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Everything posted by moonslav59
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Like beating your asses, last year?
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The only other way is via trade- like Pedro, Schill, Beckett, Sale or via a beefed up farm- Lester, err... It seems that when Bloom makes trades for promising prospects, in order to try an beef up the farm, he gets bashed for that, too.
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The eye test tells me pretty much what these numbers show me, except for Sawamura. Both tell me Whitlock has been much better as a RP'er. Both tell me Schreiber, Houck and Strahm have done well in the pen, and Barnes has been shaky but ok. When we demoted Valdez, I wondered why, and didn't even know his OPSA was so good. (I was going by my eye test.) The stats confirm my eye test on the pen killers, too. My eye test would have ranked our top 4 starters just like the OPSA numbers ranked them: 1. Wacha 2. Pivetta 3. Hill 4. Nate One can say, "See, the eye test is very accurate," but one could also say to the data aversion group, "See, the data is correct." The part that the eye test doesn't cover, is when you compare our players to those on other teams that our eyes don't watch much, or at all. No, I did not hear Millar. I often have the sound turned down and listen to music, instead.
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The pen gets a lot of abuse that maybe the rotation deserves: OPS Against: .708 RP'ers .757 SP'ers Individual OPS Against in Relief ONLY: .399 Whitlock (115 PAs) .550 Schreiber (205) .587 Houck (178) .589 P Valdez (72) .659 Strahm (136) .664 Sawamura (221) A case against using OPSA .665 Danish (130) .699 Barnes (131) These were the pen killers (note their PAs Against) 1.376 DHern (43) .879 Ort (82) .864 Brasier (221) .831 Robbles (111) .799 Davis (232) .744 Diekman (171) Starter OPSA in order of most PAs Against .729 Pivetta (626) .774 Eovaldi (423) .752 R Hill (375) .605 Wacha (354) .859 Wink (283) .813 Craw (259) .723 Whitlock (164) .911 Bello (105) .663 Houck (69) 1.296 Seab (63) .584 Sale (25) .186 Davis (22 as "opener")
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If they are selling, they may want to get their finances in better order, but maybe the new owner wants some big named players on the roster.
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OK, $100M was an exaggeration, but BTV has him at -$37.5M. Rendon is at -$140M. They might get the Dodgers to take him for a prospect, but I think even they would want some money chipped in.
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Yes, it looks like maybe 1-3 a year will just barely go over 200 IP. It's been a steady decline for decades. -
Would they trade Trout + $100M?
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Unless we add and bring up German, I'm not sure we'll see an improvement.
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Verlander is the only pitcher to crack 250 IP since 2008 (Sabathia), and he only did it once at 251 IP in 2011. Since 2000: 266 Roy Halladay '03 260 Randy Johnson '02 259 Curt Schilling '02 257 Curt Schilling '01 The most since 2015: 233 Kershaw '15 232 Keuchel '15 230 Price '16 BOS 229 Arrieta '15 228 Scherzer '15 & '16 228 Verlander '16 227 Sale '16 CWS 227 Bumgarner '16 223 Verlander '19 MOST since 2016! Zach Wheeler led MLB in IP with 213 in 2021
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Like Carlos Rodon, who will likely opt out. A QO offer is not a bad idea for Wacha.
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I seriously doubt it, although both Nate and Wacha have had injury issues for much of their careers. It's more likely neither get a QO.
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Tell that to harmony.
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Suarez can play 1B, and Saurez is tied with Judge for the most homers since 2018.
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..or, if he'd have comeback and looked shaky, like Nate did.
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Part of "impressing" is looking at runs allowed, and on that front, it looks like Bello is failing, miserably, but some of those runs have come off hits on some nice pitches. I've been seeing some very encouraging signs, already. Maybe he was rushed a little, due to all the injuries, but I'm not so sure. He has had a learning experience, and I think it has helped.
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I think Wong and RHern have been alternating C/DH in WOO, so calling Wong up actually let's RHern get more reps at catcher. How much Wong plays might depend on DFA'ing Plawecki or not.
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Probably the thick one.
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Like it or not, this is how I see the 2023 roster: Unless traded, these players will be back, next year: Barnes Sale Devers Taylor (assuming healthy) Verdugo Pivetta Arroyo Houck Mata Wong Whitlock RHernandez Crawford Winckowski Bello Paxton (option) Story Schreiber Refsnyder McGuire Pham (option) Hosmer Casas (Rule 5) German (Rule 5) Gonzalez (Rule 5) Murphy (Rule 5) Paulino (Rule 5) Rafaela (Rule 5) Walter (Rule 5) E Valdez (MiFA) That's only 30 out of 40 needed. Possible Returnees, Traded or DFA'd? (Red= may be back or traded) DHern Dalbec Seabold Downs Duran Cordero Danish Ort Ja Davis Borderline Rule 5 Protectees/Lost to Rule 5 (likely will not be selected.) WAbreu BBonaci KCottam DFeltman DGranberg DHamilton GJimenez CKoss NNorthcut VSantos NSogard NSong JThompson JWallace TWard
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With one of those micro pens?
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Wong hit another HR (14th) and Enmauel Valdez is 1-4 w 2 RBI. Mata walked 4 in 3 IP (2 H, 1 ER). Wong has 7 HRs in his last 14 games, Wilyer Abreu is 3-4 w BB, so far w POR. Koss 2-5 with 14 dinger. Kavadas 1-4 w BB. Binelas 1-3 w 2B. Hamilton 1-3 w 2BB.
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Cut Brasier and Plawecki. Add German, Casas and Murphy to the 40. Call up Wong & Casas, tonight. Add Murphy and Casas for September call-ups.
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A more realistic trade would be to a big spending team. Would you trade Devers, Wong and Wink to SEA for France & Raleigh? (BTV accepted)
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There are a lot of other players I'm interested in, but I'm not sure the budget will be big enough to sign them all. Eventually, it will come down to some either/or choices, and I think 1B and or DH might be the slots left untouched.
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Remember when many of us were considering a QO for Eovaldi?
