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  1. moonslav59
    Interestingly, one could easily claim Bello and Gio were slotted 4 and 5, if everyone was healthy. 1. Crochet 2. Houck (He was the "ace" of 2024.) 3. Buehler (The highest AAV given to a FA Sp'er since Price.) 4. Giolito 5. Bello (Crawford was viewed as a possible #4/5, depending on if you viewed him through the '23 lense or the '24 one.) We'd have done great had our #2 and #3 SP'ers did well. Our 4 & 5 carried us. Also, Dobbins (11 GS,) Newcomb (5,) Early (4,) Harrison (2,) Criswell (1) and de Leon (1) combined for 24 GS and 117 IP and a decent 3.76 ERA. This is what killed us: 8.04 Houck (9GS/43.2IP) 5.40 Buehler (22GS/110IP) 7.84 Tolle (3GS/10.1IP) 5.68 May (5GS/25.1IP) Fitts was not great in 10 GS (4.83 ERA)
  2. moonslav59
    I predict he's a suspect lefty and righty.
  3. moonslav59
    My suggestion gives them a good pitching prospect plus your fave--- DHam.
  4. moonslav59
    Here's my "Ole Red Midnight Special" To BOS: Donovan & Mitch Keller To PIT: Crawford & Witherspoon To STL: DHam and Seth Hernandez
  5. moonslav59
    How about accumulating .825?
  6. moonslav59
    These are my BTV trades with the closest thumbs up vs thumbs downs for both sides: Rafaela, Harrison & DHam for Donovan and Pages Yoshida, Hicks, Campbell, Crawford & Witherspoon for Donovan, Pages & Arenado. (LOL) Sox: Joe Ryan/ Twins: Painter & Mullins/ PHI: Duran & Harrison Only pluses on both sides: Duran & Hicks for Paredes, Sousa & Matthews Duran, Narvaez & Crawford for Wm Contreras, Peralta, Koenig & Gasser Rafaela & Romy for Lodolo and McLain & Duran & DHam for Lodolo & McLain
  7. moonslav59
    I think you are right. Waiting it out also allows Casas to work his way up from rehabbing at AAA. If Masa does well, maybe we trade Casas or Campbell. If either is doing well, their trade value would be much higher than an $18M DH guy, even if he's hitting .825. I'm pretty sure we have at least one more significant move to add to the 26, so until we see what that is, we may be talking about things that will be out of the question, soon. (Not that this ever stopped us... LOL)
  8. moonslav59
    So, Eaton>Sogard>DHam? What hurts DHam, besides his long slumps, is his plus D at just 2B. Sogard looked promising in 2025. I think Eaton looked okay, for a utilityman, but I'm not really impressed with any of these guys. Since Campbell is a man who can play no position well, and he needs to be playing everyday, he's not really in the "bench mis," IMO. Romy may end up starting more than riding the bench, despite being more of a short-side platoon guy. Wong is assured one of the 4 bench slots.
  9. moonslav59
    I suggested a ton of Chris Sale trades, and maybe have come close, since I know I included Moncada in most, but I did not get one exactly right. That doesn't bother me, at all. I'm just glad we got Sale. Ever since I was a kid, I always wondered what we could do to get a really good player from another team. The Sox were active traders and FA signers for many years, so my interest has always been there. I do have OCD, so I know that's part of it. I'm probably not the only poster that checks MLBTR daily.
  10. moonslav59
    Some I do just for fun. I trade some players I think are overvalued and wonder, what if... Others, I try to be serious and think what the other team needs. Almost all of them give the other team more value, because I try to counter being an obvious homer. I'm not sure why having fun with this bothers people, or why they feel they need to assign motives to our doing it that are just not true, even after telling them (him) over and over that I'm not doing trade suggestions to try and get "one right."
  11. moonslav59
    The best we might hope for is for someone to pay $4-6M a year of his deal and give us nothing for him. I don't see an Arenado for Masa deal as happening, either. (I'd give Masa and Hicks for him, but STL won't accept.) I don't want Arenado, at all. I've never been a fan of the add a prospect to the deal plan, and I'm not sure how common that type of deal is. It would have to be to a team who actually thinks Masa can help them now. As much as we talk about Masa, had we not taken Hicks, we could probably afford Suarez or Okamoto.
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    Agreed.
  13. moonslav59
    I kinda feel like we have already done enough trading prospects, so I don't think trading some for Donovan is a good idea, either. I will say that STL rarely goes total rebuild mode, but our ML players or ML ready players don't seem to match up. I would not trade an OF'er for him. I'm not sure a Crawford-Donovan deal would be accepted.
  14. moonslav59
    Half the sport is in on Duran, too, but you feel we are overvaluing him. Why wouldn't a GM have to overpay for Duran?
  15. moonslav59
    Probably so. We won't give Duran + Tolle/Early, so it's probably a no go.
  16. moonslav59
    He won't cost as much as KMarte, and his OBP is very nice, but is he really enough to replace Bregman? He's another LHB. He turns 29, soon- not bad, when you consider he has one more arb year left. He should make about $5.8M in arb. That fits with JH but also reflects his value as not being all that great for an arb 2 guy. He's one of MLB's most consistent offensive players: .361 OBP (never more than .020 below career mark) .411 SLG (after rookie year has been between .417 and .422) .772 OPS (career low: .759/ career high .787) He's had a negative dWAR over the last 3 seasons. He's played mostly 2B (-5 DRS career/ +3 OAA, but +7 from '23-'24) and at 3B he's +6 DRS and +3 OAA, all from his rookie season plus.) He's supposed to be a great clubhouse guy, so that helps. I'm not sure he's the best guys we can get.
  17. moonslav59
    Word is Brez is asking a ton for Duran, so maybe he values him more highly than I or BTV does. I think Rafaela is worth more than BTV says he is, so maybe I'm a homer, there. I think BTV gets Duran and Abreu pretty closely. I do think Duran is a nice fit for PHI. They might value Painter more highly than Duran+ Harrison or Sandoval. (Duran & Crawford would be too much, according to BTV, but maybe PHI could add another piece to AZ if they got Kutter.)
  18. moonslav59
    While three team trades are not common, they do happen. Trading Mayer for KMarte improves one slot, but keeps the 3B slot open, as Mayer is no longer a 3B option. I have no idea is PHI would send Painter to AZ for Duran, but he'd be that "controllable SP'er." Something like that might work. Maybe not. If it wasn't for the money issue, we could just sign Bregman, Bichette or maybe Suarez, We could dump Masa and DH Duran, or trade Duran plus Crawford/Harrison/Sandoval for a #2. There is talk of trading for Donovan, and he'd be an improvement, but I'm not sure he'd be enough or what STL wants for him. I would not give an OF'er for him.
  19. moonslav59
    I doubt we make a trade for Skubal, unless we have a sense of what he'd take for an extension and are willing to pay it. If this is true, I seriously doubt the trade happens, because JH will not pay what it takes. He turns 30 next NOV.
  20. moonslav59
    The implication to the roster would be: No logjam in the OF 2B position filled Mayer/Romt/Eaton/Sogard at 3B One less player (OF) in the DH mix. I'm not for trading Rafaela, either, but I do think we get better and more balanced by trading an OF'er and upgrading 2B/3B, our #2 SP slot and or the pen (LHP preferred.)
  21. moonslav59
    That's why I keep coming back to KMarte. With the deferrals, his AAV/Tax line is near $15M, Including one or two from this group would bring the net gain into JH range: $9.2M Bello $7.8M Duran $7.5M Campbell $6.3M Rafaela $2.7M Crawford Then, there are highly unlikely add-ons: $18M Yoshida, $10.3 Hicks, $9.1 Sandoval
  22. moonslav59
    Wouldn't Rafaela's value in CF to another team far outweigh his value to us at 2B? (Now, if we don't add a 2Bman, the answer would be close to a yes, but trading him for an equal player, who defends 2B better and hits better makes more sense.)
  23. moonslav59
    I'm not for trading anyone for Vientos, but there have been suggesting it. i guess he's better than DHam/Sogard/Eaton.
  24. moonslav59
    When you expose Red's misrepresentations and waffling, you are called out for overanalyzing.
  25. moonslav59
    So, you continue misrepresenting my positions over and over. That seems so much better. At least I readily admit when I'm wrong, which is often enough. At least I state my opinions and predictions clearly and don't waffled and then bloat when semi-correct, like you do.
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