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  1. moonslav59
    I still play bridge, so that really dates me.
  2. moonslav59
    You were the one reminding us about the waivers step before any return to BOS.
  3. moonslav59
    Somebody has to keep Swihart's ghost alive, I guess. BTW, some other updates beyond Wink: 3.81 Luis de la Rosa (.623 OPS Against) 4.07 Grant Gambell (.758 OPS Against as a SP'er, just promoted to AA) 1.69 at AA (.478 OPSA) in two AA starts. Who wants that trade back? Anybody want the Vaz trade back? The Diekman trade? Even the Betts trade looks better in 2023, than last year.
  4. moonslav59
    How Devers ended the last few seasons- admittedly cherry-picked... 2019: ended the season an .916 1.006 last 8 games .971 last 91 games .963 last 83 2020: finished at .793 .954 last 26 games .830 last 49 games 2021: finished at .890 1.004 last 13 games .922 last 19 games .888 last 23 games 1.028 in 2021 Playoffs (51 PAs) 2022: finished at .879 1.083 last 4 games .953 last 15 .909 last 21
  5. moonslav59
    Turner is .818 and 121 Ops+ from 20-22. JD is .805 and 116 during the same period.
  6. moonslav59
    No, I didn’t.
  7. moonslav59
    Yes, and year 2 gets you one year closer to year 3. If the window is 2-3 years, you don’t waste year one being over the line. Again, I had hopes the window would be 23-25, so I’m not defending the Chou es made. The biggest F-Up was going over in 22. That has been my position since last June.
  8. moonslav59
    I’m not thinking 10. I was thinking 2023 until we avoided adding an ace. I’m thinking 2024 (year 5) is not out of reach. We have a nice foundation in place with only a few contracts expiring and none of them are major losses, in fact most can be viewed as addition by subtraction. There is good reason to think or hope 2024 might be the year Henry opens up the wallet and pays some lux tax. Maybe not. Maybe year 6 or 7 or never. I don’t know, but I see no reason to assume Henry is fine spending for good. He just extended Devers and paid a lot for Story and Yoshida. That does not look like a GM fixing to spend less. Just my opinion- maybe just my hopes.
  9. moonslav59
    Take away those first couple weeks in 2021 and you can add 2020 to the streak of meh.
  10. moonslav59
    I’m just speculating and commenting on the 10 year plan remark. Maybe Henry is thinking 6 or7 or 10 years. No where did I say my idea is their idea.
  11. moonslav59
    Because year 2 and 3 penalties are much worse? I’ve never defended going over in 2022, and even criticised it pretty harshly. I had hoped 2023 could be a spend big year, and it could have been. I think they chose the window to start in 24 but maybe do t think I’d 23 as a throwaway year, either.
  12. moonslav59
    I didn’t throw it away. I said “if” and counting 2020 still puts a5 year plan in play. I do think 2020 was part of the rebuild. We made trades at the deadline, set ourselves up for the Mayer draft, and she’d some longer term salary drains and got some return on losing Betts. It should count. This is year 4. We are resetting the tax. Year 5 is set up for the big push, if we want it.
  13. moonslav59
    6th in 21 and 22 and resetting in 23
  14. moonslav59
    Yes, that is what resetting does.
  15. moonslav59
    Great post, Jung. The NBA is a shell of what it used to be, and as is often the case, trying to fix a problem, like hard fouls, they go too far to the other extreme. The triangle offense seemed to jumpstart the stand around and just watch the stars do their thing and forget about the 5 player team game. I’m not sure how it can be fixed. The Euro step was an abomination.
  16. moonslav59
    Even if proven guilty of milking the IL system, which will be hard to prove and may not even be investigated, I doubt the penalty will be anything more than monetary.
  17. moonslav59
    How is spending on Devers, Yoshida, Story and some 2 year deals not “wanting to spend?” I agree, there is a need for a step up, soon, and maybe this reset in 2023 will set it up for 2024, but Henry has spent a lot, recently. Yes, a lot of money walked away, too, but let’s see what happens when the Devers deal kicks in and how much we spend to replace Kluber, Kike, Duvall and a couple others. If we stay under the line in 2024, I’ll buy into the idea. I doubt the plan is to wait for Mayer to be established
  18. moonslav59
    I think the plan did not really have a specific year in mind, but the idea was to build up the system and supporting cast before pouncing with major spending. The Story and Yoshida signings were not massive outlays but still a sign of nearing or thinking we are at “that time.” The Devers extension begins in 2024 and his prime years might be that window Henry and Bloom were planning for. 2024 would be Bloom’s year 5, if you count 2020. I had serious hopes the felt like 2023 was “the year,” but not adding a top SPer makes me think it was not. With very few 1 year deals, this year, there is reason to think 2024 is it.
  19. moonslav59
    Stop being so Disanctimonius!
  20. moonslav59
    It certainly wasn’t everyone, but hyperbole romps on this site. I did not expect JD to do this well, but he started off 2022 very well, too.
  21. moonslav59
    I thought we were avoiding political statements!
  22. moonslav59
    I missed a not.
  23. moonslav59
    Miami vs Denver… Yipeee!
  24. moonslav59
    What “price” can he pay? It’s an extremely low cost risk-reward set up, this rule 5 thingy.
  25. moonslav59
    If you throw out 2020, this is year 3. I know it feels like eternity, but a 4-5 year plan is still in play.
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