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2018 IFA thread
moonslav59 replied to Meh's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Wow, perfect fits for the Yanks! -
Tampa, Toronto and Baltimore are not as bad as they look. TOR 5-14 vs NYY & BOS/ 28-24 vs others TBR 5-14 vs NYY & BOS/ 28-25 vs others BAL 4-12 vs NYY & BAL/ 16-38 vs others Last year: Yankess had the leagues best record for an AL second place team (AZ was better). TBR were 80-82- tied for best 3rd place record in AL. TOR had the second best 4th place record in the AL. BAL was tied for the best record by a last place team. Yes, the AL West looks much stronger this year than the ALE, but the ALE is not as weak as it looks right now.
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Cora is not going to diss HRam. Word is out that HRam is rehabbing an injury. Maybe that's why he hasn't signed. BTW, if HRam was so valuable to a championship run, why hasn't a contender signed him? Could it be other GMs don't even think he is worth min wage?
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6/17 @ Seattle
moonslav59 replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
I'm not either, but I'd take Kimbrel over HRam in a heartbeat. -
6/17 @ Seattle
moonslav59 replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
2019: Kimbrel or HRam? -
6/17 @ Seattle
moonslav59 replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
...like $18M short of market value for 2019 alone. -
But you did look ahead with the statement (opinion) about our future. Again, I am fine with what DD has done. Personally, I would not have gone so far, and I'd have sought a couple different players than who we got. I was never for holding onto all or even most of our prospects. I guess we disagree on how good some of our ex-prospects will end upbeing. Margot Moncada Kopech Espinoza Basabe and others Again, I wasn't for keeping all these guys. I loved the Sale trade. I had hoped we'd have traded some/most of the guys we dealt for Kimbrel and Pom to get Quintana, but he's not exactly lighting things up, so what do I know? I liked Quintana, because he had more years of control (one year more than Sale).
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Yes, and many of the other options that were out there have not come close to expectations. 2017>2018 .906> .838 Jose Abreu .882>.829 Eric Hosmer .818>.778 Carlos Santana .818>.716 Lucas Duda .868> .643 Logan Morrison 3B .835> .792 Moustakas .725>.812 Valencia .772> .722T Frazier .632>.798 Sandoval
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I think the Moreland signing gave Devers 2 years to show enough growth at 3B or else. As you all know, I'd have preferred signing Moose and having Devers DH and share time at 1B with HRam while he still got some practice and games in at 3B along the way. It's not the ideal way to grow a prospect, but I didn't like the idea of throwing Devers to the wolves by having him struggle mightily on defense at 3B in the middle of a championship run. He's done better than I expected on defense, so this is another example of proof that Sox management knows a hell of a lot more than we do.
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...I do not think that our future has been sacrificed in any way. ... With all due respect, cp, how can trading over a dozen of our best prospects not sacrifice our future in any way?
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This may be an example of one organization valuing certain prospects way more than anyone we know does.
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How is trading Kimbrel going to help us this year? I'm not against the idea or re-tooling for the future, but this debate was about trading to win this year.
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It would be the definition of insanity.
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We can't trade JBJ anymore, since moving JD to the OF creates a hole at DH that would likely be filled by Nunez. This would also force Holt to FT 2B duty. We can't trade Pom, because he's hurt. We can't trade any of our other starters without creating a gaping hole. Trading Devers (and others) for Machado creates a giant hole at 3B for 4+ years going forward. With maybe just enough money to keep Kimbrel and Kelly, there'd be nothing to fill our 3B hole. Maybe some here would be okay with Nunez at 3B and Holt at 2B FT next year, then Holt at 3B and Hernandez at 2B after 2019. Best case scenario: Pom returns and looks sharp. We trade him to a desperate contender for a decent prospect. Pedey comes back and can play nearly everyday by the playoffs, or Nunez gets his s*** together, or Holt bucks the fizzle out trend, so we don't need to spend all our remaining assets at 2B. We trade the prospect we get for Pom and add Swihart or Hembree or someone like Beeks in hopes of prying someone useful from a non contending team.
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I didn't do anything. DD traded the whole farm away. The only 2 worth anything are out on PED Suspension and TJ surgery. The guys we can do without are not valuable enough to get a big name. We will make a trade, but not for a big name. We have made some mega deals in the past 2-3 years. That is our box. Trading ERod or Devers, which is maybe just the starting point to get the names you mention is a horrific idea. 1) It doesn't come close to making us unbeatable. (BTW, the Yanks and Astros have more tools than us to make trades that negate us getting machado.) 2) We have a shot at winning next year. I'm not for slightly improving our odds this year at the expense of blowing next year's chance. 3) We are 12-1 in ERod starts. Devers may out hit Machado the rest of this season. One never knows. 4) Blowing past the $40M penalty line will further hurt our chances after 2020. I could go on and on.
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Stop trying to pick a name out of a hat. I would not trade ERod or Devers for any 2 month rentals.
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Yes. I'd trade anyone one for a 100% guarantee WS win this year. Machado does not come close to that.
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Too bad he was traded by Natick the GM 74 times already.
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Of course, he can, if he makes a super dumb trade.
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Trading ERod or Devers is not trading the bench. Our bench is fine when compared to other benches, but they aren't valuable enough to get Machado. Mostof our players are too highly paid for the O's to want, and the young guys they'd want, Beni, Devers & ERod are not only part of our essential core for 2018 and 2019, they are some of the few that are essential to our future beyond 2019 or 2020. DD is not trading any of our best young core for 2 month rental. This isn't fantasy baseball, where you can reboot your team next season.
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Danny Ainge has so many pieces to consider. he built a team for now and the future. Don't compare the two.
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Best case scenario: Pom comes back and looks sharp. Hembree and Swihart up their stock over the next 6 weeks, We trade Pom, Hembree and Swihart for some prospects. We flip those prospects and maybe add one or two of our own and get someone who does not put us over the max penalty cost line. Even then, it won't be enough for Machado.
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We are not trading Devers or ERod. We might trade Pom to a contender for a prospect, assuming he comes back from an injury. We have no great prospects to bring us anything very special. It's just not in the cards this year. We shot our wad with multiple mega signings and trades over the last couple years. We might make a tweak move here or there, but nothing like Machado. It's time you know it.
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The O's don't want Pom. We're 12-1 in ERod starts. How about trading HRam's contract, Hembree, Johnson, Swihart and Beeks? It's about equally absurd- just in reverse.
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Weird time for a trade like this. The early word is the Royals didn't get any of the Nats top prospects... even weirder. If the Sox had made this trade, we'd have gone over the max limit, assuming we dumped no salary of our own. The Nats will take over the $7,937,500 salary that Herrera is earning in his final season of arbitration eligibility. With 82 of the 186 service-eligible days of the MLB calendar already in the books, the Washington organization will be on the hook for something like $4.44M.
