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  1. moonslav59
    To me, too many people assume that what a player has done for a few weeks is what they will continue to do. I'm not saying Lowrie won't continue to blow Nunez/Holt away, but I certainly think the gap closing will be a strong possibility this summer. Lowrie is too weak vs lefties for me to jump on his bandwagon just yet. Maybe in 5 weeks my mind will be changed.
  2. moonslav59
    Natick just traded him and 8 others for Scooter!
  3. moonslav59
    At .180, I'm not sure about (big) raises.
  4. moonslav59
    Slight upgrade at too much cost, IMO. Holt should not have to play much, so maybe he won't wear down. Plus, he got all buffed up this winter. I'm not sure a Nunez/Holt combo at 2B is our biggest weakness. Maybe I'm just wishful thinking on Nunez regaining form or Holt breaking the cycle.
  5. moonslav59
    By W-L record and/or your opinion?
  6. moonslav59
    Are the Astros better?
  7. moonslav59
    Totally agree. He won't be harmed in any way by going through some growing pains.
  8. moonslav59
    Lowrie might cost too much for what we get, and he doesn't solve the line-up issue vs LHPs.
  9. moonslav59
    You were right all along!
  10. moonslav59
    Yes!
  11. moonslav59
    Plus JD and minus Young (276 PAs), Marrero (188) Rutledge (118), Pablo (108) and Raj Davis (38).
  12. moonslav59
    Most likely not, but at least we'd have called him up, seen how he still sucks, and we'd have shut up all these Rusney lovers once and for all.
  13. moonslav59
    I do agree we could use an upgrade at 2B, RP and OF, especially one that kills lefties. However, we may only be able to fill one or two out of the 3 you identified. I'm not sure we know which one(s) will be the weakest link by the end of July. Maybe another weaker slot opens up before then, and deciding now may mess up our chances later.
  14. moonslav59
    Then try to give a realistic offer that does not include guys like Pom, who the Reds do not want. Be at least 50% realistic.... for once.
  15. moonslav59
    I agree. I am not for trading for a 3Bman. I was just responding to the idea of trading for Beltre and how it might affect Devers.
  16. moonslav59
    I agree, and if we did get Beltre, we'd probably move Devers to DH and back up 3Bman for just 2 months. He'd be back at 3B next season.
  17. moonslav59
    I totally agree, and I still think the call-up was the right move. Our 3B situation has been in shambles since before Middlebrooks. At least we have some promise. At best, we have a guy that can still hit over .800 this year and higher in years to come.
  18. moonslav59
    It's sometimes hard to spot irony in print. Thanks for the insight.
  19. moonslav59
    Cots has us at $1.675M under the max limit. There is no way we are bringing up Castillo. His contract would cripple us next year and beyond. I doubt we trade JBJ, but if we do now, we'd add about $3M to the number above. Trading him at the deadline would add about $2M. There will be players available at or before the deadline that would be better options than Castillo.
  20. moonslav59
    We might lose only Pom after 2018. he real "cliff" begins after 2019 or 2020 not 2018.
  21. moonslav59
    A contending team not up against the luxury tax limit. Without putting much thought into it, here's a list of teams with their 3B OPS to date: .645 LAA .678 SEA .701 WSH .720 BOS .736 AZ How about DH? .760 CLE .764 LAA
  22. moonslav59
    Of course our statements are just opinions, and I'm not sure if we should have to preface every statement with, "In my opinion..." To me, it's really not even about whether our ex-prospects do well or not. I'd have traded most of them anyway, but for different players. I'm happy DD created a 4-5 year window, but I wish some of the players we traded for had more than 2.5 (Pom) or 3 years (Kimbrel) of team control. I realize my "wish" might not have been possible,but that's what we are here to talk about: ideas, alternative ideas and what not.
  23. moonslav59
    We have less than $2M to spend this summer. Beltre will be owed about $6M at the deadline. We might need the Rangers to pay about $4.5M out of the $6M to make it work for us. We'd have to sweeten the pot to get them to do that. Other teams can offer a lot without demanding money. Another choice could be to shed some salary before acquiring salary, or to trade someone like JBJ for Beltre. JBJ would have about $2M owed to him, so Texas would only have to pay $2.5M not $4.5M. On the $40M penalty level: It's really not as bad as it might seem to be. We're already paying a big tax on the $38M we are spending over the limit. The tax on a few million more is not a deal breaker. The draft pick penalty of moving down 10 slots may seem like a deal breaker, but is moving down from 27th to 37th really a horrible thing? There are some options, but creating new holes in our system to patch one we think is too big to overcome is not what I think is a good strategy.
  24. moonslav59
    It won't come close to doing it. Chavis was a huge question mark before the PED discovery. Mata holds some value, but he's so young, I'm not sure how much the Reds value him. Beeks, Shawaryn, Johnson? I don't think so. Groome is hurt. We probably need to keep Velazquez to take Wright or Pom's place next year (assuming Wright becomes the #5). I seriously doubt we have the prospects needed to get Scooter, and besides, do we really want to trade away the remaining best 3-4 prospects and totally ruin any chance at getting the youth infusion we will need around 2020 or 2021 and beyond? I still think we'll make the type of trades we made last summer- A Reed and E Nunez.
  25. moonslav59
    Right about the time some were advocating benching, platooning or demoting him to AAA.
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