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I think we hold onto him, at least to next summer's trade deadline. We hope he looks healthy and with less and less owed to him as time goes by, we might be able to trade him without paying any of his deal, or very little. The return might not be the goal.
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Not if a big chunk of the deals we make, money wise, are 1-2 year deals or longer term deals that actually work out for the long term. We also lose Pedey, ERod and Barne's contracts after 2021. That will give us more to spend after 2021. We lose JD and Eovaldi after 2022. Bogey may opt out after 2022, as well. The only real long term deal we have left is Sale, and he only has 4 more years left after 2020. I'm not saying we will spend $90M, this winter, but we could. More likely we spend about $60M, keep $10-30M to make summer deals, if needed, or to spend after 2021. I do think that if Bloom identifies a FA he really likes for the long term, and it will take a 6+ year deal to get him, why wait for 2022? The idea is to start building a core, now. Fill in the rest with shorter term deals to allow flexibility, later, but get a few pieces this winter. I could see the plan being to spend up to but not over the first limit, maybe $6-10M short of it, then go $19M over for 2022- the year we might be a top contender with Bogey, JD and Eovaldi still under control that one last year.
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That must be why the Yankee ring drought is so pronounced.
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I'm scratching my head wondering when his next IL stint is. Tomorrow? The idea of trading Eovaldi (with some cash), assuming for a prospect or two, is to free up budget space for adding pitchers we can actually count on to pitch while building up the farm for longer term success. Sure, the trade might not work, or Eovaldi could suddenly get healthy right after we deal him, but the theory for trading him does make some sense, even if you disagree with it and think Eovaldi is going to do something meaningful for us over the next 2 years of his deal. Yes, it looks counterintuitive to trade pitching when your biggest need is pitching, but we're talking about a pitcher who spends more time on the IL than not. He has 62 starts and 345 IP in the last 5 seasons combined. Several pitchers give that in 2 seasons. If we don't get anything useful for him, then keep him, but one could argue trading him and his full contract for nothing might be a plus.
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If Arroyo is doing well enough to hold onto the 2B position, we simply hold off bringing Downs up. It's not like he's banging on the door by hitting .850 in AAA. (Also, let's not jump the gun, here. Arroyo has 35 PAs, this year. That's a teenie-tiny sample size. He had a .622 OPS in his 250 previous ML PAs) Even if we do bring Downs up mid-season 2021, there should be plenty of chances for him to get some playing time without moving everyone around to different positions. Arroyo has experience at 3B and SS. He could fill-in there a few times, while Downs plays 2B. Downs can also back up SS. I don't see us moving Devers to 1B, even though I liked the idea a couple years ago. We also have to think of Bogey opting out. Downs or Arroyo may be in the mix, there, too. If we end up with an IF logjam, it will be a nice problem to have to deal with, and trading one could help us fill a need elsewhere.
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I'm JBJ's biggest fan, but I agree. Move on. I'm not all that high on Duran, but I'd like to see him get a shot at showing what he's got. Maybe we sign a couple 1 year OF'ers to give us a chance to see what Duran has and put off the OF decisions for another year. I am also going to be watching the progress of Jimenez & Rosario. To me, they might be our OF future more than Duran. It's just that Duran is way more closer to being ML ready.
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If we spend the full $70M we have under the lux limit, we can be much better next year without any major trades. That doesn't mean we won't or shouldn't make any, but only that we may not need to shed anymore vets or big salaries to get back to competitiveness. My guess is we hold onto the players that will be free agents, soon, and see what happens, next season. If we are not looking competitive, we'll trade some by the deadline. Pedey, ERod and Barnes all come off the books after 2021, so the latter two seem like the most likely to be traded, but if Eovaldi , Beni & JD look good, next year, they could be on the block, too. They all come off the books after 2022. If Henry really wants to win in 2021, he may okay going $19M over the limit, thereby allowing us to spend about $90M. If we can't get competitive with that budget, then there's little hope.
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Our Top Prospects 1. Casas 2. Downs 3. Mata 4. Dalbec 5. Ward 6. Jimenez 7. Houck 8. Duran 9. Song 10. Wallace 11. Rosario 12. Groome 13. Yorke 14. Potts 15. Seabold 16. Jordan 17. Lugo 18. Wong 19. Ramirez 20. PTBNL for Osich? Red= Bloom additions
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Nice to hear. He may be placed in our top 10-14 rankings. I wonder who the PTBNL for Osich wiill be.
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It's a good sign Bloom knows how to spot pitching talent. This time our medical staff let us down. Usually, it's not knowing someone is hurt (Pom, THornburg...). This time it was warning this kid was an injury risk (which he still might be).
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I didn't forget. Here are some interesting numbers. Best ERA- in a season since 1970 (100+ IP): 1. 2000 Pedro 35 2. 1994 Maddux 37 3. 1995 Maddux 39 4. 1973 S Rogers 41 5. 2013 Buchholz 42 6. 1999 Pedro 42 14. 1997 Pedro 45 (MTL) 18. 1990 Clemens 47 19. 2018 C Sale 47 22. 2003 Pedro 48 25. 2002 Pedro 50 36. 2001 Pedro 53 42. 2010 Buchholz 54 65. 1994 Clemens 57 66. 2002 D Lowe 57 73. 1986 Clemens 57 78. 1992 Clemens 58 85. 1972 L Tiant 59
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It's hard to ever say Buch tending down, since his whole career was a yo-yo.
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True. I was speaking to the re-signing.
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I'd say bad, so far, despite the playoff heroics. There's time to turn it around, and I'll always be grateful for his inspiration and performance in 2018.
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I agree. I think we'll look to sign 2-3 players for 2 or more years- maybe 1 or 2 of them being 4+ years. The rest may be 1 year "bridge" signings that will allow us time to better evaluate how our farm hands might position themselves for meaningful roles for 2022 and beyond. Push to compete for the playoffs in 2021 and more for 2022. It won't be easy, but we should get some in-system help by 2022, and hopefully spending will not be an issue for a while.
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We could begin rebuilding the staff, but more for beyond 2021, but also to make us more respectable for 2021 as we work towards filling other holes and determining which of our up and coming farm hands look to be worth giving a shot.
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It was "overblown," but the truth is Tito had lost control. He was going through some personal issues, and I'm not slamming him, but it is common to move on from managers that "lost control," even if for just 1/3 or a season.
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Just as trading Vaz for a pitcher may produce a dud.
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I'm fine with trading Vaz for pitching, but it should not be a demand.
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Yes, trading away Betts and others were "sacrifices." Losing to get higher draft picks may not have been intentional, but it was predictable (except for maybe 2019).
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Here's another "accepted" deal: Beni & Chavis For Boyd Goodrum Meadows
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He's only added to partially offset Eovaldi's contract.
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Vaz is no stud. We dump Eovaldi's contract and can sign a SP'er.
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How's this for a possible winter deal? Eovaldi, Vazquez, Chavis, Duran & Walden For Yastremski, Belt & Santana © (The trade simulator accepted it.)
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None but Devers.
