moonslav59
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I just read it. I just responded. (BTW, I think Vaz is a better hitter than Plawecki, but not this year.)
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I never claimed managers and GM all follow my beliefs. Plawecki caught Eovaldi, who had a very clear differential in CERA. The other pitchers not so much. Also, I am not a big Plawecki fan. I've never said he was great or even good at "handling the staff." My point has always been about Vaz not matching his back-up numbers with most starters and some having massive differentials.
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Why else would Maldanado be playing, if he is so horrible at traditional defensive stats and is hitting like .100? You tell me. These numbers support my position.
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Probably not many non-pitchers, but the 26 man roster is rather new, so maybe that may change.
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We traded for him. The list was for all the "greats" brought up through the Sox system since Buchholz.
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That helps me understand your mentality.
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I think it is pretty clear why Maldanado is the starting catcher for the Astros, despite his .300 OPS.
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As long as the guy is good at handling the staff and decent at other defensive aspects, I'm on board. I know very little about other teams' catchers and staff-handling.
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Is that your goal?
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There is a difference between what I want to happen and what I think will happen, but in this case, both point to no mega deals, this winter. $30-40M to spend: 4-5 slots open. That does not leave much room for a $30M deal, unless we sign Scherzer and 3 Iggy types.
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It's not about Plawecki being great with the staff, except maybe Eovaldi. It's about Vaz being worse or much worse than whoever else is our back-up.
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We need another quality SP'er, IMO. That is our highest priority. Depending on where Houck and Whitlock end up, we need another pitcher at Starter or relief. If we have a much higher spending budget, I'm fine with adding Baez and or Schwarber. ERod Verlander Schwarber Iggy or ERod Scherzer Baez
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Who knows who other teams might trade, but it's not easy to find good one. We could sign Pina. We could try Wong, but I'm not sure how well he handles pitchers, either.
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Ok. Good point. I've also said the pitching is better than the numbers indicate due to poor defense, and Vaz is part of that position, although not much to do with the high BAbip. I won't be hurt, if we bring Vaz back. I just don't think he's worth $7M, especially if he can't hit over .675.
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He's saying he would not protect him, and maybe he would have been had he hit well, this season. I get your point about this season, but it would have been a closer call, had he done well. There are teams out there in total rebuild mode, who can stash a player they will never play as their 26th man, if they really think he will be a good one. Jimenez has not indicated he is that type of player.
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I've said things like "not much of a crunch." I'm thinking guys like Rosario and Potts are out there for the taking on minor league deals. Sure, they "might help" but at no better chance than who we replace them with, so our 40 man gets better by replacing them. That's the point, and that is hardly a meaningful "crunch." To me, a meaningful crunch might be needing to DFA Bazardo or Davis, and even those two are not much better than what's out there in the minor league FA market or players that will be shed by other teams when they hit their crunch.
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I did not think he was as "good" as Ranaudo. The whole point was sarcastic, but I see you enjoy picking everything I say apart (not that I don't do the same pretty often). I'm fine subbing Ranaudo for Weiland in my sarcastic post. Now, I'll wait for you next nit-picking comment.
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not in CMs
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Like your pick of Ranaudo over Weiland?
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Okay. I'll sub Ranaudo for Weiland. It's such an important fix.
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True, but in general, we spent about $43M, last winter, and about $30 was "freed up" by not signing Betts (minus what Verdugo cost us.)
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He's saying "if he had...," but he didn't, so he won't be protected.
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Not a big roster crunch. Not like other teams with deeper 40 men rosters and lots of Rule 5's. If we sign 4 free agents, we only have to DFA Rosario and Potts. If we sign 5, maybe Ronaldo Hernandez or Plawecki. You call that a crunch? There is also Davis, Arauz, and a couple other players I won't cry about being DFA'd or traded for scraps.
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I would not bring Vaz back at $7M. I'd trade him, if we do bring him back. Where is the disconnect?
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Maybe some GM will offer a far off prospect for him. Find that out before you say no to his option. I would not pay him $7M for reasons everyone knows, but some GM might. He did hit neat .800 from 2019-2020, so that ups his value a little. Not many catchers have ever done that in recent years.
