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  1. notin
    Slight hyperbole. Yoshida can hit, but right now he probably isn’t the best option to start. He has options. He can be benched. If Duran or Abreu are not traded, that doesn’t mean he has to go. Especially since unloading him probably won’t create much budget wiggle room…
  2. notin
    What mattered was Devers failed to live up to his part. He spent the last 3 years as the worst - not among the worst, the worst - defensive third basemen in MLB. Every player whose metrics were in his neighborhood was shifted off to another position. It’s not Bloom’s or Breslow’s job to make Devers happy; they gave him over 300 million reasons already. Promise or not, his defense was not helping, and was a hindrance. Regardless, the “promise” was a dead issue anyway, because Devers had been moved off third a few months earlier anyway. The problem was he refused to help out his team when a teammate went down with a season-ending injury. Not sure why any “promise” that was already a dead issue is supposed to supersede that level of selfishness…
  3. notin
    He was a sad panda…
  4. notin
    So who is balking at Bello for Paredes straight up?
  5. notin
    That’s not a good excuse to accept a weak defender, especially in a league that has a DH…
  6. notin
    Same. I’d have done it 3 years ago…
  7. notin
    I’m not, but my auto correct is…
  8. notin
    Now you’re just rubbing it in …
  9. notin
    Stop!!! Please stop!! You’re making me miss Tristan even more!!
  10. notin
    Fangraphs Roster Resource, or ss I call them the Very Unofficial Roster Resource, lists him as a platoon corner OF. Not me. But with the return of Carlos Correa taking over 3b, if the Astros keep Altuve at 2b, it does get tough to find a spot for him. Do you bench Christian Walker? Yordan Alvarez? I could see him getting traded…
  11. notin
    Mayer likely already has a role; the only question is where. Campbell is probably in the picture, but shouldn’t be handed anything in January..
  12. notin
    Another potential pivot for the Sox might be Lenyn Sosa. His 22HRs for the White Sox would have been third on the Red Sox. The White Sox seem to have spent the offseason quietly rebuilding their infield, which might relegate Sosa to the bench… https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-player/lenyn-sosa-672820?stats=statcast-r-hitting-mlb
  13. notin
    Sure. Last year the difference was 5 wins. But we only had our 21 year old for 71 games…
  14. notin
    Darth Drewski lacks the ominous tone normally associated with Siths…
  15. notin
    The big dogs do not skimp on pitching either, except the Mets, which is why they suck (247-249 the last 3 seasons). The Dodgers have shelled out piles of cash for Yamamoto, Snell, Glasnow, Tanner Scott, etc. The Yankees did similar with Cole and Rodon. Theres no magic formula…
  16. notin
    Maybe if Houston sign Christian Vazquez, they can undo that trade…
  17. notin
    You have more faith in Bryan King than I do. I assume you think he will out pitch Slaten and not Whitlock?
  18. notin
    Even if the injuries are to Narvaez and Rafaela? I think most teams are a couple injuries away from being a bad lineup. I also think you underestimate the impacts Anthony and Abreu are capable of, but I do understand why you do..
  19. notin
    Cheaper than groceries…
  20. notin
    Maybe because Suarez is entering his age 30 season coming off 4.7 bWAR/4.0 fWAR, while Bregman is entering his age 32 season coming of 3.5 bWAR/3.5 fWAR?
  21. notin
    Toronto might get in on Bellinger at some point.
  22. notin
    Then it becomes a bigger deal since Boston has to DFA another player to squeeze Sousa or King on the roster. And while both LHRP you nane have more control, we’re talking about pitchers who are already 30 or will be soon and might not even be around for 5 more years. Sure they might be upgrades over, say, Drohan. But does either have options left? Is either an improvement over Jovani Moran? Do the Sox have to demote someone like Harrison to hold on to these late bloomers? If Houston gives more, I prefer lower level prospects that don’t mess with the current 40 man roster…
  23. notin
    According to the very unofficial Roster Resource: 1. Paredes is on the Astros bench as a weak side platoon in one of their outfield corners. (They list both corner OF spots as platoons, but Roster Resource is notoriously platoon happy.) 2. They do list six SPs for Houston, but one of them is some guy named Ryan Weiss, who I’m pretty sure only got the job by being the 6th caller in some KBME 790 radio talk show. 3. Another is Lance McCullers Jr. It’s pretty sad that Houston has not yet learned their lesson that McCullers - who has started 24 games total in the PAST FOUR SEASONS - is clearly not durable enough for a rotation spot, and the act of pencilling him in there does legally constitute abuse. He might work out in a reduced bullpen role, and it’s absolutely something the Astros need to consider because McCullers has been doing this part time starter thing FOR ELEVEN YEARS NOW. If the Astros won’t trade a bench bat for Bello, move on. I guess they can always rely on KBME to find them more starters…
  24. notin
    Getting more is better, but at a minimum a straight up one-for-one trade works for me. And Boston. And Houston…
  25. notin
    I can definitely sleep better now.
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