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  1. moonslav59
    Yes. I read the stories. I think they quoted "industry people," and again, I ask who are they? Again, I'm not arguing we didn't overpay for him. Many felt we bid against ourselves for Dice-K, way back when, and it looks like we did, in hindsight. I'm cutting Yoshida some slack. I think he is experienced and good enough to know how to adjust and improve.
  2. moonslav59
    It sure doesn't help Yorke's development to have him DH, but maybe we can DH EValdez at AAA (or call him up) and slot Yorke in AAA. That will not happen, soon.
  3. moonslav59
    I know that, and I do agree with others that we could have had Bogey for less, had we acted earlier. I'm just not so sure about the numbers some seem to think he'd have taken. I'm fully on board with the $160M/6 type suggestions and am even okay with $200M/8, but nobody is certain he'd have taken either of those, so I'm finding it hard to just assume, we could have gotten him at a deal that ends up working, in hindsight (6-8 years from now.) The Story injury sure slams the point/choice in our faces. The Kike defense at SS created a double slam, and his O has not helped, either. Now with Duvall gone, and Kike needed in CF, the hole at middle IF and near total failure by Chang and Arroyo is killing us. We have become the masters of one year deals, but missed the boat, here. I was all aboard the Andrus train, even after the sketchy Mondesi trade. I was fine giving up Taylor for Mondesi, but he should not have been our only depth at SS.
  4. moonslav59
    Nice numbers. His .314 OBP seems out of place, but that SLG% has carried us.
  5. moonslav59
    Unless we call "waiting" a plan. Does anyone even know what the plan is, when and if Mondesi is healthy enough to play nearly everyday? Plus, there is no firm idea on when he is due back. Hell, we may see Story back before Mondesi, at this rate.
  6. moonslav59
    It's hard to pinpoint a reason Sale has been horrific through 3 starts. It could have something to do with McGuire, but even if it is/was, it is no certainty Wong will give Sale what he needs from a catcher. I think Sale is rusty and needs to find his groove. Maybe, if Sandy Leon was still here, his numbers would be better. 2.79 with Leon over 436 innings (1721 PAs) 4.08 with Vaz over 132 innings (567 PAs) 11.25 with McGuire over a measly 12 IP and 64 PAs I'm way more concerned about Sale than McGuire's D and staff handling skills, but that may change over a few months.
  7. moonslav59
    In no way am I sure Whitlock will be a good SP'er, or if keeping him in his special pen role was the right call. I think he deserves a shot as a starter. A long look without being jerked here and there. If it does not work out, it could end up being a major reason we are not successful, this year.
  8. moonslav59
    Maybe McGuire's next start with Sale was going to bring the comfy, plush binky blanket to fruition, and you end up pulling the rug out and making Sale start all over again with Wong. Maybe not.
  9. moonslav59
    He went from the "no trust list" to staff ace, overnight.
  10. moonslav59
    If Bleier didn't implode coming in after Kluber, he's have had 2 straight decent starts. Bello has had one short start, and he "can't be trusted?" Sale has not pitched in a long time, before these 3 starts. I'd give him at least 3 more starts, before I even begin to consider the word "trust."
  11. moonslav59
    I think the term was "industry people," whatever than means. Do scouts assign contract value to players?
  12. moonslav59
    It very well could be. I'm not defending the signing, but he still has 4+ years left to go, and Bogey has 10.5+ to go.
  13. moonslav59
    I think modern philosophy has the 4th slot as more valuable than 3rd. I think it goes, 2, 1, 5, 4, 3
  14. moonslav59
    I never took you for a poster who reacted so forcefully over 2 week sample sizes.
  15. moonslav59
    If he can get on base at .390, I'm fine with a 390 SLG.
  16. moonslav59
    No doubt, and looking at today's FA values, is paying Story $140M/5 an overpay (counting out 1 year for injury during his 6 year deal?)
  17. moonslav59
    We will never see everyone healthy at once, and who is in the rotation affects the pen, too, especially Houck. It looks like Whitlock is in the rotation to stay. (Whitlock, Sale, Kluber, Pivetta and Bello/Paxton (piggyback for 2-3 rotations?) A 100% healthy pen would then look like this: 7 man pen + Paxton/Bello= 8 Closer: Jansen 8th/9th short: Martin, Schreiber, Bleier (odd men out: Joely, Brasier, Ort, Kelly, Mills) 5th to 9th long: Houck, Winckowski, Crawford (odd men our: Mata, Walter)
  18. moonslav59
    So far, no and a big no. I guess the injury was to be expected.
  19. moonslav59
    I just can't bring myself to worry over anybody's 14 game sample size.
  20. moonslav59
    You are on a roll. Don't stop, now.
  21. moonslav59
    Well said. I think the Sox scouts were in love with Yoshida before Bloom ever got here.
  22. moonslav59
    It seems that way, but again, we don't really know what he would have accepted, or what JH would have approved. We also don't know if he will earn it.
  23. moonslav59
    We have 4-5 guys hitting worse than Yoshida, now, and they have lower OBPs.
  24. moonslav59
    We could have signed the healthy J Baez or the not so healthy Seeger.
  25. moonslav59
    I'm not trying to sound like I prefer having a pool of promising players to fill several slots over having a solid rock at each position, but I think the promise many of our players have is higher than many feel it is.
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