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Saying two guys turn 32 is not the same as saying 1 guy turns 34.
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And, we will club their pitching, too. We added Richards and Ottavino compared to Yates and Chatwood.
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The health was a major factor, granted, but no way they trade him, if he was making $850K. Would you have given 4 Chavises for him?
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Best fWAR seasons since 2014: 7.6 Sale '17 6.2 Sale '18 5.6 Sale '15 5.3 Sale '16 5.0 Sale '14 4.8 Ryu '19 4.3 Richards '14 4.0 Ryu '14 3.7 ERod '19 3.6 Sale '19 3.3 Eovaldi '14 3.3 R Ray '17 3.2 Eovaldi '15 3.2 Roark '14 3.2 Roark '16 2.8 Pivetta '18 2.8 Richards '15 2.8 Roark '17
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Plus, he's their ace and should have better numbers than our #3 and #4, even when all are healthy.
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They took it now, because they wanted to cut $2.5M from their budget and felt it was the best offer.
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Two of those "stinker seasons" saw an ERA under 5 and a WHIP under 1.39. While that is not all that good for $21M, it's about what most team's 3rd or 4th starters offer, but without 200+ IP. Badenhop was not on the top of the resume, but he was a nice find at that cost. No, Ben was not great at pitcher additions, but not all were stinkers. He did worse with HRam & Pablito.
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I disagree. PIT is looking to dump salary. They'd trade Polanco in a heartbeat, if anybody wanted him. They are also looking to trade Feazier. No, Taillon was not the most expensive, but even at $2.5M, he was the 4th highest salary and the easiest to trade for something of value. If he was making $1M and had 3+ years of control, he's still a Pirate.
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That was the Yanks intent for making the deal. Both will likely end up near the line.
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So, leaving players returning from injury or down seasons out of the discussion, which AL teams improved over this off season, so far? Toronto & Boston is my answer.
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He also "dumped" Beckett just in time. Some liked/loved the Peavy & Dempster deals. Badenhop was a nice cheap get. Porcello worked out well. ERod was a steal.
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For PIT, even $2.5M is too much salary. IMO, Ben got hosed, but I've been wrong often.
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If we got one guy, like Odorizzi, I think CF is the clear 2nd priority (or 2B, if we put EHern in CF). If we sign Porcello, I might think another SP is more important than CF. I do not think 1B is a top 5 need, but talk of Moreland returning seems real.
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I think the return was worse than 4 Michael Chavises. I stand ready to apologize, if one of these 4 amounts to anything more than squat.
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If we add Moreland, what else is next? Will we go over the lux tax line or wait to the deadline to decide to buy or sell? Our biggest remaining needs are... 1. CF (or 2B, if we play Hernandez in CF) 2. RP 3. SP 4. OF depth
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It looks that way, but I don't know what the other offers were, or if he had a gun to his head about cutting salary, but yes, he got robbed. I also view this as other GMs, including Bloom, missing a grand opportunity. Taillon has questions, but this is not a 1 year and done guy. He has 2 years left and is ace material, if healthy.
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Totonto: Plus Springer OF Semien SS Yates Closer Chatwood RP Minus T Shaw C Anderson NYY Plus Kluber Taillon Minus Tanaka Paxton Happ Ottavino TBR Plus Wacha F Mejia Minus Snell Morton Lowe Alvarado Boston Plus G Richards Ottavino E Hernandez Renfroe Andriese Whitlock Minus JBJ Baltimore Plus Mac Sceroler Tyler Wells A Goudeau C Shaw Minus Let me know who I left out.
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When are the Jays going to realize they need starting pitchers?
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Dominoes falling quickly... Semien to Jays $18M/1 (No wonder we didn't sign him) Simmons to Twins for $10.5M/1 (I think he's worth more.) Ramos to Tigers for $2M/1 La Stella to sign with Giants, soon.
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cots has 2023, too.
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Nope. The last batter he faced, Danny Jansen, cranked a grand slam. The next guy, Luis Cessa, got the next two guys out.
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Luxury Tax Coming Off the Books After 2021 $13.75 Pedey $10.00 Richards (option for 22) $8.9M Ottavino $8.3M ERod $5.0M Perez (option for 22) $4.6M Vaz (option for 22) $4.5M Barnes After 2022: $22M JD $20M Bogey, if he opts out $17M Eovaldi $7M E Hernandez $7M Beni (Est last arb) $4M Renfroe (Est last arb)
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You keep saying your Sox fan days are over. Please go away, quietly.
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Tanaka + Paxton+ Happ> Kluber + Taillon Kluber + Taillon > Tanaka, Paxton + Happ? Who knows? Yes, others are coming back from injury, but that's our story, too. They still have Sanchez at catcher. Voit & Ursela could have a letdown. Nom improvement at middle IF, DH or OF. They may bring Gardner back, but even that is just a sideways move. Of course, they could end up better than 2020, but I think we could just as easily improve by as many or more wins as the Yanks from 2020.
