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  1. moonslav59
    Maybe the Marlins knew something we didn't. Note: 2023 Barnes 2IP 1H 1BB 1K 0ER
  2. moonslav59
    If Wink can keep this up, and Houck fills the other long man relief role close to as well as Whitlock did from 2021-2022, our pen will be a lot better off. Lessening the mid and high leverage IP by Brasier, Ort and Kelly should be something we all agree on as being a good thing. I'm still hopeful Crawford can help the pen, at some point, or maybe Mata or someone else can, but the less those 3 pitch, the better our pen will be, IMO. Jansen Martin Bleier Schreiber J Rod Houck Wink Brasier/Crawford/Mata/Paxton/Mills/Kelly/Ort Keep the top 7 as strong as possible.
  3. moonslav59
    I totally agree, and while DD does deserve much credit, almost every trade he made involved highly regarded prospects that Ben stockpiled or kept from the Theo era. He also left a fine young core of players in Betts, Bogey, JBJ, Vaz & ERod, plus some vets like Porcello, Napoli, Barnes. DD kept the right prospects in Devers & Beni.
  4. moonslav59
    I always had the feeling Ben would eventually pull the trigger on a blockbuster prospects for stud trade, but I'm not sure about the Sale deal (maybe Quintana), either. I seriously doubt he'd do the Kimbrel deal. Certainly keeping every prospect looks like the wrong choice, in hindsight.
  5. moonslav59
    BRING BACK BEN! He's the guy who set it all up for 2018.
  6. moonslav59
    I'm hoping Yorke pushes his way back up the ladder- perhaps to top 100 status.
  7. moonslav59
    We're 6th in runs scored, 10th in OPS and 12th in wRC+. Or, are you talking about just the recent 2 games?
  8. moonslav59
    Break up the pen? I'm talking about demoting or minimizing the mid/high leverage IP by Ort, Kelly and Brasier. Ort, Kelly, Brasier: 12.2 IP 13 H 6 BB- 8Ks 8 ER 5.84 ERA 1.54 WHIP The rest of the pen: 16 IP 16 H 7 BB- 16 K 4 ER 2.25 ERA 1.44 WHIP If Whitlock and Bello joing the rotation, I can see Crawford going to AAA, but Kelly & Ort have options, so I'd send them down and move Houck to the pen, where he belongs, and hopefully he can fill Whitlock's role held ver the last 2 years. Rotation: Sale, Kluber, Whitlock, Bello, Pivetta Closer: Jansen Set-up: Martin, Bleier, Brasier (and eventually JRod) 1-2 Innings guys: Schreiber 1-3 Inning guys: Houck, Winckowski (and maybe Crawford, eventually)
  9. moonslav59
    Nothing ever changes.
  10. moonslav59
    We know your position. We'll talk again, later.
  11. moonslav59
    It is really our only hope. I think the O will be fine. The pen will be fine. The starting pitching needs to be not only good, it needs to be good enough to help cover up the bad D.
  12. moonslav59
    Like Heaney & Stallings.
  13. moonslav59
    I just mentioned Paxton as a possible option to push one of our pen guys off the 13 or to less innings needed, but certainly Whitlock and Bello look to be better options. Moving Houck and or Crawford into long man RP roles could free us from ever needing Ort, Brasier and Kelly in any meaningful innings.
  14. moonslav59
    The late signing made me think it might have been a sort of after- thought/ knee jerk reactionary thingy. Maybe not.
  15. moonslav59
    I don't get swayed by a 2 game O drought.
  16. moonslav59
    We gave some gifts, too.
  17. moonslav59
    Agreed. He really settled down. He only was at 67 pitches.
  18. moonslav59
    You think it's permanent?
  19. moonslav59
    6 games.
  20. moonslav59
    wtf!!!!
  21. moonslav59
    Should we expect exactly only 4-5 runs, every game?
  22. moonslav59
    Just my belief. I feel there were better choices, earlier in the winter, but Henry got a little panicked and pushed for a splash move, late. Certainly, I could be wrong. Maybe Story was their choice all along.
  23. moonslav59
    IMO, it was part of the reason we spent big. I have stated I have no evidence, but my gut says Henry was not going to spend in 2022, until he sense a big drop off in attendance and viewership by an angry fanbase. It's not why they chose Story. They needed a 2Bman and possible future SS, but the "angry mob" did not force them to choose Story.
  24. moonslav59
    Some solid hits, here.
  25. moonslav59
    They didn't force who Bloom signed. I never implied anything close to that.
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