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  1. moonslav59
    Totally agree. Maybe even .220 would beat Swi's .300.
  2. moonslav59
    No, but apparently I'm one of just a couple posters who even thinks we've had more than our fair share of mental blunders this year and that chances are higher than any of us wish they'd be that one could happen at the worst time imaginable.
  3. moonslav59
    Well said. It's not going to be easy, but then again, it never was. Things have gotten more difficult for big spending teams, but I also think we did very well with international signings this year. I thought that would be one area we'd have trouble with the rule changes. I like the trades we made to boost bonus money. We're off to a better start than I expected last winter. I hope our picks flourish and we can keep this up, because I do not think we can spend large to fill too many needy slots.
  4. moonslav59
    Price wasn't the only good FA starter available that winter. Yes, give Lin a shot. He can't do much worse than Holt has done this year. I'd like to see his OF skills at some point without putting a game at risk.
  5. moonslav59
    Last year, we were 82-64 after 146 games. One worse than this year, but were 1 game into an 11 game winning streak before going on to lose 5 of our next 6 (8 of 9 if you count the sweep by CLE). Can we match last year's 11-5 finish?
  6. moonslav59
    Vaz is now closing in on JBJ and Moreland to take 4th place in Sox OPS (300+ PAs with the Sox) .806 Pedey .803 Beni .786 Betts .764 Moreland .761 JBJ .757 Vaz .743 HRam .729 Bogey
  7. moonslav59
    Jeez, would you stop saying this?
  8. moonslav59
    I meant in an elimination playoff game.
  9. moonslav59
    I'm a huge Vaz fan and always have been. I wanted to trade Swihart away long ago. I agree on him being able to hit .280, and feel his power may improve over time. However, .280 is not .336, which is Vaz's 2nd half BA. That's what I meant by "coming back to earth". Now, .280 can mnean hitting .336 some stretches and .206 in others. I'm fine with that, too. Just give me .280/.330/.420/.750 every year and I'll be super happy. BTW, I love to see him hitting righties (.746) better than before. I can see us using Leon as just one pitcher's caddie next year and allowing Vaz to catch 4 out of 5 starts.
  10. moonslav59
    So do I, but that doesn't change reality.
  11. moonslav59
    We were only talking long term, and we were only talking either/or- not about both teams have long term issues. I don't feel it's dumb to take either side of the choice, but I do think most experts would say the Yankee long term outlook (3 or 4 years and beyond) is at least slightly better than ours. I also feel our short term outlook (0-3 years) looks better.
  12. moonslav59
    Who knows? I certainly hope so, and why not start the "bounce back" now? Imagine how much better we'd be, if he would pitch like 2016?
  13. moonslav59
    And we don't? We got Price to '22. Erod to '21. Wright to .20 Sale to '19 Porcello to '19 Pom to '18. Groome to whenever. NYY Tanaka maybe to '20 (rather have him than Price.) Severino, Green and Montgomery and others haven't even reached arb years yet. Sonny Gray to '19 Sabathia, Pineda, Garcia -last year We got Groome; they got Chance Adams, Justus Sheffield and more. I'm not saying you have to love their SP'ing long term than ours, but I'm just having a hard time with calling someone dumb for liking their outlook better. We have Beni and Devers pre- arb. Betts and JBJ go to 2020 (3 years) not 4+. They have Judge, Sanchez and Frazier pre-arb (plus Torreyes for 4 more years- 3 arb).
  14. moonslav59
    I love being aggressive and don't mind some over aggressiveness. I'm okay with running into outs. I really feel I am being very discriminating. I'm not counting aggressiveness or slight aggressiveness when I am talking about excessive bonehead plays. I've seen more than I ever have with a Sox fan, which includes the Wendell "send 'em all" Kim era. I realize I could be wrong. I never kept a running tab. I can't prove what I believe. I will say, I think we've done much better in the last month or so. Maybe JF has knocked some sense into the team without the media catching on. Maybe the players smartened up by themselves. I really hope we don't end up losing this season on a major blunder at the end.
  15. moonslav59
    In baseball, there's always hope.
  16. moonslav59
    I'm not either for the "long term", but they did make some moves to strengthen their extended future while we made some that were geared towards just the next 2-3 years.
  17. moonslav59
    Fine to disagree, but to say "dumb" when you yourself say it's impossible to project that far. The Yanks have a better farm. Not many disagree with that. The Yanks have their good young talent under control for longer than ours. Their future budget canand will probably go much higher than ours. It's not "dumb" to think their long term outlook is better than ours.
  18. moonslav59
    I've been a big Marco Hernandez fan from the start, but I'd love to bring Nunez back and maybe cut Holt loose, although I'm not sure I'm ready for Lin to be our 4th OF'er. Maybe we sign or trade for a 1B/LF big bat that allows for some flex at DH, OF, 1B and the rest of the IF.
  19. moonslav59
    Yes, and I think the newer Nunez is more likely what we'll see in the next few years than the old one, but he'll turn 31 next year. I'd offer him a nice 2 year deal but might go 3, if the bidding got high. Note: the guy was between .654 and .723 his first 5 years (mostly partial or half seasons worth of PAs). 2015 saw a .758 OPS in just 188 PAs. He followed that up with the exact same OPS in 2016 in over 500 PAs- his most PA season by over 250 PAs. I really like Nunez, but it's really hard to know what to expect next year. He had a .732 OPS the first half this year. Maybe he'll fall in love with the A.L.
  20. moonslav59
    Key phrase: "long term".
  21. moonslav59
    Maybe last year's sweep was not as bad as it looked at the time. That team got game!
  22. moonslav59
    Unfortunately, I haven't kept track. I have never said the running with your head down was a big part of the number of bonehead plays. I even forgot about them, until someone else mentioned it a while back. I chose that as one example of a clear bonehead play, but I guess some disagree. Maybe it's just impossible for any of our players to ever do something stupid. Maybe this is just some weird contrarian TwilightZone episode in my nightmare.
  23. moonslav59
    .325 in 2016 is not vastly better than .319. Career SLG: .414. 2016 SLG: .432 Significant, but not really eye-opening.
  24. moonslav59
    It doesn't even matter anyways, right?
  25. moonslav59
    I think I'm actually being lenient. I've never heard anyone who follows baseball that running to 3B on a ball hit in front of you is anything less than Bonehead. I've heard it called much worse- on this site even. Same with running into an occupied base. On that one, at least I can say, in that case, the motive could be to try and "make something happen," but how can anyone call it anything less than "bonehead". I think that's actually being kind.
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