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  1. moonslav59
    We are the #3 WC team, right now. The one you poo-poo'd.
  2. moonslav59
    Gray is back in 2027?
  3. moonslav59
    I'd say Early, since he's not likely to give us much more for 2026. Yes, Eyanson will give nothing, this year, but I think Early has higher trade value than Eyanson. I also think other teams started figuring Early out. He may be able to adjust to their adjustment, but there are concerns.
  4. moonslav59
    Some top batters vs LHPs since the start of 2025: 1.035 Langeliers .961 A Vaughn & I Herrera .935 Romy .931 Buxton .926 Yordan .923 Willson .920 Maikel Garcia .913 KMarte .912 T Ward .903 Jo Adell .896 Wilyer .895 Jeffers .893 Monasterio .879 Conforto .868 Steer .859 Hoerner .852 Clement .849 G Torres/ .847 Andujar/.844 Reynolds .834 Neto/ .822 M Shaw/ .820 Bichette .815 Bleday/ .794 Okamoto
  5. moonslav59
    Nice jump by Delzine. Wehunt was kind of expected. I assume several more will be forthcoming, soon. I wonder where our draftees will be placed and ranked.
  6. moonslav59
    You pointlessly and needlessly conflate saying we'd be a great team if we made the WC3 slot and setting it as the goal a month ago. Nobody even implied the WC3 slot team is great. How do you feel, now? Had we lost 3 more games, in this recent stretch and were tied for the 3rd WC slot at .500, would you want us to be sellers, now? Really? Over 3 games? Oh, and by the way, we are the WC3 team now, and almost everyone is saying "BUY!" and some even want to mortgage the whole future for 2026.
  7. moonslav59
    Agreed, and maybe one Alonso would not have been.
  8. moonslav59
    Keep Arias and Eyanson. Offer Early, Witherspoon, Gonzales, Azocar, Godbout, Valera, Phillips & Holobetz. Add-ons: Brannon, Jo Garcia, Cespedes, Romero, Wehunt, Uberstine, Mullins and anyone lower ranked.
  9. moonslav59
    I gotta say, I kinda cringed when I typed his name. BTW, soxprospects still has Cespedes ranked above Romero and way above Brannon & Garcia.
  10. moonslav59
    The whole league was garbage and still is. The GB mattered and we can see why, now. It's not silly to set the goal for the WC slot, even if that slot ends up being a .500 or worse team. Silly to you, but not so silly, now, is it? We could be at .500 right now and be tied for the WC3 slot. Instead we are 3 over, now.
  11. moonslav59
    My worries about Siegler being anointed the 2Bman seem to have a foundation. I still think SS is our weakest slot, but I love great D at SS and think it carries a lot of value, so a 2B upgrade looks fine by me. BLowe (LHB) or Arraez (LHB) seem like big upgrades for 2026 only. Arraez has the better L-R splits, but Lowe has way more power. Duran/JJ in LF Yoshida/Romy at DH are okay but could be mildly upgraded at a lesser cost than SS and 2B, IMO. If we could upgrade two slot- WOW! We also need a pitcher to take the innings from out limited innings pitchers (Bennett, Tolle, Early and maybe even Suarez.) Trading Early takes away one "limited" pitcher, but also the IP expected from him, assuming he returns from the IL. I fully understand the all-in cries, but I'm keeping Arias & Eyanson.
  12. moonslav59
    Good point. We are currently on our 5th and 6th string 2Bmen and SSs! Our LF/DH who was expected to be a top 3-4 weapon has been out all year, and Duran might as well have been. The "Catcher of our future" slumped so badly we reverted to our 2025 five hundred-hitting Catcher for about half the starts. The rotation has been 3/5 to 4/5 non top 5 SP'ers pretty much all year. We can argue about who was #5 and #11 and everyone in between, but IMO, we have missed these guys pretty much all year AND saw our #5 (Bello) get demoted to AAA and now the pen. #1 Crochet #4 Houck #5 Bello (demoted) #6 Crawford #7 Sandoval #8 Oviedo (# Suarez and #9 Early have been on the IL recently) Tolle was maybe our #10 and Rivera was not our #11 to start the season, but he is now. Our pen has stayed relatively healthy, but Slaten (Maybe the #3) has missed a lot of time.
  13. moonslav59
    Agree, and the big value tickets might be Early, Witherspoon and Mayer. I think Valera, Phillips and Gonzales might have some moderate value, but are 2+ years away from the bigs. I could see someone asking for Brannon, Jo Garcia and Cespedes as add-ons.
  14. moonslav59
    We've been seeing a lot of great defensive plays, and Cheng's was one. Our offense has really stepped it up, but pitching and defense is still leading the way on this team.
  15. moonslav59
    Far from silly. GB the WC slot is the gauge for distance from being significant. This team may not be "this good," but we were not "that bad" a month ago, either. Playing badly and being bad are not the same.
  16. moonslav59
    And let this be a lesson to those who look only at the record when determining how good a team really is. Nobody saw this coming, but some did feel a slower comeback was possible.
  17. moonslav59
    Last 28 days (not counting tonight) 1.059 Yoshida 1.050 Contreras .935 Monasterio .889 Abreu .852 Durbin .832 Wong .768 Siegler .702 Cheng .698 Rafaela .600 Mayer .583 Narvaez .579 Romy .484 Eaton .411 Duran _____________________ OPS Against .176 Moran .390 Bennett .488 Whitlock .499 Guerrero .548 Gray .592 Tolle .594 Weissert .615 Early .626 Rivera .660 Watson .684 Suarez .733 Slaten .793 Chapman .906 Sandoval
  18. moonslav59
    Baseball is too random to sustain long streaks. I don't think he meant any harm by his point. I do think this team is a force to be reckoned with, even if we have a little rough spot. Sooner or later.
  19. moonslav59
    The Yanks and Rays won, so that kinda sucks, but MIN lost and TEX lost. We are 1.5 up on SEA, who is playing now. +3 on BAL & MIN -1 DET -4.5 NYY -6 TBR
  20. moonslav59
    Indeed, but what I laughed at the most was the "6 teams between us and the WC slot," talk with 90 games still to play. We passed em in 30 games. Not many stayed optimistic, and the one who kept the door open were often berated, but such is sports.
  21. moonslav59
    The Yanks are the fakers.
  22. moonslav59
    They said 1948 was the last 13. When was the last 14?
  23. moonslav59
    We should trade Chapman, promote Story to SS and make Cheng the closer.
  24. moonslav59
    All I can say is WOW!!!
  25. moonslav59
    This team is relentless.
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