moonslav59
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Everything posted by moonslav59
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Seems odd at 29, but I think you're right.
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True, but he was also up in '69 for a sip of coffee.
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It would be nice if we could get to July before needing to make an adjustment.
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Me2!
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Agreed.
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You mean when he ran out of his way to fall over Middy, right?
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True, and even with a major early injury, we may hold off trading until the in house option has proven to be a negative. That will also (in theory) lessen amount of the prorated salary we take on.
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Assuming no injuries, the only way Swihart makes the opening day roster is if we trade Leon or Vaz (doubtful). Both are out of option. During the season, we may end up breaking away from the plan of keeping him as a catcher, if we need a LF'er or DH.
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That 1971 team had a few Sox player who went on to have great seasons or careers elsewhere: Reggie Smith (.917 his first yr with STL plus his two best years with LAD in 77 & 78) Traded with Ken Tatum for Rick Wise & Bernie Carbo Ben Oglivie (.650 with BOS but 5 seasons over .800 afterwards w 41 HRs in '80) Traded for Dick mcAuliffe Cecil Cooper (.809 OPS with MIL in 11 seasons- RBI leader twice) traded for George Scott & Bernie Carbo Plus, Carlton Fisk & Sparky Lyle!
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He also played 15 games at 3B for the Cards. He was a very good player. They traded him a year after I became a Sox fan (for Rick Wise & Bernie Carbo). He had just put up a .900+ OPS.
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Very strange case indeed. Allen had an .803 OPS after over 1800 PAs. A large enough sample size to think he had made it. He had 4 straight playoff series with an OPS over 1.000 until facing the Sox in 2013 and breaking his foot. His .432 OPS with the Sox was barely half of his OPS with STL. He can't even maintain his minor league numbers... 2015: .718 AAA (399 PAs) 2016: .572 A- and AAA (111 PAs) He was only 29 when he fell off the cliff.
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Here's more... http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2015/7/1/8859137/thoracic-outlet-syndrome-pitcher-effectiveness
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Craig's contract ends this year, thankfully. He's a guy that could do great in AAA this year, and if we added him to the 40 man roster for just a short period, all we'd pay is the pro-rated amount. My guess is Sam Travis would get the call first, unless he's struggling and Craig is doing much better.
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Not in 5-6 months, as far as I know.
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Farm depth that might help or make an appearance over the 2017 season: Swihart (C or in a pinch LF or DH) Hernandez (SS, 2B, 3B) Sam Travis (1B) Robbie Scott, Workman, N Ramirez, K Martin, L Ysla (RP'er) Elias, Owens, Johnson (SP'er or possibly RP'er) Others: Dan Butler © R Castillo, J lake (OF) D Marrero, M Dominguez, M Miller, J Witte (IF) Devers (late season)?
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You were responding to my post about Robbie Ross.
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We've discussed that already. It has not been ignored. The "silly venture" would be taking Wright and his 6.5IP per start out of the rotation. The silly venture is thinking only Thornburg and the promise of a returning, effective Smith at some point is enough to replace Uehara, Ziegler and Tazawa. I'm not saying our pen weakness is going to cripple us, I have even mentioned how our hands seem to be tied, since adding significant salary via RP'er free agency or trading top prospects for a cost-controlled RP'er both look like untenable solutions. I realize our best option appears to be to try and fill in depth with minor league signings and let the cards sort themselves out. Hopefully, we won't need to fill a major role until well into the season, where contracts taken on are pro-rated, and salary dumps are more available than now.
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I like Ross too, but like I said, we have to pin our hopes on someone improving over 2016's numbers (except Kelly's small sample size of greatness) to do better than Taz did. Ross is probably our best hope in replacing Taz. One of the greatest mysteries to me last year was why Ross, who was pitching better than in 2015, saw less IP'd in 2016. It's like Farrell avoided him, even when he was doing well, especially when it "counted". IP 2015 60.2 2016 55.1 IP Late & Close and High Leverage 2015: 65 (.739 OPS against) and 51 (.655 OPS against) 2016 64 (.553 OPS against) and 40 (.364 OPS against)
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If we ever are able to get out from under Pablo's contract before it expires, I think the saved money will need to be used for rising arb costs and/or an extension to one of our star kids.
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Maybe a wild scenario, but say Castillo is killing AAA ball this summer and one of our OF'ers goes down for a month. Adding Castillo to the 40 man for a month, then DFA'ing him again (nobody would take him) and we reset the same situation as we have now. We only owe 1/6 of Castillo's contract towards the luxury tax. That's only about $2M, and it's doable. Probably better just find the next de Aza, Podsednik or DMac type.
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Yes, but are we sure it's related to starting vs relieving or early season vs late season? 2015: 1st half 5.67 2nd half 3.77 (including August 2.68 and Sept 3.86) All as a starter with both sample size larger than 2016's.. 2016: 1st half: 8.46 2nd half: 1.02
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If a key player gets hurt in July, and we only have to pay 1/3 of an incoming player's salary, then the $9M flex space buys $27M in annual salary. That could be 2-3 quality players. If we have to trade for a player in April, we'll probably have to use all the wiggle room we have, unless we decide to trade a top prospect or young player like Swihart for a cost controlled player.
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He could probably play ML ball on some team, but he'll never get the chance until his contract ends.
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Having $8-9M to "play with" should be able to cover any one "major injury" but two or three might be tough. The longer we can wait, the less pro-rated money goes against the luxury budget. To not have to trade good prospects to get good talent, usually some sort of salary dump occurs, so the more we have, the better was can do, in theory.
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Swihart's salary is minimum. Any player replacing him will be making equal or more than he is. I don't really see us trading any larger salary. Nobody wants Pablo, even if we pay $10 of his $19M a year. The only other remotely possible salary dump might be Abad ~$2M arb. Maybe during the year, we may try to dump Young $6.5M or Moreland $5.5M, but it looks like both have key roles right now.
