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I'm just not sure if he'd be any worse than anyone else we may send out there as the fifth starter. I rather give young pitcher a chance. Why do only have bullpen pitchers in entire system? One wrong turn and they are all converted to bullpen? Clay B and Jon Lester are the last two homegrown starters over the last ten years? That's pretty pathetic. We can blame that on DD too. We can't touch Ben (Moon) and Theo (Kimmi). They were perfect.
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In all seriousness I would stretch Hernadez and give him an opportunity to start. Assuming everyone else is healthy, it maybe worth the risk. Sandoval's contract will take care of Sale and Xander's raises. Getting rid of JBJ will take care of Betts' arbitration raise. Do what many have suggested, acquire a defensive center fielder. Nunez, Pearce, Moreland and Thornburg's expiring contracts will reduce payroll by $20M. Is it possible to use this money to acquire a back end starter? Will Porcello be agreeable to taking a one year contract to re-establish himself? Chavis can fill in at 1B and Hernandez at 2B. Perhaps not ideal but you do have to look at the overall payroll and the allocation.
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How about keeping Dalbec to replace JD for 2021. Hell he can be a closer also. I'm pretty sure it's legal for DH to replace a pitcher.
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Why are you trading away Dalbec and complain about building the farm? I don't get the logic. Why not keep everyone? We could go Dalbec at 1B, Chavis at 1B or 2B or DH, Hernandez at 2B, JD primarily at DH and corner outfields on occasion, if we're desperate, move Beni to CF and play Travis in LF. The core group of Betts, Xander, JD, Devers, Vaz, and Chavis will score runs, no?
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Why do we hurt the farm for 3-5 years? We just need to add a $10M starting pitcher or come up with an internal option. I'd like to think we'll add another year of experience to our entire farm system. Who are we trading away?
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Finally a post I can get behind. Our offense is still very solid. E Rod has finally arrived as a starting pitcher. Why tear it down a year early? That makes no sense. It starts with proper preparation in Spring Training.
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Moncada went to White Sox for Chris Sale. Where does Poms fit in?
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f***ing yes..... That means we would be finished with rebuild for 2020 season. We play to win the World Series. Not to be the Atlanta Braves of few years back. Moon, whatever happened to Chris Freakin' Sale? Now you want to unwind the deal?
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Now that we got rid of our biggest problem, DD, we should win in 2020? We still line up Betts Devers JD Xander Beni Chavis Vaz Hernadez JBJ If healthy, E Rod, Sale, Price and Eovaldi should be above average. Our bullpen can only get better I would think.
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So if it wasn't for DD, we would have won the whole thing again? Okaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay then! Problem solved.
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It's not like we have nothing Our opening day lineup could be Betts, Devers, Xander, JD, Beni, Chavis, Vaz, Hernandez and JBJ (probably a long shot)..... If healthy Price, Sale, Eovaldi, E Rod and someone not named Johnson.
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You don't lose year of control but you burn up one of his 'options'.
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Sox should do it with D Hernandez.
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Our pitchers as a group pitched well when it mattered the most. I'd be surprised if Yankees get the job done this year. A division title? We did it three straight years. Not a big deal without the World Series ring.
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Only way Porcello comes back will be at a steep discounted price, $7-8M for one year, trying to build up his value for 2021. I'm just not sure anyone would give him long term contract. Name the team! E Rod has two more years of team control. Price and Eovaldi have three more years left on their contracts. Sale will around for awhile. Do we have an internal option? How about stretching out Hernandez? Can he be much worse than our 'fifth' starters this year? I expect Dalbec to be called up soon. Can he be ready for action sometime in 2020? Meanwhile do we go with Marco at 2B and Chavis at 1B? I'm with Moon in just parting ways with JBJ and his $10M. Find a defensive outfielder. Can we stick Sam Travis in LF and move Beni to CF? Our starter have to get healthy or we can kiss 2020 goodbye no matter how much better our bullpen gets.
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Does anyone know precisely how the revenues are split between teams for each round of playoffs? Home gate, TV, etc? I remember reading an article few years ago about the Yankees not making the playoffs and how much impact it had on Yankees' bottom line. The jest of the article was Yankees can afford to have higher payroll if making the playoffs became the norm. I think they has missed the playoffs for couple of years at the time of the article.
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His previous 5 starts. date IP H R ER BB 8/03 3.0 8 3 3 0 8/09 2.2 2 3 3 2 8/14 2.2 3 1 0 2 8/20 3.2 6 3 3 2 8/25 3.0 4 3 3 3 If you think this is a good stat line, then you know nothing about baseball. Did you ever think that Johnson came in to pitch as long as he can? Good for him that he went 3 innings. But they were not going to start him......They were not going to let him put the team behind right away........are you f***ing serious?
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Obviously the original OP hasn't looked at Johnson's record as a starter lately. Look it up.
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We talk constantly about 'emptying out the farm'. Who have we lost really? Can the traded players start for us? You don't think for Sale giving up Kopech and Moncada was a bad trade? Is it now a bad trade because of Sale's new contract? That's not the trade's fault. Have you looked at what our roster would look like with the players traded away? Look at DD's trade for Kimbrel. To date, have we given up much on that trade?
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His pay drops in 2021, not next season.....he'll opt out after 2021
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E Rod saved my TV viewing during 2015 season. I watched him pitch every start on TV. I'm not sure Johnson and E Rod are in the same zip code.
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Brian Johnson is a f***ing joke......0-3 after first three batters, walks the next.... He needs to f***ing go away for 2020. What the hell is wrong with our minor league development for pitchers?
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Yep, our rotation was going to be one of the best this year. It didn't happen.
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He made the move to acquire a fifth starter. How did that turn out? What relievers were out there? It's always easy after the fact to pick and choose which players we should have gone after.
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You are what your offensive stats say you are.....and JBJ is not a very good hitter despite positive streaks that surfaces from time to time. I agree that good defensive center fielders are not hard to find. $10M can go long ways in finding a back end starter or couple of relievers.
