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  1. moonslav59
    To me, the rotation leads the blame game list, especially when factoring in expectations. Sale, Porcello and Eovaldi were huge let downs. Price did okay but his limited IP'd hurt. Only ERod did well. Our rotation depth did poorly but managed a winning record in their combined starts. The pen sucked but never was expected to be very good. The blown saves killed us and failed to make up for some good they did from time to time. The GM, manager and coaches all share the blame. The offense did well, despite the downturns by Betts & JD, but seemed to score too much when not needed while coming up short when needed most. I can't assign any blame to Devers, Bogey, Vaz, ERod, Workman and Chavis.
  2. moonslav59
    If we keep spending, spending, spending, we will make it harder and harder to rebuild the farm and reset the tax penalties. We should try to minimize the length of the rebuild to just 1 year (2020). Reset the tax for 2021 with the idea that we can spend again after 2020 (maybe re-sign Betts plus...) Look to dump some salary to reset- anybody not projected to be strong for 2021 and perhaps beyond (Price, Hembree, Barnes...? Sale?) Keep the core of young players (Devers, Bogey, Beni, ERod, Vaz, Chavis and maybe Workman) Draft well & sign some decent international FAs with a better draft slot and increased bonus money to spend. No mistakes in signings and trades. It won't be easy, but trying to spend our way to perpetual competitiveness is a losing strategy- both short and long term.
  3. moonslav59
    Kinda-sorta. That team had a nice pen: Papelbon 31 saves 2.94 ERA/0.93 WHIP D Bard 3.33/0.96 Aceves 2.61/1.11 The rotation looked to be very good, but 3 guys flopped: 6.41 Lackey (injured) 5.12 Wake 5.54 A Miller (12 GS'd) Beckett (2.89), Buch (3.48) and Lester (3.47) did well. Top OPS: .957 AGon .953 Papi .928 Ells .861 Pedey .833 Youk
  4. moonslav59
    The Good .731 to .939 Devers .883 to .959 Bogaerts .540 to .809 Vazquez n/a to .862 Hernandez n/a to .773 Chavis .774 to .782 Holt 3.27 to 2.08 Workman 3.82 to 4.19 ERod n/a to 3.62 Walden The Bad 1.031 to 913 JD 1.078 to .885 Betts .830 to 826 Beni .758 to .812 Moreland (IL too much) .717 to 720 JBJ .511 to .559 Leon 3.58 to 3.86 Price The Ugly 2.11 to 4.48 Sale 4.28 to 5.74 Porcello 3.65 to 4.01 Barnes 1.60 to 4.46 Brasier 3.33 to 6.66 Eovaldi 3.18 to 5.67 Velazquez
  5. moonslav59
    Should I start the "A Realistic View at 2020: Part I," now?
  6. moonslav59
    Wait till 2021. We should blow it up and shoot for 2021.
  7. moonslav59
    There's enough time to work on trading JBJ. I doubt we trade Betts.
  8. moonslav59
    Some more comps to 2018. 2019: 10-15 when scoring 4-5 runs 2018: 33-9 when scoring 4-5 runs 2019/2018: 14-2 when allowing 1-2 runs/ 38-4 in 2018 10-2 when allowing 3 runs/ 22-4 in 2018 20-15 when allowing 4-5 runs/ 22-14 in 2018 10-18 when allowing 6-8 runs/10-21 in 2018
  9. moonslav59
    No, I don't, but this is an opinion site.
  10. moonslav59
    I think GMs will want him at $10M, and we won't have to pay a cent. I could be wrong, but I think many GMs have wanted JBJ for years. A one year $10M commitment is desirable. I think it is worth the risk. (I see the advantage of non tendering, but if we are looking to do that, we might as well DFA him now.
  11. moonslav59
    Nobody else is even close to having 4 guys over .880. We have 4 in the top 25. The Astros have 2. The Twins, Mets & Yanks have 2.
  12. moonslav59
    Yes, and he's hitting about the same as 2018. I guess if GMs think his defense has slipped, they may not call this winter, but it seems like every winter GMs ask about him.
  13. moonslav59
    The sad part about this season is that Devers and Bogey really came into their own to no avail. We may end up with 4 guys over .900. Devers Bogey JD Betts Vaz and Beni over .800. Sad.
  14. moonslav59
    Yes. GMs wanted him at $9M.
  15. moonslav59
    We can trade him and sign an all glove CF'er for cheaper.
  16. moonslav59
    It's over. Time to think about 2020.
  17. moonslav59
    He did have a .371 OBP with Portland, this year, so the .234 BA is tolerable. The guy has 52 HRs in his last 814 ABs, including 26 HRs in 470 PAs in AA. 107 XBHs in those 814 ABs.
  18. moonslav59
    The July-August collapse.
  19. moonslav59
    Yes, but it won't be much per year. I'm still confident the contract will be a winner for both sides.
  20. moonslav59
    Any return is better than non tendering him.
  21. moonslav59
    They are toast. Burnt.
  22. moonslav59
    I think we pay his arb cost and trade him.
  23. moonslav59
    I stand by my position. We'll need to be bad to get good again. It's nearly impossible to keep spending to fill all holes. We need some cheap youth, and the system makes it VERY hard to rebuild the farm while winning and spending to the penalty phases every year.
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  25. moonslav59
    Ok. The offense has done absolutely nothing wrong all year. It's 100% on the staff.
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