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  1. moonslav59
    The Betts extension/signing is a totally different issue. You, yourself, was not for paying Betts what he wanted, so how can you now count his post-signing value and contract as something in the plus column? Something we lost? The fact is, we lost a season of Betts, which turned out to be a 60 game season, and we got 5 years of Verdugo plus a couple not-so-promising-anymore prospects. Grading the trade is difficult, because the results are not in for our return. The results are in on the Betts side of the ledger, though. Speculating on what else we might have gotten for Betts is fine, but I've heard nothing about other "what ifs."
  2. moonslav59
    Not really. You have to subtract about $16M for Player Benefits and the $16M for Price.
  3. moonslav59
    What is equal value? Is 5 years of Verdugo not equal to 60 games of Betts?
  4. moonslav59
    The proof is what they spent. Do people really think Bloom was given a big spending budget and chose not to do so? Where is your evidence on that?
  5. moonslav59
    Well, he was handed a winter spending budget very unlike DD's for his first 2 winters.
  6. moonslav59
    Big 4th quarter for the Celts. Big win! As much as I dislike the Celtics, I dislike Golden State more.
  7. moonslav59
    So, he needs to "command" his fastball up to 96?
  8. moonslav59
    Filling just 3 slots pretty much guarantees mediocrity.
  9. moonslav59
    It's hard to know what else we could have gotten for Betts, and it's a lot easier to criticize what we did get. I think the idea is to get the best we can for players we know we will not re-sign or extend, and then use the money saved to make up the difference. Supplement that with some farm help, and the plan is probably the best we can hope for, if signing large and long deals is off the table.
  10. moonslav59
    They act like Bloom was given DD's winter spending budgets b ut chooses to spend like he's the Ray's GM. This makes him "in over his head." How quickly 2019 is wiped clean.
  11. moonslav59
    Open Slots 2023: C1 _______ C2 _______ (Wong/RHern?) 1B _______ (Casas/DalbecCordero?) 2B _______ (Arroyo/Downs/Fitzy/Arauz?) 3B Devers SS Story LF Verdugo CF ______ (JBJ? option) RF ______ (Cordero?) DH ______ (Dalbec/Cordero?) SP1 _______ SP2 Sale - maybe SP3 Paxton - maybe SP4 Whitlock SP5 Pivetta SP6 Bello/Seabold/Winckowski/Murphy/Groome/Mata Closer ______ RP2 ______ (German?) RP3 Houck RP4 ______ RP5 Schreiber RP6 Taylor RP7 Diekman RP8 Barnes Danish/Davis/Valdez/Sawamura/Brasier/Feltman (SP converted) Maybe 9-11 open slots?
  12. moonslav59
    Treading water while the lifeboats row off, half full.
  13. moonslav59
    That might be the worst ranking of anyone. I'm thinking we might be #11-14.
  14. moonslav59
    I see 7, not counting 3-4 in the pen and 1-2 on the bench. C 1B 2B OF OF DH SP
  15. moonslav59
    Not anymore.
  16. moonslav59
    Mayer 1-2 w a 2B and BB (2 rbi) in a shortened game. Paulino 2-3 and Kavadas 1-2. Gonzalez went the full 5 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 K Portland lost 8-7 after allowing 4 runs in the bottom of the 9th and 3 in the bottom of the 10th! Wilson & Hamilton with 2 hits. The team walked 8 times! Murphy went 6 strong innings: 1 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 9 K. Woo lost 8-4. Stewart with a 2B and 3 rbi. Duran 2-4 w just 1 K. .
  17. moonslav59
    From what I hear, he's got tremendous control but little command.
  18. moonslav59
    Mirror.
  19. moonslav59
    The individual poster is named Mr. Strawman. There is not a single poster, I know of, who has not criticized Bloom more than 2-3 times. Not one. These guys love to play the persecuted, when all they do all day is persecute Bloom and anyone who tries to justify why he can't fill every hole on a limited budget.
  20. moonslav59
    Can you say strawman?
  21. moonslav59
    Walter got drilled, tonight with Woo: 1.2 IP 5 H 6 ER 1 BB 2 K Duran has the team's only 2 hits, so far. Murphy is pitching a 1 hit shutout through 4 innings (1 BB/ 5 K)
  22. moonslav59
    It's easy to bash anything and everything. It's the way of the world. Try asking for a better idea or plan, and all you get is gutless silence. Much is in hindsight, but when they happen to hit on something they criticized on day one, they become emboldened and never let us forget it.
  23. moonslav59
    It takes time to start getting results from people you draft at young ages. Bloom is in the midst of improving the farm. It may end up sucking, and we'll all join you and your talk show callers in one big B loom bash. Expecting farm results, this quickly, is naive.
  24. moonslav59
    Right on cue as notin predicted. How about... Price Dalbec Budget Farm
  25. moonslav59
    I guess we can all agree: we should have signed Suzuki and R Iglesias, instead of Story, Wacha, Hill, Diekman and Strahm. We'd be in first place by now.
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