moonslav59

No doubt DHern has nasty stuff, but he's already been given enough rope to circle every boxing ring in the world. He's played in parts of 4 major league seasons dating back to 2019. While I'm the last guy on this site to say an 85 IP sample size is large enough for any definitive judgement, the 7.7 BB/9 is not out of line with his numbers on the farm. His BB/9 in AAA 7.8, it's 7.4 in AA. Okay, he turns 26, tomorrow, and still has a chance to improve, but I have no more hope for him than just about any pitcher being DFA'd. Ort turns 31, soon. His rope is all knotted up. Brasier, well, is the man with 99 lives. His rope is like a magicians rope being pulled from a hat.

I wouldn't hate it either, especially if Cora can get himself to think about sitting Dugo vs at least a few lefties, it may work out, but isn't is better to just add a RF'er not a DH. The D would improve at 2 positions.

It's not uncommon for a player to be DFA'd before a trade. I'm not expecting great things, but we did get Schreiber off waivers.

Those 3 are no better than pitchers placed on waiver all the time. We did replace Hosmer with a pitcher, so there is that. You know, we could replace Brasier with a better pitcher.

It's time for Bloom to start hitting on a higher percent of deals like this. I realize this isn't the type of deal that is going to move mountains, but the flashpoint I spoke of is upon him.

Gallo got $11M/1. Seems like the Sox kind of deal. I'd rather see the Sox use Yoshida and Dugo at DH and LF and find a real RF'er. Refsnyder is not bad in RF, but he'd be used best as a platoon, there. I'm still thinking we might trade Dugo and fine a RF'er.

Mills did not do too well in AA (1.30 WHIP) but was sharp in AAA (0.995 with a 13.1 K/9 rate.) I won't mention his MLB numbers in 42 IP.

...and Ort, and Brasier, and...

I think he ends up being traded. I'm not sure what they see in Mills, and I, too liked Wallace, but these are just fringe deals. I was thinking we'd be the ones trading a 40 man guy for a non one. I'm still waiting for something more substantial.

Going by the last few years' splits, a Dugo Ref platoon would net an .800 plus OPS. It's the D that worries me, but remember, last year Dugo almost passed JBJ in RF innings, anyway and if you add Cordero's to Dugo, they had more: 526 JBJ 432 Dugo 163 Ref 124 Cordero 108 Arroyo 46 Duran 24 Davis 8 Almonte That's 742 innings by sub average defenders, or more than half. 689 by JBJ + Refsnyder

The thing is, if the circumstances change, then Click or Bloom might be fine.

For sure, and... Pedro>>> Price Schilling >> Price Beckett >>> Price Sale >?> Price Trades for aces have worked out well- for us.

If Atlanta wanted Park, it only proves Bloom’s brilliance! Not!

Click would be in way over his head. Any GM would, under these circumstances.

Agree, but we need to look for controllable, young pitchers. To get a real good one, we have to give something back. Mayer: we need a SS of the future, too badly to move him, at this point. (Romero will not be ready, soon enough.) Casas: we need a 1Bman into the future, too. Rafaela: we need a RF'er now and a CF, next year. We love OF defense, so I don't think he goes. (Bleis is far away.) Yorke, Mata, Romero, Anthony, Paulino, Walter and a few others are good, but they won't us a young ace, even if we offer 4-5 of them. To me, our best bet might be to use some our budget space to take on a salary dump thrown in with the trade for a solid SP'er, even if not an ace. I mentioned Lopez and A Garcia from the Marlins, but Lopez has just 2 years left, and is not an ace. They have some other young pitchers with 4+ years of control, but ROgers is iffy and Luxardo is risky, too. I don't see any "underwater" pitchers worth hoping for a turnaround. -33 Bumgarner -15 ERod -11 Stroman -9 Jon Gray It won't be easy. The Luis Castillo deal and extension was something that looked good, to me, but what would we have had to give up for him?

The first Scherzer signing- the year before Price- the year of Pablito & HRam- was pretty good, too.

10 to 1, really? You're slipping, jacko.

Park traded for PTBNL or cash.

Is Wallace now ahead of Binelas?

Times two! The same with Nate!

A Devers extension and a Swanson and one from Kluber, Conforto or gallo addition would do it for me, but I have to think mayer is the plan. Andrus is our best hope for anything at SS, short term.

Yes, we needed 7 slots more than LF/DH and only so much to spend. it's not foolish to not like the fact we spent $18M of the $80M on our 7th or 8th highest need. I never said "one specific position over LF/DH." Yes, we filled 2 of the top 7 slots with Jansen & Martin, so we had 4-5 higher needs than LF/DH when we signed Yoshida (SS, SP 1/2, RF, SP3/4 and maybe C.) Fine to disagree, but I hardly think it's foolish to focus on your highest needs to spend the most resources on.

When you know you are not going to go over for 3 years straight, it makes more sense. I guess you could just plan on every 3rd year and try to match up your signings accordingly, so you have 2 year windows and if you do it right, maybe pull a 2013 surprise every now and again. I think the plan is to build up the farm enough, so resetting is not such a major deal. It can be "handled" by incoming, low-cost producers at a steady pace. Until we get there, I think we need to decide 2023 or 2024.

I don't and never have believed they honestly felt they'd be highly or even semi-highly competitive every year, even if you throw 2020 out of this discussion. What make sense is to choose what years you reset based on which years you think the best chance of winning are. 2013 threw a wrench into that the cycling theory, and maybe 2021 did, too, but honestly, which season as of right now looks like we have a better chance? 2023 or 2024? To me, it comes down to whether Devers will be here in 2024, or not. If we plan on letting him walk after 2023, then I guess going over in 2023 for some sort of late charge at glory as the devers window closes might make more sense, but if the plan is to keep devers beyond 2023, I'm thinking 2024 offers a better chance to splurge on. Another big reason why splurging on 2024 is better than 2023, is there is nothing left to splurge on, this winter, while 2024 has way more options.

I've thought all along, this wasn't the FA class to spend big on a FA starter. I've thought the best route was to trade for one, but what to trade? I guess loading up the pen, so Whitlock and Houck can start may be a better risk than signing Senga or the likes of Kluber or Nate, but I had hopes for a better staff by opening day. Those hopes are fading, daily.