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  1. JoeBrady
    I agree. Neither were wrong. They simply had different jobs. Attaching a 5% inflation factor to payroll, we are about $75M below our 2019. That's just the way it goes.
  2. JoeBrady
    I never, ever cared for consensus thinking. I use to go to meetings where everyone smiled and agreed. 5-10 very smart people, and no opinions. I appreciate camaraderie, would 100x prefer screaming and yelling, with a good solution, than a meeting where everyone just 'went along'. Side TL/DR, we had a meeting up in Natick. The subject was moving our factories in MA, NJ and CT down to a mega-factory in SC. After 3 hours of speeches, I asked the three VPs of these units if they were going to move down to SC. To their credit, no one pretended, and they all said no. My friends from Japan and Germany looked at each other for a minute, checked their flight schedule, and departed. Had they simply raised the question earlier, we could've saved $20k in airplane tickets.
  3. JoeBrady
    Sorry, I'm going claim an auto-correct. I meant Duran. And even when I was looking at it, I knew it wasn't right, but too lazy to figure out why.
  4. JoeBrady
    The story of a misspent youth growing up in The Bronx. As the T-shirt says, "No great story ever started with 'I was having a salad when....'.
  5. JoeBrady
    I wouldn't argue the point. I love Raffy, but Abreu Duran can play a very good CF for us. If, just for example, the Reds offer us Lodolo for Abreu, or Greene or Burns for Raffy, I can move Raffy. Flexibility is one of my more favored traits.
  6. JoeBrady
    I was stunned. In what world do you trade a Nomar for a glove-first SS? Nomar had worn my patience down to a nub, but for a brief period of time, he was better than Jeter and ARod. But I never got past the game when Jeter dove into the stands and came with the ball and his bleeding, while the cameras were zooming in on Nomar with his nonchalant look in the dugout.
  7. JoeBrady
    I'll add one more thing. I can't speak for anyone else, but I love watching the dude play. This is a small sample, but he's the best CF I've ever seen, with all due respect to Paul Blair. I've never seen him take a bad step in the OF.
  8. JoeBrady
    I expect guys to improve, but I only knew about Tolle from the draft, and thought Early was a marginal #5, maybe. Kind of like Fitts, Dobbins, etc. I expect #3 production from Sandoval this year.
  9. JoeBrady
    IRT the money, that's a pure hypothetical. But the money saved can be re-purposed. Whether or not it will be is a separate discussion. And TBH, I don't care as much about the money as the fit. The reason why that is your choice is because, as it stands now, Duran is our 4th OF. Which makes him our DH. And as a DH, he is only moderately better than Yoshida. So, under that current construct, upgrading 2B is where we can the largest upgrade. I think either Duran or Abreu have to go.
  10. JoeBrady
    I've been saying this forever. The most important job for a GM and owner is where they are in the time/space continuum. Trading for Sale and signing Price were the right moves. Once we got to 2019, with a mediocre record, high payroll, and no farm, we absolutely needed to rebuild. No doubt at all in my mind. Today, we should loosen up. Anything less than $269,999,999 will be disappointing. We're too close. That said, the signings and trades need to make some sense. I don't mind taking a loss on a deal, but it can't be huge. IMO, Mayer-Marte will be a l/t loss but a solid s/t win. Bregman at $150M/6 will be cringe-worthy, but not until Year 4.
  11. JoeBrady
    I was a huge fan of bringing in Snell and Montgomery two years ago. I actually think aging pitchers are better bets than aging hitters, but none are sure things.
  12. JoeBrady
    I think the addition was made before Early and Tolle advanced. Back then, it made sense to me. Now, I think I'd rather save the money and start one of the kids in his place.
  13. JoeBrady
    think of in terms of a choice: Duran + Romy Marte + Yoshida The difference between starting Duran over Yoshida won't be as much as starting Marte over Romy/Hamilton.
  14. JoeBrady
    For all the heat that Cashman gets, he's done a creditable job. No WSC's, but some of that is luck of the draw. Past that, spending has everything to do with NYY and LAD's success.
  15. JoeBrady
    Yup. It's the inevitable cycle of BB. You develop a crop of good prospects. As they get better, you add outside talent. The crop of good prospects get more and more expensive, while the outside help declines. You need either unlimited prospects or unlimited money to avoid a rebuild or a reset.
  16. JoeBrady
    Tough to say. DD's true genius was in knowing who to trade and who to keep.
  17. JoeBrady
    1-I would make that trade for a WSC every day. 2-A top-ranked farm system got us a WSC in 2007, 2013 and 2018.
  18. JoeBrady
    We won 84 in 2019. We had the highest payroll in BB. We had the #30 ranked farm. We won in 2018. We then tried to win B2B, so Henry opened up the check book. It was certainly a laudable goal, but we had to pay the price. Nothing complicated here.
  19. JoeBrady
    And Nomar had an .867 OPS at the time too. Show you how much we valued the defensive upgrade.
  20. JoeBrady
    While I agree with your lineup, health is not guaranteed. If Casas is back by late-April, he should start.
  21. JoeBrady
    I'd have to think about the BP, but I think you have this 100% correct. I think Early and/or Tolle will earn a spot in the BP. I'm also thinking that Samaniedo might make the BP out of ST.
  22. JoeBrady
    I think the $260M question is, are they being risk-averse or smart? There is nothing wrong with adding FAs, but the number of hitters who flame out after free agency is huge.
  23. JoeBrady
    They did going into the season, which is why they traded for Minky & OCab.
  24. JoeBrady
    If it got to that, Ceddanne would be much more valuable as a trade chip.
  25. JoeBrady
    IMO, it would still be a waste. Duran had a .774 last year. You can always find a .774 player to DH, and flip Duran for pitching help (or 2B, etc.).
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