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  1. moonslav59
    Of course, he was a great unknown from even before day 1. He's still a better defender than Story. It's not defending his bat, whaich has sucked, to say it's still been better than Story's, Durbin's, IKF's and Monasterio's. Has it not? (Note: I answered your question. 100% guarantee you won't answer mine, but will deflect, instead.) OPS+ 73 Mayer (sucks, yes) 67 Monasterio (sucks more) 52 Story (atrocious) 38 Durbin (off the charts horrific) 34 IKF (less than half of Mayer's)
  2. moonslav59
    Mayer, too. You must be super no suspects happy!
  3. moonslav59
    -0.3 Story (102 PAs) -0.2 Monasterio (31) -0.1 Durbin (80) Okay, IP was not going to replace Story. Hell, Cora won't even move him to 2B, but how about giving him Durbin & Monatserio's 110 PAs? That's a +0.4 fWAR swap. +.4 is third best on the Sox (Rafaela)
  4. moonslav59
    He's light years better at bat than Durbin, Mayer and Story. Let's revisit this in October.
  5. moonslav59
    Not sure why those shows of enthusiasm bother you so much.
  6. moonslav59
    I'm not for benching Story, so the bat comps are pointless. Try to keep up.
  7. moonslav59
    We needed two bats at Willson's level. Suarez and Gray were better pitcher adds than I expected. Oviedo and Durbin were okay additions and stabs in the dark, but not getting the second bat while keeping the logjam at OF/DH was the biggest error of the winter, IMO.
  8. moonslav59
    At least I present my opinions instead of wishy washy statements that you twist to claim you were right, no matter what happens. At least I admit I'm wrong. (It was good to see you do it the other day for the first time ever.)
  9. moonslav59
    So, promote the biggest and longest slump bat to #1. Brilliant idea, as always. OBP for season: .361 Anthony .240 Duran Last 2 weeks: .314 Anthony .167 Duran The gap is widening, even as Anthony struggles.
  10. moonslav59
    Mayer is a better defender than Story at SS and maybe even at bat, for now.
  11. moonslav59
    How about Gasper the friendly ghost and Delay?
  12. moonslav59
    It would be a major shake-up to go with an 8 man line-up and no 3Bman, but let's keep this real.
  13. moonslav59
    I fully realize over 95% of my suggestions have zero chance or even minor Brez consideration.
  14. moonslav59
    My mindset going into this past winter was go top quality and not quantity. We had been doing quantity for long enough that I felt our 40 man was deep enough. 3 player (max 4.) 2B or 3B (Ideally SS with Story to 2B) 1B (Contreras was fine) SP Optional: another infielder or DH power bat or SP We got: 1B Contreras SP Suarez GREAT! But then we went quantity again: SP Gray SP Oviedo 3B/2B Durbin UT IKF & Monasterio Combine these last 4-5 players into 1 or 2, and...
  15. moonslav59
    Mayer + Tolle plus a player or two from the Oviedo or Gray trades would likely have been enough. Or, trade Duran for prospects and flip some or all in the deal. Keep the Contreras trade & Suarez signing. Maybe even keep the Gray trade, but without Gray and IKF, maybe we sign Okamoto for 3B. 1B Contreras 2B Story SS Neto 3B/DH Okamoto UT/3B Durbin
  16. moonslav59
    In this context, I agree.
  17. moonslav59
    Too many grounders to 2B- maybe too many DPs. Masa at leadoff?
  18. moonslav59
    Exactly, and that's why when posters say Neto was not realistic, I'm thinking we coulda and maybe shoulda overpaid for him. Same with KMarte or Hoerner. Other suggested trade options don't look great, right now.
  19. moonslav59
    I'm fine with Suarez as the major FA signing. I agree, the FA class was kinda bare, at least for our high need areas. We made a ton of trades. I think with the Suarez signing, maybe we could have not traded for Gray and or Oviedo, but look how we are already calling up Rivera from the bottom of the rotation depth chart, and it's just April. I guess we had more major needs than I thought. We can argue specifics all day, but in general, we should have concentrated our trade focus on bigger bats, and the infield was the only area to make infusions/replacements. Paredes seems like the easiest guy to mention, but we could have overpaid for some others. I'm not sure how realistic Neto or Marte were, but we saw what BLowe and Donovan went for. Okamoto, U Suarez & Polanco all had big question marks as FA additions, but the IKF addition dis nothing for the offense, except make it worse.
  20. moonslav59
    It does seem that misinformation keeps getting repeated, despite corrections being given. As bad as Duran has looked, I'd give 5 years for 2 of Paredes, right now.
  21. moonslav59
    I was deadset against Bichette and did not want Bregman at even what we offered. My FA choices mostly have sucked, so far, too, so I can't brag about that. Trades were our best options. Hindsight: B Lowe (Donovan just went on the IL.)
  22. moonslav59
    Yes, and similar budget costs.
  23. moonslav59
    I guess you just needed some prodding.
  24. moonslav59
    Talk about unrealistic.
  25. moonslav59
    If you think Mayer + Tolle was unrealistic, then yes.
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