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It's not something that jumps out as an issue, though.

MLBTR Predictions $$/yrs Player (Team going to projections by 2 people) 320/10 Correa (DET, PHI, DET) 305/10 Seager (NYY x 3) 180/3 Freeman (ATL, ATL, BOS) 160/6 Bryant (MIA, MIA, NYM) 138/6 Gausman (SFG x 3) 138/6 Semien (BOS, LAD, LAA) 130/5 R Ray (TOR x 3) 126/6 Story (PHI, TEX, HOU) 120/3 Scherzer (LAD x 3) 115/3 Castellanos (TEX, SDP, SDP) 110/5 Stroman (LAA, MN, LAD) 100/5 J Baez (TEX, DET, TEX) 80/4 S Marte (NYM, SFG, PHI) 70/5 ERod (DET, DET, MN) 70/4 Schwarber (COL, TOR, WSH) 64/4 C Taylor (SEA, BOS, SEA) Is this a joke? 56/4 R Iglesias (LAD, HOU, TOR) 25/1 Rodon (HOU, BOS, LAA) 56/4 Jon Gray (DET, LAA, SFG) 55/5 Seiya Suzuki (PHI, TEX, TEX) 45/3 Rizzo (MIA, BOS, ATL) 42/3 DeSclafani (NYM, MIA, STL) 40/2 Verlander (SFG, SFG, ATL) 36/3 Av Garcia (KCR, KIA, COL) 36/3 Soler (MIL, COL, MIA) 30/3 Alex Wood (MIA, WSH, MN) 27/3 S Matz (BOS, LAA, WSH) 27/3 Graveman (HOU, KCR, LAD) 26/2 K Jansen (TOR, TOR, KCR) 24/2 M Canha (CLE x 3) 24/2 Kyle Seager (TOR, TOR, NYM) 20/1 Conforto (ATL, CWS, MIL) 20/1 Kershaw (TEX, TEX, PHI) 20/2 Kikuchi (Cubs x 3) 20/2 E Escobar (WSH, CWS, TOR) 18.4/1 QO B Belt (SFG) 18.4/1 QO Syndergaar (NYM) 18/2 Corey Knebel (BOS, PHI, MN) 16/2 Alex Cobb (KCR, BOS, OAK) 15/1 Greinke (WSH. STL, BOS) 15/2 Rosario (WSH, ATL, ATL) 15/2 Neris (PHI, LAA, TBR) 14/2 Villar (NYM, COL, CWS) 14/2 Melancon (PHI, STL, STL) 12/2 Tepera (LAA, KCR, PHI) 12/1 Kluber (ATL, MN, SFG) 12/1 N Cruz (SDP, SDP, MIL) 10/1 Duffy (LAA, LAD, KCR) 10/1 Gomes (NYY, NYY, COL) 6/1 Heaney (STL, WSH, PIT) Others: Tyler Anderson Andrew Chafin Johnny Cueto Josh Harrison Rich Hill Daniel Hudson Joe Kelly Aaron Loup Andrew McCutchen Collin McHugh Brad Miller James Paxton Joc Pederson Tommy Pham Michael Pineda Brooks Raley Tomoyuki Sugano

How is this for a team that knows pitching? BTV Values: 161 Burnes 113 Peralta 110 Woodruff 41 Williams 27 Hader 19 Houser 17 Ashby (The Brewers)

Again, I find myself agreeing with you. Makes me think I need to re-examine my whole foundation of thought.

Valdez always seemed to do better than his profile and stuff indicated he should do, but he pitched pretty well for us, except for a very few games where he got totally shelled and left in longer than maybe he deserved to be. The 3.26 ERA in 2020 was not supported by his 1.615 WHIP, but this year seemed like the reverse. (5.85 ERA/1.350 WHIP and .700 OPS Against) I think he got hurt, and they just stopped pitching him for a while. He had a 3.45 ERA and 3.41 FIP after his first 22 games (29 IP), then the wheels fell off. 2 bad games really messed up his stats: 1 IP 5H 7 ER 2BB 1 K 1 IP 5H 5 ER 1BB 0 K His last 6 games: 11.91 ERA/ 7.85 FIP (11 IP) Take away those 2 games and he put up these numbers: 38 IP 25 Hits 16 BB 1.08 WHIP 12 ER 2.84 ERA I know every pitcher's numbers would look better minus their two worst games, but 12 ERs in 2 IP is about as bad as it can get.

I should have known better than to jack up your ego! LOL

I think Brasier, Valdez and DHern would be snatched up by just about every MLB team, if put on waivers. That should equate to plus value. I do not think Potts would be snagged.

Atlanta is smart how they spend their money. They may not view over-spending on 1B is smart. I just can't imagine Freeman anywhere else but Atlanta, though.

So, maybe you'd protect 3: Winckowski, Downs and Santos? (Jimenez is your maybe?)

He reminds me of Joey Votto, who is Mr. Cincinnati. Freeman is Mr. Atlanta.

I originally had Crawford in "possible," but MVP talked me into jacking hium up. I could agree to removing Ward from "possible." What are your thoughts on Santos and Feltman?

I think BTV does a pretty good job. They need to update more often, but I applaud their efforts. I do think Verdugo might be over-valued but not by a lot. Some interesting points I see from BTV, concerning the Sox: -We'd have to pay a team $9.6M for them to take JD off our hands for no positive value in return. -Barnes is now worth -$4.9M. Sawamura -$1.8M. -I'm not sure why the low-paid Brasier is worth zero. So are DHern and Valdez. -Player I think we might DFA have plus values, so can we trade them? (I doubt it.) +0.2 Arauz +0.5 Plawecki +2.4 Potts +3.0 Rosario (I like Arauz more than anyone else on this short list.) -They have Renfroe making $7.6M on arb and still worth +$1.6M. -Vaz makes $7M and is worth +$1.6M, too. Could either be traded to clear up more salary space? -Is Duran over-valued at $23.1M? -Dalbec at $13.5M? Downs at $11.8M? Jimenez at $10.8M? (He might not even be protected for Rule 5!) -Is Bello under-valued at $4.8M? -Groome at $4.3M? -Winckowski & Seabold at $3.3-3.5M? -The guys we got for Beni are valued at... 3.3M Winckowski 2.4M Valdez 0.7M Gambrel 0.0M Cordero 0.1 de la Rosa Beni is valued at +2.7M.

Last winter, we protected 7 player for Rule 5: LHP Jay Groome RHP Connor Seabold C Connor Wong RHP Eduard Bazardo 3B Hudson Potts RHP Bryan Mata OF Jeisson Rosario We selected Whitlock from the Yanks. How much drama will there be this year? We currently have 7 open slots on the 40, not counting ERod. Here are our possible Rule 5 players needing protection: Rule 5 Candidates Certain: Downs Bello Winckowski Probable: Santos Crawford Feltman Possible: Cottam Jimenez Ward

I can't believe there were no other RF'ers in the AL worthy of nominating for RF GG other than Renfroe.

Agreed, but because his pay is low, his value is higher.

Another option could be to trade Dalbec and have Schwarber work out at 1B all winter. Then, when JD leave, we move Schwarber to DH as Casas takes over 1B. (Again, I'm not for spending on Schwarber, though.)

We could sign ERod and Schwarber and stay under the current tax line, but that would be about all we could do. I'd spend it all on pitching, except for maybe a little on someone like Iggy.

That could end up helping more than the extra pick.

To me, the only player that could be traded to make room for Schwarber is Renfroe (move Verdugo to RF,) but I doubt we see that. If we trade Renfroe and save $7M, spending $15M on Schwarber lessens the financial hit, but again, I seriously doubt we do this.

I guess, if Bloom is given a very large winter spending budget, he might, but I doubt he gets to spend even $45M.

Agree 100%. Those comp picks are pretty valuable, too. I assume the up your signing bonus pool, too, right?

ERod will probably get $20M x 4- maybe even $20M x 5, but I'm not sure I'd go that high and long. Close. I'd pay Schwarber $15M x 4, if we didn't have JD or Renfroe, but we do, so I'd pass.

His numbers show he was "better," but I asked about "much better."

I think so, too. I was speaking to those who did not think we should have offered ERod the QO. I'd try to get him to take ... $16M x 4 or $15M x 5

Is he much better than Kike was before this season?