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  1. moonslav59
    I almost just posted the same exact thought. Even if Gio had an ERA of 4.30, if he gave us 180+ IP, we might have made the dance. Criswell would have gotten way more pen IP, over guys like Chase Anderson and Uwasawa,
  2. moonslav59
    I can see this reasoning, but the worst part is, he never recovered from the injury, enough to come near his former glory. Who are the "least (injury) risky" FA SP'ers on the market, this winter? I'm wondering if a guy like Flaherty, with not a ton of IP over his career, but 28-29 GS'd the last 2 years and who just turns 29, next week. I realize he is not the "ace" many of us crave, but maybe he can be a solid #2/3 type guy. (3.89 FIP '23-'24 and 10K/9, but 3 BB/9) I will say, it doesn't make me feel any better than we signed a durable guy like Gio, last winter, only to see him with no starts, but I applaud the effort. (I had concerns about just how good Gio was, more than any injury worry.)
  3. moonslav59
    IMO, the Braves knew no more than the Sox, and maybe even less. They took a flyer on Sale and gave up a duplicated value player who had no place to play. They guessed right. We guessed wrong. We rolled the dice 4-5 years in a row and came up short. They rolled the dice and hit bigtime on year one. What made things go from terrible to horrific was Grissom's failure and Gio's season ending injury.
  4. moonslav59
    Yup, and more can be added to the list. I'd rather take a chance on someone like them than 7 consecutive one year deals to guys like Kluber.
  5. moonslav59
    I get that. The Giolito signing was supposed to be a departure from the high injury-risk signings. Nothing is ever certain in baseball, but our recent history, other than Gio, has been signing higher risk pitchers, and just about all of them missed significant time or just plain sucked- or both. The thing about Yamo is his age. He will likely still give some value. When you sign injury prone pitchers to 1 year deals, sometimes with no recent high IP seasons, the dynamic is different.
  6. moonslav59
    There are none, but are you trying to make the point that adding pitchers like deGrom, Kluber, Richards, Paxton, Hendriks, Paxton II, Wacha and Hill are on the same level as adding pitchers with little or no injury history? I'm fed up with these type of signings. I'm not letting the Gio-Sale outcomes make me think it is totally random.
  7. moonslav59
    There was also a chance Kluber and Richards could find their old glory days, again. I'm tired of these false hopes. Just because Sale's "false hope" turned into a truth doesn't change the equation, for me. We keep rolling the dice while betting on snake eyes. Instead, we get snake-bitten.
  8. moonslav59
    Like maybe... Yoshida ($54M/3), $10M cash and Abreu for Gausman ($44M/2)
  9. moonslav59
    Okay, make it 69 IP and that changes everything. The similarities to Sale are remarkable, except he has not had a 2024 type Sale season in a very long time. The success of Sale, this year does not improve the odds on deGrom. $37M was a gross overpay, just as $25M per year for Sale turned out to be. The Sox have made a habit out of having injured SP'ers, and our solution should not be to add another one.
  10. moonslav59
    Agreed, and even if we had a big OF need, it would not be Soto we sign.
  11. moonslav59
    No Options FA SP'ers: * no QO possible Shane Bieber (30) Matthew Boyd (34) Aaron Brooks (35) Walker Buehler (30) Corbin Burnes (30) Carlos Carrasco (38) Yonny Chirinos (31) Mike Clevinger (34) Alex Cobb (37)* Patrick Corbin (35)* Anthony DeSclafani (35) Jack Flaherty (29)* Chris Flexen (30) Max Fried (31) Domingo German (32) Andrew Heaney (34) Kyle Hendricks (35) Yusei Kikuchi (34)* Michael Lorenzen (33)* Jordan Lyles (34) John Means (32) Frankie Montas (32) Frankie Montas (32) Charlie Morton (41) Nick Pivetta (32) Jose Quintana (36) Joe Ross (32) Max Scherzer (40)* Luis Severino (31) Mike Soroka (27) Ross Stripling (35) Spencer Turnbull (32) Jose Ureña (33) Justin Verlander (42)* Trevor Williams (33) Alex Wood (34)
  12. moonslav59
    On a moonless night, it does.
  13. moonslav59
    Chris left off WC roster.
  14. moonslav59
    That alone answers the "why not?" Now, look at my IP post.
  15. moonslav59
    Not everybody is the next Chris Sale. This guy makes Sale look like Gehrig. 5 straight seasons under 92 IP. 4 of the last 4 under 68 IP.
  16. moonslav59
    Who says? He's not worth $37M x 3. They might take Yoshida + Abreu for deGrom and save $19M a year.
  17. moonslav59
    He's paid about the same as the guy he knows: Yoshida.
  18. moonslav59
    That's what ATL fans said when they acquired Sale. LOL
  19. moonslav59
    If TOR lets Vladdy walk, maybe they kick into rebuild mode and look to trade one or two from... $18.7M x 4 Berrios $22M x 2 Gausman $21M x 1 Bassitt Would you trade Casas and Yoshida for Berrios & Gausman? (I doubt JH agrees.)
  20. moonslav59
    I almost listed deGrom on my list of high-priced pitchers that we could trade Yoshida for. It would scale back his $37M x 3 remaining deal. Basically, Yoshida at $18M x 3 for deGrom $37M x 3 would mean we pay deGrom about $19M x 3. Our DH could be Refnsyder-EValdez or Ref-Abreu with Anthony in RF, which is a step up in DH and RF production projections.
  21. moonslav59
    To me, Anthony was ML ready, this year, so I'm all for putting him in the OF day one, of the first day after we gain an extra year of control on him. As much as I understand the need for a RH'd power bat, I don't see OF as the spot for that. I see a bottleneck, already. LF: Duran, Refsnyder (Yoshida DH) E Valdez CF: Rafaela, Anthony, Duran RF: Anthony, Abreu (Refsnyder DH) Sogard
  22. moonslav59
    I'm having a hard time tyyyyyyping.
  23. moonslav59
    Isn't that what they all say? Remember when Liam Hendriks was set to return around Aug 1st, then the 15th, then Sept 1st, then a set back, and then 2025?
  24. moonslav59
    Taking on salary via trade is not something I envision happening, this winter, even though it can be a way to improve the team without needing a high return package. I came up with a list of some higher priced pitchers that could maybe help our team in 2025 or could be worth taking a chance on, if the other team took on some or most of Yoshida's contract. One example might be trading Yoshida ($18M x 3) + Abreu for Musgrove at $20M x 3. Here are some names and remaining contracts. I have no way of knowing if they are available, how healthy some are, of if we even want to take a chance on them. Most may not want Yoshida, even if the money evens out. Gausman 22x 3, Bassitt 21 x1, Berrios 18.7 x 4, Luis Castillo 21.6 x 3 Rodon 27 x4, Stroman 18.5 x 2, Pablo Lopez 18.4 x 3, Sonny Gray 25 x 2, Darvish 18 x 4 (37 y/o) Javier 12.8 x 3, Taillon 17 x 2, Mitch Keller 15.4 x 4, ERod 20 x 3, Freeland 12.9 x 2, R Ray 23 x 2 Mikolis 18.6 x 1, S Matz 11 x 1, T Anderson 13 x 1, Mahle 11 x 1, Nick Martinez 13 x 1 Closer: R Suarez 9.2 x 3
  25. moonslav59
    Yes. If your 1.5 SP'er bumps a 0.1 RP'er to AAA, the $ WAR guy, actually replaced the 0.1 guy for a 3.9 gain.
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