moonslav59

You've been an equal opportunity GM critic. (We all know you want the job!)

Last winter? NO. They's have given him $210M/7.

You don't get lower dollars and lower years, unless you extend at that time. It was a gamble. DD weighed paying more and for longer years vs the risk of injury bringing his value down in 2019. It looks like he may have lost, but only time will tell. I heard the same thing about Porcello- "stupid deal" then it was a "great deal," and now it looks bad to okay to decent depending on your perspective. Chris Sale has been one of the best pitchers this decade. You don't lock these guys up by acting like a pansy. I can just imagine what we'd be hearing, even today, had we locked up Lester, and then he got hurt.

DD would be wise to resign and let someone else pick up the pieces. We need to invest in the farm and 40 man roster depth.

Here we go again.

I wish he had built up the pen, but with limited funds, I can see why he did what he did. I thought our pitching was a strength, overall.

Zero. Actually, negative.

Not winning games like this should convert the rest to non believers.

I'm not expecting greatness or even decency. I'm just wanting to see more before we cut ties or try someone else.

Only, if they agree to take Wyoming, Montana and Idaho. Trump is trying to buy Greenland; he should be selling.

The Price hangover is worse.

You remembered!

I'm a Poli-Sci major, but I never understood why they gave statehood and severely disproportional political power to so many sparsely populated areas. We should lump ND, SD, MT, WY & Idaho into 1 state. Lump NE, KA & OK into 1. NM & AZ into 1. OR & WA to 1. I'd be fine with more. Slit CA into 2 or 3. (Maybe Texas, too.)

Reminds me of 2017.

Another bonehead play.

...or stay just under the second line. Yes, we don't know. I was just pointing out that a Smith signing would likely jump us over one line.

Speculation. You don't know this for certain. Chavis in 2019: 1.236 First 14 games (6 HRs & 8 XBHs in 58 PAs) .688 Last 81 games (12 HRs & 21 XBHs in 324 PAs) Reminder: CJ Cron was waived after hitting 30 HRs and an .816 OPS. (Okay, he was 28, but HR hitters are a dime a dozen, these days.) Maybe Chavis + Johnson for twice or three times the pitcher as Johnson makes sense.

So, let me ask you the Q you asked us, "Are you OK with DH making $22M a year? (If it directly leads to a ring.)

I agree, but .647 for your first 250 PAs in AA is not all that bad when you figure he steals a base every 10 PAs.

Johnson looked good, last year, so I'm wanting to see more of him, in hopes that he shows more of the 2018 Johnson and not the 2019 Johnson. If he looks strong the rest of the year, maybe we can count on him as our 6th starter/long pen arm next year.

Yes, and Kimmi and I are usually the last to give up. She's still believing. I gave up after the second sweep.

Chavis might get us a Brian Johnson type pitcher- maybe a little better. A Smith signing would use up about the whole budget, if we are looking to reset.

Yes, and perhaps more importantly, he had an .818 OPS the 4 years before 2018. That is so far from "NOTHING," it's not even funny. He averaged over 30 HRs per 650 PAs from 2014-2017! He had an .829 OPS from 2014-2018 (5 years) with about 65 XBHs per 650 PAs.

Phew. I guess I'm not a jackass. I loved the signing then. I still think it was the absolute right thing to do.

"Nothing" is a little harsh. The guy was a damn good hitter for 3-4 years before the signing not just the WS. Moreland sucked against LHPs, and Pearce was a top 20 hitter in MLB vs LHPs over 2-3 years. He had even done quite well vs RHPs from 2017-2018, Come on! Sam Travis! You have to be kidding. Talk about "NOTHING." The guy was going backwards. As it turned out, Moreland got hurt. Had Pearce been healthy, he might have filled the job much better than what anyone, in their right mind, could expect from Travis & Chavis. Plus, Chavis could have been used more at 2B had Moreland and Pearce not been hurt. We may have improved 2 positions with the one Pearce signing. His injury prevented us from ever finding out. I do not think the signing was based on just the WS. He may have gotten $1-2M more by having a great series, but we'd have still tried to get a back-up 1B last winter. (I'm not saying I think that was a higher priority than the pen. In fact, I think and thought we needed pen help- see my Cody Allen rants, but 1B was a priority. Let's not sugar coat our winter feelings for Travis and Chavis after the fact.)