moonslav59
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Expecting anything from these 4, even in 2021, is asking too much. Our best "hopes" are far away. That might not be a bad thing, if our rebuilding plan is more like a 2-3 year plan than a 1 year plan.
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Based on 5 IPfrom Houck and a few weeks of dingers from Dalbec?
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Early on, I was hyper critical of his D, but he has shown signs of being a plus defender. He needs to improve his throwing accuracy and consistency. He still needs to work on his footwork. I am no longer advocating a switch to 1B, but it is not yet out of the question. He showed enormous strides on D, last year, but got off to a bad start, this year.
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I think penciling Houck in as our #5 SP'er for 2021 is extremely premature. I love that he got off to a nice start, yesterday, but even if he finishes the season well, I would not count on anything from him, except SP'er depth and maybe some pen help. If he gives us more, it's a bonus. I'm not trying to be pessimistic, but we've seen too many false hopes from our pitchers coming up through our system.
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Great start to a career! Let's hope this feel good moment continues on and on...
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We should have close to $70M to spend and not go over the limit. That's more than almost any other team could spend- assuming we spend it all. I think we spend at least $50M, this winter- some of it on longer terms than 1-2 years.
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It's easy to find Pillar type OF'ers. We might even try Chavis or Potts in LF. We need a few guys like Boyd in hopes one or two work out.
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I'm not nor ever have been a big Beni fan. I merely pointed out our shortage of OF'ers. I'd trade him for Boyd. It's easier to find an OF replacement than a pitcher with serious upside. (I do think Beni rates to be better than Duran, Wilson and anyone else but Verdugo already on the roster for 2021. (Not saying much.)
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My district brags about being the most diverse in the nation, and my school is the most diverse in the district. I think, at last count, we have 41 different languages spoken at my school. (about 1500 students)
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Bloom's significant additions, so far: Verdugo Perez Downs Potts Munoz Plawecki C Wong Arroyo Arauz Peraza Pivetta Seabold Grullon Rosario Mazza Godley Hall, Brice, Covey, Stock, Triggs, Leyer, Kickham, Tapia PTBNL (for Pillar) PTBNL (for Osich) Drafted: Yorke, Jordan, Wu-Yelland & Drohan
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Jr. (LOL)
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I had a... Naylea- pronounced Nigh- lay- ah Ngoc- prounced Nyung (soft on the 'g" ) Nwamordi (pretty much sounds like it's spelled) Phuc -like Fa- oo (like in book) and soft c like a p) see link Xinyu Semere Suheyla Wareesha Chiquinquira Yaphet Moez Tooba (two of them) Bushra Muzzammil Trucvy Walid Romaisa (pronounced Row-May-shah) Nahida Munachi (you should see his last name!) Siti Elif Iqraa Ummehani Muskan Yavuz Divya Webei Shin-Wei Jun-Jie and my fave.... Chukwubuzo
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I almost mentioned him, but he hasn't played much. Plus, moving ahead of Chavis, Lin & Chatham is no great feat. Maybe Potts, Pivetta and a PTBNL or two will surprise, next year.
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Strange.
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He did pick up Perez and Valdez, but I expected better and more. I'm not giving him a full "pass." He was thrust into a tough spot, both in terms of budget restrictions and a roster that included too many on the IL or past prime. Munoz may end up being a gem as a non pitcher, and Plawecki has shined, but I expected more than 3-4 helpful additions, despite the restrictions.
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Oh, I know we need starters. I was just responding to the post about the pen being not all that bad. It is bad. I don't see all that many difference maker SP'ers on the market, this year, but that has always been what I consider out very top priority. Even our top2 priorities should be SP'ers. I also never said we have to add RP'ers only through free agency. We could trad Chavis for a RP'er. We could sign Lemieu and trade Downs, or sign an OF'er and trade Duran. I know RP'ers are hit or miss, but if we don't add 5-7 somehow or some way, we will not be competitive, even with 2 successful SP'er additions, IMO.
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The best what if was with Ben. Had he went for Scherzer instead of Pablo and HRam... 1. We'd not have signed Price. 2. We'd not have the two flop contracts. 3. We might have won 2 rings with DD or never dumped Ben.
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These are the types of deal I expect Bloom to be looking for. I'm thinking it may take more than Beni to get Boyd, and we already have an OF shortage, but I like these ideas.
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Yes... 6 years/$120M (2020-25), plus 2026 option signed extension with Boston 4/1/19 20-25:$20M annually. 26:$20M option (guaranteed if Bogaerts has 535 plate appearances in 2025 and is health at end of 2025 season Bogaerts may opt out of contract after 2022 season award bonuses full no-trade protection after 7 years of Major League service (tracking to reach 7 years on 8/2/20)
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That's fair, and I actually think Ben was poised to trade prospects for pitching, too. I doubt he'd have gone to the same extreme, and I think the extremities is why DD is mostly criticized, but who is to say we didn't need Sale or Kimbrel to win that ring. We'll never know. Ben made some horrible mistakes. Basically all of his biggest deals were flops: Pablo, HRam & Castillo. DD's best deals were actually his smaller ones, although we remember him as going large. The Pearce, Eovaldi and other similar deals might have had more to do with us winning the actual 2018 ring than Sale & Kimbrel combined. To me, both GMs had major faults while both getting us a ring. Ben's 3 last place finishes countered the much better farm he left DD than DD left Bloom. In some ways, they both balanced each other out but in very different ways.
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It's a tiny sample size of a guy playing a new position. Sure, he may K like Horn, but he'll be a plus defender at 1B before too long.
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He was left with a solid foundation oif young stars and a farm fullof prospects other teams wanted badly enough to trade Sale, Kimbrel and others for. What was Bloom left? To me, it's not a close comp.
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Like I said, I don't see many that fit our immediate needs, so you may be right. Ozuna? Springer? LeMahieu? (Trade Downs and others for pitching?) Less splashy Hendricks Colome Green/ Walker/ Tanaka/ Minor/ Ray/ Odorizzi/ Quintana/ Paxton Brantley
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We have 3-4 RP'ers who will likely help (75%?) and 3-4 who may help (50%?). We have 10-15 guys with very little hope ( We still need 6-7 additional RP'ers. That's "dire."
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I don't see Bauer as being Blooms first big splash. It's not like there are a bunch of other "splash" pitchers out there, this winter. Who knows.
