moonslav59
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The Rays and A's have largely "over performed" over the years. Managers have come and gone, and the Rays even has a shake-up at the GM position, but they just keep surprising.
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I showed up outside the stadium opening day, the year we started the year with the closer by committee plan. I got great seats for super cheap. I enjoyed the atmosphere. I was driving to my sisters in Chapel Hill, NC after the game, so I left in the middle of the ninth inning- to beat traffic! I got seriously depressed listening to the pen meltdown on the radio heading out of TB. Some memories would be better forgotten, or as Lowell George would sing, "So I light another cigarette and try to remember to forget."
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Maybe Cashman can find the next Sonny Gray this deadline.
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Should Jackie Bradley Jr be traded?
moonslav59 replied to StephenCurry30's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
I thought the same exact thing. After the ball got in his glove, he kind of hunched his shoulder inward to lessen the impact of his back against the wall. He is truly a marvel out there on defense. I hope people are realizing that it is possible for a great defender to take a hit (some doubles, triple and even HRs) away from the opponents maybe once every 2-3 games. It seems like JBJ does it nearly every game with sometimes multiple take-aways per game! I'm thinking over 150 games, JBJ might take away 60 singles, 12 doubles, 2 triples and 1 HR. That's 94 total bases over 150 games. Even if it's more like 75 total bases per 150, think how much that makes up for long, poor stretches on offense. If you added 50 singles, 11 dbls and 1 HR to his offensive line. Even adding half of that would make him one of the best offensive players in MLB. Add just 40 hits (30 singles, 8 dbls, 1 trpl, 1 HR) to last year's numbers and we have this... .329 BA .397 OBP .512 SLG .909 OPS Nobody would be complaining, except maybe natick. -
Rafael Devers struggles/triumphs and the future
moonslav59 replied to jacksonianmarch's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
More than JB's has gone up since Natick called for JBJ to be sent down to AAA. -
Agreed, but once we bring him up, there's no putting the genie back in the bottle. His salary would have a major impact for 2 more years after this one. It just cannot happen.
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I wouldn't do it. The gain at SP'er barely outweighs the loss on offense, but the years of control kill the suggestion, for me. I'm still holding onto a sliver of hope we'll be somewhat competitive after 2019. This trade would kill all hope. We'd not only lose Beni's prime years (after 2019), but we'd have draft penalties that would affect us even longer than that. If we did make the trade, we'd probably use Pearce & JD in LF and have Holt/Nunez as back-ups. I doubt we'd bring Castillo up, since his contract would hurt us for the next 2 years after this all-out season. IMO, we really should just stop talking about bringing Castillo up, unless he gets to an 1.150+ OPS at AAA, and someone gets hurt.
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I've been there, too, and I didn't think it was as awful as everyone says/thinks it is.
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If it was all about the park, how do we explain this? TBR Batting OPS Home: .718 Away: .697 Runs/gm Home: 4.05 Away: 3.77 Could it just be they built their team for their park much like the Yanks and Sox have done?
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Don't look now, but TB is now at .500! Wow! They've won 8 of their last 10, all vs NYY, HOU & WSH,
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So... Trade Kelly for a prospect. Trade Barnes for a prospect. Trade Hembree for a prospect. Trade three prospects for a couple of non stooges. Kimbrel Non stooge Non stooge Buttrey Workman Velazquez Scott/Poyner/Walden Send out for the ring sizes.
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We've found it very difficult to make very close friends here in Texas. My wife is from Mexico and has friends from work but nothing really close or special. We've become very close friends to the parents of our daughter's boyfriend, which is a blessing. Our daughter and her boyfriend started dating in 7th grade, first love for both, and are about to finish up at A & M next year. Wow, right? I like it here in Texas, but I'd prefer to live in a New England (Maine) with 4 seasons of summer.
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OPS Update 1.110 Betts 1.033 JD .892 Moreland .886 Pearce .877 Beni .840 Bogey .795 Holt .741 Devers .706 Leon .637 Nunez .618 JBJ .571 Vaz .399 Swihart
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Every team needs guys like Pearce, Reed & Nunez '17. DD does seem to excel in this area.
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BAM! Cradlerock style!
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Please, no more Devers or Beni trade suggestions.
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Devers has his OPS up to .741 now! It was at .694 just 4 games ago. He's 9 for his last 16.
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...and like Adrian Beltre.
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Where's the guy that said Devers needed some time on the farm?
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Wow, Devers with 4 HRs vs the Yanks in what? 16-17 games? Yankee killer still in diapers. Lock this one up, boys!
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Pearce was due about $3M, so half of that puts us right up to the max line. I'm hoping Wirkman can be one answer for the pen from within.
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An excellent point at that. Find 2-3 more StevePearce type deals.
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4.5 years of Beni or 5.5 years of Devers for 1.5 of degrom? Who plays LF or 3B? Don't say Swihart, or I'll never speak to you again!
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I think his point was they were prospects during DD's tenure here and were not traded. Yes, they are no longer prospects.
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My guess is we have prospects with equal or greater value than Espinal, the guy we gave up to get Pearce.
