moonslav59
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Yeah, McCullers is already back. My bad.
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2017 MLB Trade Deadline Mega Thread (non Red Sox version)
moonslav59 replied to mvp 78's topic in Other Baseball
Wow! Quintana was the guy I have wanted for years. He is paid less than Sale and has one more year of team control. This makes the Cubs a very strong team for the next 4 years. I'm not saying we should have offered this, but does this deal outweigh what the Cubs got from the CWS? Devers, Travis, Lakins & Beeks? Devers, Groome & Ockimey? Groome, Travis, Lin & Lakins or Beeks? Or, would it have taken all our big 3? -
You seemed to imply the sins of the father are passed to the son by suggesting, even if sarcastically, we trade Groome.
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The Astros are about to get their two best starters back from injury, and I'm near certain they will make a significant move (or two) at the deadline to address their rotation. Their pen has looked strong. My guess is Vegas has them with better odds than us at winning the AL. We're probably close to the Guardians.
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I was irate over the Masterson signing. If Young hits lefties well over the second half, as I expect he will, then signing him at $7.5M next year would not be terrible, but I'm against it. When we signed Young, he was expected to play LF vs LHPs and be our 4th OF'er vs RHPs. We don't need that next year. We lust need a capable LF'er who can maybe play 1B or 3B or both. IMO, that could be Holt. Maybe we even get Lin or Marrero to learn how to play LF. Maybe Swihart makes the 25 man roster as a 3rd catcher, 4th OF'er and deep depth at 1B or 3B. I just see too many better options than bringing back Young.
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Even though Henry will still be paying Castillo next year whether he's on the 40 man roster or not might play into adding him to the roster and paying the tax, but I'm not sure they think he's "good enough" to take Young's slot or worthy of making the 25 man roster. If he's not going to be on the 25 man roster, he shouldn't be on the 40 man. The idea is probably under consideration, and how Castillo finishes 2017 might improve or lessen the chances it happens. If we trade for Prado or Harrison, we won't need a 4th OF'er, especially if Holt is expected to be on the 25 man roster next year. The option I think is most likely is where we sign someone to take Moreland and Young's roster slot in one person. A LF/corner IF type who does not need to be as good as either, since I feel we plan on giving Travis and Devers a strong chance to win the jobs. The money saved would allow us to pay all our arb and option raises and stay below the second tier penalty level of the luxury tax. We may want to keep a few million under the limit, so we could make a move at next year's deadline that involved adding salary, if needed.
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If this was the Philippines we could just have the whole family taken out.
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The one thing about option B is that 5 divisions would create a way for 3 wild card winners and none of that awful play-in game crap. I'd also seed the playoffs based on W-L records not division winners getting higher seeds than better WC teams.
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I felt the same way. His K rate in the minors was a big warning sign. I'm not sure I have ever suggested more possible trade scenarios for any single player than Middy.
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I seriously doubt Young gets $7.5M from anyone
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That could very well be the direction we go, and I wouldn't disagree depending on what the cost would be for a RP'ers vs a 3Bman. DD has a pretty bad record with RP'er recently. He trades- they go on the DL. Kelly has done a very good job as our set up guy, but his K rate is so low, that it is hard to compare him to other top contenders' lights out middle men. Hembree and Barnes have also done well, but does anyone really have a lot of faith in either of them? Remember, the reason we traded for Thornburg in the first place was to help ease the loss of Koji, Ziegler & Tazawa plus the skeptical nature of Carson Smith's health status.
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Chavis may end up at DH or LF or 1B. I wouldn't be so quick to trade him, just because he has struggled on defense at 3B.
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I'd maybe consider Young next year, but I'd rather get a LF'er that can play 1B and/or 3B as well. If we trade for Prada, then we won't need Young. Harrison can play LF as well, but not very well. Young is getting older. He might want a chance to play more and make more than we are willing to pay.
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I gave up on him long ago, but he has looked like he deserves another shot. I don't see it happening here, unless there's an injury to one of our 4 OF'ers.
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Ooops. I'll edit.
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I'd do it this way: OPTION A: 6 divisions of 5 teams EAST: BOS, NYY, NYM, PHI, BAL SOUTH: WAS, ATL, TBR, MIA, KCR NORTH: TOR, PIT, DET, CLE, CIN CENTRAL: MN, MIL, CWS, CC, STL SouthWest: TEX, HOU, COL, AZ, SD WEST: LAD, LAA, OAK, SFG, SEA Schedule: vs own Div (4 teams) x 18 games= 72 games vs own conference (10 teams) x 6 games= 60 games vs other conference (15 teams) x 2 games= 30 games Option B: 5 divisions of 6 teams (no AL/NL or 2 conferences): East: TOR, BOS, NYY, NYM, PHI, BAL South: WAS, ATL, MIA, TBR, TEX, HOU North: PIT, DET, CIN, CLE, CWS, CC Central: MN, MIL, STL, KCR, COL, AZ West: SD, LAD, LAA, OAK, SFG, SEA Schedule: vs own div (5 teams) x 18 games= 90 games vs 3 other divisions (24 teams) x 3 games= 72 games
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Or, 4 divisions of 6 teams: TOR BOS NYY NYM PHI BAL WAS ATL HOU TEX STL KCR PIT DET CIN CWS CC COL AZ SD LAD LAA SFG SEA Schedule: vs own DIV (5 teams) x 18 games= 90 vs others (18 teams) x 4 games= 72 Here's how I would do 6 divisions of 4 teams: TOR BOS NYY NYM PHI BAL WAS ATL DET PIT CIN CWS ______ CC STL KCR COL TEX HOU AZ SD LAD LAA SFG SEA
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It was a pretty small sample size, so we'll also never know if he really had anything to even have a chance to "get it back". He sure had a nice stretch. I remember trying to give him a nickname to stick: "Will-da-beast". I had the T-shirt printing presses all lined up. Then again, I also suggested we trade him for several different players- one was Gavin Floyd. LOL
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I wouldn't either, but I'd like to have a better 3bman and a lights out set-up man. This won't be cheap, so maybe we'll have little choice but to stand pat or grossly overpay by further depleting our extended future's chances.
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...and the Rays and A's.
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I corrected this for you. '10s > '00s ' But, Betts shouldn't be in the '00's range.
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He had a .373 OBP and 82 RBIs in 2004. We currently have a .625 3B OPS (.287 OBP).
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No need to do it until we want to or need to call Brentz up.
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Can't argue with this.
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Bellhorn had an .817 OPS in 2004. I'd be thrilled to get a .717 OPS from 3B this year. Mark also had 3 HRs and 8 RBI in 14 playoff games.
