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  1. moonslav59
    I'm not covering jack. The obsessive Bloom-bashing is a fact. Every single thing, including the backed up toilet during the May 23rd game is Bloom's fault. No doubt, he's made mistakes and huge mistakes. I've pointed out many, myself. There is no balancing done by certain Bloom bashers, and it is clearly reaching absurdly obsessive levels.
  2. moonslav59
    Get the facts straight. I was the one who did not know about his arm issues and questioned why he wasn't going to play SS, instead of Bogey. Geesh!
  3. moonslav59
    You don't even realize how you expose yourself on things like this. That's the part that cracks me up.
  4. moonslav59
    I'm not an expert on MLB negotiations, and my guess is they may vary from agent to agent and GM to GM, but is it possible that BorA$$ did not respond to the lowball $30M offer, because it was absurd, and maybe Bloom said something like, "Is $180M to $200M/6 in the ball park to start discussions?" and BorA$$ said "no." I guess we'd probably have heard about it, ig this happened, but do we know it didn't happen? Would it change people's opinions even a little bit, if we knew we floated $200M and that number was shot down, laughed at or ignored like the $30M/1 extension was? Just a hypothetical, and maybe someday we will know more details. I'm not trying to defend not extending Bogey earlier. I wish we did way back when- same with betts and Devers, but I do think we need to know all the facts before passing final judgement. Yes, the $30M/1 was a slap in the face and deserves severe criticism, but beyond that, what really happened and did not happen? My "conspiracy theory" is Bloom never offered what BorA$$ and Bogey would accept. I'm still waiting for evidence to refute this wild & crazy theory.
  5. moonslav59
    Yes, and Story's physical, too!
  6. moonslav59
    Probably, maybe, likely, yes. I'm 100% sure we could have gotten Bogey for less than he signed for. We don't have the set number, though. I'm on board with thinking $180-200M is probably close to what he would have taken. I have never said this is wrong, only that we don't know the least he would have accepted, and we do know Bloom never offered a deal he'd have accepted. That's about it. Somehow that is viewed as a conspiracy theory by one poster.
  7. moonslav59
    Everything is Bloom's fault. The obsessiveness is getting astounding.
  8. moonslav59
    No doubt. I'm just pointing out that so-so D at a premium position is probably not any better than so-so at 3B.
  9. moonslav59
    Doctor Bloom, to you.
  10. moonslav59
    Is it too late to offer Correa $201M?
  11. moonslav59
    Bogey didn't really "impact the game" with his D, either. Betts was the full deal.
  12. moonslav59
    Yes, they must have known Story would get hurt and should have paid Bogey twice the contract total.
  13. moonslav59
    I never understand why they don't do this in October, or if known before, the day after we were eliminated from playoff contention.
  14. moonslav59
    On Correa per MLBTR... Jon Heyman of the New York Post clarifies the vesting provisions for Correa’s options (Twitter link). Correa would need 575 plate appearances in 2028 to automatically vest his $25MM option for the 2029 season. That number drops to 550 in 2029 (in order to vest his 2030 option), 525 in 2030 (to vest his 2031 option) and 502 in 2031 (to vest his 2032 option). The Athletic’s Dan Hayes tweets that the Twins can still pick up any of the club options on Correa if he doesn’t meet the criteria for plate appearances. Correa will also have a full no-trade clause, per Heyman. Makes me wonder why the Mets did not offer something like this.
  15. moonslav59
    Apparently, the Mets would only guarantee half the contract- about $157M. The Twins offered $43M more guaranteed! I was kinda hoping to see Correa in the NL, but at least he's not a Yankee.
  16. moonslav59
    Maybe waiting for the Correa shoe to drop? Looks like it just did with a stomp on the Mets.
  17. moonslav59
    I wonder what kind of medical riders the Giants and Mets were insisting on. They must have been major. It looks like the Twins made out very well, assuming to IL time over the leg issue.
  18. moonslav59
    Wow! That's what many felt Bogey should have gotten.
  19. moonslav59
    How rich people get off free with so much evidence really exposes a giant hole in our legal system. Poor people, with much less evidence are routinely imprisoned for doing less than this sicko did.
  20. moonslav59
    I think the non shift numbers are being looked at, closely, but there is some gray area, because SSs will still be playing right at the line behind 2B and not really at their normal SS spot.
  21. moonslav59
    Perhaps a team like the Red Sox are telling him not to sign, yet, because they are working on a trade, and if it doesn't come through, they will bid on him. Do they say things like this to agents? Would Andrus take $13M/1 from the Sox over $20M/2 elsewhere? Or, $27M/3?
  22. moonslav59
    I do worry about Andrus on D. Is he really an upgrade on defense? He has mixed metrics. We can guess Bogey's D without the shift will get worse, but what about Andrus? DRS -9 2019 -3 2020 -10 2021 -4 2022 UZR/150 +2.2 2019 -11.5 2020 (short) -0.5 2021 +4.7 2022 Bogey -9 -4 -5 +5 +0.8 +0.2 +2.3 +4.7
  23. moonslav59
    Yes, cots has it at $30.1M on the tax budget and still has is $15M under the line.
  24. moonslav59
    They could probably find a place for Rafaela and Sanchez, but they'd need to be convinced Rafaela's offense is for real. I doubt anyone is convinced of that.
  25. moonslav59
    We could trade for M Rojas, who has 1 year at $5M. I doubt he'd cost a lot in return: maybe Duran or something like Dalbec and Murphy. There are a few other 1 year SSs out there.
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