moonslav59
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The paycheck argument rings hollow to me. He sucks on D at 3B, and it lessens his value by playing him there. I feel he could be a plus 1Bman, where Casas is not. If it turns out he isn't, then Casas and Devers can split time at 1B and DH. This would allow both bats to be in the line-up without needing "rest days."
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Nobody is saying extend for 7 years and $147M.
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Not something all that new.
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He really looks like a keeper!
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If he does, then it's a great problem to have. We could trade Duran, Rafaela or the newly extended O'Neill. Anthony is the keeper.
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I actually think Devers would be a fine 1Bman. His issues with defense is mostly throwing. He could plays 1B in 90 games, 3B in 10 and DH in 60. Casas 1B in 70 and DH in 90. Since both DH so much, they can bat in 160 games. Our defense would no longer be a minus.
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Maybe Yoshida heats up, again, this May and June, and we can get out from under most of his contract via trade. Add McGuire and Pivetta to sweeten the deal. 2025 C Teel & Wong 1B Devers/Casas DH Casas/Devers 2B Grissom, Reyes SS Story/Mayer 3B Mayer/Devers LF Duran CF Rafaela/Anthony RF Anthony/Abreu (Rafaela could platoon with Abreu, as Anthony alternates between RF and CF.) Now, we just need JH to okay some major investment into pitching. (Jansen, Martin and Pivetta come off the books. Gio should return. Hendriks should be back.) We should know a lot more about who we can trust as starters out of Bello, Crawford, Houck and Whitlock.
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Mayer may not be called up until late '25, and he could play 3B (Devers to 1B/DH) McGuire could be traded this deadline or next.
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What about him? 5th OF? Trade? I'll take O'Neill over Abreu.
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LF: Duran CF: Anthony RF: O'Neall 4th: Rafaela or LF: O'Neall CF: Rafaela/Duran RF: Anthony
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I just don't see why we'd want to waste a year of control to force a kid to adjust on the fly on a team that is going nowhere, this year. I might even feel the same in 2025 on Mayer, but probably not for Anthony and maybe Teel.
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AL East 12-3 NYY 8-6 BAL 8-7 BOS 8-7 TBR 7-8 TOR If we had just won one game v BAL, we'd be in 2nd place by ourselves. It's early, but we are 1 game shy of 10% of the season.
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I'd be fine with extending him (and Pivetta,) but with JH's tight wallet, I doubt that is being discussed. If not, we should trade him.
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No, I did not want us to re-sign Turner. Yes, I want to trade O'Neill rather than get nothing for him, as he signs somewhere else, this coming winter. (Plus, we could re-sign him, if JH opens his wallet. If we are in the race, at the deadline, I may change my mind. (I am not for trading him, now.)
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Early had his second straight good start: 5 IP 3 H 1 ER 1 BB 7 K B Gonzo has 2 HRs in the 6-5 loss. Salem won 6-0 E R-C with a very nice showing: 4 IP 2 H 0 ER 1 BB 7 K JH Garcia 3-5 Bleis 2 BB Yuten 2-4 Lugo 2-3 POR won game one 9-2, with the pen pitching. Anthony, Yorke, Paulino & Decker with HRs. (Anthony had a 2B, too.) POR is up 5-2 in game 2. Dobbins 4 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 5BB, 1 K Anthony & Paulion homered again, as Anthony has a BB, too. Mayer is 1-3 w 2 RBI.
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For sure. Part of the reason has been because our super utility guys have been needed FT at a position, due to injury, which then forced on off position move. This year, injuries to Story (SS) and Grissom (2B) would create difficulties for just about every team in MLB. Last year, it was Story and Chang, plus missed time by other MI'ers. (Kike sucking at SS didn't help, and that was hard to project.)
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Yes, he is one.
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I care. I want Mayer at 29 not learning on the fly during a lost season.
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He is likely better on D than others, but I'm not sure we should start his clock so early. He'll be better to have playing at age 29 than 21.
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1 Year Guys: Pivetta O'Neill Jansen Martin Anderson 2 Year Guys: Giolito McGuire Refsnyder Joely 3+ Years (may try to dump, even if paying off some of what remains) Yoshida 3 yrs after '24
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I agree, but we've called up everyone on the 40, who can play 3B/SS/2B. We could DFA someone (Jacques) and add Meidroth or Westbrook. We could DFA someone (Jacques) and add Mayer, who is in AA. We could move Mata to the 60 Day IL and add Meidroth, Westbrook or Mayer. We could just sign leftover FA or trade for someone's defensively minded infielder.
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4/13 Here we go again Angels @ Red Sox
moonslav59 replied to gojohn99's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Agreed, although I think the Yanks have enough weak areas to have a bad streak or two, at some point. It might be better for us, if they kill BAL, TOR and TBR, when face-to-face with them. That being said, it might be very hard for us to finish in 4th place, let alone 3rd or sniff the playoffs, especially without Gio & Story. -
There are back-up SSs and unsigned SSs that should be better than DHam/Reyes.
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Anthony, Yorke and Paulino with dingers, today.
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4/13 Here we go again Angels @ Red Sox
moonslav59 replied to gojohn99's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
I'm not sure why you get surprised by games like this. Baseball never follows set or predictable trends. We likely were not as good as the team that went 7-3 or as bad as the team that just lost 4 in a row. There will be ups and downs, all year... maybe more downs than up. Maybe longer downs than ups. It's not like the Angels are without weaknesses.
