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  1. moonslav59
    LOL. Duvall is a better defender than Duran, Ref and Yoshida- maybe Dugo, too. Turner can back up 1B and 3B, but I get the point. Give me two solid SP'ers and nothing else, and we'll be better than 1 SP and _____.
  2. moonslav59
    I thought he and Houck refused the vaccine. My bad.
  3. moonslav59
    We won't spend all or 90% of the budget on the rotation, so I do think we address replacing one of these big RH'd bats, but to me the rotation is the first, second and third priority. I don't think spending pretty big on a two year deal will have the same impact as spending more on pitching- not that spending on pitching is ever a sure bet.
  4. moonslav59
    We have been playing whack a mole. Last year: try to fix the rotation with 2 SP'ers. This year, neglect the rotation and sign 2 very nice RP'ers and some depth.
  5. moonslav59
    He was listening to everyone from this board saying we just needed a strong pen! (LOL)
  6. moonslav59
    Between this and the whole COVID vaccine thing, I'm about at the end of my tolerance rope.
  7. moonslav59
    ERA- in 2023 4. Snell 63 7. Wacha 69 17. ERod 75 38. Lorenzen 85 45. Paxton 87 50. Stroman 89 67. Nola 98 77. Giolito 102 79 Urias 103 2021-2023 6. Urias 73 19. Stroman 83 21. Snell 85 32. Nola 95 fWAR '21-'23 4. Nola 13.8 15. Urias 9.8 29. Snell8.5
  8. moonslav59
    Age should be a big factor, and to me, it is worth overpaying for a 28 year old vs 30 or 31.
  9. moonslav59
    He still seems better than many of your list.
  10. moonslav59
    We ionly get one everyday players slot on Sept 1st. I think we keep Rafaela and Abreu up, when Duran returns.
  11. moonslav59
    No Urias?)
  12. moonslav59
    I'd love to bring Turner back, but I doubt we do. Yoshida should DH, and Casas might be better suited to DH, as well, but he can improve. I'm not thrilled about penciling in Duran FT, but a platoon with ref in LF should be fine. Rafaela, Abreu and Dugo in CF/RF should be okay, too, and with Yoshida as DH who can play LF, I don't think we add an OF'er or bring back Duvall. C: Wong & McGuire (Scott in AAA) Teel on the rise 1B: Casas (Dalbec in AAA) EValdez, Jordan and Kavadas as deeper depth 2B: Urias and Reyes (DHam, EValdez and Bonaci in AAA) Torke on the rise SS: Story w Reyes and Urias as ML depth (DHam and Bonaci in AAA) Mayer on the rise 3B: Devers with Urias as ML depth (Meidroth in AAA) LF: Duran & ref platoon w Yoshida s ML depth (Rosier in AAA but not on 40.) CF: Rafaela/Abreu with Duran as ML depth and Anthony/Bleis on the rise RF: Dugo and Abreu with Ref as ML depth DH: Yoshida with Casas or EValdez/Duran/Ref as depth (Dalbec in AAA)
  13. moonslav59
    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.)
  14. moonslav59
    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!
  15. moonslav59
    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.)
  16. moonslav59
    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.)
  17. moonslav59
    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?
  18. moonslav59
    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.
  19. moonslav59
    Nice take. One question: do you put Bonaci above DHam, if it comes to a choice?
  20. moonslav59
    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.
  21. moonslav59
    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.)
  22. moonslav59
    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.
  23. moonslav59
    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.
  24. moonslav59
    Yup. I agreed then, too. I was pointing out how Red hated the trade on its merits, too.
  25. moonslav59
    Nobody thinks the way they handled that trade was even okay.
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