moonslav59
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Seems that way.
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Wrong, but even if true, it beats thinking words don't matter or have alternative meanings known only to you. It must suck thinking simple thoughts are overanalyzing.
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True nuff. I'm trying to see some bright sides, right now.
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Talk about constant narratives. It's not overanalyzing to think of the depth chart when trying to order your top priorities. If it's too deep for you to handle, then skip the hard parts. You know why I don't have 3B on the top of my high need areas? I think of the depth chart and see Devers. I look at the SS position and see crap. Holy s***! That's too deep for you! Sorry!
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Just sounds like your swinging Swi's way without any deep analyzation, on my part. Alert: just my opinion.
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I didn't think he'd take the $4M. Maybe he'll be next year's Martiz Perez.
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IMO, he would be claimed by many teams, if DFA'd, but I'd be fine seeing someone else on the 40. Chang v Downs? I'd go with Downs.
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No s***. We all know we will fill at least these 4 slots, somehow- someway, even if it means shifting someone around. You took issue with the order or the way I determined my order of priorities by basing it on what we had already. You called listing who we had already "extreme" and said I did not like people who disagreed with me. Now, you claim I am sounding like it's harder to get an OF'er than a SS. What planet do you live on and what language do you speak? (Don't answer. It's called a rhetorical question. Look it up in your English-Martian dictionary.)
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I wouldn't be upset, in the least, if we traded or DFA'd him. Personally, I'd give him one more year in AAA. He's a decent defender. I would not want him listed at even the 3rd slot at any position on our depth chart by opening day. That is the major reason I have SS as my highest need area. It is precisely because a guy like Downs is one of the few players on our 40 that can play SS that I rank SS as our #1 high need area.
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You said Kike or Story could. I answered that it does not stop another huge hole from opening that would then be a higher need area than the pen, so nothing is really solved, until we fill one of the 3 positions: SS/2B/CF. You act like the problem is solved by moving Kike or Story. I've said numerous times, I'm assuming we get a SS, but it's not certain. I've mentioned Wong at 2B, and you and others poo-poo'd the idea of Story playing SS. I mentioned Kike playing SS, but I feel he is better in CF. It's you who can't accept my opinion, but then act like I'm the unaccepting one.
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He's not pouring over the current depth chart, because it is etched in his brain. He knows the high need areas, and I'm pretty sure the pen is in the top 4.
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Maybe you can vote with your feet and become some other team's fan.
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It's easy to never be wrong when you never name names. That is my point. I never said you are wrong to say it or that your statement is wrong. There is nothing wrong with saying we need a solid closer. Almost all of us agree. BTW, saying it's "more of a reality" sounds an awful lot like you are saying your opinion is fact- the very thing you bash me for doing, when I don't even do it.
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You said what you said. I'm not listening to your alternative meanings for words, just like I don't listen to those who deny Sandy Hook. You called me "extreme" and said, "You just don’t like others, and their opinion that the BP is the #1 need," because I disagreed and gave evidence to support my position. Where do I sound like I "don't like others?" You jump on us for making assumptions about your statements but then spew this nonsense. The "scenario" you jumped on is our current depth chart- or close to it. Neither of us like Downs or Duran anywhere near the top of any depth chart at any position, but who else do we have? You won't give even one name other than players not on our roster. We have severe needs at some slots. That was the simple point I was making. To me, it's more severe ate 3 other areas than the pen. I gave my reasons, and you jump all over them. That's you're right, but don't try to walk back what you said.
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Striking example, but very true. The worst part, to me, is he calls me "extreme" for saying I don't think the pen is the highest need area based on what we have, now, at our top 4 areas of need. SS: We have crap, or we can move Story or Kike there and create another crap position. RF: We have Refsnyder and crap. SP: We have Winckoski as our 5th best SP'er now. Pen, We need serious help, but we already have several good RP['ers and a few promising ones. I', called extreme for supporting my opinion.
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He just blasts away at other poster's opinions while acting like we are saying our opinions are facts. He won't give specifics, himself, lest he be accused of getting something wrong, but he sure enjoys pointing out how everyone else, including Bloom, is wrong. "We need to improve the pen." No s***, Sherlock. You can't go wrong with that. If we try to improve the pen and fail, we (or Bloom) are wrong, and he was right, because his "plan" was some vague statement.
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I'm not hung up on Jeter Downs, and like it or not, depth charts are precisely what teams use to determine where their greatest needs are, and maybe which positions they feel more comfortable doing less to upgrade or just choosing to leave as is, for now.. You can play musical chairs with Story and Kike and pretend they can fill 3 positions at the same time, but the rest of us know we need a serious addition at SS, 2B or CF, wherever those 2 don't play. It's as important or more so than any other slot. I happen to think it is #1 with SP as #2, RF as #3 and the pen at #4, but it's just my opinion.
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Yes, IMO, if we decide to trade a top prospect or two. it will, or should be, a player with 3+ years of team control- most likely a pitcher. (Better with 4 or 5+ years of control)
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Well said, as usual.
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I think the A's will want high upside prospects, even if farther away from the bigs than most teams might ask for. Rafaela or Bleis plus maybe Yorke and one from Walter, Mata or Wikelman. I don't see catcher as the slot we choose to make our first big prospect tarde for, but who knows? McGuire, Wong and RHern are not anything to write home about. Hickey is too far away.
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The past is the past, someone once said on this site. 2021 is the past, too.
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You are all over the map. Of course, opinions are based on assumptions. I never said it was a fact we'd sign a SS not a 2Bman. I'm giving my opinion, just like you stated your opinion that that the B ogey decision was going to be the first one. Did Cora or Bloom say that? Stop acting like everyone else giving their opinions is like they are claiming it's 100% fact. It's more strawman construction by you, as always. We have Kike and Story as the only two players we can expect will be starters to begin the season, barring injuries. Story can play 2B & SS and Kike can play CF, 2B & SS. That's 2 players for 3 positions. We have a great need at the third one. It's my opinion that 3rd position will be SS, but it is not a certainty. I didn't think I had to put a qualifier after every opinion I state, convincing you that it's just my opinion and not a stated fact. Geeesh!
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Tell us, before any additions are made, who plays 2B SS LF CF RF No, you can't have Story at 2B and SS or Kike in CF or 2B/SS. Again, I'm not saying I'd start Downs. I'd have Arroyo at 2B or SS, if he's healthy, but Downs is up on the depth chart, whether we want him to be or not. It's not a useless thing to do to look at one's depth chart to determine which areas are the highest need. We need a SS badly. We need a corner OF'er badly. We need a SP'er badly. We need pen help badly. In what order is personal preference. I am fine with different opinions, but when I state mine, I give my reasons, and they are not "extreme."
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Exaactly. We are almost 100%- certain to add at all 4 high need areas: SS, RF, SP, RP. I just attempted to order them by highest need based on my opinion on what areas were worse off. There is some gray area, because we don't know where Whitlock will be slotted, and we don't know about Houck's health or role. If both are placed in the pen, I'd say the other 3 areas are clearly worse off, right now. Sure, we can move Kike or Story to SS and create another high need area where they vacate. Sure, we could move Dugo to RF and open up a hole in LF.
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So, Sale, Bello and Pivetta can move to the pen, so the pen depth chart is useless, too?
