moonslav59
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The steal of the decade and possibly the century. On par with the Ruth purchase. Very very sick!
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That's basically the only plan he can have right now to keep pace. This is what happens when you back yourself in a corner by playing all your cards in a frenzy. [Note: I do not wish this to sound like I'm being highly critical of DD. Generally, I like the idea of creating a serious 5 or 6 year window to win a ring (2016-2020 or 2021) at the expense of the extended future. With all the wheeling and dealing DD has done, it looks like there just wasn't enough to make us very top contender on paper.]
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It was nothing short of a steal. Even without Castro and the money saved, it would have been a steal. Stanton at $25M on the luxury tax budget is not a salary dump. Only low spending teams view him that way.
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I'd still rather have what 'we' currently have than having Stanton and having to live with what we would have had if the Sox trades hadn't been made. That would have been ugly. It's not our lack of current prospects that kept us from getting Stanton. We could have had everybody we have now plus Stanton, if only GS put us on his list of teams he's willing to play for. The ball is clearly in DD's court now, and he has no pieces to play (top prospects) anymore, except for money. Let's hope he spends it better than the Ben and Theo near his end in Boston.
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Yea, based on defense only- and that's the point I was making about JBJ vs Beni in AA. The only reason Beni can now be viewed as "more ML ready" offensively than Moncada was is by looking at hindsight data. True, Moncada's K rate was obscene, even in the minors, but I seriously doubt you'll find any scout that felt Beni was more ML ready offensively than Moncada before their call-ups. Beni was more ML ready because of bhis defense, and he was called up because of the black hole we had in LF and us getting stiffed on the planned Carlos Beltran trade.
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I didn't mean it that way. Of course the Sox had data for VTek to use- maybe more than most teams during that time, but VTek had his own data, too, and he knew how to use all he had to the best level. The amount of pitcher testimonials is evidence enough, but the numbers back him up even more. Pitchers on the Sox did way better when he was catching vs his back-up, a catcher who had the same team data VTek had access to. That's a tangible fact.
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I kept thinking the final package that landed GS was going to look light, but this is lighter than I expected. It's a steal for the Yanks and very bad news for Boston. We basically have to sign JD, now, and Bore-A$$ knows it. We'll even need to do more than JD to stay even "on paper".
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Word is the price in prospects goes down for anyone willing to take the full contract.
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Oh, I agree! They both had grit.
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Now that we have reset the luxury tax, we can probably afford to spend close to $40M this winter. Stanton's luxury hit is $25M.
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...and easier assimilation into the culture due to a high Asian population and a culture that is very accepting of diversity. He also apparently wants to blaze his own trail and not have to follow in someone else's footsteps. LAA fits the bill.
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I remember them both. Monty was a character. He was all over the place on offense, but with short sample sizes every year, that can be expected. 2 seasons over .870 1 season at .792 7 seasons under .685 Looks like Leon's career.
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Like longevity for a catcher should be held against VTek. The guy had a very good 10 years stretch and a great 6 year run withing those 10 good years. Not many catchers put up years over .785 and handled a staff like VTek did. His numbers were brought down by playing longer. If we want to go shorter term, like many catchers have done, VTek had the second best catcher OPS (.863) for a 3 year period (2003-2005). He had an .831 OPS from 2001-2005 (5 years). Only Piazza, Posada, IRod and Lopez were better on offense during that 5 year stretch. That group was never known for defense or pitch handling. Even .813 for a 7 year stretch is pretty damn good for a catcher known for his defense and how he handles a staff.
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I'm not sure the Astros want to trade for Stanton, but they'd be dumb not to make an offer.
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Too scary. Plays the wrong position. Likely to cost too much, and we don't have top prospects anyways.
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The $25M luxury tax hit is not bad at all, especially for a team like the Yanks. Yeah, they want to reset, but we're talking about... Giancarlo "Freakin" Stanton! If Cashman blow this, he should forfeit his new $25M contract. Just reset next year, or trade what you need to trade to get you under this year. These guys don't come along that often. Judge and Stanton back-to-back would be Ruthian-Gehrigesque!
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True. I will say, if Vaz turns out to be as good as VTek, I'll be thrilled.
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JD would certainly give us a big boost. The years and costs may hurt us later, when we need to try and keep or replace some of our key players, but when the farm is barren, how else can we acquire a big time clean-up hitter.
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One: the Patriots
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NYC is a great city.t oo bad all their teams suck big time.
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6-10 in OPS, yes but like I said much of the value a catcher brings to the table in not quantified by stats or data, and those areas happen to be what VTek excelled at. Many of the catchers with better OPS had mediocre to horrible reputations as staff handlers or defensive catchers: 1999-2008 .881 Piazza .865 Posada .837 IRod .832 VMart (was already playing 1B/DH) .826 Javy Lopez .803 Mike Lieberthal .788 VTek I'd say he was top 4 or 5, but that's just m, I guess.
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.872 to .809 is close enough to say it's "pretty close", then when you add the defense, it's pretty even. The age thing shouldn't mean much since you said to compare the AA numbers. It also neglects his AAA numbers the next year, which were better. Again, in the context of the debate over who was ML ready vs rushed, I can't see how the numbers showed a younger player with no AAA numbers was ready, but a 2 years older player with very good AAA numbers and better defense wasn't. Only in hindsight-looking at the early MLb results- can anyone claim JBJ was not ready while Beni was ready. Would calling up a 30 year minor leaguer who sucked the first year or two in the bigs and then did great be labeled as "rushed" using this criteria?
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That would be great, then Stanton would have to settle on the lowly Sox as the only team left. (LOL) It should be noted that Miami already dealt Dee Gordon, so maybe keeping Stanton could happen.
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Yes, his first 6 seasons were with Colorado.
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Cashman to get a 5 year extension. Are the rumors real?
