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  1. moonslav59
    We could trade Betts this winter, sign a few 1 year deals to keep us respectable and still reset the tax, then go all out in 2021, which may include signing Betts. If we trade him after game 1, there's no QO to worry about.
  2. moonslav59
    He's my favorite player, but paying over $10M for great but fading D and sub .700 offense is not something we can afford going forward. We could probably get great D and .600 from Billy Hamilton for peanuts.
  3. moonslav59
    Vaz & Workman have not been "bright?"
  4. moonslav59
    His defense appears to have slipped a little. I'm okay with moving him from ugly to bad.
  5. moonslav59
    Nobody wants to trade Chavis for a worse prospect. I think we keep Chavis, since he can play 1B or 2B, and we are open at both positions. My confidence has fallen on him, as his OPS has been below .700 since his first 14 games. That's not good enough for 1B, and although he's looked okay on defense, I'm not sure he's good enough to stay at 2B longterm.
  6. moonslav59
    We can reset with just a couple minor non tenders or a trade of a big contract and paying just some of it. Filling all the voids with kids from the system or very cheap FAs would likely put us near 80 wins, which if we keep it to one year, would be okay with me. Hell, we may only get 80 wins this year!
  7. moonslav59
    Yes, and one that can bring scouts and developers that know how to bring great young arms to the bigs. I'm not pissed at DD at all. He did what he was supposed to do, but it's time to pay the piper. Call it "the window" or "the cliff" or whatever you wish, but it sure snuck up on us faster than most of us expected. (Some denied it would ever happen.)
  8. moonslav59
    Well, that was over $23M spent on a team already outspending everyone else- most by nearly double. I doubt we ever go over the max line again. I think we reset after 2020, but I'd prefer this winter. I doubt we go over the second line, except when we really think we are the faves. We still have a decent core to keep and build around. We have some high contracts, but hopes that they can all contribute, except Pedey's. We have no CC's, Pablitos or HRams. We have a few farm scraps that can fill roles while we rebuild, and maybe 1 or 2 stick around afterwards. DHern Marco Chavis Travis/Dalbec/Ockimey Chatham/Lin Duran Walden/Taylor
  9. moonslav59
    He must have thought 2019 had a good chance, or he wouldn't have (allowed) signed Eovaldi & Pearce.
  10. moonslav59
    The Good Bogaerts .932 Devers .928 Vazquez .809 Workman 1.87 Walden 3.30 JTaylor 3.34 (Marco .862 & Travis .771 in limited duty) The Bad (or not so Good/not reached expectations) JD Martinez .943 (but just 71 rbis) Betts .882 (Just 62 rbis) Beni .825 (just 60 rbis) Moreland .826 (hurt too much-again) B Holt .811 (hurt too much, again) Chavis .766 (sub .700 since his friat 14 games) Leon .576 (pitcher magic not enough) Sale 4.41 (inconsistent) Price 4.36 (low innings) ERod 4.17 (fading) The Ugly JBJ .696 (all in one 6 week hot streak) Nunez, Pearce, Pedey, Swihart (no numbers needed) Porcello 5.67 Barnes 4.70 Cashner,Wright, Johnson, Velazquez, Weber, Shawaryn Hembree, Brasier, Poyner, TKelley, Brewer, Lakins, Thornburg, ERamirez, JSmith
  11. moonslav59
    DFA Porcello & Cashner.
  12. moonslav59
    Yup. I was thinking they may go 2.1 or 2.2, but Walden pulled a Barnes on us.
  13. moonslav59
    Yes, they greatly suck. DFA Porcello and Cashner tonight. Make room on the roster for some kids.
  14. moonslav59
    I don't either, but I think resetting after this year makes the most sense, especially if we want to keep Betts.
  15. moonslav59
    Now, the pen let's up one run in 3 IP and gets the blame for the loss.
  16. moonslav59
    That's what I called it: the anti universe of 2018.
  17. moonslav59
    No pitch was a strike.
  18. moonslav59
    How about these K rates? 17.6 D Hernandez 15.8 Barnes 14.2 Shawaryn 13.2 Sale 12.4 Workman 12.2 Taylor 10.8 Price & Hembree 9.3 Walden 9.0 ERod
  19. moonslav59
    We can reset without trading Betts, but trading him makes more sense for a rebuild. We could then re-sign him for 2021 or some other quality FA(s). We could also try to trade JD with cash.
  20. moonslav59
    I gave up on Travis long ago, but we have nothing to lose by giving him one more shot to show what he's got.
  21. moonslav59
    Agreed, but he stuck around 8 years, of which 3 saw him get 500+ PAs. He led the league in HRs one year with 41. He had 131 HRs in a 2261 PA stretch. His career OBP was .312.
  22. moonslav59
    Big assumption, but say we choose a total reset next season and shoot for a quick turn-around and possible contention in 2021. We could see this: (No JBJ, Holt, Leon) C: Vaz & Centeno 1B: Dalbec & Ockimey (Chavis from 2B/Travis from LF) 2B: Chavis & Marco (AAA: Chatham) 3B: Devers (Dalbec from 1B) SS: Bogaerts (Marco) (AAA: Lin) LF: Travis (JDM from DH CF: Beni (for one year, then back to LF) (AAA: Duran) RF: Betts (to be re-signed) DH: JDM (Ockimey from 1B) Pitchers: (No Porcello) SP: Sale, Price, ERod, Eovaldi & Johnson/Wright/Velazquez/D Hernandez/Houck RP: Workman, Barnes, Hembree, Taylor, Walden, Brasier/Brewer (SP'er not the 5th starter) Lakins/Poyner/Feltman/Shawaryn/DReyes Get a decent draft pick in 2020 and 2021, and then spend big for 2021 and keep the guys from above that look promising.
  23. moonslav59
    The .356 OBP is the only thing, besides the power, that gives him a snowball's chance in hell.
  24. moonslav59
    SUNY at Geneseo https://www.geneseo.edu
  25. moonslav59
    ...and several pitched more seasons than today's pansies.
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