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He's only had 19 ABs, this year. He's a lefty killer, but the bad part is that he's on the wrong end of a possible Dalbec platoon. -
At the time, I felt Price had the record to be as good as anyone who had come along in a long time, with the possible exception of Scherzer, who was there the year before, but even Scherzer's record wasn't as good over a longer time period. I thought it was an overpay, but that's a given when signing an ace, but I felt it was needed and would work out better than it did. I'm just glad we were able to dump half his contract those last 3 years on his deal.
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While Mountcastle is younger, I like Dalbec's career OBP better. Mountcastle just turned 24 and has a .328 OBP in the minors, although it was .344 in AAA. Dalbec turns 26, soon, but he has a .363 OBP in the minors.
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Agreed. I'd call up Santana, Arauz, and even Ockimey before the big 3 prospects.
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I'm almost alwayd for adding and ace as the best way to take a major step forward. The cost has gone through the roof, and the Price example is fair warning, but sometimes, you gotta do what you gotta do. I'm not sure, if this winter is the right time, and many of the best starters are over 37, so maybe we'll see a shorter term deal with one of them in hopes of bridging us to the next ace.
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He's a plus fielder who has gotten off to a bad start on O and D. He deserved a 5 week plus look, and now it might be time to start cutting back on his playing time or consider letting him "work it out" at AAA, once Santana is ready.
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It was not a "decent April." He sucked, then, and still sucks. ERA for RP'ers is near useless. He had a WHIP of over 1.500 in April. It's been 2.500 the last 7 days and 2.333 the last 14 days. His days with the Sox should be over, already.
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It should give all of us pause, but he'll get his look, soon, and rightfully so. Casas, Downs and Duran likely need more time, anyway, and AAA just got underway.
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I agree. I do think he won't spend just for the sake of spending, and he may end up not thinking the best pitchers available, this winter, are worth their price tag. I could see him signing 2 moderately good pitchers, instead, which is usually not my favorite strategy, but a lot depends on how Sale looks and what happens with ERod. If Sale looks like the old Sale and we can extend ERod, we might be fine looking for another guy like Richards, as well as exercising Garrett's option for 2022, too. With Barnes and Ottavino both FAs, we may need to spend large there, this winter. We may put off spending at 1B, 2B and OF, again this winter. We should know more about Dalbec & Casas, Arroyo & Downs, and Kike & Duran.
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He also had a decent rookie year with MN with a 430 PA sample size. .319/.353/.472/.824 41 XBH 20 SB (4 CS) (In between, he was a god awful .575 in 735 PAs.)
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I've made this point, before, and one can argue SP'ing is one of our top 4 high need areas. According to soxprospects.com, there are our top prospects, as of now: 1B Casas 2B Downs CF Duran SP Whitlock SP Houck OF Jimenez SP Seabold SP Ward It's no mistake Bloom did not go out and spend large and long at these 4 positions. On top of this, we also have other depth at some of these areas- some AAAA types, some more promising: 1B: Chavis, Santana, Ockimey (kills LHP) 2B: Chavis, Santana, Arauz OF: Santana, Puello, Gettys (This area is thin) P: (Besides moving Whitlock to SP) Weber, Gossett, Hart, Politi & others (also thin)
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Bloom seems like the perfect fit for our biggest needs. The most interesting part of his era might be when he's given a fatter wallet. (This winter?)
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...and Chavis.
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Maybe he should try a knuckleball.
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I'm enjoying the ride. I know it may not last, but these guys are fun to watch- win or lose. I look forward to seeing some youth coming up, at some point, too.
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Maybe blue balls.
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I swear Brice has some compromising information on Bloom. What else can it be? Spin rate- shmim rate!
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It also makes me rethink how "bad" some of Bloom's gambles were last season. Maybe he chose wisely but was just off by a year on some of these guys. Also, look what we got from the Rays for two guys I thought should be simply DFA'd.
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Bobby has always had a nice OBP, too, so he's not a one trick pony. He may need some time at AAA or as a platoon, but I'm still confident he can and will become a decent MLB player or better.
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When we get done with out May 31 to August 1st stretch, we may think 23% is rather high. @HOU 4 @NYY 3 HOU 3 TOR 4 @ATL 2 @KC 3 @TB 3 NYY 3 KC 4 @OAK 3 @LAA 3 PHI 3 @NYY 4 @TOR3 NYY 4 TOR 4 (15 straight against these two!) @TB 3
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May 10 Red Sox (Perez) @ Orioles (Lopez)
moonslav59 replied to moonslav59's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Very true. I know all of this criticism isn't after the fact, but even after the fact criticism is speculative. Of course, there were good reasons to leave Perez in, but there were also good reasons to take him out- some of which we might not even know about. Bottom line: Cora has done a fantastic job taking a team projected to win near 81 games and has us with the best record in MLB. Does this mean he has never made any mistakes or that we can never criticize him or his moves? Of course not, but some of the choice of wording gets a little out of hand, IMO, perhaps due to the heat of the moment. -
May 10 Red Sox (Perez) @ Orioles (Lopez)
moonslav59 replied to moonslav59's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Yes, he could have. His first "man on" could also have been an HR. Again, I'm not arguing he should have yanked him. I'd have probably left him in, but I didn't have all the facts, either. My point was only about taking him out making NO sense. There was some "sense" involved in yanking him. Perez sucks in the 6th inning. BTW, while our pen has struggled recently, they have done a fine job, this year. -
Nobody is arguing Cordero needs to keep playing at the big level. Demote him not DFA him. Dalbec needs to be platooned, at best and demoted at worst. DFA'ing Dalbec would be insane.
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May 10 Red Sox (Perez) @ Orioles (Lopez)
moonslav59 replied to moonslav59's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
The A's have 7 guys with over 90 PAs, and nobody over .870. .870 Matt Olden .809 R Laureano .779 Jed Lowrie (Yes, Jed is their third best hitter.) .777 Mark Canha .713 Matt Chapman .699 Sean Murphy .414 Elvis Andrus Mitch Moreland has 90 PAs and a .654 OPS. Piscotty is next at 84 and .654. Their pitching relies heavily on 3 starters: 3.07 Sean Manaea 3.29 Cole Irvin 3.70 Chris Bassit Their other two have sucked: 5.50 Frank Montas (Sound familiar?) 5.79 Jesus Luzardo (1.606 WHIP) Their pen? IP ERA Pitcher 21 0.87 Y Petit 19 3.86 L Trevino 15 2.40 J Diekman (L) 14 3.21 D Guerra 12 4.38 JB Wendelken (on IL) 12 7.30 S Romo Nothing really jumps out at you as being all that impressive, except the 3 top starters and the 21-15 record, but that's what the A's do. -
May 10 Red Sox (Perez) @ Orioles (Lopez)
moonslav59 replied to moonslav59's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
The A's remind me a lot of the Rays. It looks like smoke and mirrors, but after years of doing this, you gotta respect what they do. Now, that being said, let's beat the bastids over the head!
