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  1. moonslav59
    Two losses: season over.
  2. moonslav59
    I remember us trading Nomah, but who was Nomar?
  3. moonslav59
    When's the last time we heard about the botched Bogey extension?
  4. moonslav59
    I was hoping Cora would start Mayer at 2B and put Romy at 1B, instead of Toro or at DH, instead of Yoshida vs the lefty. Toto and Yoshida had 4 of our 6 hits. Maybe Corta knows more than we do. Just maybe. Geesh- two games and we are back to mega- nega- ville.
  5. moonslav59
    It's hard to know. He's the kind of hitter that can bring his numbers up to career norms in a week or two. I agree that the word "genius" would fit, but when you see so much hindsight judging going on, why not with this move, too?
  6. moonslav59
    True, but if he knows he will reach 140, he might demand a lot, but this assumes he stays healthy and keeps pitching like an ace or solid #2 for 12 more starts. I haven't heard a peep about current extension talks.
  7. moonslav59
    I would do Casas & Sandlin. I probably would do Casas & Romero, but if we lose Bregman, we may wish we didn't. Casas and Early might be okay, as we just added so many pitchers in the draft. Ideally, we'd offer Casas and Mullins and cross our fingers.
  8. moonslav59
    He's got 77.2 IP and needs to reach 140. There are 62 games left, and Gio could get 12-13 starts. It's a close call. He'd need 5.1 per start w 12 GS or just under 5 IP per start w 13 GS. Giving him the first start out of the ASB gives him a better chance at 13 GS.
  9. moonslav59
    He's been streaky over his career, but not usually this bad, unless influenced by injury. If this is a sign of career decline, this early, Brez may end up being viewed as a genius.
  10. moonslav59
    I'd like to see us get him, but at what return? I'd offer Casas & Romero. Maybe Casas & Early or Sandlin. I doubt any of these get the job done. Would anyone offer Casas, Romero & Sandlin?
  11. moonslav59
    Gio might be back. There is a $14M club option.
  12. moonslav59
    Rentals: Is .681 Santana (11 HRs) enough? .767 Hoskins (12 HRs)? .813 Naylor (11 HR)? At what cost? .892 Alonso (21 HRs) has a $24M player option and would be very costly to obtain.
  13. moonslav59
    Lugo has a player option for 2026.
  14. moonslav59
    Top Pitchers by fWAR since 2024 on teams that may be sellers. 8.3 Skenes (very likely not available) 6.9 Cease SDP (not a seller but Cease will be a FA) 6.9 S Gray STL 6.5 Ragans KCR (very likely not available) 6.3 M Gore WSH 5.8 Joe Ryan MIN 5.6 S Lugo KCR 5.5 Eovaldi TEX 5.1 Wacha KCR 4.8 M Keller PIT 4.6 Pivetta SDP (very likely not available) 4.4 J Soriano LAA 4.1 Bibee CLE 4.0 Singer CIN 3.7 Lodolo & N Martinez CIN 3.7 Pfaadt ARI 3.5 Severino OAK 3.3 Ober MIN, Parker WSH
  15. moonslav59
    I agree, but I'm not gonna roast Brez for getting this one wrong (so far.) The Crochet deal wipes a lot of mistakes away in one swoop, and then he got the extension. The Chapman and Wilson signing proved the biggest spring pen doubter on this site, wrong- ME! A+ and A+. The Buehler signing has sucked, so far, but the sucky Gio signing is coming back in a big way. Let's not forget, Brez traded for many pitchers, including Priester in under 2 years. Some have worked our okay to well, and some have not or are still TBD. Some not mentioned: Slaten, Weissert, Harrison Sandoval, Hicks, Criswell, Burdi Sandlin, Fajardo, Holobetz, J Bello, Judice, Moran I Campbell & Hendriks I did not mention any draftees or IFA signings, here. Two of Brez's biggest fails are Sale and Priester (so far.) Not a bad percent of failings.
  16. moonslav59
    I'd be playing Mayer vs LHPs, but I guess Cora has his reasons. (We could have played Romy at 1B and Mayer at 2B. Toto is slumping, badly.) Tonight's line-up: 1. R Refsnyder LF (Lefty killer.) 2. R Bregman 3B (Gotts be the man!) 3. R Romy 2B (I like him 3rd v L) 4. L Anthony RF (Coming into his own.) 5. R Story SS (Stay hot, my man!) 6. R Rafaela CF (Movin' on up...) 7. L Yoshida DH (Coulda put Romy or Ref here, too) 8. S Toro 1B (not only slumping but 165 pts worse vs L) 9. R Wong C (Bello's binky)
  17. moonslav59
    I was fine stacking up on everyday prospects, since they are more likely to work out than drafting pitchers. The idea that goes along with it is that we'd also sign FA pitchers, when needed or trade some everyday players for pitching when needed. We need a pitcher or two, now, but it seems very few posters want to trade everyday players or prospects for pitchers. I'm thinking this blitz of adding more pitchers than everyday players via drafts and signings may be short-lived as we try to balance it out some. Also, as the team moves towards being top contenders, the time arises where adding quality arms becomes the top priority. I think that's why we saw college signings as the window may be open from 2025 and onwards for 4-6 more years. Many of our core everyday players are controlled for 4+ years. (Some of our pitchers, too.)
  18. moonslav59
    No, answer the phone, and say, "We'll put you on hold, until we decide."
  19. moonslav59
    1. A solid #2 SP'er (at worst a solid #3.) 2. A solid set-up man that could maybe close, when Chapman is unavailable or gets injured (gasp.) 3. 1B- A 2 month rental is fine. Do not trade a top prospect for a rental, and certainly not a 1B rental. Let's remember: Toro .915 first 27 games/.569 last 28 games. (.379 last 8 games.) 4. Back-up catcher (optional)
  20. moonslav59
    Put 'em on hold.
  21. moonslav59
    I'm pretty sure AZ will be sellers, this deadline, despite being just 5.5 behind in the WC PIT should be sellers, but I seriously doubt they trade Skenes. COL, WSH, CWS, OAK should all be sellers, but some teams might not have what we are looking for, or may not want to part with really good and controlled players. The borderline teams are: ATL -9.5 WC BAL -8.5 WC MIA -7.5 WC KCR -5.5 WC MIN -5.0 WC CLE -4.5 WC LAA & TEX -3.5 to 4.0 WC
  22. moonslav59
    No doubt. I was talking about the time of the Sale trade: DEC 2023. DEC 24, I'm not sure KC had the job sewn up with Mayer still in the picture, but it does look like they liked him more, as Mayer had a better spring and was still passed over. I also remember the choice to put KC on the 26 was in doubt to near the last choice date, as DHam was still a possibility, too. Afterall, DHam had some decent WAR numbers in 2023, after a real bad start. Do you agree with my point about DEC 2023's outlook?
  23. moonslav59
    Yes, maybe. He's been a nice innings eater, too. He did slump a little after his first 3 starts, but 3.86 w and FIP or 4.21 between those 3 starts and his last one would have looked very. (14 game stretch.) It is weird that he liked the guy enough to trade for him, then traded him away. Maybe Holobetz jumps up, soon. BTW, Y Rod hit a game winning HR, last night. Now, we look to trade better prospects for pitching. Oh well.
  24. moonslav59
    I would not trade any of our best young players for ANY rental.
  25. moonslav59
    Devers would always play over Yoshida, but maybe not Casas. The should have moved Devers to 1B and Casas to DH on opening day. (I said it then, too, and over the past couple years, too.) We messed it all up: it's over now. Move on. If Casas comes back, he can DH and play 1B, and we can live with his awful D, if he can hit like he used to do. If not, Campbell might be our best 1B option. Maybe Romy plays 1B v L and Campbell can DH those games, as Yoshida sits. Who knows what their plan. We do have more flexibility, especially on defense, without Devers on teh 26.
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