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  1. moonslav59
    Teams can no longer bring up 15 guys, but I do think they may want a look at Casas. The AAA season ends earlier, and Casas missed some time, this year. I think we'll see some DFA's to make room for everyone they want to give some more playing time- maybe Plawecki might be one, but they might want him to tutor the prospect catchers. We could also demote and not DFA Cordero, Dalbec and a few others to make room for prospects.
  2. moonslav59
    Never took the Elk to be a censorship hound.
  3. moonslav59
    Looks like Devers is finally getting over the Vaz trade.
  4. moonslav59
    Post of the Month!
  5. moonslav59
    We'll see what Casas has in September. If Bello gets healthy, we'll start him a few times for a better look-see. Maybe DFA Plawecki and let Wong and RHern get some experience.
  6. moonslav59
    The race for a top 10 draft pick has officially begun: 41-83 WSH 45-79 OAK 47-77 DET 47-76 PIT 48-73 CIN 50-75 KCR (beyond our reach) 52-17 LAA +8.0 53-70 CHC +7.0 54-70 COL +6.5 54-69 MIA +6.0 56-67 TEX +4.0 56-66 AZ +3.5 60-63 BOS
  7. moonslav59
    Pop Quiz, tomorrow.
  8. moonslav59
    Yes, he should have gone inn there and told them to pack it in, so we could get a better draft pick.
  9. moonslav59
    You know your pitching is bad when McGuire looks better than anyone else, last night.
  10. moonslav59
    The problem is, anyone would look foolish going after Henry, so Bloom is made out to be the guy who chose to slash the budget and make building the farm the top priority.
  11. moonslav59
    I'm guilty for being optimistic about some Sox players and prospects. What a lousy fan I am.
  12. moonslav59
    For sure. It looks like it's down to the low minor prospects we got. Strike 1: Cordero Strike 2: Wink ...
  13. moonslav59
    Gibson was phenomenal, but it's hard to compare eras. Pedro put his numbers up in the era of big offense and juiced up batters. Gibson's best seasons were when they mound was at a different height and Yaz won the BA title hitting .301. No disrespect to Bob. Looking at the ERA+ numbers, which compares pitchers vs other from that year (era) here's what we see in their peak years: BOLD = leg league Gibson: 136 151 1962 105 127 126 148 110 1967 258 1968 164 133 119 139 133 Pedro 146 1993 124 123 117 219 1997 163 243 1999 291 2000 188 202 2002 211 2003 124 146 Pedro 166 in his best consecutive 13 seasons ('93 to '05) Gibson 137 in his best 13 ('61 to '73) [/b]
  14. moonslav59
    His rookie year was pretty awesome, when you count the first two rounds of the playoffs. 2.78 ERA/ 1.098 WHIP 0.43 ERA/0.572 WHIP in 21 NL Playoff IP 2.26 ERA overall: regular season + NL Playoffs (84 IP combined)
  15. moonslav59
    He's a FA after this year. Our best bet to bring him back might be to offer him a QO. (He'd probably take it.) I would not offer Nate a QO, because he might take it.
  16. moonslav59
    The $3M they saved on the Beni trade, again the limited budget, was used to sign Renfroe. After 2019, we cut $60M and needed to fill these slots: 1B 2B RF (Betts traded) C2 OF4 IF bench Utility That's 7 slots before we even look at pitching or 40 man roster depth. The pitching (listed by most IP in 2019): 1. ERod out with COVID all 2020 2. Porcello (pitched 12 starts w the Mets and was out of baseball) 3. Sale (did not pitch in 2020 and barely any in 2021 or 2022 at mega bucks) 4. Price (traded with Betts as salary dump) 5. Walden (good riddance) That's all of our top 6 pitchers in 2019 out or traded by 2020. Then... 7. Nate (missed some time over the last 3 yrs of his $17M/yr contract years) 8. Barnes 9 Velazquez (gone) 10. Brasier 11. Brewer (gone) 12. Cashner (gone) 13. Taylor (missed all of '22) 14. Weber (gone) That's at least 8 or 9 pitchers gone from the top 13 of 2019, not to mention the 40 man roster pitching depth that needed upgrading. Look at that 2019 roster, and all the holes left going into 2020, and you tell me about the great 2018 team residual affects?
  17. moonslav59
    Double NOPE!
  18. moonslav59
    At least we're finding out who not to bring back, next year.
  19. moonslav59
    Murphy got shelled at AAA. (3Ip 7 ER) Casas is a homer short of a cycle and may get up in the 9th. Koss is 3 for 4 in AA. Hickey's 4th HR at A+ was a 3-run job. In A ball, Simas went 3-4, Miller & Meredith 2-4. Paulino 2-5 w a 2B.
  20. moonslav59
    Sorry. My bad.
  21. moonslav59
    The player budget is public knowledge. The 2019 team was barely over .500 and Bloom was forced to cut $60M from that budget and then face raising arb costs and high priced DD guys going on the IL or falling off a cliff, but no, all that matters is the budget of 2019 is close to 2022's. Got it.
  22. moonslav59
    It's really that simple? I'll keep it short. The 2019 team had 16 more losses than this team, and they spent more. (This makes as much sense as your point.)
  23. moonslav59
    The Wink Man needs to start showing he belongs in the bigs. He started out okay, but he needs to make some adjustments to the adjustments hitters made on him. Does he have what it takes? I hope so.
  24. moonslav59
    Maybe I'm confusing posters, but I thought there was a time I tried to talk notin out of wanting Arroyo DFA'd. Maybe it was someone else.
  25. moonslav59
    Yes, and that noncompetitive team that DD handed Bloom after 2019 was then forced to cut $60M from the 2019 budget. Somehow, Bloom was expected to create a winner out of that. True, the team added about $23M to the 2021 team, but much of that was arb raises to inherited players nearing the end of their arb years. It wasn't new spending handed to Bloom. Bloom did have about $40M to spend for the 2021 team, but take a look at the 26 and 40 man roster he had to improve upon. I counted close to 10 key 26 man roster slots to fill while also trying to slowly improve the depth of the 40 man, in case of injuries and as a way to improve the longer term outlook.
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