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  1. moonslav59
    I like Votto a lot, too. He seems to be aging well, but I am concerned about a sudden decline and the length of his deal. Cincy is usually very stingy with trade talks. I can't believe they didn't trade Cozart, who is a FA this year. The missed a chance to get something very nice for him. I'd have to see their demands, but that contract is a big motivator. His price has gone from $14M to $20M to $22M and now is going to be set at $25M until 2023 with a $7M buyout for 2024. Now, would be a good time for them to trade him. It would be great, if they paid some of the contract, but it should cost less in players, if we take the whole deal. (His luxury cost is about what we pay HRam-- $22.5M) Would they take: 1 from Travis, Chavis or Ockimey 1 from Beeks, Shawaryn or Scherff 1 from Brannen, Chatham or Dalbec or would we have to include Groome, Mata, Houck or Flores? We could throw them Holt, Hembree (out of options), Marrero or Lin, if they are interested.
  2. moonslav59
    Abreu? Stanton at 1B????? Donaldson or Beltre (Devers to 1B)?
  3. moonslav59
    Does he suck more than Moreland, Alonso, Morrison...? Inquiring minds want to know!
  4. moonslav59
    They've dumped just about everyone.
  5. moonslav59
    I'm hopeful with Devers' D, but we'll see. If we have to use Nunez at 2B next year, our D gets even worse.
  6. moonslav59
    He does not have much more HR power than Moreland and his glove is over-rated. He will be costly and want several years. I'm not for putting a lot of money and years into a power position like 1B, on a team sorely lacking power, with someone like Hosmer. I'd rather go one year again with the best we can get for that length (Morrison? Duda? Alonso?) and then sign DH to squeeze HRam out of his vesting option..
  7. moonslav59
    Yes, and as well as many have done, particularly in the pen, only Sale and Kimbrel instill high confidence, but I guess one could say guys like Peacock, Morton, Bauer, Tomlin, Montgomery and even CC Sab have question marks next to their names, too.
  8. moonslav59
    I think our biggest need next year is a top clean-up hitter. The best FA I see for that role might be JD Martinez, who would essentially be a DH only. I share your concerns about that, but I don't think any 1B FAs fill the clean-up hitter role adequately. I think our bench will be fine next year, even if we non tender Holt: Leon (Holt) Travis Hernandez Lin Marrero Swihart If sign Nunez, it will be near top notch.
  9. moonslav59
    Top AL Contenders' Top Starters by ERA- (120+ IP) CLE 51 Kluber 76 Carrasco 96 Bauer 111 Tomlin BOS 61 Sale 75 Pom 86 ERod 100 Porcello HOU 70 Kuechel 70 Peacock 76 Verlander 86 Morton NYY 68 Severino 76 Gray 87 CC Sab 93 Montgomery 102 Garcia
  10. moonslav59
    It wasn't meant as a slight at all, except maybe towards Price & Porcello.
  11. moonslav59
    I think you misread my post. I said he would be MLB's best 4/5 starter, so that implies there is no "list" of better. My point was, he's pitched like a number 2 all season (and the first half of 2016), but with the low IP totals, he'd have been great as our 4th starter had Porcello and Price pitched like 2016 or before.
  12. moonslav59
    Plus, haven't we all done dumb things at some point in our lives (not that what Sale did was dumb), and yet we all know what fine and upstanding people we are!
  13. moonslav59
    Baseball Reference has them at 96-60. I was close . (I meant to say 97-98 wins.)
  14. moonslav59
    Let's hope this good news proves true.
  15. moonslav59
    I thought linking all Japanese players to Dice-K's flop was tremendously weak. There have been plenty of Japanese success stories. We've had so many international signing successes, I don't know where to begin. Most have been from Latin America, especially the really good ones. We've also had some pretty good success with Asian player signings. I'm not sure we win in 2013 without Uehara. True, he was proven already, unlike fresh signings, but he and many others prove the gamble is not an impossible gamble. Remember, we signed Okajima the same year as Dice-K. He was a good signing- very good. The Tazawa signing a couple years later worked out well, too. Our Top Latin American Signings (many more were failures): HRam (brought us Beckett & Lowell) Doubront Bogaerts F Montas Margot (helped get Kimbrel) Moncada (helped get Sale) Castillo Devers
  16. moonslav59
    It never fails. Just one freakin' game and here we go again.
  17. moonslav59
    Is this guy his identical twin or something? Good thing we gave Papi and Manny a chance after Jose Offerman's flop.
  18. moonslav59
    I have the sound turned down. Have they said Nunez is out for the season?
  19. moonslav59
    I'm calling it: JBJ with a walk-off in the 9th.
  20. moonslav59
    Agreed. Pom would be MLB's best 4/5 starter with numbers like his, but sadly, he still is our #2 as of now.
  21. moonslav59
    Before tonight... OPS Against .580 Sale .680 Price .705 Pom .717 ERod .820 Porc ERA+ 164 Sale 143 Pom 127 Price 115 ERod 99 Porc WHIP 0.95 Sale 1.24 ERod 1.25 Price 1.34 Pom 1.39 Porc QS 74% Sale 64% Price 59% Porc 53% Pom 52% ERod
  22. moonslav59
    If only our 3-5 starters could do that!
  23. moonslav59
    What more can be said about this pen this year? WOW!
  24. moonslav59
    Those kind of ABs are highly frustrating to watch, especially when we desperately need men on base. Here's my projection: if JBj gets up again, he hits a walk-off.
  25. moonslav59
    Some of the excessive unearned runs is probably just bad luck (or timing), and I'm sure our defense has saved many an earned run, so I'm not complaining. Hopefully, Devers and Bogey can step up their defensive games next year and we can maybe be the top defensive team in MLB.
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