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  1. moonslav59
    Yes, but when you draft this low, it's such a crap shoot. It's easy to pick a guy, see the upside and get all gah-gah, and think we got a steal, no matter who we might have drafted. I'm not trying to rain on your or anyone's parade. I'm hopeful Bloom did well, but our first picks seemed to be guys many had going later or much later. I'm having a hard time getting overly optimistic.
  2. moonslav59
    BTV accepted... Duran, Nate, JD & Vaz for Mauricio & Ziegler
  3. moonslav59
    Everybody drafted in the first few rounds "could be..."
  4. moonslav59
    My guess, next summer. 1. Mayer 2. Bello 3. Bleis 4. Rafaela 5. Mata 6. Casas 7. Walter 8. Murphy 9. Jordan 10. Yorke Just a hunch.
  5. moonslav59
    I have no idea how well we drafted. I only posted this one, because it was the only site I could find that gave a grade for the entire draft by teams.
  6. moonslav59
    Should have kept Frank.
  7. moonslav59
    Super large on someone or Story and Suzuki, which I’m glad now we did not do
  8. moonslav59
    He had two good seasons- both under 200 PAs. I’m not feeling any good vibes about him.
  9. moonslav59
    I was not surprise we did not go super large this past winter, but we did pay Story and the one year deals added up to a lot. Plus JBJ.
  10. moonslav59
    It’s hard to determine what anyone “deserves.” We probably all have our own views.
  11. moonslav59
    I’m guessing this winter, but maybe next or the one after. JH rarely goes more than 3 years between sprees, and even this recent one should only be viewed as beginning after the Sale and Bogey extensions, and not the JD signing date.
  12. moonslav59
    I can see that view, but JH has gone through cycles of lower spending, before, and then turned on the monet faucet again and again. I think he waits until he thinks we are close enough to winning a ring to give the green light. The only exception to that was when he brought in DD to turn around a team that finished in last place 3 of 4 years, although one could argue the foundation was already set to give the green light to Ben, had he stayed.
  13. moonslav59
    OK. Got it. I'm a bit distracted, lately. I guess that distinction does not bother me, at all. Then, when you add the context of winning a ring 2 years prior to 2015 and 3 years after 2015, it's even easier for anyone to shrug off.
  14. moonslav59
    Nobody.
  15. moonslav59
    If I thought they'd listen I would. Don't they read all of our posts, anyway? LOL
  16. moonslav59
    Fair, inn terms of market value, yes, but that doesn't mean I'm on board with signing him to that. I would not be upset, if we did. I was for offering Betts whatever it took. I'm just not for trading even one top prospect for the right to sign someone to a high market value contract. It was why I was against trading several prospects for Kimbrel and his near market value remaining contract. (True, the market leaped past his numbers right after the signing, and I have admitted that changed that dynamic of the trade, in hindsight.)
  17. moonslav59
    I'm shocked!
  18. moonslav59
    Not according to some sources, and are we talking opening day payroll, end of year payroll and should it be both. This site has us 3rd in 2015, almost $90M from 1st: http://www.stevetheump.com/Payrolls.htm
  19. moonslav59
    This not the time of year for that
  20. moonslav59
    It would be a waste of time trying to find out he's slightly better than Cordero. Sure, maybe he surprises, butso might Casas in a cast.
  21. moonslav59
    Agreed. The thing is, I would not pay him $440M as a free agent, so why would I give up one top prospect to get to sign hin to that, let alone 3-4 top prospects?
  22. moonslav59
    I'd rather have Casas play with a cast on his ankle than get Smith.
  23. moonslav59
    I hope this is a lie or a smoke screen.
  24. moonslav59
    More extreme, IMO. If building back fan faith is the motive, getting Soto might convince the majority of fans we are back in top contention, but unless Henry is prepared to open his checkbook further and become the LAD East, getting Soto and paying him $440M or more would cripple the team's finances for over a decade. We'd be the LAA East, instead.
  25. moonslav59
    It would do the opposite, to me, in "restoring faith." I'd totally give up on any thinking that team management has a clue of how to do business and build consistently winning teams. Trading Betts for Verdugo and scraps and then trading 3-5 top prospects for Soto and then paying him 50% more than what we could have gotten Betts for is a major loss in cred, IMO.
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