moonslav59
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Because SDP will want too much or because we don't like him enough? \ How about Polanco? Drury? Edman or Donovan? Cronenworth? (talk about 3 year declines)
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I think we are or will be a top 3 finalist. I'd say the odds might be: 33% NYM 32% NYY 31% BOS 4% some sleeper
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Hey, Scherzer will be having back surgery, so maybe we can trade for him!
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I thought we were going to be the last team he visited.
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They weren't the solutions we needed. Yes, I'd have prefered 2 from ERod, Wacha, Lugo and Gray than Giolito and Clevinger, but if that was the best we were ever going to do, it's a punt. Maybe it would have been a 65 yard punt, but a punt is a punt.
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I'm feeling that, too. The only thing that may hold it up is some high bidding team asking him to wait for a better offer, for some reason. I think teams have let him know what they are willing to give.
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Seriously, if plan B was Wacha and Lugo, I'd rather we just punt and go for 2025. There are more options than Yamo, Monty and Snell. There are trade targets that could easily be our plan B. I'm not defending their plan, but the off season is not over. I don't see missing out on Wacha and Lugo as significant, and I was pretty high on both as possible second best options, but there are more like them or better- like Imanaga, Stroman and maybe a coule others equal or better than those two. Hell, Paxton may do better than them, and I have him tier 4.
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I'd rather we trade for Kim or Polanco and spend on quality pitching and then more quality pitching.
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I'm not expecting it. I am fully on the "It's all sham" wagon, but I do think there are still quality targets out there, and I'm not seeing many I feel are top priorities going off the board. If we signed Wacha and Lugo, this place would be going crazy with disgust. Why are we disgusted they signed elsewhere? If we miss out on all the top priorities, it doesn't matter if we missed out on Wacha. We'll have just punted to 2025, anyway.
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Who is left (of Sox interest)? Tier 1: Yamamoto Trade candidates Tier 2: Snell Monty Kershaw to LAD or retire?) Trade candidates Tier 3: Imanaga (Tier 2?) Stroman Giolito Clevinger Ryu Duvall (OF) Gurriel (OF) Garver (C/DH) Tier 4: Lorenzen Manaea Montas Paxton Merrifield (2B) A Rosario (SS/2B) Turner (DH/1B)
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I'm ready to pounce, but their number one target has not signed, yet.
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No Snell? No trade(s)?
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Who are you talking to?
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Again, you missed my point. I'm saying a poster should NOT project next year's value based on a perceived trend for a pitcher with basically only has a 3 year sample size. I do NOT think his 3 year sample size or trend goes against signing him. I repeat: I like Burnes. I'm only worried about not extending him.
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"Yamo" is a slur?
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I think Yamo will sign, sooner than later. He will, of course, wait until the counter bidding stops. That could take longer than I expect.
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One more tier 3 guy gone. (We need better than tier 3, anyway, but he looked to be near the top of he tier 3 list, to me.)
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There was a major injury in the middle of that time, so I'm not sure his decline can be fully attributed to the role change. (Not that you claimed it was the only reason.)
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I agree, but let's not deny that we have been limiting spending ("saving") over the past few years.
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There is no Yamo slur, except in your mind, maybe.
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I wasn't trying to imply he can't pitch many innings. I was pointing out that his career sample size of seasons we can count as significant is only 3 years. Trying to claim some sort of trend on a 3 season sample size seems overly speculative for a 29 year old. I like Burnes, and think he might be the best pitcher of this whole group in 2024. Most IP, best ERA, best xFIP. I have no issues with his IP projections.
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You're sounding like those posters who fail to name names, but claim "there are many posters who _____."
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I think we all have vented here, at some point. Some more than others.
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That's what we did between 2019 and 2020. We failed to match the 2018-2019 spending in 2021, too. We "saved" by not buying, and the owners maybe made more money.
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More or less? Okay, change it to... $200M Monty $150M Imanaga I was just trying to compare a similar financial choice that can be made.
