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  1. drewski6
    While I think Pedro caught too much flack for that, thats not necessarily what Im talking about haha Im talking about Duran beating the snot out of a fool and takig his 10 game suspension. Oh thats cute, you have a young 21 yr old boy you are sooooo excited about. Oh, he doesnt work out? BUt you loooooooooove his defense. Would be a shame if someone came over and left, right, left'd him. Oh pitchers arent scared of our lineup? Well I know a way to make them scared. A little left, right, left
  2. drewski6
    We played 38 for Gray and Contreras, Bregman would have costed 175 and a NTC Yes this team has always been willing to give out 1 yr deals, even at inflated AAV to avoid commitments. Unfortunately, very good players who are south of 33 require commitments, and so we switch up to these YES CHEAPER options.
  3. drewski6
    He didnt want bregman lol
  4. drewski6
    just give me one good fight this year and im happy. When was the last time a baseball player got punched in the mouth?
  5. drewski6
    The tax is pennies TBH, and the 10 draft slots is barely on anyones radar. Ive never seen a team run to 280 and then hard stop over potentially moving back 10 spots.
  6. drewski6
    If I was Jarren Durans agent , I would be whispering things in his ear. Devilish things.
  7. drewski6
    THeres only one player on the sox Im scared of if Im an opponent, and that player is Duran (he'll cut you). Position player I mean, nobody is jazzed to face Crochet or Chapman.
  8. drewski6
    And honestly, I dont mind owners managing to get themselves paid as much as I mind the bootlickers carrying water for them.
  9. drewski6
    Thank you!
  10. drewski6
    Contreras is going into his age 34 season, and catching, in my opinion, ages you. Lot of wear and tear on the knees. Im glad we have Contreras, but I wish we had Alonso.
  11. drewski6
    It also pushes out the cash, and nobody cares about the 10 draft pick placements at 284M. Teams go to 270m or like 400m. Its not like teams are running up to 284 and making sure they stay under. In basketball you see that. Theres legit basketball penalties after 2nd threshold so you see teams toe that line. In baseball , nobody is hard stopping at 284. And if so, its like 1 or 2 teams
  12. drewski6
    Also, we're not sixth. Luxury tax concerns are overblown. Its about the cash. Thtas why teams defer. The cash is the true expenditure. We're like 10th. And thats median, average we're prob average because top heavy pulls the average higher than the median.
  13. drewski6
    And here you are trying to trade for Cam SMith.
  14. drewski6
    When he proves he can hit, he can join us. Im not trading one of our like 3 MLB proven hitters for a child.
  15. drewski6
    Im fine with Mayer in AAA to start. Its good depth, he never proved adequate at the plate, and the hole is harder to fill once the season starts. Would rather have too many good players than not enough. Forcing guys into PT is not a problem. They should force themselves in. By mashing in AAA. No slouches.
  16. drewski6
    Cam Smith and his 87 OPS+ would go to AAA
  17. drewski6
    Over the last3 years , Duran is like 120ish in OPS+ on average. Story , not sure, but projected right around league average. Im dinging him for durability. I dont want him hitting top 5 though. If he is your #6 hitter and stays healthy hes a good hitter there vs what youd expect from #6 So Im expecting Duran to be around 120 OPS+, Story to be around 100. Wouldnt consider Story a hole just on that, but Im shading him for durability. I dont have a lot of faith in Story being a major offensive contributor end to end , but a lot of that is durabilty.
  18. drewski6
    The way I see it, we have 4 above average hitters vs righties - Anthony, Duran, Contreras, Abreu and 5 offensive holes. Trading one of those 4 for Paredes leaves us with 4 above average hitters vs righties and 5 offensive holes. Meanwhile, I personally have a lot of faith in Tolle and Early.
  19. drewski6
    Id like to have both, so we can do: Anthony Paredes Duran Contreras Abreu Add in contributions from ROmy and Story, and we might have something if we stay healthy. My preference is to trade pitching for Paredes.
  20. drewski6
    Generally you dont trade your best offensive players when you seek to fix the offense.
  21. drewski6
    Why? Because they audibled to building an elite pitching staff when they couldnt land the guys who would have fixed the offense. And here we are. But somebody is going to need to play 2b, and they may go get an experienced infielder. Even still, there will be injuries/days off and being able to move guys around is a plus.
  22. drewski6
    To get in the lineup sometimes? Yes To get in the lineup daily? No You use your depth and keep guys from sitting too long, especially early in the season. If Yoshida is on the team, and he likely will be, he shouldnt and wont sit for entire months. And the times when you'll want to get him will present themselves you wont even have to try. Someone will need a day off or whatever. If, say, Mayer has a kid and is gone for a weekend....
  23. drewski6
    He and we would be better for it. Anthony NEEDS to incorporate more loft, slug, and punishment into his game. At present, he makes good contact and controls the zone, but its mostly walks and singles, and we dont have the guys hitting behind him to take advantage of that approach. Hes a good enough contact hitter instinctively where he shouldnt need to do the things that people need to do to juice their contact metrics, like stay back, choke up, other way.
  24. drewski6
    If you are moving Duran in a move to fix the offense, that infielder better be like a top 10 offensive player in baseball, because he needs to not only fix the offense, but fix the offense AND overcome the loss of Duran, who is one of our best , if not our best, offensive player. I dont see it. Most trades involving Duran make us worse offensively. Most Duran for infielder trades I see are more defensive fixes than offensive fixes.
  25. drewski6
    I embrace versatility, so if I saw that Duran was working on 2b defensively, I wouldnt be against it. But if we open the season without any additional acquisitions, I lean towards Cedanne at 2b to start because there would be less learning curve. Hes already got quite a head start towards getting good there defensively, and I wouldnt expect the position change to be permanent. I also dont believe the advanced defensive stats saying Cedanne isnt a good infield defender. Hed be a good defender anywhere on the diamond except maybe catcher. Its not like hes so good in the outfield because hes so fast. Its his instinct, jump, determination, focus, arm. Some of that I expect to cross over. I think eventually injuries / slumps will clear up any logjam and when I talk about Duran and/or Cedanne at 2b, I mean until there is an injury or acquisition, or even a breakout (maybe Campbell forces himself to be called up).
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