moonslav59

bam!!!!

Time for Schwarber to come through.

I know we get bad calls that help us, too, but it always seems lop-sided in big games.

Exactly!

Using Green in the 7th is a good sign. Hitting him would be even better.

Way to shut me the f*** up, VAZ!

Can we get a big hit when we need it, or are we going to keep playing this snake-bitten s*** role forever?

I'm not making excuses for ERod. He's had more than his share of piss poor starts, but there was a time, last year when it wasn't certain he'd ever pitch again. He missed a full season. He came out of the gate pretty well, as the team won 5 of his first 6 starts (3.82 ERA), but then he hit a wall. Starting June 5th, the team won 8 out of 9 starts, so can we drop the "never comes up big" rants. Those wins were against some very good teams: @NYY HOU @ATL @TBR NYY @OAK @LAA (the only loss) @NYY NYY Sure, he got lucky in some of those starts with big run support, but afterwards, he had some tough luck losses, too. 5.1IP 2 ER loss to TBR when the pen let up 6 runs. 6.0IP 1 ER @SEA in a 5-4 loss. He gave us 6 shut out innings @ TBR on Sept 2nd, but there are some short memories, here. (4-0 win).We won his last start vs the Mets (4.1 IP 2 ER). I'm not going to argue against anyone not wanting him back, next year or not wanting to offer him the QO, but he is not the guy to blame for this year's problems, especially against the Yanks.

I never denied or even implied we had no problems. I, for one, have a bigger issue with fans like you than our bright GM.

So, Toronto and Seattle deserve to be? Why?

So, the 3 wins against the Yanks this year were a mirage?

You guys are brutal.

Taking Vax’s option does not mean we keep him, but I agree the budget can be used better. Some players you listed are very far away, and we can probably guess a few might be duds or nothing more than told players. I wouldn’t be surprised if Bloom again seeks almost all one or two year deals, but to get the best of the best we will likely have to large and long on a pitcher. We could go shorter term with an older guy, but then the chances of decline or injury are greater.

Big DP & K. Nice start by ERod.

SEA up 5-1 in the 9th and trying to stay afloat.

There are better ways to shorten the game, but this rule does help, and it's the same for both teams.

We are 3-1 in games against Montgomery, this season. Our loss was 5-3 in a 7 inning game where Jordan let up 3 ERs in 4.2 IP. With ERod starting vs the Yanks, we are 3-0 winning 7-3, 4-0 and 6-2. Why not try to think about positive things? Career, ERod is 8-6 with a 3.73 ERA. Montgomery is 1-2 with a 3.91 ERA vs BOS (0-1 4.62 in Fenway)

The way Stanton and Judge are hitting, we ought to think about walking or hitting them nearly every AB. The rest of the Yankee hitters are miles below these two guy's level. Be careful with Gardner, Sanchez and maybe LeMahieu, but yes, make Stanton and Judge as uncomfortable as possible, or just put them on 1B.

The thing about Wong is, I have no idea how well he does with pitchers. If he's worse than Vaz, it's a bad decision.

Let's say Pina costs $3M, and we shed Vaz and Plawecki, who will cost about $9M, next season. Is a Pina- Wong/Hernandez combo that much of a downgrade from Vaz/Plawecki, and if yes, does a $6M RP'er added make up the difference?

I don't think Wong was kept in the minors to play everyday. That is part of it, but I doubt Bloom & Cora think he's good enough to play FT, next year. As for playing everyday, the catching position is different. They rarely play 154 games as FT'ers. Most barely start 4 out of 5 games or even 3 out of 4, so the back-up catcher plays way more than the back-up 2Bman. Only 9 catchers have over 100 GS'd at catcher. Only 15 have 93 or more starts at catcher. 10 FT catchers in MLB, this year, have under 78 GS'd, so far.

While true, I don't think starting the 2022 season with Wong and Ronald Hernandez as the only catchers is a winning decision. I would think, if Wong was that good, he'd have replaced Plawecki, by now. My point is: Wong/Hernandez + $9M RP'er > Vaz/Plawecki and a scrub RP'er. or Pina/Wong + $6-7M RP'er >Vaz/Plawecki and a scrub RP'er.

When the contenders are at 6.12 of lower, yes. BTW, I'd put our pitching at 9.5, but our defense at 1.5 or lower.

Yan Gomes Manny Pina Connor Wong & Ronald Hernandez

I think our offense is very good, even without Schwarber. Schwarber is not the only good bat around. There is no need to double up on DHs just so we can have Schwarber in 2023, after JD bolts. I'd love to have Schwarber back. It's not about that. It's about DH not being even close to our highest need area. The fact that he can play LF or maybe 1B, where we have two good players, already doesn't change the fact that he is a DH. We have too many holes to fill in the pitching staff to think we can divert some funds to a low need area. To me, defense is the second priority to pitching- not batting. Again, if we can find a taker for JD, even if we pay $5-7M of his deal, I'd jump all over Schwarber. It's not worth paying $14M for 2 DHs, and then do complicated rotating rest regimes to find room for everyone to play 8 or 9 games out of every 10. How much will it cost to fill these holes? SP1 Sale SP2 _____ SP3 Eovaldi SP4 _____ SP5 Pivetta SP6 Seabold RP1 Houck RP2 Whitlock RP3 ______ RP4 Barnes RP5 Taylor RP6 ______ RP7 Sawamura RP8 Rios, Davis, Brasier, Valdez I'm thinking more than what our budget allows, and that's not counting the money we'll need to spend on a quality utility IF'er like maybe Iggy. Ideally, we trade JD, sign Schwarber, sign Iggy and maybe Yan Gomes or Manny Pina at catcher. Then we have over $30+M to spend on 3-4 pitchers.