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  1. moonslav59
    I'd still pay him to age 38 (not as much as 26-35). He seems like the type that will age well.
  2. moonslav59
    This is supposed to be a "realistic" thread.
  3. moonslav59
    Hanley never earned the right top play FT this season. Moreland's numbers vs RHPs were very comparable, and his much better defense certainly tips the balance to equal or in Moreland's favor. Now that Moreland is bashing the ball, HRam deserves to ride the bench, at least vs righties. Now, an argument can be made to play HRam over JBJ, but that plan severely weakens our defense, and HRam has not been hitting better than JBJ recently: Last 28 days: .582 HRam (.253 OBP) .393 JBJ (.229 OBP) Last 14 days: .590 JBJ (.310) .396 HRam (.182) Last 7 days: .753 JBJ (.353) .059 HRam (.059) Sit his ass on the bench, because he deserves it. Saving money would be the bonus.
  4. moonslav59
    5 out of 6!
  5. moonslav59
    Bottom of the order got 4 of our 5 hits.
  6. moonslav59
    13 Ks 3 Hits If Price can keep himself away from the "tingles", we look pretty damn sharp.
  7. moonslav59
    Rangers up on Yanks by 2 now.
  8. moonslav59
    1) It's DD's call with input from Cora. 2) It's not confirmed. 3) I thought you'd be happy we kept your guy Swihart and sent down the guy you've been bashing almost as much as "Fat Sandy". 4) Sending JBJ down will likely just be temporary, assuming the rumor is true. 5) My guess is, we DL Nunez or Swihart and postpone the decision for at least 10 more days.
  9. moonslav59
    I'd probably go to $300M/12 (maybe 11).
  10. moonslav59
    Giving him a 10 year deal now puts almost all of the years within a reasonable age frame. He'd be 35 to start his last season of the extension. He could still be great at age 33-35. It's not like the Pujols deal that goes to age 41 with personal services payments going on for another 10 years afterwards..
  11. moonslav59
    Couldn't disagree more. Swihart had years and years to prove he could catch well enough to get a shot. Yes, they called him up earlier than they planned, but he got his shot. They even gave him a chance to earn a shot at another position. The injury sustained in the OF was unfortunate, but I don't blame management. They tried to trade for Beltran and the deal fell through at the last moment. They gave Swihart, perhaps the second chance he hadn't even earned. Swihart has only himelf to blame, if we are forced to play the blame game at all.
  12. moonslav59
    Nunez could be put on the 10 day DL, but with Pedey not playing everyday, maybe we want to keep him on the roster. We do have the "hotter" Holt to play when Pedey sits.
  13. moonslav59
    You guys crack me up!
  14. moonslav59
    Betts has played 44 games. If you multiplied his numbers by 4, you'd have this! .368 64 140 195 runs scored 44 SBs 120 2B + 3B and a 15.5 WAR
  15. moonslav59
    I think what the numbers show is that a +2 WAR player vs a 0 or -1 player probably doesn't make that much of a difference over a 45 game sample size. A couple game saving catches does not equate to +2 on WAR, but it might have been enough to offset the possible -2 JBJ had on offense. (Hypothetical scenario)
  16. moonslav59
    How can you be "impressed" every time he's caught this year, when he's only caught 1 inning and had "the yips" in ST'ing games?
  17. moonslav59
    Ummm, we're in a pennant race, and we can't have a player learn on the job like Swihart needs to do in the minors. He's not good enough to play. That's basically it. He's out of options, so he can't get the game practice in needed to develop, assuming he can and will.
  18. moonslav59
    It's likely harder for Swihart to improve his catcher defense enough to be acceptable than to hit .750 and become a decent utility player.
  19. moonslav59
    1) Betts RF 2) Beni LF 3) Bogey SS 4) Martinez DH 5) v R Moreland 1B/ v L HRam 1B 6) v R Devers 3B/ v L Pedey 7) v R Pedey 2B/ v L Devers 3B 8) JBJ CF (can play Moreland vs some LHPs and have JD in the OF) 9) Leon C
  20. moonslav59
    With you all the way.
  21. moonslav59
    I didn't take it as criticism. BTW, I'm liking your .875 OPS projection better than my .800 at this point.
  22. moonslav59
    If Holt can stick around with a .332 career OBP and an OPS below .700 with that glove, the bar should not be much higher for Swihart. Nunez has a career .313 OBP and an OPS just over .725. It's not hard to imagine Swihart hitting better than .725 or .750, if given a long look, and if he could do that he should make a team and get to play, but that's a big if. It's hard to read much into Swihart's MLB numbers. He's played hurt and was called up before his expected arrival date. He was over .710 after his first 380 PAs in the bigs. His .615 AAA OPS is very discouraging, but it was only 485 PAs spread over 4 years with some falling during rehab times. The .843 AA OPS in 387 PAs seems so long ago, and I guess 2014 was pretty long ago. I guess I've just lost a lot of the early hope I had in his offense. I've never had much hope in his defense. Early on, I suggested a position change, but some of that was based on my belief that Vaz was going to be better than he's shown, so far. .
  23. moonslav59
    I've never disliked Beni. Yes, the base running blunder drove me crazy, but I always believed he could hit. This was my projection on page 1 of this thread: PA: 680 Beni .280 25 100 (.355/.445/.800) That's not too far from your projection.
  24. moonslav59
    I hate to agree, but nothing you said was wrong. Maybe last year's good numbers went to his head, and he took his foot off the gas a little bit and now is grasping for a way to recover.
  25. moonslav59
    Classic!
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