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  1. moonslav59
    I still think there is a good chance Devers can become a better defensive 1Bman than Casas by mid season. If not, then yes, DH him almost all the time, except when Arenado or Casas needs a day off.
  2. moonslav59
    He's a good glove, but his bat will be worse then Yoshida's over the next 3 years. STL should pay 30% of his deal, minimum, to just break even and get nothing worth anything, IMO. If we give them Yoshida, who they don't need, and pay about half his contract, that would equal the 30%. Mullins & Yoshida and $8M x 3 (tops) for Arenado. (I'm not even sure I like this deal.) On hitting in Fenway: it's not just about the wall and HRs. It's about a big RF and great sight backdrop for seeing pitches.
  3. moonslav59
    TOR & BOS got better over the winter, IMO. NYY- slightly worse BAL & TBR- worse
  4. moonslav59
    "Depending on how things play out..." = if Bregman decides to take less money and years to sign with BOS.
  5. moonslav59
    No. I counted he and Gio as about the same.
  6. moonslav59
    Taking on the whole salary should mean they give us prospects. He's not worth it. Add Yoshida plus $5M a year, and it's closer to something I'd do.
  7. moonslav59
    It will be hard to repeat 2024. It could be like Ellsbury's 2011, but I doubt it.
  8. moonslav59
    The Dodgers paid the Cubs to take Brasier, who they DFA'd. (They get a PTBNL.)
  9. moonslav59
    STL wants to dump salary, so they don't make any trade that doesn't cost the other team a bunch of money. Why would that be the team led by Dr. Cheap-a-nator?
  10. moonslav59
    Grissom, Yoshida and $15M for Arenado.
  11. moonslav59
    MLBTR reports Sox still in talks about Arenado. This better not cost us more than what FAs we might have gotten instead. Yoshida mentioned. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/02/cardinals-red-sox-have-reportedly-had-recent-communication-on-arenado.html
  12. moonslav59
    So, not it's what? Robertson & Duvall?
  13. moonslav59
    Grichuk to AZ for $5M. Another hope, even minor.... POOOF! $2M for 2025 w $3M buyout on a $5M mutual option for 2026, so $5M/1 or $7M/2 with some incentives up to $500K. He's 33.
  14. moonslav59
    We should not add these guys to the 40 and 26, unless they will be playing almost FT. Mayer seems to be the most blocked, but with Story's injury issues, he might get the first chance. Campbell seems the most "ready," to me, but was the 2024 sample size large enough to really know? 2B is more open than SS and OF, so he should have the first crack. Anthony can play any OF position, and Abreu-Rafaela can and should platoon, so maybe the OF is as open as 2B.
  15. moonslav59
    More like nothing is on the level. Hell, the planet going around the sun isn't even on a level trajectory!
  16. moonslav59
    I wish. I honestly cannot believe we add nobody significant before opening day. Laureano went for $4M/1. It was a perfect one year deal for our philosophy. There is no way that deal could not fit into any model for the budget and roster. It did not have to be him: Grichuk and a couple others are out there and may get a 1 year deal, too, so no excuses- get it done! On the pen arm, I would not be surprised, if they feel they are done adding. We lost 3 major arms: Pivetta, Jansen & Martin. We essentially added 5 1/2: Crochet, Buehler, Gio, Hendriks, Chapman and count Wilson or Sandoval as a half. We can use Crawford, Fitts, Priester or Dobbins in the pen, along with the 15 or so pen arm we have with some level of promise. I still think we need a lockdown closer, but that ain't happening, so of course, I'm all for adding the best pen arm we can before opening day. Someone like Robertson or Finnegan would be better than nothing. Just do it!
  17. moonslav59
    Grichuk and Robertson & call it a winter. We'll still be way under the tax line with room for an extension, assuming it applies to 2025.
  18. moonslav59
    notin ALERT! The Orioles and outfielder Ramón Laureano have agreed to a one-year deal, reports Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. The VaynerSports client is guaranteed $4MM.
  19. moonslav59
    We ended up adding a lot of pitchers after opening day and used 32 plus D Smith and Reyes. Besides Paxton, Hill, Garcia and Sims, we also picked up Y Ramirez, Wingenter, Priester and Horn. This year, we may not have to go outside the system, as much, but we may end up cycling through 25-30 pitchers to find the right 13, or to fill injury openings. Here is how I see the depth chart: 13 SP'ers MLB: Crochet, Houck, Bello, Buehler, Giolito, Crawford AAA: Criswell, Fitts, Priester, Dobbins (not on 40: Fulmer, Gambrell, Drohan) 22+ RP'ers MLB: Hendriks, Chapman, Slaten, Whitlock, Winckowski, Wilson, Weissert AAA: Guerrero, Bernardino, A Adams, Penrod, Kelly (not on 40: Mata, I Campbell, J Moran, W Mills, N Davis, R Stock, S Newcomb, B Van Belle, H Harris, plus B Cellucci, W Olds, J Adames) Maybe we add someone, at the deadline, if we are in the race, but I doubt we add 6-7, like '24.
  20. moonslav59
    2023-2024 bWAR 3.4 Robertson (turns 40 in April) 3.4 Yates (turns 38 in March) 2.1 Jansen (turns 38 in Sept.)\ 1.9 Finnegan (turns 34 in Sept)
  21. moonslav59
    I'm not wild about a 40 year old with the same 2 year bWAR as Yates being much better.
  22. moonslav59
    I see them as pretty close, and have no strong preference.
  23. moonslav59
    Why only 19 IP from '19-'21?
  24. moonslav59
    Pete Rose should have used a friend.
  25. moonslav59
    Fair enough. I do see Robertson and yates as about even. I was not high on Buehler or Sandoval.
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