moonslav59
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The problem is, you don't want to sell at an all time low value on guys like Beni & JD.
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I'm not actually complaining. I'm glad Bloom is waiting for the real bargains.
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We could still use a CF'er (or RF'er, if we move Verdugo to CF), and I'm not giving up on the notion of getting Kiermaier from the Rays. The issue has to be who we get with him. I'd love to get Anderson, but I doubt that is workable without us opening another whole somewhere else (Vazquez?). More likely we could get Fairbanks or Fleiming- maybe Yarbrough without having to give too much back due to the negative value of Kiermaier.
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Not much more than JD or Sale.
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The financial landscape has changed drastically over the past few months. Maybe there will be more incentive to move him, now.
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Yes, and guys like Josh Bell and maybe Adam Frazier.
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I guess that the amount he signed for shows he's not viewed as a "middle of rotation starter" like MLBTR called him.
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True, and teams looking to dump salaries need teams willing to take on those deals. There aren't many of those- in theory.
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Only a small fraction of the quality players available, right now, including trade candidates have been acquired. We need to let the winter play out. I'm thrilled to know we are being "aggressive." Most teams are being passive or aggressively trying to dump quality players. My sense is that by winter's end, there will be a lot of bargain basement deals, even if just 1 year deals, where Bloom can work his magic.
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Maybe they wanted him a lot but did not think he was worth that much, or think they can get someone better for the same coin. Also, do we know the guy signed with the highest bidder?
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Maybe they made this signing, knowing they will be dumping enough salary to pay for it. I'm thinking maybe 20 teams are looking to dump some higher priced player or two. (Some we may not even view as being overpaid or even paid all that much.)
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I can't disagree, here. I've been to NS several times, and it is wonderful.
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I agree, but I wasn't talking about 1 or 2% pay differentials, and there's more to financial bottom lines than just contract amount and length. There's taxes, cost of living and more. There are precious few that leave a significant amount of money on the table and make their choices based on other factors. We might argue about how much is "significant," but I'm still thinking my 99% number is pretty close.
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Western Maine is truly God's country.
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What would the Rangers give up, in order to dump Odor's contract?
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We've been runner-ups, recently.
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Nice town, Harpswell. Yeah, Portland- the big city! LOL. In Gray, we had a log home built on 5 acres at the end of a dirt road. Nobody else in sight. In Limington, I had another log home on 5 acres. I've lived in the boonies for maybe 15 years of my life. I lived in Mexico City, too. Four years. Talk about massive urban living.
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It's all good, jacko. There's not much difference between middle and back end anyway.
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Okay, I get it. Back end cause the Sox might get him. Middle if it was the Yanks.
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MLBTR As per a scouting report from Will Hoefer of the Sports Info Solutions blog after that big 2019 season, Arihara has a plus changeup, and a fastball that can touch 95mph (though Arihara prefers to mix speeds to keep batters guessing). Arihara has good command over these two pitches “and a slider that flashes plus,” and Hoefer projects the righty as “a middle of the rotation starter for an MLB team.”
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I lived in nearby Gray and later New Gloucester. I grew up in Portland in lived in Limington for 4 years, too.
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Maybe the idea would be to trade Bogey.
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LA to me, still means Lewiston-Auburn.
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That has to be it, but one wonders if 2019 was an outlier. While he did have 27 HRs in 2016, his .892 OPS in 2019 was about 160 points higher than any other season. BTW, Baseball Reference has Semien with a +6.4 dWAR and Bogey at -1.1 RF/9 (old school) Semien 4.25 Bogey 3.80
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Bogey is steady, but his range is far from plus. As for "improving," he seems up and down, to me. His best defensive season was his second one: 2015. While jis UZR/150 has been plus the last 2.5 seasons, his DRS have gotten worse since 2017.
