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  1. moonslav59
    I just mentioned Paxton as a possible option to push one of our pen guys off the 13 or to less innings needed, but certainly Whitlock and Bello look to be better options. Moving Houck and or Crawford into long man RP roles could free us from ever needing Ort, Brasier and Kelly in any meaningful innings.
  2. moonslav59
    The late signing made me think it might have been a sort of after- thought/ knee jerk reactionary thingy. Maybe not.
  3. moonslav59
    I don't get swayed by a 2 game O drought.
  4. moonslav59
    We gave some gifts, too.
  5. moonslav59
    Agreed. He really settled down. He only was at 67 pitches.
  6. moonslav59
    You think it's permanent?
  7. moonslav59
    6 games.
  8. moonslav59
    wtf!!!!
  9. moonslav59
    Should we expect exactly only 4-5 runs, every game?
  10. moonslav59
    Just my belief. I feel there were better choices, earlier in the winter, but Henry got a little panicked and pushed for a splash move, late. Certainly, I could be wrong. Maybe Story was their choice all along.
  11. moonslav59
    IMO, it was part of the reason we spent big. I have stated I have no evidence, but my gut says Henry was not going to spend in 2022, until he sense a big drop off in attendance and viewership by an angry fanbase. It's not why they chose Story. They needed a 2Bman and possible future SS, but the "angry mob" did not force them to choose Story.
  12. moonslav59
    Some solid hits, here.
  13. moonslav59
    They didn't force who Bloom signed. I never implied anything close to that.
  14. moonslav59
    As easy as 1-3-6.
  15. moonslav59
    He's supposed to start tomorrow for Woo, so that makes sense. Does Crawford get demoted to AAA or the pen?
  16. moonslav59
    If the rotation is added to with Whitlock and Bello or Paxton, there's a chance the pen can get even better by minimizing the innings Ort, Kelly and Brasier are given- or at least medium to high leverage innings.
  17. moonslav59
    Except, we didn't spend big until the late Story signing, which reeked of desperation and angry fanbase placation.
  18. moonslav59
    Bloom has been given enough money, starting with the Story signing to bring the current team to respectability. While the long term future may still be priority #1, there should be no free pass for 2023.
  19. moonslav59
    Wong was a throw-in. Downs was supposed to be good. Verdugo was the main prize. The Betts trade was not a straight prospect trade, and the salary dump of Price was part of the return value. I doubt we'd have added JD to a Bogey package.
  20. moonslav59
    If Whitlock, Bello and Casas do well, and most of our top prospects are looking good or better, it may be enough to over-ride a bad season. I think expensive players like Yoshida and Story will have to look promising, too. The thing is, if all these guys look good, we should not have a bad season, unless everyone else craps themselves. I guess if Kluber, Turner, Duvall, Kike, jansen and Martin mostly suck, that's on Bloom, too, so maybe that would be enough to convince Henry he isn't good at evaluating FAs, and we need a change. If Sale sucks, it would be hard to blame Bloom for that, but he alone will not decide what happens. Bloom is out of excuses. This is his team, now. He's had a decent budget for 2 years, and enough of his farm additions should be advanced enough to be either contributing or looking like can't miss by the end of 2023. It's make or break time for Bloom.
  21. moonslav59
    How can this team be viewed as less talented than the 2020 team, even if Sale and ERod are not on the IL, all year?
  22. moonslav59
    A lot has to do with how the future will be shaping up by the end of the season. If Mayer, rafaela, Yorke, Mata and others don't step up, and our longer term MLB players are not looking promising for 2024, we might win 85+ games and Bloom could be gone.
  23. moonslav59
    I'm not feeling good about the start to '23, but we've only gone through the rotation once and may have 3 other SP'ers give it a try before the end of April or early May (Whitlock, Bello & Paxton.) The pen has done fine, and once we add those SP'ers to the staff, the worst pen arms will be demoted or see less action. The O looks fine. When and if Story and Mondesi return, the D should improve, too.
  24. moonslav59
    7 teams off to better starts than us, in the AL. 7 with the same or worse records out of the gate, including... 2-3 HOU 1-3 TOR 1-4 SEA All 3 expected to better us in '23. We are 1/2 game behind BAL and the last WC berth. The sky is falling!
  25. moonslav59
    There are so many similarities to Ben, it's hard to list them all.
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