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  1. moonslav59
    I'm sure you'll accuse me of saying I'm over analyzing your chosen words, but on page one of this very thread, you wrote... "Yes I would say this most likely was a pivot, and wouldn’t have happened if Bregman would have signed."
  2. moonslav59
    It wasn't a $24M DFA dump, which is never easy: it was getting another team to take his full salary to even out the imbalance of the other trade pieces- like Duran>> Baty, but Duran+ Hicks= Baty + Suarez.
  3. moonslav59
    I guess if you only view it as a positional pivot, I suppose, yes. I think when the pivoted (financially and valuewise) from Bregman to Suarez, they knew they'd be getting a 3B/2Bman somehow and now had an added trading chip from SP'er depth that increased by one with the Suarez signing. (They may aslo trade an OF'er and keep the SP'er depth value. I'm honest about it. Not agreeing with your narrow view of a "pivot" is not being dishonest.
  4. moonslav59
    Only if we misread your actual words.
  5. moonslav59
    He has no options, so he's still around, because they want to take another look. It might not be a confident look, but he'd be gone by now, if they did not want to have a look-see.
  6. moonslav59
    As shaky as Mayer looked at the plate in limited MLB action, last year, he still hit .,739 v R. I'm not a fan of Romy at 3B, but his .978 split vs LHPs is talking pretty loudly. Together, they might hit .800+ We'd need a 2Bman, otherwise Romy might be our FT 2Bman and cannot platoon with Mayer at 3B.
  7. moonslav59
    It's not like trades after January are all that rare, and there are still a FA or two out there. Maybe some team is waiting to see what happens with Suarez, before a trade occurs. I'd feel okay with a 2B platoon of Mayer v R and Romy v L. I'm not sure I'd say the same about Romy at 3B, and a Mayer-Eaton 3B platoon is not on my radar. I hope it's not on Cora's either. Both Paredes and Donovan, as well as infielders like Baty, Vientos, Smith and Hoerner are still, bay all accounts, still available, and some of those teams need an OF'er and or a SP'er, where we have a couple logjams. I think a trade is still probable,
  8. moonslav59
    Oh, I'm pretty sure they think he's worth another look. The dumped Bernardino, Murphy & Guerrero to keep a roster spot warm for Hicks. I'm not against the idea that he could rebound. I was merely looking for a way to add two bats, since adding one big one seems like a lost cause, right now. I'm not "for" trading Abreu or even Duran, but we have a gaping hole at 2B/3B and big power bat. I'm not sure Paredes covers both openings with one move, so I looked for ways to add a 2B/3Bman and a power bat (E Suarez.) It was just looking for "a way." I do not think Brez is looking for "that way," at all.
  9. moonslav59
    It wasn't just Suarez: it was Baty and Suarez or Paredes and Suarez.
  10. moonslav59
    The pivot did seem weird, but not bad. Maybe we trade Bello for Paredes or Donovan and they view it as Suarez + Paredes/Donovan > Bregman + Bello. You may disagree, but it no longer looks "weird."
  11. moonslav59
    Mayer is suspect to me, too, but I think they view him as taking one of the two slots: 3B or 2B. Maybe they platoon Romy with him- maybe not. Like it or not, I think that's the plan. I'm not sure the plan is any worse than starting the season with DHam or E Valdez as a slot holder. (Not that they should be where the bar is set.) It seems simple: trade an OF'er for a 3B/2Bman.
  12. moonslav59
    It's more about the $24M/2 and $10.2 AAV x 2 than his lack of hope.
  13. moonslav59
    With Masa and an OF'er gone, DH is open for a big RH'd power bat we need- Suarez. Paredes fits the infield need and also adds a good bat. I don't want to trade Abreu: I want to dump Masa and Hicks. Those are the biggest perks of the trades, besides adding two good RH'd bats.
  14. moonslav59
    No everyone, yes. Same with Lugo. Everyone did not want Schwarber, either. I might have been the lone Lugo supporter.
  15. moonslav59
    No. I like our roster construction, except for one hole needing to be filled (2B/3B.) I wish Bloom did not sign Masa, so that is one slot I feel the "roster construction" was off base (1 out of 40 is not bad.) Okay, two out of 40- add Hicks. I do think we should have traded an OF'er last winter and still think we should, so maybe that counts as a roster tweak I think is called for, but having depth is not "bad construction." I don't see where you think I'm "saying the roster construction is bad," but by all accounts you often overanalyze. 😜
  16. moonslav59
    Finally- your opinion. 🤩
  17. moonslav59
    Of course the Mets don't want Masa, but they are one of the few teams that can pay him. They want Duran for the same reason you don't want to trade him. (Note: I don't either, but we have 4 OF'ers and 3 DHs.)
  18. moonslav59
    Dumping Hicks saves $12M x 2 ($10M x 2 on AAV.) That helps us afford Suarez. It's more like Abreu for Paredes + Suarez. (I'm not sure I'd do it either.)
  19. moonslav59
    That's not answering why. You just repeated your claim.
  20. moonslav59
    It wouldn't be "spending," and that was the point in this suggestion. No Masa and Duran pays for Suarez with maybe a couple M in JH's pocket.
  21. moonslav59
    It does beat DFA'ing him by $2M. I would not do that either, but I would trade Masa + Sandlin for $8-9M x 2 relief.
  22. moonslav59
    Good one! And posters complained about that, too!
  23. moonslav59
    And, Sonny Gray or Lugo in 2024.
  24. moonslav59
    I think someone would take Masa for nothing in return, if we paid all but $2-4M a year. Brez probably wants to pay less and or think Masa can add value for us as a DH, especially if he follows through on trading from the OF logjam and takes one guy away from the DH mix.
  25. moonslav59
    Why? It's widely known STL is still shopping him. We need a 2Bman.
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