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  1. moonslav59
    Can we trade JBJ and Price for Seager & Gordon, and then move Seager to 1B?
  2. moonslav59
    Red Sox Push Back Price’s Next Start; Chavis Suffers Setback In Rehab By Steve Adams | September 5, 2019 at 3:40pm CDT The Red Sox’ faint Wild Card hopes may have taken another hit, as manager Alex Cora told reporters today that David Price won’t make his scheduled start against the Yankees this weekend after experiencing tightness in his ailing wrist during his most recent bullpen session (Twitter links via the Boston Globe’s Alex Speier). The outlook on infielder Michael Chavis is worse, it seems, as a setback in his rehab from an oblique strain has placed the remainder of the season in jeopardy for the 24-year-old rookie.
  3. moonslav59
    The best part was that all the years of the contract were within prime. It's not very often you get 4 years of a team control contract all in prime.
  4. moonslav59
    Yer ain't sean nuh-in' yeht!
  5. moonslav59
    A's losing 4-1 in the 5th. (I hope I'm eating crow at some point!)
  6. moonslav59
    Correction: "got to" do it.
  7. moonslav59
    Defensively, yes, but Dalbec/Ockimey/Travis at 1B and Chavis at 2B would likely hit much better. Plus, you dissin' marco?
  8. moonslav59
    But, he inherited a farm and had spending room. He'll have neither next year.
  9. moonslav59
    Not much difference to me there. Plus, Porky only has 6 more IP than Sale and 24 more runs allowed. Velazquez would have to have an ERA of 36.00 to even them up. Price has 46 less innings than Porky and 45 less runs, so who even filled in for Porky would just need an ERA under 9.00 to even it up there.
  10. moonslav59
    Maybe Henry okays spending larger for 2 more years, mega taxes and all. We reset after 2021 when... Pedey's contract ends ($13.75). ERod, Barnes and Hembree become FAs. Price & Eovaldi are on their last year of team control. JD may have already opted out or has just 2022 to go. I think it's best to reset this winter, but I can see why extending the window could work.
  11. moonslav59
    Yes, why didn't they keep DD around for the rebuild? It's obvious: it's not what he does.
  12. moonslav59
    DHern did start 23 games with 101 IP with Portland in 2018, so I don't think making him a starter would take much work. I'm not sure what role is best for him. I don't like relying on Travis for anything, but maybe as a back-up option, however, if we are going to reset, then I'm fine with just about anyone. I see Marco and Chavis sharing 2B duty with Chavis playing some 1B. I expect Dalbec, Travis and Ockimey to fight for the 1B platoon. I think Ockimey has more upside than Travis, and he's better than the others vs RHPs on the farm.)
  13. moonslav59
    Back then the "back-end" meant something totally different!
  14. moonslav59
    That's the GMs for the Rays the past few years.
  15. moonslav59
    When has he done a good job rebuilding a farm system? He's known for trading away the future for the now, which I was fine with, but he's not known for building up teams that have a bad farm and no money to spend.
  16. moonslav59
    I know IPs matter, but not when most are s*****. I'd still put ERod, Price & Sale ahead of Porcello, this year.
  17. moonslav59
    I'm not saying we'll get "a lot." I do think we can get a decent prospect or low cost RP'er for him. Maybe not. If not, then non tendering makes sense. Maybe we can bring him back at less than the arb would have been.
  18. moonslav59
    Well said. I loved the signing at the time, and I have no regrets, now.
  19. moonslav59
    Why did so many teams want him over the last few last years? Has he gotten that worse? Is $2-3M more in salary really going to make a huge difference, if some GM needs a great CF glove man who may hit over .730?
  20. moonslav59
    Poooof!
  21. moonslav59
    We did carry one more RP'er than we have for many years prior. I'm not so sure the "overworked" point is very strong. Sure, we've had plenty of games where they had to come in early, but it's not like our best pen arms have seen a big jump in IP. IP 70 Walden (He was a starter in 2017.) 63 Workman (Not much higher than the norm.) 54 Barnes (63 in 2018) 49 Velazquez (8 GS) 55 last year 48 Brasier (34 last year in just the second half) 48 Brewer 42 Taylor 38 Hembree (On IL for times) 60 last year Last year we had (RP Innings only) 4 guys over 60 IP, Velaz at 55 and Workman & Johnson near 40. This year: 70 Walden 63 Workman 54 Barnes 48 Brasier 48 Brewer 41 Taylor 38 Hembree 27 Velaz 25 DHern 22 Weber After our top 7 RP'ers, we saw about 190 IP by scrubs (#8 to #22). In 2018, we saw about 200 IP from our #8-20). We should blow by that, this year.
  22. moonslav59
    So, your pen was better last year than this, but you only finished 1 game over your Pythag. This year, it's worse and you are 7 games over it. Your theory sounds good, on paper, but what data do you have to support this claim?
  23. moonslav59
    I'm not wild either, and my guess is none put up .800+ OPS at 1B next year, but if we reset, 2 should be serviceable enough to not be horrible. Throw Chavis into the mix at 1B, when he's not playing 2B, and we might work out a nice platoon situation with some promising upside. Ockimey is a RHP killer. The others have mixed results vs LHPs or RHPs, but if they can come near their recent 2 year norms on their splits, we could see .800+, but I doubt Ockimey will translate all that well into MLB. (I thought the same with Chavis, so maybe he can do okay.)
  24. moonslav59
    Betts will make close to $28M on his last arb. His luxury tac contract rate shouldn't be much more than $5M over that, epsecially, if they defer money or go 10 yrs to bring the AVV down. I'm also taking away JBJ's $10M or so. We'll have enough to sign 2-3 decent but not great FAs and stay near the max line. In theory, if we reset, we'll have about $40M to spend on Bett's raise, arb raises (losing Workmna, Wright and Leon) and FAs. We may have to say good bye to Hembree, but ERod and Barnes will be the only players on their last arb year in 2021. Beni & Marco are the only two that will be in their 2nd arb of 3. Historically, 1st arb years are not huge contracts. If JD opts out after 2020, we'll have to replace him, but we'll have his money to use.
  25. moonslav59
    Our team OPS is 57 points higher in the second half of 2019 than the first. In the second half, we have 6 guys with an OPS over .880. We were 35-35 in the first half and 40-29 since. Our ERA improved by nearly a half run. We just can't win enough games, and it goes way beyond pen struggles.
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