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  1. moonslav59
    Agreed. Buehler is #3.
  2. moonslav59
    He can't be worse than Casas. Impossible.
  3. moonslav59
    I'd do both and gladly include others like DHam or Grissom and Sandlin, Mullins, Castro, Bleis or Cespedes.
  4. moonslav59
    He hit 49 HRs another year, so I'm not sure it's a major outlier, but yes, there are concerns about repeatability. He also just turned 34. For this reason, he will get a shorter contract, which JH might prefer. HRs nd OPS+ last few years 49/ 126 2025 30/ 115 '24 22/ 103 '23 31/ 129 '22 31/ 82 '21 Ooops! 15/ 100 '20 short season 49/ 131 '19 34/ 136 '18 Last 4 years: 34 Hrs per 162 gms and 118 OPS+ Bregman: 26/ 125 Alonso: 40/ 134 (Turns 31, soon and will get a longer deal) Schwarber: 48/ 134(turns 33 in March)
  5. moonslav59
    Romy has 3 arbs to go. He had more PAs (198) vs RHPs than LHPs (143) and did okay (.718 OPS.) I'm not ready to pencil him in as our FT 2B or 1Bman, but he seems like a very good utility player who could be a capable back-up for China Dolls Mayer (if at 2B) & Casas (1B) Ideally, we bring Bregman back, and then we could go with LHB Schwarber at 1B (or Alonso/Suraez) with Mayer/Romy at 2B.
  6. moonslav59
    I'd love him back, but I think the RHBs of Alonso & Suarez might be more appealing.
  7. moonslav59
    I think we need a big bat. Alonso & Suarez are RHB that can play 1B. Schwarber is a LHB that can play 1B better than Casas. I'll leave it at that. To me, we need one of these three. Don't spend bigly on Valdez, Cease, Gallen, King or any other big name SP'ers in free agency. May be sign G Torres or trade for Marte at 2B. Use the money on a bat and the trade capital on pitching. I can see us signing Merrill Kelly to a 2 year deal. Keep those pitcher contracts short. Even this is probably too expensive for JH: Sign Suarez (shorter deal than Alonso would get) M Kelly and G Torres. Trade Duran, Tolle & Sandlin for Joe Ryan. Pray that Anthony and Mayer (3B) stay healthy all year. (Suarez could play 3B, if Mayer goes down.)
  8. moonslav59
    We could involve a third team or use other players for Castillo, other than OF'ers.
  9. moonslav59
    My favorite memory might be Chapman's K to end game 1. Rafaela's CF wall ball was up there. A few of his catches, over the season, too. Story's homer... at the time.
  10. moonslav59
    Yup. We ran up against a buzzsaw, tonight. Well, we did learn our weaknesses, and at least it's not a half dozen of them. Make a few deals and just cut down on the major injuries.
  11. moonslav59
    My guess is we seek shorter term contracts like Merrill Kelly, and then we trade an OF'er for another SP'er like Keller, Alcantara, Pablo Lopez, Luis Castillo or Sonny Gray. No huge contracts. No long term deals to pitchers. The big signing will be a bat- maybe Alonso, Suarez or Schwarber for 1B. Maybe we trade 2 OF'ers and sign Tucker. We might bring Bregman back or trade for Marte- maybe sign Torres, instead. Lots of moving parts. We have some foundational pieces, some low contracts, some logjams and some high need areas, but I think 3-4 major additions and we can be much improved.
  12. moonslav59
    So, if the Sox have just one good pitcher... First, Crochet or Chapman are not good. Second, the deadline didn't matter, anyway, because we weren't trading for 12 pitchers. Third, how about or offense?
  13. moonslav59
    Hell of a season. Sucks to lose to these guys.
  14. moonslav59
    He also saw all the lefties coming up, and you know how he values splits.
  15. moonslav59
    DET up 6-1 on CLE, showing that hot and cold teams can switch on a dime.
  16. moonslav59
    Yup. and Sept 13th was regular season not post season, too. I don't think any of us expected a long and great outing, but that was very short. The quick hook did seem surprising, especially when a couple hits were not hard hit.
  17. moonslav59
    Looking at the Yankee offense vs past years, their 119 wRC+ is the highest since 2007, when it was the same. (It was 117 in 2009 and 2019.) Their HRs, OBP, SLG were all higher in 2019.
  18. moonslav59
    The line-up is... L Duran LF R Story SS R Bregman 3B L Yoshida DH R Rafaela CF L Lowe 1B R Narvaez C L Abreu RF R Romy 2B
  19. moonslav59
    Walking and chewing gum at the same time.
  20. moonslav59
    During the regular season this year, NYY had a .510 OPS vs Bello in 73 PAs. (3 starts) Bello had a 1.89 ERA vs them. Also.... Certainly the HR was hit hard, but a couple other hits were not.
  21. moonslav59
    Max, how many times have you predicted what would happen based on a recent trend by a team or player and been surprised, this year? Be prepared.
  22. moonslav59
    Other possible solutions for our #2 SP'er in 2026: fWAR 2024-2025 9.8 Sale ($18M team option) 8.1 Cease FA 7.7 F Valdez FA 7.4 Sonny Gray Trade 6.3 Joe Ryan Trade (22nd best in MLB) 5.9 Flaherty ($20M player option for '26) 5.0 P Lopez Trade 4.9 Castillo Trade 4.8 M King FA 4.7 M Keller Trade (46th ranked) 4.1 Ober Trade 4.0 Imanaga ($15M player option or $57M/3 club option) 3.9 Z Gallen FA (big drop in '25) 3.8 M Kelly FA (age=short term deal) (Gio 2.0 in 1 season but now has arm issues) Any other ideas? Alcantara?
  23. moonslav59
    LOL. I do wonder if Keller would be anything more than a decent 3-4 slot SP'er. His ERA+ has been 102 over the last 3 years, combined. (4.22 ERA/3.96 FIP) Joe Ryan might be too expensive. Luis Castillo or pablo Lopez might not take as much to acquire due to their high contract cost, but unless we give up Hicks, why wouldn't we just sign a short term contract, like we always do? (Perez I, Perez II, Richards, Kluber, Wacha/Hill, Paxton, Buehler & Sandoval)
  24. moonslav59
    A good throw to 1B, he's out, but assume he's safe at 1B, with no dropped throw, is Eaton out at home on a throw from 1B to end the inning?
  25. moonslav59
    Ummm.... Eaton started in RF game 1 & 2, so yes. . Ref started at DH game 1 and 2. Before he platooned in RF w Abreu. Besides, Yoshida was the back-up DH, until Devers was traded and for some time after that, too. (Yes, he hit like C plan batter until the last week or two of the season.)
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