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Post by dmaineah on Feb 10, 2020 21:19:48 GMT -5
Saying you value flexibility & depth & long term sustainability & are prioritizing talent is spin. It's also basically ripped out of Andrew Friedman's playbook, no? It’s ripped out of everybody’s playbook.... the cliche playbook....it’s spin
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Post by dmaineah on Feb 10, 2020 21:03:58 GMT -5
It’s spin. Believe it if you want to.
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Post by dmaineah on Feb 10, 2020 20:57:44 GMT -5
I like getting Verdugo & Downs. But after listening to Bloom talk tonight I continue to be unimpressed & don’t understand how anybody who watched/listened to him could be. Did I miss something? Spin City
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Post by dmaineah on Feb 10, 2020 20:51:01 GMT -5
It’s what you do when you have no real plan. Then you put a spin on it. And hope... hope the fan base buys it. Apparently you have. I’m not buying it.
Saying you value flexibility & depth & long term sustainability & are prioritizing talent is spin.
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Post by dmaineah on Feb 10, 2020 20:41:10 GMT -5
Hearing Chaim Bloom talk today gives great insight into his logic & plan concerning the starting pitching staff. It’s clear he values flexibility & depth and wants long-term sustainability. Also, that he is prioritizing talent rather than adding a specific pitcher to the rotation. I don’t think he has a plan or a clue what to do about the pitching staff. You literally just said his plan and then in the next sentence said he doesn’t have a plan. Correct, because it’s not a plan. It’s spin... Crash Davis couldn’t of taught him better
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Post by dmaineah on Feb 10, 2020 20:37:54 GMT -5
I like getting Verdugo & Downs.
But after listening to Bloom talk tonight I continue to be unimpressed & don’t understand how anybody who watched/listened to him could be.
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Post by dmaineah on Feb 10, 2020 20:19:05 GMT -5
Hearing Chaim Bloom talk today gives great insight into his logic & plan concerning the starting pitching staff.
It’s clear he values flexibility & depth and wants long-term sustainability. Also, that he is prioritizing talent rather than adding a specific pitcher to the rotation.
I don’t think he has a plan or a clue what to do about the pitching staff.
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Post by dmaineah on Feb 10, 2020 19:35:45 GMT -5
Bring back Lester
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Post by dmaineah on Feb 10, 2020 9:13:06 GMT -5
I believe Bloom believes in & wants Weber as a SP
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Post by dmaineah on Feb 10, 2020 9:05:15 GMT -5
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Post by dmaineah on Feb 9, 2020 21:06:16 GMT -5
I love that we got Downs! I know most think he might be the next 2B but I think he might be the next CF
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Post by dmaineah on Feb 9, 2020 10:34:38 GMT -5
Good, now let’s get Downs!
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Post by dmaineah on Feb 6, 2020 9:05:57 GMT -5
As I understand it's structured that he's at $3.125M this year, with $1 million bonuses when he hits 15, 20, 25, 30, and 32 starts, and $250K bonuses at 90, 100, 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160, 170, 180, 190, 200 innings. So.. 25 starts, 150 innings = 8m + the approximate 16m to the Dodgers with Price = 24m, which in turn means a saving of approximately 8m, + Betts 27m = a total savings of approximately 35m, does that still get them under the cap? Did I even figure that out correctly?
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Post by dmaineah on Feb 6, 2020 8:42:29 GMT -5
Thought I read somewhere that it could be as high as 16m and a lot of it was tied to games started. And if he started 20 games (which I would think would be needed by the Red Sox) it would be over 12m. And that it was difficult to figure out until each year played out. But I could be remembering it all wrong
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Post by dmaineah on Feb 6, 2020 8:26:51 GMT -5
Would it be so bad to cut the Twins out and take Maeda straight from the Dodgers instead, with a lower-tier prospect or pick to make up the difference? You don't get the system's next big pitching prospect that it seems Bloom was shooting for, but you do get a guy who can slide right into the rotation and might approximate what you would have gotten from Price at a fraction of the cost. I think Maeda makes to much money. Almost as much as they are sending with Price I think.
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Post by dmaineah on Feb 6, 2020 6:46:50 GMT -5
Bloom just traded for a pitcher approaching 300 pounds with shoulder issues, has already had TJ Surgery, thought he would be a SP & is now realizing he is more likely to be a RP.
I continue to be unimpressed
Edit/Added;
How come I can read mlb.com and know that Graterol projects as a relief pitcher but that information escaped the Sox until now?
Chris Cotillo @chriscotillo Blockbuster update: Red Sox viewed Brusdar Graterol's medicals and "projected him more as a reliever than a starter," per @ken_Rosenthal Sox might ask for additional player or money.
Teams "confident the deal will be completed, but perhaps not in its original reported form."
What “medicals” is Bloom reading that discuss reliever v starter projections?
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Post by dmaineah on Feb 5, 2020 1:03:46 GMT -5
Sale, Eovaldi, Rodriguez, Perez & ?
Ryan Weber? Has that been the plan all along?
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Post by dmaineah on Feb 4, 2020 23:49:08 GMT -5
They traded this amazing prospect for fucking Kenta Maeda. Let that sink in. Twins cashed out for as high of value as they possibly could have. The guy you’re trying to tear down is now the Sox #1 prospect Also this was pointed out to me by one of you pages and pages ago- go take a look at Kenta’s contract, how much he is worth relative to that, and the fact that the twins wanted to add another starter In an effort to win now to have a better understanding on why they did it At first I thought it was a bad move by them but I get it now. I mean it’s kind of an indictment on how good Graterol can be in the future when he is 20 and pitched himself into a trade for a proven, good, and cheap, major league starting pitcher. He’s obviously got question marks. With the kind of arm talent he has if he didn’t then he would be completely untouchable. But the possible reward there is massive. And honestly his “flaming out” probably means he’s a high leverage reliever I wasn’t trying to “tear down” anybody. I was simply asking a question. Stop trying to read between the lines. If Graterol does become the #1 prospect I think it’s more a reflection of the system then it is of him.
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Post by dmaineah on Feb 4, 2020 23:41:01 GMT -5
I’m not sure about this deal because I feel as though if the Twins felt Graterol’s stuff, command and strength all add to a big up arrow next to his name, with a future as a frontline starter a distinct possibility, they wouldn’t have traded him away. Did Bloom just trade for a future Closer? I like Verdugo. And I really wish he got Jeter Downs. They traded this amazing prospect for fucking Kenta Maeda. Let that sink in. Twins cashed out for as high of value as they possibly could have. Why do you have to use that language? Shouldn’t an “amazing prospect” bring back more then a 32yr old Kenta Maeda?
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Post by dmaineah on Feb 4, 2020 23:22:21 GMT -5
I’m not sure about this deal because I feel as though if the Twins felt Graterol’s stuff, command and strength all add to a big up arrow next to his name, with a future as a frontline starter a distinct possibility, they wouldn’t have traded him away. Did Bloom just trade for a future Closer? I like Verdugo. And I really wish he got Jeter Downs.
Maybe there are more moves coming. Should be well under the cap now with money to spend on a player coming back if there is another trade coming. Is Graterol the #5 SP? If not, who is?
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Post by dmaineah on Feb 3, 2020 8:52:32 GMT -5
A package that had Verdugo & Downs would be awesome! And then re sign Betts next offseason.
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Post by dmaineah on Feb 3, 2020 8:37:28 GMT -5
Dalbec - I think he crushes in AAA & gets/earns the call up Casas - Powers his way into the conversation & will have everyone dreaming of what will be Shugart & Haworth - both pitch & breakout onto everybody’s radar
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Post by dmaineah on Jan 30, 2020 9:10:05 GMT -5
I believe he's a FA in 2021. Might be a decent piece to move if you're trying to reset We suffered for many years with lackluster catching on both sides of the ball. Now we've got a solid guy. They are fairly scarce in the wild. I'm holding on. Agree, I’m holding on. He is signed to a great contract through 2021 with an option for 2022
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Post by dmaineah on Jan 30, 2020 8:21:06 GMT -5
I noticed you did not mention Marcus Wilson who is already on the 40 man roster. Does Wilson fit as the possible bench Outfielder if he impresses in spring training? Could he be in the mix for the 13th position player, 26th man roster spot along with others? Is Arauz competing with Lin (along with Chatham & Hernandez) for a spot? To open the season could A,B,C be;
A) Lin/Arauz/Chatham/Hernandez
B) Chavis
C) Wilson
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Post by dmaineah on Jan 21, 2020 22:45:44 GMT -5
We project 1 over every year. One pitcher almost always ends up on the IL. Yea, sorry. I noticed after when I was looking at all the other roster projections
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