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Cheaper than a Young type when the tax is 20%, but maybe not when the tax reaches 50% or are approaching the mega penalty phase of $40M over the limit. 50% of Castillo's contract is $5.9M. While that might not sound too bad, we won't be able to go back once we call him up. His contract will count the rest of the way, even if we boot him from the 40 man. I still think he may be a legitimate option for 4th OF'er over the next 3 years, but budget concerns in 2019 and 2020 may be what keeps him down.
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Mookie usually comes alive as summer wears on. I'm not sure what up with him. Maybe a change of line-up slot might help.
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We better not trade Devers, even if it's for Beltre or Harrison (players with multiple years of control).
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Frazier is a late season slumper. Every year of his career, he drops off in the second half. Why trade for a guy in hopes that he does something for the first time ever? He's off to his worst start ever and always gets worse as the season progresses. What am I missing? I know his OBP isn't bad, and we are lacking power, but unless we can get Frazier for someone like Lakins or Beeks, I'd pass on Todd. It will probably take at least Ockimey and Lakins to get Frazier. I wouldn't do that.
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Hoping to "get lucky" is not a good plan. As I said, I was fine with the plan of bringing him up to DH, PH and maybe play an inning or tow here and there at 3B. If the plan was to play him 35 innings at 3B, then they made a mistake ("mishandled") on that part of the plan by just giving him 10 games at 3B before his call-up. (Note: they also gave Bogey just 10 games at 3B as well, before thrusting him at a new position in the midst of a hot championship run.)
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JBJ & Beni are both hitting righties better and are hotter. I'm not big on the lefty-righty thing, but even if you want that, we have better options than Moreland to bat 4th.
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These all look like improvements, but to me, the biggie is moving Moreland off the 4 slot.
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Why would you want a guy you despise to stay in the system and poison everyone around him? He did us a favor by saying no. I can't blame him for refusing to go into limbo like Craig & Castillo did. He might actually have a chance to make some team's roster at minimum wage.
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Lots of excitement and drama. Lots of chances to win. Tough loss. Get 'em tomorrow!
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Maybe a big shake-up might work... 1) Bogey 2) Pedey 3) JBJ 4) HRam 5) Betts 6) Beni-Young 7) Moreland-Travis 8) Lin-Marrero 9) Leon-Vaz
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He's over .900 the last month.
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Middy A- 32.2% (Age 19) A 28.8% (Age 20) A+ 25.2% (Age 21) AA 23.9% (Age 22) AAA 30.0% (age 22) (He did decline the next year in AAA & MLB quite a lot, but look at the age and level comps.) Chavis R 25.3% (Age 18) A 30.6% (Age 19) A 23.7% (Age 20) A+ 25.9% (Age 20) A+ 22.8% (Age 21) AA 16.4% (Age 21)
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I must have misremembered, but his 22.7 rate in 2012 (at age 23) was not as low as Chavis this yea, plus he went back up 26.8 in AAA in 2014 (which was after making it to the bigs).
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We might as well trade Moreland, if we trade for Alonso. HRam is fine vs RHPs. He's also one of our hottest hitters. He's also one of our most proven hitters, career-wise.
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Agreed, and with a depleted rotation, we really needed everyone to hit to expectations or better. Instead, many floundered. Had HRam, Napoli and Bogey hit like they did the following year, Ben might still be here.
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Alonso makes more sense than Bruce, but I seriously doubt either happens, even if we traded Moreland.
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I'm flabbergasted on why Moreland keeps batting 4th. He did great for us over the first 2-3 months, but he's reverting back to his norm. We have 3 guys better suited for 4th or 5th: HRam, JBJ or Beni (vs RHPs). I won't open the Betts to 4th argument again.
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The real budget issues might come up in 2018, 2019 or 2020. That may be what keeps him off the 40 man.
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Making a loud statement. WOW!
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So, giving him just 10 games at 3B, after showing he has major problems on defense was okay with you? It's not like he was doing great at 2B or had any future there. If the plan was to call him up and play him at 3B (not DH or 2B), then he should have gotten a much longer look at 3B before throwing him in there at the big league level.
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I believe he battled some injuries early on, and he's holding his own in AA (4 HRs in 19 games/68 ABs). K Rate before 2017: 27.4 (RK, A and A+) K Rate in 2017: 21.3% (A+/AA) middy never showed improvement on his K rate. Big difference.
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Good read...\\ https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2017/7/14/15972080/pablo-sandoval-red-sox-designated-for-assignment
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I guess I "get it", but I still often wonder why people choose someone like Pablo to vent their anger towards, when so many others in the world are much more deserving. Maybe they vent at them too, but on another forum. Pablo was fat when we signed him. He'd been successful playing fat. He took what some one offered him despite all the evidence that showed decline. Not surprisingly he got hurt. He tried to come back. He worked hard to get back in some sort of shape that was probably better than when we signed him, but it just wasn't enough. Do I feel sorry for Pablito? Hell, NO! Do I feel even a tiny smidgen of anger or hate towards Pablito? Hell, NO! Do I still blame Ben & Co for the awful signing? Hell, YES, but even with them, I feel no anger. It's more frustration and dismay.
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Now that Kelly is heading to the DL, let's look back at all the pitching injuries for just the first half of 2017: SP1 Sale 0 SP2 Price 10 starts missed (returned) SP3 Porcello 0 SP4 ERod 10 starts missed (returning soon) SP5 Wright to miss 27 starts SP6 Pomeranz 0 SP7 Kendrick 0 SP8 Velazquez 0 SP9 Johnson (out hurt after 4 starts) SP10 Fister 0 SP11 Elias (out all year) RP1 Kimbrel 0 RP2 C Smith (Out all year but may return) RP3 Thornburg (out all year) RP4 Joe Kelly (Just went on DL) RP5 R Ross (Has been on DL most of the season) RP6 Barnes 0 RP7 Hembree 0 RP8 Abad 0 RP9 Scott 0 RP10 Workman (was out for most of first half) RP11 Boyer 0 RP12 Taylor 0 RP13 A Maddox 0 RP14 N Ramirez 0 (Did I miss any DL's?)
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Man, these pen injuries are killing us. I'm almost certain that a pen arm is a high priority at the deadline (or before).
