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  1. moonslav59
    I'm optimistic, too. Bloom seems to have a knack, but this is a big roll of the dice.
  2. moonslav59
    To keep the team as a top contender, we'd have had to spend like maniacs for several more year. That would have forced draft penalties and massive taxes. A reboot was inevitable. The only questions were when and for how long. Had we waited until after 2020, it's my opinion the bottom would be lower and last longer.
  3. moonslav59
    For prospects, right? The Dodgers often deal for studs and prospects at or nearly at the same time.
  4. moonslav59
    Making trades to get better just for 2020 probably won't happen, but any deal for someone that can be expected to help in 2021 and beyond makes sense, The problem is, who do we trade to get better? It shouldn't be prospects, unless Bloom thinks their stock is at an all time high. If it's a one player like JBJ or Workman, we would likely be getting worse in 2020. If we trade a two year player like Barnes, it will look like we are settling on a 2 year rebuild. I didn't mention ERod, because I'm hoping we extend him.
  5. moonslav59
    It's really this simple.
  6. moonslav59
    The added plus for the Dodgers is that now they can trade Pederson for prospects.
  7. moonslav59
    Perhaps sooner. Maybe by year 3 of the lux tax overage, assuming the lux tax is still around.
  8. moonslav59
    Well, the trade simulator said Betts was about equal to Verdugo. It also said Price was worth -55M, so giving $48M looks like a Sox plus, according to them. Graterol was just gravy on top of a good deal to start with. That being said, if we didn't have to reset, and future budgets had the sky as the limit, I don't make this deal.
  9. moonslav59
    I think we don't trade Betts to LA, unless they took Price. I'd have liked the deal without Graterol, or if we paid $19-20M a year not $16M.
  10. moonslav59
    I worded that post wrongly. So you think we demanded LA take Price and not LA wanting half-price Price. Me, too.
  11. moonslav59
    What will you say, if they do give $400+M next winter?
  12. moonslav59
    That's how I see it. No way could we extend or re-sign Betts without a reset. We might not be the highest bidder, and the odds may be against him ever playing for us again, but this was clearly the best way for us to set it up for him to be here in 2021 and beyond.
  13. moonslav59
    I'm sad we lost Betts but not angry at all. I'm happy we got back 2 players and saved $15M off the lux tax each of the next 3 years. That can get us a lot, especially if Bloom is able to do his magic with low cost deals.
  14. moonslav59
    I think Price got us the prospect and the salary relief, but maybe we get a prospect without Price. I think we demanded the Dodgers take Price, and the delay was either about how much we pay or what prospect we get. Just my opinion. Maybe we'll find out what really happened at some point.
  15. moonslav59
    Beni has lost his luster, to me. I don't want to trade the guy, and maybe expecting growth every year without step backs might be unrealistic, but I said what I think.
  16. moonslav59
    Puig? Holt? Vargas? Pence, Pillar, Dyson or Maybin? Milone? A trade?
  17. moonslav59
    I'd add that although the talent swap was far from even, the years of team control also add to side with the budget savings.
  18. moonslav59
    Seeing is believing. The cliff is here. JH wanted a reset. The budget matters. Time to move on and look forward.
  19. moonslav59
    Yes, but I was talking about replacing Price. I'm fine with trying Graterol as a starter or even giving D Hern a chance to start. I'm also fine with not trying to get someone else for 2020, but with some cap space, why not? Also, if we get nobody else, might we see Rusney get a look?
  20. moonslav59
    We just did by adding Graterol, but we still have a long way to go. The trade will likely mean we finish with a worse record in 2020 than had we kept Betts & Price. That moves us up a little in the 2021 draft, We will not have not have draft of IFA penalties dues to spending, next year. (I'm hopeful we avoid penalties for the whole sign stealing situation.) We have some far away prospects that may crack the top 100 this summer or next winter. I'm trying to be hopeful, but it's hard to rebuild when your team wins and spends and gets penalized as much as we have.
  21. moonslav59
    We certainly took a big hit to 2020, but tomorrow does look a heck of a lot brighter.
  22. moonslav59
    I was against re-signing Porcello, but had I known we'd have this much budget space after dealing Price, I would have been okay with it, especially the one year deal.
  23. moonslav59
    With a 26 man roster, now, the need for a big innings guy as a 5th starter is not as great. I don't think Bloom is done dealing. He has cap space now and may trade for a SP'er.
  24. moonslav59
    Yes, we outbid everyone for Price, JD & Eovaldi, but only one was a mega deal.
  25. moonslav59
    Ass moved.
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