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  1. moonslav59
    He's done okay in 15 IP, but 3.70 and a 1.250 WHIP since 2019 is nothing special. The 3.6 BB/9 is a worry, too.
  2. moonslav59
    Woo won 13-11, as Story went 4-5 (all singles to get to .813.) Anthony 2-4 w 2BB (.971 in AAA) Campbell 1-3 w HR and 2BB (1.024 in AAA) Teel 2-5 w 2B, BB and an E (.547 in AAA) Bobby Dee hit is 18th HR (.832) Grissom 2-5 w BB (.690) Hendriks pitched a scoreless inning w 1H and 0BB/0K POR won 4-2, as Encarnacion went 4 scoreless (2H, 1BB, 2K) & Jh Garcia went 1-3 w BB (.752) GRE lost 4-3, but Rogers pitched 6 innings w no ERs (6H, 3BB, 3K) & Gonzalez his 19th dinger (.828) SAL lost 7-3, but Duffy pitched a gem: 5IP 4H, 0ER, 0BB & 10K
  3. moonslav59
    Probably not, but I think people are undervaluing Abreu. The guy is having a very good year, is cheap and is under control for many more years. Some GM might really like what DHam brings. Wink is kind of a throw-in, but he's not a bad RP'er and spot starter.
  4. moonslav59
    He played SS, too. A good sign. (He's up to .813, now.)
  5. moonslav59
    I don't think we'll trade Yoshida, but it's hard to know what Brez is thinking. If he's given a $35M winter budget, and he can turn that into $45M by trading Yoshida + $8M a year, he may try to do it. He might figure Anthony in RF and a Abreu- Ref platoon at DH is an upgrade, anyway. Call-up Mayer or Campbell and trade DHam + Wink for a better RP'er. Us the "new" $45M to sign a better SP, closer and other pitcher.
  6. moonslav59
    I think trading a top prospect may be "noise," but not these other types of deals. Last winter, Brez trade Sale, Verdugo and lessers like Urias & Schreiber. The first two were kinds "major." We also traded for O'Neill. One could say trading Abreu, DHam and Wink is not major, but all in one package might get us a "major" pitcher (as in a solid #3 SP or two nice set-up men.)
  7. moonslav59
    I think maybe we'd have to eat $3-6M of the $18M, $7-8 tops. Taking back salary makes sense, but only if the guy we get back is considered "overpaid," which Castillo is not.
  8. moonslav59
    Well said. It's hard to guess what his ceiling is. If he can keep near that OBP, his D is good enough to be a starter- maybe not with the Sox, but somewhere. The low hard hit ball rate makes me think it won't happen, but sometimes there are surprises. Some hitters do better vs pitchers that are closer to the K zone with most of their pitches.
  9. moonslav59
    Just horrible. What makes it worse, if we went 22-23, instead of 17-28, we'd be here: -4.5 BAL (32-35 in last 67) -4.0 NYY (19-25 in their last 44) Tied MIN (13-16 & 5-11, recently) +0.5 KCR (41-43 in their last 84 & 4-9 in last 13)
  10. moonslav59
    To have any hope for the 2024, we need to start by sweeping the CWS, perhaps the worst team in MLB history. Here is what lies ahead of us: 3 v CWS 3 v BAL 4 @ NYY OFF DAY 3 @ TBR 3 v MIN (might need a sweep to catch these guys.) 3 @ TOR (might determine who finishes last) OFF DAY 3 v TBR It's not an easy schedule. 22 games to play and 5.5 GB a WC slot. Not much room to spare. No room for handing any wins away. Gotta pull it all together. Not sure we can, but I'm still watching every minute of every game and hoping like hell we can get back to winning.
  11. moonslav59
    Sometimes, I get the delete option: other times I don't.
  12. moonslav59
    I don't disagree, but sometimes prospects will surprise you, even some with worse AAA numbers than Meidroth. I don't lump Meidroth in with out top 4-5 or even 7-9, and I can see why making him #9 or 10 could make our farm system look shallow, but he's not a bad fielder, and he can maybe play all IF positions, someday.
  13. moonslav59
    Yes, the big step forward on D at 2-3 positions depends solely on Story playing FT SS, near 150 games. I suppose Mayer and Story combining for 150-160 might come close. Like you, I think it can happen. I also agree on the need for a real leader, and not these one year guys like Turner. I will add that people said this same thing starting in 2019 to 2020'ish, when we still had Bogey, JD and other vets, like Nate. I'm not sure we have anyone on the roster or in the system, either, that can be "that guy." It usually is an everyday player. Sometimes, a team can have several leaders, at once. I think 2004 was like that. Good post, jung.
  14. moonslav59
    I think they would want him, but not at $18M, and I doubt they think Castillo is overpaid. Yoshida, Abreu, DHam and Wink might get it done, but that is 4 players needing to be on the 40, and SEA likely has a winter roster crunch coming up. I'm not sure they want all 4.
  15. moonslav59
    Notin will be bummed... The Giants made a major splash overnight, announcing that they’ve extended the contract of third baseman Matt Chapman. The deal guarantees Chapman $151MM over six years and runs from 2025 to 2030, with a $25MM annual salary and a $1MM signing bonus paid out in 2025. According to ESPN’s Jeff Passan, Chapman’s deal contains a no-trade clause.
  16. moonslav59
    Yes, I saw that and added to it. To me, closer to 7th worst vs 14 best is even worse, since we are in a tough division with no horrific teams.
  17. moonslav59
    Closer to 12th best in the AL than a WC or top 6 slot. Closer to the 7th worst record in MLB than than 14th best.
  18. moonslav59
    His 2.3 fWAR is not great, this year, and if they believe he is in decline, they might be open to trading him, but not for a DH. The only reason he is "middle of the rotation" is because Kirby and Gilbert are 1-2 on SEA. 2023-2024: Castillo's 5.6 fWAR places him 26th in MLB. That is a #1 not a #3. He's tied with Gilbert & Kirby at 88 on ERA-.
  19. moonslav59
    They also have Penrod with an up arrow, so I'm not sure how up to date they are on that. Do they do an early Sept re-ranking?
  20. moonslav59
    Agreed. I'd add that ATL could also afford to part with Grissom, because they have better options at 2B. We did not think we did, although DHam and Romy did okay, after 2 months of scrambling and failing, there.
  21. moonslav59
    I'm not sure about the lying or deceiving part, but I'm not sure they did not lie, either. We do know he spent the Gio money on the wrong guy. That was a big chunk of his budget. The only other tangible salary addition was O'Neill, which was 2/3 of what Dugo got for his final arb. We lost the money on Turner, Dugo, Kike, Urias, Sale, Kluber, Paxton, Schreiber and added 2 guys plus the inexpensive Grissom, Slaten, Weissert, Campbell and prospects. The slash to the budget was obvious.
  22. moonslav59
    Exactly, and within this context, blaming Brez for trying to improve on SP'er IP by signing Gio and trading Sale, it makes more sense, at the time. Of course, keeping Sale and not signing Gio would work for the budget and our success, but at the time, Brez was looking for an innings eater (Gio) and a RHB OF'er (O'Neill), plus pen help (Slaten, Weissert, I Campbell) with a tighter budget than the year before. Remember, many felt we needed to replace Turner, too, and we never really replaced Bogey & others from 2022.
  23. moonslav59
    There are over 200 players with 350+ PAs. Abreu was not playing all that much in April and has been mostly a platoon player the rest of the way. Still, he ranks 18th in total PAs in MLB at 377. He ranks 54th in fWAR. That is very nice. The average team has 2 players in the top 60. He's #31 in OPS (almost top 1/9 tier.) 44th in wRC+ This would likely go down, some, if he bats FT and starts vs LHPs, but this guy can hit. He is also pre-prime years and pre Arb!
  24. moonslav59
    Nice article. I am extremely optimistic about our farm, and am happy so many are now ML ready or close to it. We also seem to have several players 1-2 years away and several more 3-4 years away. It would be nice to see more pitchers ranked higher, but we have a ton ranked from about 8th to 40th, and we can hope a few take big steps forward, next year. We may see Priester or Fitts help, next year, but neither rate to be more than a 4/5 SP'er, and more likely a 6/7 or mid-relief pitcher.
  25. moonslav59
    We could possibly end up with the 4th worst record in the AL and 8th worst in MLB- 7th worst is not impossible, as PIT is 65-74.
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