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  1. moonslav59
    That’s the point. Duran did not have a good stretch when many wanted to trade him. Houck did, but I did not hear much talk of trading or extending him.
  2. moonslav59
    Just a better chance than Yoshida, IMO- not saying I expect it.
  3. moonslav59
    Now, name tge ones who fell off the cliff: Swihart, Lavarnway, Wikelman, and many many more.
  4. moonslav59
    Just a connecting flight in Cancun. Barcelona is cooler than Houston
  5. moonslav59
    Sounds like budget talk gets into your thoughts, too
  6. moonslav59
    Story is running out of time, but I think he has a better chance at having a big plus year.
  7. moonslav59
    Agreed. It’s hard to know what they would have gotten in arbs, but getting the extra years is what we hope will be the kicker!
  8. moonslav59
    Trade Trade Keep
  9. moonslav59
    In Cancun waiting for flight to Barcelona, so I missed the game- maybe the first in many years. Glad to see the box score and the comeback win!
  10. moonslav59
    I’ve never bought into the Jays hype, but they did better than we did, the last couple years. Last year was weird. I think we won the first 7 vs them but lost the next 8.
  11. moonslav59
    Only if done by a STL fan. My power rankings would be fun.
  12. moonslav59
    I had a hard time finding a backup 1Bman. Maybe Kavadas or Meidroth?
  13. moonslav59
    It’s there twice
  14. moonslav59
    By the end of 2025, we may see these players at these positions: C: Wong, Teel, McGuire 1B: Casas, Jordan 2B: Story, Valdez, Grissom, DHam, Yorke (Campbell?) SS: Mayer, Story, DHam/Romy 3B: Devers, Romy (Meidroth?) LF: Duran, Refsnyder CF: Rafaela, Anthony RF: Abreu, Anthony DH: Casas, Devers, Story, Yoshida, Refsnyder
  15. moonslav59
    When you extend players at their points in development, it is sometimes is about assuming they get better as they near prime. With Bello, I think they'd have been happy if he just pitched like 2023, for the remainder of the deal. He did have a 3.2 bWAR and 1.6 fWAR in 2023. Fangraphs had a lower WAR and claimed his FA value was $12.8M and is $4M, so far for 2024.
  16. moonslav59
    And, he might be worth overpaying to get. Now, what would an overpay look like? I can't see a top 3 prospect going, or even Cespedes or Bleis, but would we trade Zanetello & Sandlin? (Maybe add Wink?) Would LAA accept? How about Bleis & Wink?
  17. moonslav59
    Indeed, the last three largest FA deals have seen major injuries and or underperformance, when healthy. $140M/6 Story- 145 games out of 486 and just a .681 OPS $90M/5 Yoshida (plus a $15.4M posting fee)- 173 games out of about 239 at .754 $38M/2 Giolito- No GS in year one. We did do well with some mid-level deals like Jansen ($32M/2,) Martin ($17.5M/2,) and Turner (~$15M/1) but a few not so good- like all the $10M/1 deals: Kike II, Kluber & Richards. (The $18.8M/2 extension to Barnes was a bust.) Bloom did much better with the $3-7M deals, like Wacha, Hill, Duvall, Strahm, Renfroe and Kike I at $14M/2 and Paxton at $10M/2.
  18. moonslav59
    I know the Aaron Civale trade has not worked out well for the Rays, but I wonder if Brez will look for a pitcher with 2+ years of control, like that trade was. He doesn't seem like the type of GM that would grossly overpay for a 2 month rental, but this is his first deadline, so we'll see. IMO, he will likely do a few under the radar type deals, but maybe we see a Schwarber type deal, this year.
  19. moonslav59
    You thought the "his" was about Pivetta? Indeed, but again, Martin is not a closer and Pivetta will likely triple his IP in AUG & SEP...
  20. moonslav59
    Agreed. Nobody was for a Duran extension even 2 years ago. Many had doubts 2023 might have been a fluke. That's why it's risky with extensions before knowing who the player will be. I hope we guessed right on Rafaela and Bello. The early returns look mixed.
  21. moonslav59
    Well, even he had to raise us from 13 to 11.
  22. moonslav59
    Martin will throw maybe 20 IP in AUG-SEP, and Nick might throw 60. You seriously did not get that point? The team trading for Martin or Pivetta is looking at the value of 15-20 IP from Martin vs 50-60 from Pivetta.
  23. moonslav59
    Getting a SP'er would maybe make Criswell the long guy over Anderson. When Criswell returns, Keller will likely be demoted. Zack Kelly can go 3, too. If we bring up Wink, he'd be in that mix, too. At some point, Campbell will get another shot. Maybe he replaces Booser, despite him being a LHP.
  24. moonslav59
    Good pull on 2018. I couldn't think of anyone.
  25. moonslav59
    Sox moved up to 11th on MLB.com's power rankings, but still behind KCR, who we just passed in the standings. The top 7 all stayed the same.
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