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  1. drewski6
    A lot would depend on how you go about trading those prospects. If you pick a position, lets say 3rd base and are hyper focused on "true 3rd baseman" (defensively) who are attainable, enjoy a universe of 3 people, 2 of which cant hit. If you focus on aging pitchers but we'll get the trading team to eat some money to make them affordable (Sonny Gray part deux) - then enjoy hearing we've seen this movie before. But if you go after hitters and be willing to make downstream moves or move guys around, we may then be doing something different and have no reason to believe that we would be getting the same results
  2. drewski6
    JH: I think you are very good with numbers, but you struggle to present, relate, and sell. Almost reminds me of myself. You know, I like you, but you need to sell some of these other guys so lets coach up your presentation and give you another shot. You were a little stiff. Lets work on the stiffness for presentation v_2 But like Ive said, Breslows stiffness was more than just an impediment to getting the job, it was also an impediment to doing the job.
  3. drewski6
    My theory is that JH and Breslow bonded over their mutual inability to communicate with humans like a human and now JH sees a young JH in Breslow. Not sure I buy it, but it's a theory.
  4. drewski6
    Sure. My point is that not trading for a DH in the offseason due to "we have to be more efficient with Masa cuz we already paying him" is how a max efficiency model can bleed into trade decisions (not just FA).
  5. drewski6
    Im not a football guy but I use to be in a fantasy football league that was absolutely dominated by my pal Steve. And the guys who took it seriously were alwasy studying Steve, trying to pick his brain on the sly, and trying to like create a cheat sheet of Steves wisdoms. E.g. never go for a RB on a bad team or dont draft a QB too early....But they would study him and try to pick his brain and create like a WWSD guide. But they never caught him because they didnt realize that Steves one real rule was dont have rules. There is a time and a place to go for a RB on a bad team and/or to take a QB early. And the dudes who couldnt catch him would get frustrated. I thought you said "blah blah blah, so why did you blah, blah, blah"....And he always had a real reason. It wasnt that he was misdirecting when they would ask him about how he knew player x would break out or what player types to avoid in the draft.....It was that he made every decision on a case by case basis. And sometimes , you go against your own general rules. Because all rules should be general.....And general implies exceptions.
  6. drewski6
    The best rule followers know when to buck the rules. Go by the spreadsheet but know when to go against it , for example. And we should have never ever let Betts go.
  7. drewski6
    You can trade for a DH.
  8. drewski6
    Whom have we been impatient with?
  9. drewski6
    The tightest poker player is rarely the best one. That doesnt mean dont be tight. It means play within the flow or the game and make decisions on a case by case and dont be scared to lose some chips along the way. I dont think intelligence comes in the form of hard , unbreakable rules. Like "never sign a player over 30" or "always make sure you have pitching depth" or "defense first" or "never go after a player who is inefficient from a WAR/$ standpoint". These hard rules are usually to avoid having to think critically and weigh. While a team should absolutely seek to minimize bad contracts, I dont think that should be a teams mission. And again, people underestimate how hard it is to use a budget surplus. There isnt an infinite supply of prime players who can be purchased. And the few elite players in their prime who are available from time to time dont usually go to the team with the most efficiently spent payroll.
  10. drewski6
    Agree. Not being willing to accept Masa's contract a sunk cost and trying to squeeze efficiency out of it by refusing to bury him in the depth chart (or DFA him) is a great example of when chasing efficiency can get in the way. I dont intend to mean that we should have turned around and got player x...More so talking about organizational philosophy
  11. drewski6
    I would argue that a reference to a Bill Pullman speech about "going quietly" is actually 3 weeks too early vs 20 hours too late.
  12. drewski6
    Max efficiency model has to go. That doesnt mean max inefficiency or spend to spend. It means every decision is cost/benefit where multiple things are considered alongside fit and WAR/$$
  13. drewski6
    My point isnt that we should go get washed up guys with huge contracts. Just that its possible to never pay for past performance and wind up like the Pirates.
  14. drewski6
    Im not advocating to go get underwater contracts, Im just saying that avoiding contracts that may become underwater should not be priority 1, like they have been. For example: we CANT go get a middle of the order masher who is not great defensively because then what would we do with Masa....Its the downstream effects of GM'ing with scared money.
  15. drewski6
    Tampa - 0 championships, Milwaukee - 0 championships. White Sox been a cellar dweller all-time bad for years. Are these really the teams we want to emulate? I dont get why we should root to be essentially the pirates.
  16. drewski6
    Wheres Moonslav been? Anybody hear from him? He on a cruise?
  17. drewski6
    i think with jeopardy you are supposed to just give the answer and let us guess the question. Which you were on track to do until the very end there when you appended two questions to the answer and now Im not sure if im supposed to answer your questions at the end or give the team that you are alluding to.
  18. drewski6
    and yes, I know, not the mets.
  19. drewski6
    You can have a primary focus of avoiding underwater contracts and find yourself in last place. In fact, most last place teams usually do spend every waking hour trying to avoid inefficient budget allocation.
  20. drewski6
    okay bill pullman
  21. drewski6
    Im telling Michelle Kwan you said this.
  22. drewski6
    Thank you for coming over to my side, in return, I will acknowledge that you were correct when you said the only player who could turn this iteration of the flops into the sox is 2003 bill mueller. 2004 bill mueller, while still very good, I dont think would be enough.
  23. drewski6
    Im not looking forward to Story and Masas contracts ending, its just going to be more pitching by oops all pitching craig stinkslow.
  24. drewski6
    but we dont punch well. We more so slap. A slappers chance.
  25. drewski6
    not nana :(
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