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  1. moonslav59
    LOL. I guess you can never bring in Wright after 5 or 6 innings, if the score is 0-0 or 2-2. The game is totally unwinnable.
  2. moonslav59
    All the signs pointed to Eovaldi. We used ERod in relief at the end of the season.
  3. moonslav59
    Baseball's not picking the top prospects. But, no I don't think they have a clear and established policy. I'd ban a player for life. That would likely stop it.
  4. moonslav59
    How is a 0-0 game in the first inning "unwinnable?"
  5. moonslav59
    Yes, you guys made some key additions, but you also saw this... The loss of... Adam Warren 2.35 in 57 IP J Montgomery 3.88 in 155 IP M Pineda 4.39 in 96 IP ...and big declines by... Severino 2.98 to 3.39 S Gray 3.72 to 4.90 C Green 1.83 to 2.50 Robertson 1.03 to 3.23 C Shreve 3.77 to 4.26 Khalne from great to sucky
  6. moonslav59
    No, but I wouldn't have been surprised if the A's won 8-7. They certainly had several chances.
  7. moonslav59
    I have directly and indirectly.
  8. moonslav59
    Sometimes the best choices don't work out. I think Melvin made the right choice, under the circumstances.
  9. moonslav59
    I could be nice to see Wright come in for a clean 7th & 8th or earlier, if needed.
  10. moonslav59
    $5.5M more a year just in new taxes, plus he may cause a drop in our draft slot number.
  11. moonslav59
    I didn't realize others rated VTek highly. I thought he was under-rated as people pointed to his low CS% (and high WP/PBs for a couple years with Wake) and called him a poor defender.
  12. moonslav59
    Actually, he right near the bottom. Would you want us to sign him for $35.5M/3 this winter? That's what he'll cost on the luxury budget, and there's no going back, once we put him back on the 40 man roster. His $10.2M lux tax number would prevent us from getting someone else or keeping someone we want to keep. I know you poo-poo the idea that Henry has a spending limit, but he does. Now, one can argue that the difference is just the tax, since Henry's paying him anyways, but by your reasoning, we'll be over the $40M max line every year of Castillo's contract, so we'd be paying an additional tax of 45%. That means instead of paying $12M a year for Castillo's last 3 years, we'd pay him $17.5 x 3. $5.5M more in tax for 3 years. Would I sign Castillo to $16.5M/3? NO! No matter how you slice and dice, the answer is always NO!
  13. moonslav59
    100%!
  14. moonslav59
    Picking up OF depth is not a hard thing to do- off season or in-season. We've had pretty good luck with in-season pick-ups from DMac to Podsednik, although Raj Davis was a bit of a bust.
  15. moonslav59
    You think steroid effects ware off that quickly?
  16. moonslav59
    Tell that to the Price busters.
  17. moonslav59
    I agree. I've always liked Workman as well. He was really good before the injuries and has shown a lot of promise upon his return.
  18. moonslav59
    Eck seemed lost.
  19. moonslav59
    STOP! This has been discussed and shot down too many times to keep brining it up.
  20. moonslav59
    Yes. There might have been a slight chance one pitcher could be swapped depending on whether the Yanks or A's won, but I think his plan might have been Kelly & Hembree all along.
  21. moonslav59
    Here's the problem with that. We give up a great-glove, pretty good (or better) hit CF- a net loss - and keep JD mostly at DH, which makes him unhappy. We'd be trying to fix something that's not broken. Dewey, you know JBJ is almost the last guy I wanna trade. That being said, trading JBJ and adding a great glove CF'er with a .680 OPS should not make JD any more upset than he already might be. While we would see a loss in CF offense, the player we get back for JBJ would, in theory, add as much or more value to another position-- like SP'ing. For example, let's say we trade JBJ, Johnson & Velazquez for Carrasco (not saying CLE would do this). The net gain at SP'er might offset the loss of offense in CF, assuming CF defense remains even.
  22. moonslav59
    I had to turn the sound off. It was horrible.
  23. moonslav59
    Your thesis was not about letting our pen pitch the whole game. It was just adjusting the order of our pitchers. I still think the A's pen was a better choice than Fiers. Besides, they could have used Fiers anyways- in relief but chose not to.
  24. moonslav59
    My choices (in order) 1. Poyner 2. Workman 3. Kelly 4. Hembree My guess at DD & Cora's choices: 1. Kelly 2. Poyner 3. Hembree 4. Workman
  25. moonslav59
    IMO and UZR's, Ellsbury was not a plus on defense until 2008. Beni > Ells JBJ > Crisp Betts > JDrew
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