moonslav59

Yes, and the cause of death was the rotation not the pen. The pen was a "contributing factor."

I'm sorry, but I can't help but literally laugh out loud on this one. Tanaka is at 4.93 (1.32 WHIP) and is 30 years old, but he's great. Sale is at 4.41/1.09 and is 30 years old.He is toast. Paxton is at 4.40 (1.43 WHIP) and is 30 years old, but he's great. Price is at 4.36 (1.32) and is 33. He sucks. German is young enough, and that 4.05 ERA is just spectacular. ERod is 4.17/1.34 and must be traded. Severino's injury should be totally forgotten, since all Yankee pitchers come back strong from injuries, unlike those pansy Sox pitcher. Eovaldi's injury was not as severe as Severino's, but he's toast, too. The FA starter you guys sign next year will break the mold of near constant disappointing big FA signings by every other club. The Yanks will strike gold. All is good. Why? Because you are the Yanks! Now, back to reality... For performance (not pay), I'll take Sale, Price & ERod over Tanaka, Paxton & German in 2020. I'd prefer to have Severino over Eovaldi, but both have to prove they can return, and only one is pitching now. As for the 5th starter. Let's wait and see, Stick to drooling over your pen and crapping on ours. There's a lot of truth behind that line of attack.

Marco should never have been sent down, but then again, Travis has shined in his place. My DD comment was not related to the Owings call-up.

Do you respect the Astros management and their choices of talent? Well, if it's yes, they really wanted Eovaldi last winter. (More than Morton) I'd still take our rotation over yours next year (not counting the money part of it).

Can we remember one thing? Today's SP: 1.2 IP 3 ER (8 H+BB) Today's pen: 8.1 IP 2 ER (8H + BB) I'm tired of these loses being blamed on the pen.

I'm thinking since Marco was sent down, he has to stay some amount of days. If he could have been called up, it was an idiotic choice. I'm thinking DD needs to go.

You seem pretty certain all our starters are toast. Do you feel the same about your starters?

I think we need a GM not a coach, but I agree with everything else.

He should have rested everyone. The season was over a week ago. It's time to see what Marco, Travis, Centano, Chatham, D Hernandez and others can do. Cora is doing the right thing. He needs to do more of it.

Seems like more and more are realizing it's all over. It's been over since the sweeps. Time to think about a winter reset.

Hembree did have an injury that may have been part of the reason why he went from having a good start to the year to poofdom.

The starter did great, today, too!

I still really like Cora, but I've always hated the scheduled rest days no matter how hot or needy the player is.

This got me thinking. I listed how many times our top 4 SP'ers let up 4 or 5+ runs. What about games like today's? New criteria: games with 5+ ERs, 4+ in 5 or less inning, 3+ in 4 or less, 2+ in 3 or less... 11 out of 24 in Porcello starts (+2 times with 4 runs in 6 IP) 9 out of 24 in Sale starts (+2 times with 4 runs in 6 IP) 5 out of 21 in Price starts (+2 times with 4 runs in 6 IP and 1 with 0 in 0.2 IP) 5 out of 23 in ERod starts (+2 with 4 in 5.1 IP or 4 in 5.2 IP) Porcello + Sale= 20 out of 48 Top 4: 30 out of 72

He's so unpredictable, he may surprise us with a gem.

They should have kept Marco on the 25 man roster. He's one of the few guys that was doing better than expected, and who we might need to learn more about, so we can think about using him in 2020.

Good point. I don't think DD was ever all that high on Porcello, though.

Perfect for my 2020 reset plan. Dealing Betts (and other lame duck players) would help rebuild the farm, lower our tax budget and allow us to spend large again in 2021. Sale may have reinvented himself by then.

...and... He has 54 HRs and 110 XBHs in his last 841 ABs in the minors. That's about 36 HRs and 74 XBHs per 630 ABs.

Maybe he'll have 70 HRs over his 4-5 year utility player career.

I know. It was the same as me saying we won't reset but I think we should.

Well, he is taking the place of the worst pitcher in MLB (Velazquez), so there's that. Pearce moved to the 60 day IL to make room for this stud! DD Da Man!

Maybe had it expired one year earlier, it would have been better, but signing him only to prime years made a lot of sense 4 years back. I loved the deal then, and still think it was worth it, even though this season really dragged the whole total value thing down.

Calling it now. Betts will never be traded. (See how I did that?)

I've already said I DO NOT think we will reset in 2020. I think we should. Big difference. Maybe, I'm just to down about 2019 to think the same team with a couple additions can have a decent chance at 2020. The Astros, Dodgers and Yanks will not be getting any worse, and for them, "getting older" means getting closer to peak prime, unlike most of our players. I've lost faith. That is what is mainly driving my opinion to reset in 2020. There are other reasons. 1) We can get decent draft picks next year and 2021 by not finishing in the top 10-15 for those 2 years. WE HAVE TO START BUILDING UP OUR FARM! We can no longer spend our way to build the farm. The system does not allow it anymore. 2) Resetting the tax after 2019 allows us to spend big in 2021 and the following year or two as well. I know Sale & Price will be a year older, but I'm not counting on Price to give much in 2020, anyways, and Sale is still a big concern. I'm not willing to gamble the extended future on the hopes of Price & Sale leading us to a ring in 2020. (Sure, it could happen, but they could both pitch great, and we'd likely still be the underdogs.) 3) Resetting in 2020 vs 2021 makes it easier to keep Betts, and he and Devers are my main "keepers" out of the core we have now. If we try to reset in 2021 and keep Betts, it's a nightmare trying to get under the tax line. Those are my main reasons for wanting the 2020 reset. I do NOT expect Henry & DD to do what I want. I think they both think we can win it all next year with a couple minor tweaks. I do not.