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Post by dmaineah on Jan 21, 2020 20:50:25 GMT -5
On the 2020 roster projections there is a roster total of 27 players listed with 14 pitchers but the roster limit is 26 players with no more then 13 pitchers.
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Post by dmaineah on Jan 21, 2020 19:54:18 GMT -5
The Braves have agreed to a one-year deal with free-agent outfielder Marcell Ozuna, reports Jeff Passan of ESPN.com. The MDR Sports Management client will receive an $18MM salary that slightly exceeds the $17.8MM qualifying offer from the Cardinals that he rejected back in November. www.mlbtraderumors.com/
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Post by dmaineah on Jan 21, 2020 16:38:53 GMT -5
The Red Sox traded right-hander Travis Lakins to the Cubs in exchange for a player to be named later or cash, both teams announced Tuesday afternoon. The Sox added that left-hander Bobby Poyner went unclaimed on outright waivers and has been assigned to Triple-A www.mlbtraderumors.com/
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Post by dmaineah on Jan 19, 2020 7:35:00 GMT -5
Just curious, are you a qualified medical professional with access to recent information on Sale’s arm health? Have you examined him personally? Did you at least stay in a Holiday Inn Express last night? If none of these things, I am curious why your opinion should be considered anything more than a blind guess. Sale’s latest visit to the physician comes as a follow-up to an August appointment in which Sale received a platelet-rich plasma injection.
I hope he starts 30 games, pitches over 200 innings, leads the team into the playoffs, wins 3 World Series starts, is named MVP of the Series & wins the Cy Young. But I think he’s hurt, hope I’m wrong.
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Post by dmaineah on Jan 19, 2020 7:11:00 GMT -5
I don’t think he gets traded
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Post by dmaineah on Jan 19, 2020 7:04:09 GMT -5
Might as well throw Reyes, Shawaryn & Aybar into the mix. Weber is also out of options so unless he pitches himself off the team I think it’s only 1 spot. I think they let it play out into the season & keep all the bodies they can. Do you think Price will get traded? I don’t.
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Post by dmaineah on Jan 18, 2020 9:47:50 GMT -5
You're going to have a hell of a time with your fantasy draft if that's your standard for evaluating pitcher health. Let’s start one
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Post by dmaineah on Jan 18, 2020 8:14:54 GMT -5
Could Cora be looking at a lifetime ban for cheating? I think it’s an option.
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Post by dmaineah on Jan 18, 2020 7:21:04 GMT -5
If Hall does not make the team out of spring training will he be a SP in AAA or a RP?
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Post by dmaineah on Jan 18, 2020 7:02:45 GMT -5
If the Red Sox have a good year it will be because Sale leads the Pitching Staff and is healthy. Reports say he is on track & healthy. I think he is hurt & doesn’t make it pass June. Hope I’m wrong.
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Post by dmaineah on Jan 17, 2020 8:16:47 GMT -5
I get what you're saying and no, I'm not overwhelmed by them spending money on Perez and especially Peraza. Basically he traded in Porcello for Perez and Leon for Plawecki, and made some small reliever deals (more throw stuff against the wall and see what sticks kind of thing), which are margin moves that shave off a few bucks. If Peraza is for replacing Nunez, then ok, but if it's for him to start...hope not, just like if it's Perez to replace Porcello, ok, although I still think Porcello has more upside than Perez, but if it's to replace Price, yeesh. That said, I don't think he wanted to come in and right away rip out the core of the team. He's been here about five minutes relatively speaking. Maybe he wants to see what he has with his own eyes first, thus he's conservative? Or maybe there really hasn't been a deal on the table that's been palatable. Yeah, he can trade Bogaerts or Betts or whoever, but maybe the return is a net loss. I assume that the deals on the table for Price are lacking, not to mention he knows he cannot replace Price in the 2020 rotation and expect to compete? Maybe I'm making excuses for him, but I just think I need a lot more time to evaluate Bloom. I have a feeling when the deals do come, they're going to come fast and furious, whether it's the next few weeks, some time in July, or next offseason, and by then I should be able to get a better handle on just who Bloom is, so for the time being I'm reserving judgment (hey, isn't that what the Red Sox FO are asking us to do? Hah!!) I wouldn't be surprised if Bloom is waiting to see if the Sox seriously compete or not, see how much he can unload in July, still get under $208 million even with the pro-rations (Betts, Price, Martinez, Bradley), get back some talent and reshape the club next December when they got a ton of money to play with in addition to the talent they've already received in July deals.Glad to see you are coming around to my way of thinking. They don’t have to be under the cap to start the season, only at the end of the season. And that decision doesn’t have to be made until the trade deadline.
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Post by dmaineah on Jan 17, 2020 7:54:03 GMT -5
You (conveniently) omitted Weber as starting depth. He's as capable of throwing 4 innings as is Velazquez, Reyes, or Hart. And even with openers you still need a "reliever" who can come in and throw 4 or 5 innings. Using an opener does not mean you have a bullpen game. It means you simply start the "starter" or "bulk inning" guy in the 2nd or 3rd inning. You still have to have a guy who throws 4 or 5 innings. If not, you'll wear out your bullpen pretty damn fast. That's what would happen when Cora would have a "bullpen" game where he'd have about 6 guys filling 9 innings. I did not “conveniently omit” Weber as SP depth. I have him on the active roster already filling the long man, spot starter role. I only listed players who I believe will be in AAA starting & are currently on the roster.
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Post by dmaineah on Jan 17, 2020 6:43:24 GMT -5
Can Sale, Price, Eovaldi, Rodriguez & Perez each make 25+ starts this year? Should they be counted on to? And even if they do who is going to start the other 30+ games. Openers? Right now it looks like the SP depth is Velazquez, Reyes & Hart. Of course someone can be added to the roster during the season but who in the system will be ready? Will Houck get a chance? Will Johnson be back? Maybe someone from AA, Mata, Ward? The SP on the active roster has a history of being very injury prone & the depth doesn’t look to be strong unless some big strides are made.
I’d like to hear what everyone thinks about the starting pitching and specifically about the starting pitching depth this year.
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Post by dmaineah on Jan 15, 2020 17:45:44 GMT -5
I think it’s completely reasonable & justifiable Not really. Yes, really
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Post by dmaineah on Jan 15, 2020 17:42:34 GMT -5
Can't wait to Wish I could hear how this is another example of Bloom doing a terrible terrific job this offseason. Better
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Post by dmaineah on Jan 15, 2020 11:49:27 GMT -5
Could be Blooms plan, who knows? (Actually, I don’t think he has a plan) Bloom is a highly respected baseball executive across all of MLB. He’s been put in a crap situation and is working on it. Your level of disgruntlement with Chaim Bloom is completely unreasonable and irrational. I think it’s completely reasonable & justifiable
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Post by dmaineah on Jan 15, 2020 11:43:19 GMT -5
Where’s the option for “Weber will be the closer?” 😉 Could be Blooms plan, who knows? (Or maybe Brice. Actually, I don’t think he has a plan)
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Post by dmaineah on Jan 15, 2020 11:41:18 GMT -5
Ryan Weber is out of options and he has waived others to keep him so Bloom must have penciled in as part of the Bullpen You needed to start a poll for this? How about for Hector Velazquez? Sheesh. Velazquez has an option Sheesh
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Post by dmaineah on Jan 15, 2020 10:51:17 GMT -5
Ryan Weber is out of options and he has waived others to keep him so Bloom must have penciled in as part of the Bullpen
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Post by dmaineah on Jan 14, 2020 8:05:48 GMT -5
On the positive side, maybe the firing of pretty much the whole Astros braintrust will weaken the Astros long enough to give us what we all want: Mike Trout Playoff Baseball. That might take the firing of Billy Eppler
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Post by dmaineah on Jan 14, 2020 5:59:20 GMT -5
I think Bloom is pretty much done (other then possibly moving Pedroia to the 60 day IL & signing a back up OF) this is this years 40 man roster to start the season;
Active (26)
Rotation LH Chris Sale LH David Price RH Nathan Eovaldi LH Eduardo Rodriguez SP Martin Perez
Bullpen RH Brandon Workman RH Matt Barnes LH Darwinzon Hernandez LH Josh Taylor RH Austin Brice RH Ryan Weber RH Marcus Walden RH Heath Hembree
Lineup C. Christian Vazquez 1B Michael Chavis 2B Jose Peraza 3B Rafael Devers SS Xander Bogaerts LF Andrew Benintendi CF Jackie Bradley JR RF Mookie Betts DH JD Martinez
Bench C Kevin Plawecki Inf Dustin Pedroia UTL Tzu-Wei Lin IF Jonathan Arauz
Optioned (14)
Hector Velazquez Jeffrey Springs Ryan Brasier Colten Brewer Matt Hall Denyi Reyes Mike Shawaryn Josh Osich Yoan Aybar Kyle Hart Chris Mazza
Bobby Dalbec CJ Chatham Marcus Wilson
I don’t think Price or Betts or others are getting traded to open the season. I really hate the SP depth, (Velazquez, Reyes, Hart). I hope I’m wrong about Bloom being done because I think the team still needs a SP, 1B, 2B & OF. And why is Ryan Weber still on the team? Bloom has waived Brian Johnson, Sam Travis, Marco Hernandez, Bobby Poyner & Travis Lakins but kept Weber.
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Post by dmaineah on Jan 14, 2020 5:25:07 GMT -5
I have the Sox needing to shed $20.5M to get under the tax limit. That's not more than Price's value per year, so they could just trade him largely as a salary dump, fill in the remaining roster spots internally for cheap, and call it quits. However, if they also trade JBJ, that frees up an extra $10.5M (if he's replaced at minimum cost) which could be use three ways simultaneously: to re-sign Mitch Moreland (and maybe add Cishek to the pen or replace JBJ at a higher cost), to create space for trade deadline pickups, and to eat more of Price's contract in exchange for some real prospect return. There may not even be a decline in competitiveness this year, which means you pick up any real prospects for free.
The tricky factors involved here: -- The market for Price. One hopes it's higher than some in the media seem to think. His value for the Dodgers or Giants includes keeping him away from the other team. In particular, the Giants outbidding the Dodgers would be a small coup for them, and they have a strengthening farm system, so they won't fall short if it comes to offering the right prospect package.
-- How much do you reserve for deadline deals? I bet Bloom believes that they seldom make a difference. If you're willing to go low here, you can get more in the way of prospects for Price. -- Who do you have in mind to replace JBJ, what's he going to cost, and how good do you think he'll be? If they follow the pattern so far, they want a guy with a high floor because of solid D, but some offensive upside, a la Peraza. I've noted that former Ray Cesar Puello fits that description, but they may have someone else in mind. One example: pick up $14M per year of Price's contract; Price at 3/$51 can bring you back some serious prospects. Trade JBJ (also for a solid prospect). You're now $7.5M under; you sign Moreland and Puello for a total of $3M and have $4M+ for the deadline, which means you can pick up $12M worth of contracts. Now, if Perez, Peraza, Puello and the guys in the pen realize any significant part of their upside, you have a really good team.
I'm optimistic that the delay has been caused by the presence of multiple bidders and the above complications.
JBJ (30 yrs old & 1 yr $11m) by himself for a solid prospect? I would love it. Doesn’t seem realistic though, can you give an example of a GM & team that might be willing do it?
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Post by dmaineah on Jan 10, 2020 20:52:13 GMT -5
Isn’t he hurt?
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Post by dmaineah on Jan 9, 2020 17:13:14 GMT -5
The Cardinals have acquired left-hander Matthew Liberatore from the Rays, ESPN.com’s Jeff Passan reports (Twitter link). The return headed back to Tampa Bay is expected to include at least one player from the Cards’ Major League roster, and hints at a very notable trade given Liberatore’s status as one of the top prospects in the Rays’ system. www.mlbtraderumors.com/Wow! Great trade for ST. Louis! I wonder who they are giving up. Did they get him to flip to Colorado for Arenado?
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Post by dmaineah on Jan 9, 2020 17:02:19 GMT -5
Robinson Leyer seems like a real surprise, though he does have some giddy up on that fastball
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