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  1. moonslav59
    Assuming we want to improve the rotation without hurting the future by trading wanted/needed prospects... A. Who do we trade? B. Next question, who can we trade for that is decent and won't cost us a lot in return? My answers: A. Chavis or Dalbec? One year control player(s) like JBJ and or Workman? B. A pitcher that costs too much for his team but will not put us over the tax line. (Basically, the higher salary reduces the needed return.)
  2. moonslav59
    Verdugo is our FT RF'er.
  3. moonslav59
    How about JBJ & Chavis for Familia, Matz & DSmith? The trade simulator accepts the trade without Chavis! It also accepts JBJ & Chavis for just Matz and Smith, but we'd probably have to give some cash. JBJ & ____ for Danny Duffy or Ian Kennedy?
  4. moonslav59
    Pillar splits over the last 3 years: v LHP/ v RHP .823/.681 (2019) .686/.717 (2018) .940/.628 (2017) Overall: .711 3 year UZR/150: +2.8 DRS +8 in 3686 innings JBJ .640/.787 (2019) .562/.768 (2018) .766/.713 (2017) Overall: .727 UZR/150: +4.1 DRS: +7 in 3589 innings Small 2019 sample size Puello .841/.669 (.740 overall in 147 PAs)
  5. moonslav59
    He's owed $11M. Maybe we find a team looking to save some money and had a decent pitcher making $12-18M a year. We'd still be significantly under the lux tax, but we'd be much better with our rotation and maybe close to the same in CF with Pillar/Puello vs JBJ.
  6. moonslav59
    It's nice that Cleveland has dealt away a lot of their best talent. Houston did not add much, although they have some nice young talent maturing. MN, TB and Oak should be good, but they are not "crazy good," and anything can happen in this great game. One key aspect to our chances is what we end up doing with the newly created budget space. I'm not sure we'll see a whole lot of moves before opening day, and maybe waiting for the deadline might work out better, anyways as not too many quality players are on the trading block, right now,
  7. moonslav59
    It’s not about trading him for the sake of just doing something. It would be to improve the team beyond 2020 and or to free up more budget space for acquiring pitching. We have a huge whole in our staff. If trading JBJ allows to get a better pitcher than the step down value between JBJ and Pillar, then we can be better in 2020, too. If that can not be done, then we keep Jackie.
  8. moonslav59
    Interesting.
  9. moonslav59
    No doubt. The chances he flops of never amounts to much more than a +2-3 WAR player is significant. Here's a few things I found... https://www.dodgersnation.com/dodgers-prospect-news-alex-verdugo-receives-high-ranking-from-mlb-com/2019/01/25/ Baseball Prospectus wrote this in 2018: Prospects with multiple 70-grade tools aren't especially common, particularly when one of those tools is the elusive hit. But if Verdugo's bat pans all the way out he might be that guy. His arm will certainly do its part, and judging by his demolition of PCL pitching at age 21, the stick should be favored to follow suit. It remains a mystery in this stimulated era of long-ball offense what Verdugo's power numbers might look like as a modern-day big leaguer, but he's a good enough hitter to grow into an everyday role whether the pop comes or not. He'll try to force the issue of a longer audition on a short timeline in 2018.
  10. moonslav59
    Jake Marisnick .588 in 2016 .815 in 2017 .674 in 2018 Altuve .926 in 2016 .957 in 2017 .837 in 2018 Springer .815 in 2016 .889 in 2017 .780 in 2018 Correa .811 in 2016 .941 in 2017 .728 in 2018
  11. moonslav59
    soxprospects.com slots Jeter Downs 2nd and Conner Wong 12th. 1. Casas 2. Downs 3. Mata 4. Groome 5. Jimenez 6. Dalbec 7. Duran 8. Houck 9. Song 10. Chatham 11. Ward 12. Wong
  12. moonslav59
    Yes, Papi was pretty much a dead pull hitter, even when they put the shift on him. He hit 24% of balls to LF over his career. The last 4 years were under 21.4%. Spray charts... https://www.fangraphs.com/players/david-ortiz/745/spray-charts?position=DH&type=battedball
  13. moonslav59
    As team, we hit more HRs on the road (127 to 118) Most Hrs on the road (Home) 19 Devers (13) 18 JD (18) 16 Bogey (17) 15 Vaz (8) 12 Mookie (17) 11 Moreland (8) 11 JBJ (10) 8 Chavis (10) 5 Beni (8) The biggest swings were Vaz & Devers.
  14. moonslav59
    That and his Theo apologist rants were classic. His Crisp was a God and Jake sucked rants were annoying. I did agree with him on Manny, but that was about it.
  15. moonslav59
    There were better offensive CF'ers who play great D than Hamilton, but I doubt anyone would feel like we were packing it in by trading JBJ, especially, if they followed it quickly with a CF'er signing. Look, JBJ has been my favorite player since even before he was a rookie, but $11M is too much.
  16. moonslav59
    They're on sale!
  17. moonslav59
    I'm not buying it. Losing JBJ was not going to lose any viewership of fan excitement, especially, if they followed it up with a signing of another great defensive CF'er.
  18. moonslav59
    I just can't imagine signing Betts without a reset and paying a 50% tax on $35-40M. If people think $38M is too much, how would $56M sound, even if just for 1-2 years?
  19. moonslav59
    Some seem to think Price at $16M x 3 is a bargain to LA. (I don't.) Trading Betts got us to reset. Trading Price set us up for a better 2021 and 2022. When we signed Price, most of us who thought the deal was needed or who liked the deal knew the last 2-3 years would be a net loss in value vs cost. I think we did well getting LA to pay $16M x 3. I expected they might pay $12-14M.
  20. moonslav59
    Yes, and does the team we have now look any worse than 2012, 2014 or 2015? (Except for the rotation?.)
  21. moonslav59
    I don't like the guy, but he would be fun to watch, and he may go all out to try and build a case for a big contract, next winter.
  22. moonslav59
    I doubt trading JBJ loses one fan or NESN viewer. If you read over the JBJ threads of years past, you'd think most would be thankful (not me).
  23. moonslav59
    Well, when two struggle vs lefties, it's nice to have a 4th OF'er who bats righty, so we can rest those two vs a lefty.
  24. moonslav59
    They have shown a willingness to change course, suddenly, but it's been a success, overall. Henry has chosen to spend large and then reset or spend less over and over. I'm not sure why so many expected him to change than M.O. and become a spendaholic every year.
  25. moonslav59
    I almost always believe women, but not when the sex was consensual and Clemens was her sugar daddy. Those are facts, BTW. The question is about when the sex started, and if you choose to believe Clemens spent 2 years grooming her and waiting until she turned 18, that's fine.
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