moonslav59
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This could be the only way we go "all out," this year.
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Eventually, it's going to go to 8 teams making it from each league. No byes. No one game play-ins. Whether they shorten the regular season or not, is the bigger question. To me, the 162 game season is what weeds out the bad or worse teams. Letting 16 out 30 teams in diminishes the value of such a long season, but it's all about money. Had there been a 16 team playoffs, this year, the Sox would have been in the race much longer, and finished just 3 GB the CWS. The first round match-ups: AL CWS v HOU TOR v SEA BAL v NYY TBR v CLE NL SFG v LAD SDP v STL MIL v ATL PHI v NYM
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No. I think Bloom had the right instincts on these guys, but just missed on the timing. I guess that's bad luck, but maybe not "blind."
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I doubt they get a FT catcher, either. I think they roll the dice with McGuire & Wong with RHern in AAA as uninspiring depth. ' With the high priority placed on the farm and a likely limited winter spending budget, I see other much greater needs than Catcher, 1B and maybe even DH. SP RP SS SP/RP RF RP
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I would not go that far. Giving up Duran is one thing, but not something of value like that!
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I'm blaming this on "crybaby fans," too. (LOL) Can you imagine the relentless and hysterical crying had we brought these two back for another year?
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It certainly could be just "timing." (BTW, I used the word "maybe" twice to emphasize how speculative my point was.) It could be coaching-related, too.
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It's better than one game play-ins, but I dislike the other teams getting such a long rest.
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Duran and Wink (or Chris Murphy) for Sewald & Murphy
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BTV Catcher Values 6.5 McGuire (Diekman is at -4.0) 3.0 Murphy 2.5 RHern 1.9 Wong 1.7 Hickey (pretty far away) 1.4 Lira 1.3 Marcano 0.2 Cottam
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There were reasons we took a flyer on both of these guys. Bloom & Co. saw some hopes in both. It looked like two swings and misses, but now, in hindsight, it looks like maybe- just maybe- it was just his timing that was off. (He did give Perez two seperate chances.)
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No organization thinks they can't add pitching depth, but with 40 man roster issues, it's not likely Wink or Seabold are better than your bottom of the 40 pitcher. How about McDonough? I'd give Duran, who has twice the BTV value.
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That was one factor in the weakening of the farm system.
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It was also easier to work the system by acquiring more and more comp picks, that actually were good draft picks. In 2011, the Rays had 10 picks in the top 60 and 12 picks in the top 89. That was the year BOS had 4 in the top 40 (Barnes, Swihart, Owens & JBJ). Theo was pretty good at this. 5 picks in the top 47 in '05 (Jake, Buch, Lowrie) 4 in top 44 in '06 (Bard) 3 in top 39 in '10 (Ranaudo, Brentz) 4 in top 40 in '11 (see above)
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I might give 'em both, but I don't know much about Murphy and his intangibles as a catcher.
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Indeed, that could be it. It could also be good instincts but just bad luck with timing.
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Give 'em a choice: Wink or Seabold
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A couple near misses on Bloom's account: Jeffery Springs Bloom trades Sam Travis for Springs in JAN '20 7.08 ERA/ 1.82 WHIP Bloom trades Springs with Mazza for Ronald Hernandez 2 years w TBR 180 IP 2.70 ERA/ 1.08 WHIP Martin Perez Bloom signs Perez Dec 2019 4.50 ERA/ 1.34 WHIP Bloom signs Perez FEB 2021 4.74 ERA/ 1.51 WHIP Perez signs with Rangers MAR 2022 2.89 ERA/ 1.26 WHIP
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It's interesting to see the updated values given by BTV on the players Bloom has acquired via trade, waivers, minor league FA and Rule 5: 34.4 Whitlock (Rule 5) 24.2 Schreiber (Waivers) 6.5 McGuire (Diekman -4.5 now) 3.3 Winckowski, 0.5 Gambrell, 0.2 F Valdez, 0.1 L de la Rosa, 0.0 Cordero (Beni n/a) 3.1 Hosmer, 1.8 Rosier, 1.2 Ferguson (Groome 3.5) 2.9 Seabold & 0.9 Pivetta (Workman n/a & Hembree n/a) 2.6 Verdugo, 1.9 Wong & 1.1 Downs (Betts n/a) 2.5 R Hernandez (Mazza n/a & Springs 17.5) 2.1 Abreu & 1.2 E Valdez(Vazquez n/a) 1.6 Hamilton & 1.2 Binelas (Renfroe -0.2) 1.4 German (w Ottavino for PTBNL- n/a) 1.1 Z Kelly (minor league FA) 0.2 Potts (Moreland n/a) 0.1 Ort (minor league Rule 5) 0.0 Danish (minor league FA) -0.6 Arroyo (Waivers)
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How about some prospects above A? Casas, Rafaela, Wikelman & Duran for Lopez, Cabrera, Berti & Cooper
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We could throw in... ... wait for it... Duran!
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They would get my vote as the best of the non top 4. I think the Astros win it all.
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If we extend Bogey, this trade would really help us- short and long term. 2 rotation slots filled RF or 4th OF'er filled Plenty of budget space left over to address RF, the pen and maybe even catcher and a Devers extension.
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No. You have to play the games, and some of the odds makers don't see it my way, either- some do: Fangraphs: 19.6% HOU 16.4% ATL 16.2% LAA 11.7% SDP 11.2% NYY 11.1% PHI 9.6% SEA 4.2% CLE SB Nation shows the odds are 2 times better for the top 4 teams, though... +310 LAD +380 HOU +500 ATL +500 NYY +1000 SDP +1100 PHI +1300 SEA +1800 CLE
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Apparently Mayer for Lopez & Cabrera would be a Sox overpay. Mayer for Lopez, Cabrera and Berti is a go.
