week production and think "this is who he is," but it is concerning. I liked the Yoshida signing, but would love to see Abreu earn the job he has. I'm glad we still have both, in case one struggles.
  20. moonslav59
    We have yet to get a link to any story we asked for one, like when he said every news outlet said we got an "F on a trade.
  21. moonslav59
    The reason we haven't won in the last 4-5 years is not all about reduced sending; it's the near total lack of farm infusion until this year. Only Houck has given us anything useful since Devers in the summer of '17. (OK, Whitlock, too in 2021.) We need both to work. A steady farm and spending above the mean. This year is the first year we got both, and it was a reset year. Maybe next year the spending goes up some and we add Rafaela, Abreu, Kelly and some sleeper.
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    It's not one guy. When was the last time we had a 3 year window with pitchers coming up like Bello, Houck, Whitlock, Crawford and Wink? These aren't great names, but look at the names before them: DHern, Shawaryn, Owens, Johnson, Ranaudo, TBall, Webster, de la Rosa and yes, Kopech and Beeks, How is that not viewed as improvement, even if it's all blind luck.
  23. moonslav59
    I've always felt this to be true. Same with Lester. Let's say they float the $300M number, verbally and they see Bett's agents roll their eyes and not even make a counter offer. If $300M was very close to the highest you were going to go,anyway, maybe you don't even make a counter offer. IMO, why not send a formal offer for $310M/11, and then see what happens. (With Lester, it was a bit different. Lester had said he'd consider a hometown discount, and it's hard to know how low that meant, but the fact they never countered until way later makes me think they never wanted to pay him what it would take. IMO, they didn't even want him to say yes to their final offer.) Bogey: same thing. They never wanted to pay what Bogey wanted at any point along the timeline.
  24. moonslav59
    True, but he has not yet been "benched." Has Abrue started out 1 for 19, Yoshida would likely be starting a little more.
  25. moonslav59
    I was lucky. In my freshman year Joe Montana led us to a championship vs #1 Texas, led by Earl Campbell. What many don't know is that our dufus coach, Dan Devine, had Joe as the 3rd string QB. It took a flop in game one and an injury in game 2 to get Joe to start, and the rest is history.
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