moonslav59
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As I stated before, both ERod and Porcello had better recent 4-5 starts than Fister. It was a bad choice. We just may win this, despite JF's incompetence.
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It would have to be via trade. I don't see Duda, Hosmer, Morrison or Santana as a being the big difference maker we need.
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If Hanley gets healthy, and he looks pretty healthy now, he can play 1B vs LHPs only and DH a few times vs RHPs next year. JD Martinez could play LF when we need to rest Beni, JBJ or Betts or are in an NL park.
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You guys still wanna DFA HRam?
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I'm glad we gave Papi another chance, after many felt he was done many years back. The Pablo 3rd chance experiment failed, so I guess that means every similar experiment has to end the same way. 1) HRam is not out of shape. 2) He was playing hurt in 2015 and 2017. 3) He has had much greater seasons than Pablo ever had. 4) HRam has a WAR over 2 in the last 2 years combined. 5) He is not significantly past prime. 6) He has a $22M vesting option we can negate by keeping him. 7) He had the highest HR/PA rate on a team looking to improve on power this winter. Replacing your best power hitter is not sound strategy for improving your power numbers. 8) He is not blocking any top prospect, unless you think Travis is leading us to the promise land. 9) HRam is not Pablo. 10) We don't have to give him a long look next year. We could just limit his PAs and then move on- assuming he sucks as much as you think he does.
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My point was obvious.
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Exactly! Or, if it did not affect our two playoff losses, then the problem does not need to be addressed. Bass akwards!
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I never kept track. I wish I did. I haven't saved every game on tape, and even if I did, I'm not going back to make a list. My OCD only brings me so far. If you want to believe we did not have way more boneheaded mistakes than years past, then so be it. I've beaten this horse to nine deaths. I firmly believe my position. You do yours. Time to move on.
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Seriously? Only the most pressing issue needs to be dealt with. Just one per winter is the limit?
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It won't hurt to hope HRam heals over the winter (surgery?) and see how he looks next spring. It's not like him holding back Travis is going to make a big difference. If we can sign a DH (JD Martinez?) and maybe a 1Bman like Duda (Awesome vs RHPs), we can go into 2018 with HRam as the platoon 1Bman vs LHPs only with the idea that, if he is healthy and doing well, he can squeeze out Duda or play some DH as JD plays the OF to rest or mini-platoon there. I just don't see HRam as crowding out any great prospect beating down the door. $44M is too much to not at least give him a chance to show anything he might still have in his tank. His 2016 season was not that long ago, and it's not like he's 39 years old.
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If we are talking the 2017 Betts, I agree. The 2016 Betts only had 16 players hit for a better OPS and 25 with more HRs. He also "changes the game" with excellent defense and very good base running. He was 3rd in WAR last year. He certainly made a big difference in 2016. Even with the "off year" in 2017, here are the WAR rankings for 2016-2017 combined: 16.1 Trout 15.1 Bryant 14.3 Altuve 13.3 Betts 13.1 Seager 12.6 Donaldson 12.1 Lindor 11.7 Votto 11.6 Rendon 11.3 Ramirez 11.0 Turner 11.0 Arenado 26th Stanton 8.7 30th Bogaerts 8.0 36th Cozart 7.5 39th Pedroia 7.3 40th JBJ 7.3 43rd Santana 6.7 50th Upton 6.3 57th Abreu 5.9 60th JD Martinez 5.5 67th E Nunez 4.9 104th McCutchen 4.3 116th Hosmer 4.0 122nd Morrison 3.8
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Certainly replacing JF is not our most pressing need.
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JBJ has been over .830 for two years before this. I doubt AM gets over 830 next year. I would not trade 3 cheap years of junior for 1 year of AM.
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Better than the 2017 JBJ, but AM is on the down slope while JBJ should be on the up slope
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Name someone.
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I agree on lovullo. I do not think it will be hard to find some better than JF, but our pitching may suffer
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So, trade JBJ for a better CF'er? 1) Who? 2) Who will trade us a better CF'er for JBJ? 2A) Who could we tradw with JBJ to get a better CF? And, who is that CF'er?
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That was his best trade.
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Yes, you were, and it's a valid opinion to not want hypothesize or discuss anything beyond the possible. Personally, I'm fine with discussing impossible or highly improbable happenings or thinking it's okay for others to do so.
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My point was about Lackey and the 2017 team. He should not be a part of the 2017 discussion. 1) His contract ran out before 2017. 2) He was a non factor this year.
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Not even to a small extent on 1,3 & 4?
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My opinion is that there are 4: 1) We have spent like maniacs and come up short too many times. 2) Lack of fundamentals and excessive mental blunders. 3) An apparent (to me) ho-hum attitude. 4) A significant massive decline by our top 8 returning everyday players and our 2016 Cy Young winner all at once. #4 has been used to fire many a manager in the past.
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While agree there is a zero percent chance DD gets fired, I do think it's fine for people who think he should be fired to express their opinions. I've never been a DD fan, and I firmly disagree with 2 of his moves while being ambivalent over the Price signing. I can understand those who disagreed with his philosophy to get even more upset over the fact that the rationalization of his philosophy was that we'd be HIGHLY competitive for 3-5 years. The quick exit last year and the two blow-out losses this year has driven some of those to this point. I am not for firing DD this winter. I think every GM deserves 5 years. If the GM is spending large and trading many prospects, I can see giving just a 3-4 year window. A plan like Ben's, I feel, deserved a 5 year window.
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Agreed. He won't. I think the debate is about the "should" or "should not."
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Maybe next year, your will say you under rated most of our players. Most of our players did better in both 2015 and 2016, so I'm not sure thinking their 2017 performance reflects their true or real value going forward.
