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  1. moonslav59
    I cannot imagine Campbell, Mayer or Meidroth being worse at 3B or Devers worse than Casas at 1B.
  2. moonslav59
    They have a lot to replace... not just a SP
  3. moonslav59
    Hard to be worse than the worst, but I suppose it's possible. Devers is actually a good glove guy. His arm issues would be largely hidden at 1B.
  4. moonslav59
    Could any of these guys be part of a return package for Yoshida, so some or most of the money part is offset? 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 We'd have to still give some cash, in some instances, and or, we'd have to include other pieces or prospects to make it work for the other team, but it would really help our roster construction without Yoshida on the 26 and 40.
  5. moonslav59
    It's because they had added rest days when playing the CWS. LOL
  6. moonslav59
    You forgot, "I know Devers and Casas suck on D."
  7. moonslav59
    True. I totally agree with your position about using our best RP'ers when the game is most on the line, which may not be the 9th inning. I also think greatly improving our 5-8 slot RP'er would make a big difference. It would also push back our current 5-8 to 9-12 or at least 8-11, where I think some could be very helpful. If all our starters are healthy (yea right!) we could see Criswell or Fitts in the pen, but keeping one in AAA as a SP'er might be the best strategy. This pen needs an upgrade: Hendriks - closer Slaten & Fulmer - set up Whitlock- set up/multi innings 5. Wink 6. Criswell/Fitts 7. Guerrero 8. Penrod (Kelly/I Campbell/Weissert/Booser/Shugart) I would not mind seeing Wink as the #8 and the others in AAA trying to win the rights to be the next promoted. I know there is no way in hell, JH & Brez add 3 quality RP'ers, but adding 2 quality pitchers (SP or RP) would push down who we have now, into better roles. It would make Wink #7 not #5. It would give us a choice from 5-7 guys for the #8 slot.
  8. moonslav59
    K Campbell has played 5 games at 3B, which isn't much, but it might be just a week or two before he gets better than Devers on 3B D. I think Mayer could play a better 3B, too.
  9. moonslav59
    I'm not disagreeing, but it does seem like some closers do not do well unless it's the 9th inning, and maybe the metrics would show that, too. Jansen seemed to do okay, but Kimbrel's OPS Against: .524 in 9th (2607 PAs) .663 in 8th (302 PAs) .746 in 7th (84 PAs)
  10. moonslav59
    Funny, how that works out, sometimes. I still think a team's odds greatly increase with more good SP'ers. Who we think is good in March may not be in October, and vice versa.
  11. moonslav59
    Agreed. I don't think we were perfect on pen management, but how many times did we ask someone who said Cora blew the pen call, "Who else did we have to being in?" His options were often bad to ugly.
  12. moonslav59
    I was very high on Lugo and Imanaga. I was fine with Wacha, despite the injury risk. I also liked Monty, so nobody is perfect. Several mid range SP'ers came through, this year. We swung and missed on Gio, while others with lower AAVs did better.
  13. moonslav59
    It would have helped, if our 5-8 and even 9-12 RP'ers were better or a lot better. Yes, the 1-4 cannot pitch all important innings. I've said, already, I think our 1-4 look okay for next year. I'd like a bonafide closer, but the 1-4 looks decent. Our 5-8 should be our 8-11. We need to add some better RP'ers to make this happen. Adding a closer pushed our #1 to #2 and so on. Our 4 becomes our 5. Add a couple solid #5/6 types, and we're there. We can and should improve on this, and not by giving more IP to our top 4, but by having better 5-8's: High leverage PAs Against: 63 Weissert, 57 Kelly, 52 Anderson, 43 Booser, 25 Keller, 18 Horn, 14 Joely, 9 Shugart, 15+ by scrubs
  14. moonslav59
    How is $44M/3 more expensive than $44M/2? I'm including $10M cash to TOr, and I'd give $10-15M more, if needed.
  15. moonslav59
    I agree, but having bad pitchers in situations where a game can be blown is one of our weak areas. IP 63 Weissert, 57 Kelly, 52 Anderson, 43 Booser, 25 Keller 18 Horn, 14 Joely, 9 Shugart, 15+ by scrubs High Leverage PAs Against 79 Bernardino (5th on team) 75 Kelly (7th) 69 Weissert (8th) 60 Wink (11th) 30 Booser, 18 Campbell, 11 Joely & Horn, 8-9 Anderson & Keller, 4 Shugart Blown Saves/Opportunities 2/2 Bernardino and 1/1 Kelly 4/5 Weissert 4/6 Slaten & Martin 2/3 Booser 1/3 Wink 4/27 jansen (87%) 3/3 Anderson
  16. moonslav59
    136 GS since 2020 is 5th in MLB. He's 6th in IP at 787. 3rd in fWAR. Last 2 years: 5th in fWAR at 8.0 in 62 GS/ 366 IP (both top 15)
  17. moonslav59
    4.13 (102 ERA+) and 4.13 FIP Ages 22-27 4.94 (91) 3.65 Ages 28-29 3.07 (130) 2.71 Ages 30-31 3.49 (119) 3.37 Ages 32-33 It's concerning, but turning 34, soon, is what will help reduce the return package- that and his salary. His drop in K/9 could be a sign of a bigger decline to come, but I'd still rather have him starting than anyone we have not named Houck.
  18. moonslav59
    BAL out, too! Yee-Haw!
  19. moonslav59
    Our 100% healthy, pre-additions 13 man pitching staff could look like this: SP: Houck, Giolito, Bello, Crawford, Fitts (Criswell) RP: Hendriks, Slaten, Whitlock, Criswell, Wink, Fulmer, Guerrero, Penrod C: Wong & Gasper (I think we add a back-up) 1B: Casas 2B: Grissom & DHam SS: Story & Romy 3B: Devers LF: Duran CF: Rafaela RF: Abreu & Refsnyder (Maybe Anthony & an Abreu or Yoshida trade) DH: Yoshida AAA Depth at or near ML ready: SP: Priester, Dobbins, Gambrell, Wikelman, Drohan, I Coffey RP: Weissert, Kelly, I Campbell, Bernardino, Booser, Shugart, Horn, Mata C: Teel (Hickey) 1B: B Gonzalez, 2B: Campbell, SS: Mayer, 3B: Meidroth, OF: Anthony, Sogard, Rosier, DH: EValdez/Binelas
  20. moonslav59
    Loved seeing the Astros lose early, today. That ends their 7 straight years ALCS run. I'm pulling for the Tigers. Love the underdog.
  21. moonslav59
    Trading Yoshida, this winter, would probably cost us $10-13M out of the $18M salary, every year. That's $30-4oM out of the $54M still owed him. It could still be worth it, if JH doesn't just pocket the savings, since I think we can match or beat Yoshida's projected numbers (.740-.780) with some sort of mix of our bench and platoon players, like Refsnyder, Abreu (if Anthony makes the 26,) E Valdez, DHam or maybe Campbell or Meidroth. Waiting until Yoshida is healthy might increase the return, but I'm not sure waiting makes more sense. He'll take up a roster slot and keep a possible better hitter on the farm. With the $5-7M "saved," we could sign another RP'er or add it to an offer for a SP'er and get a better one.
  22. moonslav59
    I'd like to see us add an ace, but a solid 2/3 type is maybe the best I can even dream of. Yes, then add 3-4 Criswell/Anderson types and hope they end up like Criswell.
  23. moonslav59
    Soxprospects.com still has the players listed on the 60 Day IL. There are 7 of them, including Paxton, who becomes a FA. That leaves Gio, Hendriks, I Campbell, Murphy, Whitlock & Mata. Not counting anyone to be traded or DFA'd or added for Rule 5 protection, we have 46. We have 7 FAs to be: K Jansen, Martin, Pivetta, O'Neill, D Jansen, Garcia & Sims. That brings us to 39. If you count Dobbins as the sure bet to be protected from Rule 5, we'll be at 40. The bubble players that may go to make room for more Rule 5 or added players might be: 1. Mata (out of options) 2. Gasper (We need a #2 catcher) 3. Sogard T 4. Shugart, Horn, Booser, Wikelman, Murphy Trade candidates/ LHBs: Abreu, DHam, E Valdez and RHP Winckowski
  24. moonslav59
    Never seen or heard of tis, before.
  25. moonslav59
    They both seem just as scary, to me.
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