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  1. moonslav59
    It was worth it- the price to pay was the what came after 2018.
  2. moonslav59
    They almost forced DD to trade Betts in 2019. The cliff was coming, regardless of who was told to tear it all down. The writing was on the wall, all along.
  3. moonslav59
    When I heard of that trade, I told my brothers-in-law, "We just made a trade that will win us a ring." When I told them we traded Nomar for Cabrera, they said, "Who is he?" (That was one of the very few times I was right about how the Sox would end a season.)
  4. moonslav59
    I think Brez views Gray as the #2, but they told him not to say that. We will use converted starters to fill the pen. No more significant pen additions. We will add what they will call a big bat. We may not agree.
  5. moonslav59
    So, Gray, Oviedo & Sameniego replace Gio, Bello, Buehler, Wilson and others. Hmmmm.... Marte is a great add, but now we lose Duran with Berggie, Devers, Ref & Lowe.
  6. moonslav59
    I wonder what our spring team ranking will be.
  7. moonslav59
    I wanted to write Tolle/Early, but I think we want them starting FT in AAA, so they can seamlessly move to the big club when needed. They may beat out Oviedo in ST'ing or maybe even Sandoval. I purposely left Hicks off the BP list, but he might sneak on it over Dobbins.
  8. moonslav59
    I think Brez & Co have faith in Casas/Romy/Campbell at 1B, yes. Otherwise, Alonso would have been signed. The line-up I listed was my prediction NOT my wish list.
  9. moonslav59
    Masa or a Masa/Romy platoon can hit .774.
  10. moonslav59
    Because I do not think we have enough cash to fill bigger needs, as it is.
  11. moonslav59
    I'd prefer 2 big bats. That has been my fall & winter mantra. My point was that if we added a solid #2, which we needed and did not get with Gray or Oviedo, I would n ot feel the same sense of urgency on 2 big bats. One might be enough. No Crawford would not bat 3rd: probably Abreu or Story would. There are more ways to win than just adding 2 mashers.
  12. moonslav59
    Agreed, and some of the best were re-signed by their old team.
  13. moonslav59
    Not really. 2023 Texas 9th 2022 Houston 11th 2021 Atlanta 13th 2019 Washington 7th 2017 Houston 18th 2016 Chicago 14th 2015 Kansas City 16th 2014 San Francisco 7th 2012 San Francisco 8th 2011 St Louis 11th 10 of the last 15 seasons were teams outside the top 6. 8 of 15 were 8th or lower.
  14. moonslav59
    1. L Anthony LF 2. S KMarte 2B (for Duran, Crawford & Mullins) 3. L Abreu RF 4. R Story SS 5. L Casas 1B 6. L Yoshida DH 7. R Narvaez C 8. L Mayer 3B/ R Romy 3B (might bat 6th or 7th) 9. R Rafaela CF Bench: Wong, Romy, DHam, Eaton (Campbell?) SP: Crochet, Gray, Bello, Sandoval, Oviedo RP: Chapman, Whitlock, Slaten, Weissert, Harrison, Kelly, Watson, Dobbins
  15. moonslav59
    Thanks for showing it's not 100%. Nothing really is.
  16. moonslav59
    If we trade Bello, we'd have a new hole. I'd still like us to get a #2 SP'er, so trading Bello would mean we'd still need a #2 and then a #3-4 type. Maybe one top #2 would be enough.
  17. moonslav59
    Who was right about the cliff after 2019?
  18. moonslav59
    Not sure about slumping more than anyone else: He's a slow starter... Monthly OPS .766 SEP '22 .566 APR '23 (92 PAs) .766 May 80 .851 JUN 96 1.199 JUL 77 .918 AUG 100 .858 SEP 57 .857 APR 2024 (90) Injured>>> .749 AUG 62 .790 SEP 88 .589 APR 2025 Injured>>>>
  19. moonslav59
    At $14.7 AAV tax hit, I think they might. Ages 32-36 is scary. If Duran goes to AZ, the AAV hit would be $7M for 2026. (Likely less in '27 and '28- JD's arb years.)
  20. moonslav59
    It's about even, but if the money was the same, and at this moment with the window open wide, I'd have traded 6 yrs of Mayer for 2 years of Polanco... yes. (Close call.)
  21. moonslav59
    I'm not worried, either, but if we miss out on what we need and the excuse is no long term deals, these will be examples of shorter deals we missed out on.
  22. moonslav59
    That's quite a list- thanks. I will say guys like Schwarber & Alonso look better than Teoscar, Santander and other batters not named Soto, but still... 2024: Ohtani (P, too), JH Lee, Bellinger, M Chapman, Candelario, Soler, Gurriel, Hoskins, Garver & Teoscar 23: Judge, Turner, Bogey, Correa, Swanson, Nimmo, Yoshida, Wi Contreras, Beni, Abreu, Haniger & Rizzo (all over $40M)
  23. moonslav59
    Well, if Polanco costs as much as Mayer, I'd say it's close to even. I'd certainly project Polanco to give more production value in the next 2 years than Mayer, and I'm not sure the "window" lasts beyond 2 years.
  24. moonslav59
    There Cynics and maybe even a club of them, but then there is one single, site doomsayer.
  25. moonslav59
    I was thinking the same on Lodolo for Duran. I doubt they want anything to do with Hicks, but including him plus some cash might help balance it out. CIN is not a big spending team, so I doubt they do that. Maybe we add a lower level prospect pitcher with Duran and get Lodolo and a nice prospect bat from Cincy. My view is that there are ways we can get significantly better without spending too much money or trading away too many prospects, or creating gaping holes at other positions via trade-aways. Losing Duran hurts, and it hurts the offense more than the D, but with Anthony, Rafaela, Abreu and then Campbell/Yoshida on the roster, the loss can be minimized. Lodolo, Marte and Suarez might be too expensive, but that might be okay, as well as Okamoto at 3B/1B. I do have concerns about Suarez's age, and to a lesser extent Marte's, but all those choices seem like good enough batters to make us better. Adding Lodolo and Gray, plus Oviedo is better than Gio, Buehler and others lost.
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