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  1. moonslav59
    He hasn't gotten a free pass. Some have roasted him, here, and wondered why we traded for a guy like him. I'm not sure he intentionally exposed himself, but he ended up pleading no contest to a reduced 2nd-degree misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct.
  2. moonslav59
    I've heard nothing about them looking to dump salaries, either, but they may be able to be talked into it. They probably don't view Dugo as an O upgrade player- not Duran. I do think they might take Duran for Rojas. I'm just so keyed into us trying to get a young SP'er, that I'm trying to force square pegs in round holes.
  3. moonslav59
    So, cots has us with about $15M to spend and still be under the tax line. That is certainly enough to sign Andrus, but my guess is he wants too many years, and we are looking for a 1 year bridge to Mayer.
  4. moonslav59
    Agreed, unless they want to shed A Garcia's contract, any deal would have to start with Rafaela or Bleis, and I'm holding onto Bleis.
  5. moonslav59
    No, that's a pipedream, unless they value Duran like BTV does. I do think they'd like Verdugo over Garcia and his contract. Depends what they think they could do with the money saved.
  6. moonslav59
    They must know they will trade 1-2 of their starting pitchers.
  7. moonslav59
    If we could extend him at a reasonable rate, I'd consider giving up his value in return, but otherwise, no. I'd consider trading Verdugo, Duran and Dalbec for Lopez, Rojas and Garcia, but only if we can stay under the tax line.
  8. moonslav59
    SS Targets: FA: Andrus, Iggy Trade: A Rosario, M Rojas, I Kiner-Falefa, B Crawford, N Ahmed (all 1 year left) W Adames (2 years) J Mateo (3 years) Forget acquiring a 2Bman. Let's get a SS bridge to Mayer.
  9. moonslav59
    Yes, that is the most important question to you. It says it all... about you.
  10. moonslav59
    You called the team a turd. I did not misquote you.
  11. moonslav59
    There are too many 1 year SSs on the trading block for us not to grab one. I'd prefer M Rojas from the Marlins, because I don't think he'd cot much. I'd give up Duran for him, and I think they want an OF'er. I know it's 5 years for one, but Rafaela should be ready, soon. Our bench would be Wong, Arroyo, Refsnyder and Dalbec or EValdez. I could see us trading Dalbec, too. Maybe Dalbec and Seabold for Rojas? Or, Dalbec for Michael A Taylor, and we'd have a deeper OF bench and Arroyo as IF depth..
  12. moonslav59
    No. Someone mentioned Bauer and McGuire. This about McGuire.
  13. moonslav59
    IMO, even if we add a SS or 2Bman, Arroyo will be on the opening day 26 man roster and deserves to be there, at least until his next IL stint. He can maybe hit .750 to .780 and is not bad on D at 2B. EVladez and Hamilton are not ML ready, now. Maybe in a few months but not now.
  14. moonslav59
    You called the 2022 team a turd. You say we are still that team, until we play some games. Then you say, "NO ONE said Anything about the 2023 as being a turd, but you." You still don't get it. You implied this is the same "turd team," without saying it. I totally "comprehend" your point. Stop acting like not agreeing is not understanding. You think the team you love was a turd and will be until proven otherwise. I totally comprehend your pessimistic outlook.
  15. moonslav59
    I must have overanalyzed this... Wallowing in 2022? You make it sound like it was so long ago, but like I said until games are played again, and the Red Sox prove otherwise they are still that losing last place team.
  16. moonslav59
    I can understand why anyone might have zero faith in Sale. I'm thinking that counting Sale + Paxton for anything near 30 GS'd COMBINED is likely setting ourselves up for disappointment, but the guy may still have a big plus to give us, and he's likely got more upside than almost anyone on our staff. It's not like he was in rehab throwing 87 mph.
  17. moonslav59
    Not sure what giving daily WC updates as we neared elimination or any realistic chance of making the playoffs has to do with being the first or one of the first to give up on a horrible season. To me, it makes perfect sense, that once we seemed to be out of it, I gave up and wanted a fire sale or even a mini fire sale. I'm not bragging about being near the first to give up. I'm not proud of it, either. It seems like those calling the 2022 season a turd are now upset I disliked our chances earlier than they did, for some reason. We sucked in 2022- maybe not as badly as some think we did- maybe more. I certainly don't view the 2023 team, which is already way different from 2022 as being a turd, until we start playing games. You sure can, and seem to want Bloom to fail, but I don't want to overanalyze or anything.
  18. moonslav59
    My guess: 1. L Yoshida LF 2. R Story SS 3. L Devers 3B 4. R Turner DH 5. L Casas 1B 6. R Kike CF 7. L Verdugo RF 8. R Arroyo 2B 9. L McGuire C Bench: Wong ©, Dalbec (1B/3B/DH), Refsnyder (RF), Addition (SS) or EValdez/JDuran SP1 Sale SP2 Kluber SP3 Whitlock SP4 Bello SP5 Pivetta SP6 Paxton Closer Jansen RP2 Martin RP3 Houck RP4 Schreiber RP5 Barnes RP6 Joely R RP7 Mills RP8 Brasier/Taylor/Kelly/German/Crawford...
  19. moonslav59
    I'm guessing more than the Old Testament.
  20. moonslav59
    Well said. I'd like to add on to the "masturbating in public." I'm not sure about the details and am not trying to defend what he did in any way, but I'm not sure he intentionally did it for others to see. I could be wrong, and certainly he has some issue to be doing that where he might be seen, but intent would make what he did worse, if on purpose.
  21. moonslav59
    Sounds like you really enjoy saying this. You can ignore context, as you usually do. You can choose misery and pessimism all you want. Nobody is polishing a turd, but some are seemingly enjoying squishing their fingers in it all winter long. There: I said it. I must be overanalyzing, again.
  22. moonslav59
    Any body wallowing in the misery of 2022, as if it was the worst season, ever, and seem to be almost hoping we repeat 2023 is doing more to the turd than I want to say.
  23. moonslav59
    Sale was our second best SP'er in 2019 and his 2.1 bWAR would have placed him 3rd among our starters in 2022. He might not have been great in 2019, but if he gives us those numbers in 2023, he's an upgrade over most of our SP'ers in 2022, whether you want to talk about Wacha, nate or whoever, or not.
  24. moonslav59
    Indeed, but when people talk about improving on 2022, we should focus on the 2022 Nate, Bogey and others, and not the glory days of 2018 and to a lesser extent 2021. The additions of Yoshia, Turner and more playing time from Story and Kike should make up for the losses of the 2022 Bogey and JD, but probably not the 2018 Bogey and JD. Wacha, Hill and Nate started 69 games, between them, so it's more like needing to replace 2 SP'ers from 2022 not 3. Kluber should replace one at maybe an even clip. 15-20 starts more from Whitlock and Bello should replace the rest of those starts. Pivetta stays the same, and Sale, Paxton, Mata, Walter, Crawford, Wink, Seabold and maybe Murphy need to replace this: GS'd in 2022 14 Wink 5.89 12 Craw 5.47 5 Seabold 11.29 3 Davis 5.47 Sale & Paxton may or may not reach 33 starts, but we now have Mata, walter and Murphy to add to the same mix as last year. That seems good, but who knows?
  25. moonslav59
    He's not a back end rotation guy, but no way Casas for him. Since 2020, Lopez has an 87 ERA- (Nate is 86). His FIP is 3.48 and his xFIP- is 85. (Buehler, Gallen, Gray & Stroman are at 86, Morton is at 84 and Alcantara 83.)
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