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  1. moonslav59
    Thus Spoke Henrithustra!
  2. moonslav59
    ERod: 5.30 ERA last 3 starts (5.00 last 9 starts) I guess one can find a sample size that suits any argument. Why hasn't all that rest helped with this? Sale: 5.29 ERA last 3 starts (3.30 last 9 starts) Price: 6.57 ERA last 3 starts (4.38 last 5 starts) Porcello: 7.43 ERA last 3 starts (6.03 last 7 starts) ERod: 5.30 ERA last 3 starts (5.00 last 9 starts)
  3. moonslav59
    Yes, that, too.
  4. moonslav59
    It's hard to prove, because team payroll budgets were not public knowledge, but I'm pretty sure the Yanks were one of the biggest spenders for a long time. I guess buying Babe Ruth for cash was something all teams did back then, right? I think the numbers went public in 1998. Here are the numbers since then: Yankee ring years: 1998: 2nd highest to the O's 1999: 1st by $7M ($88>81) 2000: 1st by $4M ($92>88) 2009: 1st by $76M ($201>135) Anybody know where to find payroll numbers from 1920 to 1998?
  5. moonslav59
    The question is, can we turn it around? (Can we regain the mojo of 2018?) It's not really about hitting better. It's about hitting when you need it. It is about pitching better but mainly about pitching better when it counts. These kinds of things just kind of happen or they don't. I'm not sure there's anything management can do, except to hope the players pull together and bring on the transformation.
  6. moonslav59
    Tonight: Nothing of note at AAA. AA Houck 7 IP 0 ER 4 H 3BB 4K Dalbec 2 HRs (16 & 17) Chatham & Duran with 2 hitys each A J Diaz 7 IP 0 ER 1H 2BB 7Ks
  7. moonslav59
    They were probably the top paid team for most of their rings and top 3 or 4 in almost all the others.
  8. moonslav59
    He was something like our 24th try! We've tried 10 starters, and he has yet to get a start. He was the best of the ML ready heep on the farm.
  9. moonslav59
    It's not as bad as 2017, but there certainly is a marked difference from last year in this area. I blamed JF for the lack of "fire & desire," so I should be blaming Cora for this as well. It just doesn't feel like he's more to blame than DD for providing him with this pen, and injury-plagued 4th starter and a merry-go-round of 6th starters. If someone had said Vaz would be over .800 with 11 HRs, Devers near .900 and Bogey over .900, you'd have predicted we's be on pace for another 118 wins. I'm just not sure how a manager can inspire timely hitting and lessen untimely pitching meltdowns late in games with this pen and starter who can't last 5 innings.
  10. moonslav59
    His year 3 and 4 may become a drag. He will certainly help in 2020, but my point was about how much his addition plus Richardson will be equal to losing Butler & Reddick.
  11. moonslav59
    We've already spent more than all other teams and won more rings than anyone this century. It's not anti-elitism to plan a reset.
  12. moonslav59
    Maybe DD should learn that the prices drop. 2 years ago, he signed Moreland when other similar players went for a small fraction of what we paid him. Last winter, he jumped on Pearce and (IMO) over payed for him. I do think others wanted Eovaldi, so I'm not sure he paid more than others might have offered, but waiting for Keuchel or Kimbrel, in hindsight, looks like the way to have gone.
  13. moonslav59
    Al Horford is still good, no doubt, but he'll be 34 next June, and 4 years is too long. I still think Philly will be worse with Horford & Richardson over Butler & Reddick.
  14. moonslav59
    We can't expect ML'ers, but we can expect something like the Chris Sale deal.
  15. moonslav59
    I liked the signing, but I knew there was a higher risk with him. I still think he's a better gamble than what we thought Kimbrel would end up costing. Now, in hindsight, Kimbrel was cheaper not more expensive.
  16. moonslav59
    Does Henry saying he's not willing to spend our way out of this mess finally put to rest the argument that our budget is limitless or near limitless? (This is directed to those who kept slamming me and others for talking fiscal responsibility and tight payroll budgeting.)
  17. moonslav59
    When is DD's contract up? If we can't afford Betts, who is to blame for that? Or, how good can we expect to be without Betts and no minor league OF'er in sight? And, speaking of Betts, what can Cora do to get him to improve? Did Cora help JBJ improve or was he to blame for his annual poor April?
  18. moonslav59
    Good point, but I think Cora's job is safe, at least to July 2020.
  19. moonslav59
    And that "roster" was constructed by DD. I'm glad you are at least now open to the idea that parts of the statement can be interpreted as not being solely at Cora. (You sounded pretty firm that it was 100% Cora before.)
  20. moonslav59
    Of course, there is pressure being directed at Cora, and I know DD's job is probably safer than Cora's, but I do not think the statement was directed at Cora alone. I realize my opinion means nothing to Henry, but I feel that if blame is to be assigned (not my idea of fun times) I'd put more blame on DD than any other one person in the organization- past or present. That's not to say I dislike DD or want his ass canned, if we fail to make the playoffs. I'm happy for the ring he helped bring us, but there is no denying, we are in a pickle now with no help in sight from the farm and no budget space to move more than an inch or two. That is on DD. BTW, with all this talk of not even making the playoffs and firing the 2018 Manager of the Year, could this be a sign of the coming of a steep rocky terrain mentioned years ago?
  21. moonslav59
    It's probably many of these things plus a few not on the list. I'm not sure we can even pinpoint one area that is mostly worthy of the blame game. Our pen was weak to start with. The hope was they could hold it together until we traded for someone(s). They did well for a while, but ultimately came down to earth and even underground. Timely hitting is not something that can be coached, managed, traded for or inspired. It is not a sustainable skill set. It may involve luck, momentum or whatever, but it's hard to throw blame on anyone for doing poorly in small subset sample sizes, but the fact is, we have lost many games due to the lack of one key hit. Our SP'ers have pitched poorly and not gone long into games. Our 5th starter has been a punching bag. Without some massive run support, at times, our 5th starters would be something like 2-15. Devers, Vaz and Bogey have stepped it up, even in the clutch, but too many have declined. I've not given up hope, yet, but I am as low as I have been since 2017.
  22. moonslav59
    I certainly see Cora as being one, maybe the major one, Henry is directing this at, but I do not think he is threatening job loss, if we fail to make the playoffs. To me, it is more of a general lighting the fire under everyone's ass by telling them help is not on the way- sink or swim on your own. Maybe heads roll, if we don't make it. It's easy to look at a team like the Yankees and say, wow, their manager has given them this big lead despite all the major injuries, but look at the reserves he was given, compared to our scrubs. We have a solid 18-20 players and nothing beyond. Personally, I can't see how that's Cora's fault, but I realize my opinion means nothing to Henry.
  23. moonslav59
    Duran is not as good as his brief numbers show. Dalbec is a long shot. Shawaryn is far from our "better" young talent. Our best prospects are the far away ones: Casas Mata Flores Jimenez Lugo Groome Diaz, Decker & Howlett Our only "near ML ready" hopes are as role players, at best: Chatham DHern Houck Feltman (Dalbec ) (Duran- not so close) Ward
  24. moonslav59
    They can take them or just pay $5M. They might be able to trade them and pay all but $4M of the $5M owed and save another million. I'm not saying I'm for this trade, but I'd only do it, if we show some life.
  25. moonslav59
    I respect your opinion, and you could very well be 100% right. I interpreted the statement as directed towards everyone: players, manager and GM. He's provided ample resources to build a contender, and we are quickly slipping out of contention. I don't see Cora as being the only target of this statement.
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