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  1. moonslav59
    Opening day is never dark before the game starts.
  2. moonslav59
    I guess I was always too high on Scott. One more wrong position.
  3. moonslav59
    This is the absurd part of their so-called "plan." It's not like Gambrell, Fitts and Van Belle are banging down the MLB door, anytime soon. I mean Chase & Uwa? OMG! Wink needs to stay in the pen, after it was robbed of Whit, Houck and Pivetta.
  4. moonslav59
    So, basically, at least for the first few months, our depth is just... Chase Wink Gambrell
  5. moonslav59
    I can't help feeling excited on opening day.
  6. moonslav59
    I can't disagree, but I think this team will be more fun to watch than last year's team. Losing Turner hurt. He was fun to watch. Which Duran shows up? Can Grissom be more like Pedey than Downs? Can our catcher mature and grow? Can casas be even better (esp on D?) Will Devers have a career year? Will Story shut Red up? Can Rafaela & Abreu earn a (long term) slot? Has Yoshida gotten acclimated? Will O'Neill bust out in his contract year? Can Bello build on a pretty solid season? Is Crawford for real? Can Whitlock finally stay healthy, all year? Can Houck get past the first 18 batters, or will doing great through 18 be just enough? Will Pivetta put together a full season for the first time of his career? Can Jansen & Martin defy age yet one more year? Can Wink repeat last year's performance? What about these new pen arms? Campbell, Slaten, Weissert? (Anderson, Luetge & the Joely we never really got to see, last year?) I think there is a good chance most of these questions are answered in a positive way in 2024, but we may need 75% or more to have good answers for us to sneak into the POs.
  7. moonslav59
    I'll be surprised, if we get 132 GS from our opening day 5 man rotation. Hell, 122 might be asking too much. With Murphy and Walter gone, we may end up yanking Wink from the pen for starts, but maybe it will be Chase, first. Criswell looks to be the 2nd or 3rd man in line. If we go deeper than 8, it's a dice roll on who #9 might be. Uwasawa? Gambrell? Fitts (not on 40?) Wikelman (late season?)
  8. moonslav59
    I can't believe it is opening day. I can't really say hope springs eternal, but I do think we will see a lot of fun plays and games. A big chunk of our core is still pre-prime or in the early years of prime. There is room for improvement for almost everyone. (ALMOST) Pre-Prime 24 Casas 24 Bello 25 Wink 23 Rafaela 24 Abreu 26 Campbell 26 Slaten Early Prime 27 Crawford 27 Whitlock 27 Houck 27 Duran 27 Wong 27 E Valdez Prime 28 O'Neill 29 McGuire 29 Weissert 30 Yoshida Back-end of Prime 31 Story 31 Pivetta 30 Reyes The list of post prime is very small 36 Jansen 37 Martin (seems to be improving with age) 33 Refsnyder
  9. moonslav59
    I know I am going into this season with excitement about a lot of our players- most are young and promising, and some have already shown glimpses of high level skills. I'm not expecting much more than 80-84 wins, and losing sucks, but I'm looking forward to seeing how our future starts to take shape. I'll be watching the minors, more this year, and I hope some prospects take big steps forward. Let the game begin!
  10. moonslav59
    Then, this should be the title of your thread, IMO. (I don't entirely agree with that, either, but another year or two of this, and I will.)
  11. moonslav59
    History repeating itself here on Talksox. Blame the GM for not spending money not provided.
  12. moonslav59
    I doubt they stick with him like they did with Brazier.
  13. moonslav59
    One of your better posts.
  14. moonslav59
    Minor league depth.
  15. moonslav59
    Looks like the Dodgers are about to lock up Will Smith with a 10 year extension for the soon to be 29 year old. There may be deferred money and a guarantee of $140M.
  16. moonslav59
    Not much of a chance he evers does anything in the bigs.
  17. moonslav59
    Yes, I fully understand the positions each of you took. I just posted his OPS from a certain point of the season to show he ended it pretty well. You countered with one less flattering, and I countered with some shorter ones that looked even better. Why the "wow?"
  18. moonslav59
    So, the team value increase by over $500M in one year and JH can't afford $25M for Monty. Got it.
  19. moonslav59
    ESPN has these return dates for our i nujured players: 4/9 Mata (Hamstring, out of options) Threw 15 pitche pen session on WED. 4/23 Grissom (Groin: To stay in extended ST until 4/7) Assume rehab in AAA until he's ready 5/1 Refsnyder (fractured left pinky) 8/1 Hendriks (elbow) Playing catch, now AAA: Zack Kelly (Oblique) and Mikey Romero (lower back) are both day to day 2025 Giolito (UCL), Murphy (UCL)
  20. moonslav59
    Why wouldn't it be Heineman, who is the only other catcher on the 40?
  21. moonslav59
    We could on and on, all day... .769 last 39 games .843 last 22 games .903 in last 12 games
  22. moonslav59
    ...and Winckowski!
  23. moonslav59
    I could see him at .750 in his rookie 2025 season with 20-20. 2026: .800+ with 25+ HRs, or not...
  24. moonslav59
    Story had an .805 OPS in his last 70 games of 2022 (post May 9.)
  25. moonslav59
    No, he is no lock, that's why I said "could be..."
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