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  1. drewski6
    boston celtics head coach mazzula also went hendricken high school
  2. drewski6
    And much more importantly to me, one Hendricken High School alumni Hendricken HS in warwick , RI about 10 mins from where i sit right now. Baldelli went there also.
  3. drewski6
    we had an 8m option on him, we declined it prob because we wanted to pursue 7.6 in arb for him and he wanted to pursue 8m in arb , and so we figured just go through arb because worse case he gets the same. The risk is pissing him off, but we dont even have to worry about that because we avoided arb. Ask the bruins about how touchy arb can be. Sometimes relationships are forever damaged, but no arb here.
  4. drewski6
    Suarez is a about the age when Justin Turner couldnt play 3b everyday anymore, and its a concern for me. I dlive with it, dont get me wrong.....but ball comes at you fast in hot corner and you have to be twitchy with good reaction time and you gotta be able to hit the dirt (and then get up) Mid 30s, it starts becoming a bit much for the aging body. I also dont trust Suarez bat to not regress after a career year in his mid 30s. But i understand that bregman plus one of shcwarber and alonso is asking a lot. I dont hate the trade for Marte idea (mayer would go to third), but hes gotta be available. And if we are trying for him, its not like we couldnt trade for a diff infielder. Prob is thats less chips to trade for a pitcher.
  5. drewski6
    Chances are good that this Schwarber fan has biases baked in to his belief that we'll be able to get him and still have money left over
  6. drewski6
    yes, but i wonder if he'll be viewed through the lens of a DH and therefore the market wont be as robust as for Alonzo or Breg is my theory.
  7. drewski6
    but of course id do it, because im more about defensive versatility than i am about ideal defensive alignment.
  8. drewski6
    I dont mind Mayer at SS or 3b but I dont love him at 2b because we have a lot of bigger infielders, but we have a lot of quicker ones (even story). And Mayer is a big boy. We have more guys who can make a diving play at 2b than we have guys who have the arm for third. Even if we bring back breg, i prob slide story to 2b. Feel like Mayers size is wasted at 2b.
  9. drewski6
    Mayer is almost a lock to be one of the internal dudes because he's cheap, 6'3, has plenty of arm for left side of IF, mobility for second, and a solid hitting floor. We dont know the hitting ceiling, but know the floor. I think its unreasonable to expect Mayer to be terrible with the bat, he'll contribute something offensively.
  10. drewski6
    And you can say that my bias towards schwarber because hes worn the uniform before and we should not have let him go in the first place (in hindsight) and he gave us fun moments last time he was here - if you think thats adding some bias... You probs right
  11. drewski6
    Correct on the locks (5 starting bats). For the other 4, theres 2 to be filled internally and 2 externally (to me) Mayer is most likely (considerably) to nab one of those internal openings. Our only disagreement is I really want Schwarber and im not going to let yoshida be the reason why i give alonso 200m when i could have schwarber at closer to 100m. If those contracts meet in the middle (they both get 150m) - im more okay with going alonso over schwarber Im not paying alonso 2x when hes not as good of a hitter because he plays a bad 1b. Are you sure schwarber cant be as good at first?
  12. drewski6
    18m x 2 yrs = 36m shwarber will get 110m, alonso will get 160m. ALonso is an inferior hitter. Spending an extra 50m to get an inferior hitter so we can keep masa at DH due to his contract feels like "chasing bad money with good money" If alonso/schwarber expected contracts at close, that could alter things for me. But I dont want to pay 2x for alonso when we can get schwarber at half the cost because "DH is locked down" Id rather just teach masa first base. I know hes not the ideal body for it, but the difference between alonso and masa at 1b from a defensive runs saved, I dont think its a deal breaker. Sure Alonsos reach going to create a couple outs but yoshida might make a few plays that alonso cant once he has some practice.
  13. drewski6
    I teach him how to play 1b and think (unfortunately) Casas is back in May and hurt by June. Masa/Romy are your 1b platoon.
  14. drewski6
    Give me an elite bat at 3-4 years who is a DH over guys who are better suited to be DHs but are forced into the field, who dont have elite bats, at 6-7 years.
  15. drewski6
    This is why I want schwarber Bregman - will get more money and years because he plays defense, but he never really looked healthy to me last year, outside of the beginning and certainly never looked "spry". The Bregman that ended last year felt like an old man and we're talking 6 years at big money? Declining defense, declining durability, solid bat Alonso - I think will get 6-7 years like Bregman , again because he plays 1b - but not well. And yes, sorry, I do think that Masa would be better (defensively). Thats a low bar. Aging, the fact that he plays a bad 1b (anybody can play a bad 1b) means nothing to me, solid bat Schwarber - considerably better bat than the above 2. Because he doesnt play defense (but would prob be just as good as ALonso if he did and Breg is prob a 1b 10% into his next contract lol) - I think thats going to suppress his value and keep him at 3-4 years. I see him as reasonable because I think other GMs are foolishly scared off by the DH.
  16. drewski6
    Im not sure the dude can really even run anymore.
  17. drewski6
    Im thinking Story is one IF, dont need an OF or C. 3 infield openings and DH. Is how I arrived at 4 openings.
  18. drewski6
    Vancouver on the radar to get a team?
  19. drewski6
    thats a pretty big "except for" i agree that ownership greed is the problem in baseball.
  20. drewski6
    Bregman leaving, trading Duran, having no devers aside* (thats 3 of your top 4 hitters)
  21. drewski6
    with crochet already , yeah. Its hard to pay 2 aces ace money and still have enough left in the piggybank to fix the offense Agreed - id rather trade for a #2 who has 3-4 years at modest money than a #1 who we are going to have immediately extend at ace money
  22. drewski6
    My issue with skubal is that on top of the trade capital we'd have to spend, we'd have to blow most the budget on extending him.
  23. drewski6
    What im thinking: We have 4 non locked down offense spots. Solve 2 internally. Go external for the other 2. Make sure one is schwarber and the other can play on both sides of the ball. Trade an OF'er and/or prospects (but not "the farm") to add to the pitching.
  24. drewski6
    You know, me, you (and moonslav) are not that far apart. The RS have 4 non locked down positions in 1b, 2b, 3b, DH. You stated last week that you hope that 2 of mayer, campbell, casas come back and stay healthy and productive. You even said you would make an offer to schwarber but would much prefer to keep it to 3 years. I agree with remaining hopeful on 2 internal guys mayer, campbell, casas (but i would include yoshida in that because i know people hate it but i would not count against him being fine defensively at 1b). So 2 out of these 4. I love that you target schwarber. Hes proved he can produce here, and hes a really really good hitter. We only really disagree on that last spot, where i would prefer going external. Maybe bregman maybe someone in a trade.
  25. drewski6
    But Henrys plan is NOT to cut prices or concessions or give stadium workers a raise. Its to buy an NFL team, hes said so himself.
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