moonslav59
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We used 23 pitchers last year, alone, including 17 who had as many or more IP'd as Poyner (22.1 IP). I think we used 44 players in total, including Pearce, Kinsler, Phillips and a brief appearance by Pedey and 7 PAs by Butler.
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I give up. You guys keep inventing a position I do and did not hold- ever.
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Our other big needs are solid set-up man or men, especially if we don't get a closer and move one of our guys up, SP'er and 1B who hits lefties. It's my opinion that we should not spend so much on a closer, especially one who is showing serious signs of decline or consistency. I realize not getting a top closer (on paper) might bite us in the ass, but I think signing Kimbrel to 4+ year rates to bite us harder (maybe not in 2019). I respect your opinion, and if Henry will not let Kimbrel's contratc keep him from keeping our stars, then I'm fine with signing everyone and everybody.
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Agreed. He may go on to have many great years, unlike most closers his age, but the risk reward is just too much, and we have too many other needs.
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See my previous email. At the time, Kimbrel was one of MLB's top paid closer. The trade looked better afterward, when salaries sky-rocketed, but he was still paid a lot. My dislike of the trade had nothing to do with Kimbrel. I said at the time, he was a top 3 closer and rated to continue being a top 3-5 closer for the remainder of his contract (which he came close to doing until this year).
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Where did I say I thought we should have kept them? I was on the record at the time and ever since, that I thought we could have done better. Those prospects were worth a lot back then. The fact that they haven't done all that well, does not mean other teams did not want them back then. My biggest beef was on the philosophy of trading so many prospects for a player making FA type money. Tears afterward, I said the trade looked better as closer contracts sky-rocketed and made Kimbrel's contract no longer "FA market rate." I even credited DD for foreseeing the sharp increase in FA closer salaries.
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We didn't sign Kimbrel. I was firmly against the trade that sent 4 prospects for a closer making free agent market money at the time of the trade. I still think we could have done better, but I'm not complaining about the results. I have no beef with mortgaging the future, if you get a ring.
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...and then the both of them prevented further signing.
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My guess is Barnes is first in line as an in-house closer. Braiser may end up winning it.
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I'm thinking something like this might work: 1) Sign Eovaldi to the least amount of years as possible. 2) Sign Kelly to the lowest AVV as possible. 3) Sign Pearce to 1-2 years. 4) Trade Johnson, Swihart and Sam Travis for a better 6th starter or nice set-up man. We start the season with this: SP: Sale, Price, Porcello, Eovaldi, ERod, Wright (AAA-Velazquez/Shawaryn/Cuevas/Shepherd) RP: Barnes, Kelly, Brasier, Hembree, Workman, ________ (see trade above) (AAA-Poyner, Thornburg, Scott, Maddox, Walden, Lakins, Feltman) 1. Betts RF 2. Beni LF 3. Bogey SS 4. JD Martinez DH 5. Pearce/Moreland 1B 6. Devers/(Chavis) 3B 7. JBJ CF 8. Nunez/Holt 2B (Pedey) 9. Vaz/Leon Chavis or Pedey. AAA- C- Butler/Hernandez 1B- Ockimey 2B- Quiroz 3B- Hernandez (Chavis) SS- Lin LF- D Mars CF- Matheny RF- Castillo DH- Witte
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I may be wrong, but I am done with Travis.
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I can't imagine Moreland playing FT or using Swihart or Holt as the platoon. Chavis or JD at 1B might be aan in-house solution, but Pearce would be very nice.
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I'm kind of feeling like it still hasn't sunk in all the way. Worldly events and concerns have been occupying my mind a lot, too. I'm so grateful for all these rings. 4 in 15 years is not an easy thing to do these days.
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3 years with an option 4th year with a big buyout might do the trick, but if we are looking at a reset after 2020, Eovaldi puts the pressure on what young stars we can re-sign.
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No mention of Chavis or Ockimey as the 25th man. I expect one will be traded, but with an opening at 1B opening up after next year, maybe we keep both. Realistically, what could we expect to get for a SP'er or pen arm for Johnson, Swihart & Chavis? Or, Hembree, Swihart & Chavis?
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Maybe because he wasn't here last year, and now we win it all? To me, Betts did 3 major things: 1) He knocked in runs when not many were on base in front of him. 2) He set the able for JD and others by getting on base. (His base running helped, too.) 3) His impact on defense more than made up for any larger impact JD had on offense. Stats or no stats, to me, Betts was more impactful.
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It sounds like he's deciding on it. It's not decided, yet, right?
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Yes, plus you and I. I just thought it took a long time for someone to respond.
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Certainly both were very impactful, and it always seems like RBIs matter more than runs scored or defense, but Betts did erything. He was 30-30, gold glove and even had a higher slugging percentage than JD. Betts is THE MAN!
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I like Workman, and I hope people don't give up on him based on one playoff game. He is out of options, and many teams are struggling with fitting out-of-options players into next year's plans, but I have to think we could at least trade him for something useful or a prospect, Here are our bubble players who are out of options: DL/Phantom DL/Trade? Wright Johnson Workman Hembree Swihart Leon Trade/DL/DFA Cuevas
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Good synopsis, but I doubt we go 4th OF'er. Besides the 3 we have that play FT, we have JD, who apparently enjoys playing OF more than DH'ing, we have these guys who can also play OF: Holt, Nunez, Moreland, Swihart and maybe Pearce, if we re-sign him.
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I'm pretty sure Henry thinks way ahead, but of course adjustments can be made depending on the situations. I do think he will want to reset the tax within the next 2-3 years, and if that happens, it will be very hard to win the following year.
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Hasn't it always been increasing this slowly? (Granted, it hasn't been around for too long.) The only blip on the near meteoric rise of player's salaries over the years, is when the owners got caught colluding and last winter, wen several of the highest spending teams chose to reset the tax during the same winter. This winter will be a good gauge on the trend. All the big players will be in spend mode. Even the Sox may spend $25-30M or more (per year).
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Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see us sign Eovaldi, Kelly and Pearce. I'm not aware of Henry's spending plans going forward. If he's fine paying mega taxes for 2-3 more years, then great, but if he's looking to re-set after 2020 (or even the more unlikely 2019) season, then I think we need to worry about the length of the deals we sign now. I suppose we could trade the guys we sign, if it helps us keep Betts and others, but it may not be that easy, if these guys do not do all that well. All this speculation would be much easier, if we knew Henry's budget plans going forward into 2021 and beyond.
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I was wondering how long it would take for a Yankee fan to respond.
