moonslav59
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Yes, adding a healthy and strong Price could be huge. I also think several of our hitters will have upticks next season after all of them had down ticks this year. Smith's return could be big. Thornburg also. The loss of ERod should be more than compensated for by all of the above. That still leaves a gaping hole in the clean-up slot. If we bring Moreland back or even worse, sign Hosmer, I'll vomit on the spot.
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Our pitching was our biggest strength this year. I do think we need to add to it, but the clean-up slot is our highest priority, and it was even before the Yanks added GS.
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Please stop the Moreland return talk. It's making me physically ill. I agree, we need pitching, but without a clear clean-up hitter, we won't compete with the Yanks and Astros and Guardians.
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Right now, I view Vaz as the better hitter, but that could change. Now, Swihart to DH for Leon would be an idea to put forward. If it were to be allowed in the future, maybe the Angels would bat Ohtani and DH for their weakest hitter.
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Low A prospects and a salary dump in Castro for... Giancarlo Freakin' Stanton! I knew the cost would be low, but this is sick!
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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.
