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  1. We Got The Whole 9
    Buzelis went 10/10 and was in his bag with some really impressive finishes and 4 3PM. He shows some promise.
  2. We Got The Whole 9
    That doesn't math. 70 XBH will give a lot better than a 118 ISO. I'm assuming you mean .520 SLG, This line is absolutely nuts, you realize that right?
  3. We Got The Whole 9
    You can;t slash Nico and Happ like that
  4. We Got The Whole 9
    The point is that if they're both good then I'd rather have Flaherty because he's shown a higher ceiling than Boyd has. The contracts are immaterial to me. For the construction of the roster and the talent on it, I would have preferred Flaherty.
  5. We Got The Whole 9
    I haven't switched lanes. I wanted Jed to go big game hunting and he set out and brought a squirrel back from the bug zapper. I'm not gonna sit and bitch about this repeatedly but this move reminds me of Descalso. Again we are talking about a 33 year old with 900 career innings and an ERA barely under 5. He finally prevented runs at a good rate for what equates to about a month and some change and got 15M. i'd have much rather gone the Hoffman-SP convert route. When we signed him there were a lot of potential avenues that I liked more. I would have never given him that contract and I can easily see it turning into a ****** deal. For that money I expect him to pitch 100-120 innings and the odds of achieving that are not great.
  6. We Got The Whole 9
    Realistically if they can't draft they're never going to be championship-level competetive. The greatest players rarely hit FA and they won't have assets to trade for superstars either.
  7. We Got The Whole 9
    Neither pitcher was on my radar for 5 years, that's how long they went between effectiveness. But Boyd has never reached the ceiling that Flaherty has and Flaherty actully showed that he can get back to that ceiling across a meaningful sample of innings, whereas Boyd, for all intents and purposes, pitched the best baseball of his career (largely because of a career-low HR rate) across 50 (with postseason) IP. Boyd has a 4.6 career FIP and hasn't cracked 80 IP in 5 years. That's actually an incredibly risky gamble to give him a rotation spot and 15M, even considering Flaherty's injury history. It does appear that he is waiting out the Bregman market though and I'm a big Bregman fan so it's whatever.
  8. We Got The Whole 9
    Jumping the market for Boyd just never made any sense to me and now I'm irritated.
  9. We Got The Whole 9
    Jed isn't gonna pass up a chance to bring a 4 war player in on a short term deal. It feels like he wants insurance for Nico and Shaw. Maybe they want to make Shaw a supersub and hope to still get him 400 PAA or so but have strong options if he struggles. Say Nico is out for April then that would give Shaw a chance at 100 PA to prove what he's got. If he thrives he can spell every position on the IF and maybe DH some and play some LF. If he struggles you're not turning to Yoan Moncada.
  10. We Got The Whole 9
    Ace-quality pitcher who has made at least 32 starts in 4 straight seasons averaging about 180 IP and making less than Kyle Tucker this year, That year is crazy valuable to a contender. He will get a highly-touted prospect of some sort if he moves him.
  11. We Got The Whole 9
    I think to an extent the industry has spoken on our prospects and they might not hold the value we hope. All of them are widely seen as good-not-great. They're like just outside the top 20, and I think Shaw cracked the top 20 on one list. Even Mo's ARL performance is nearly completely ignored and people focus on the defense and body. Shaw for Cease probably isn't that outlandish; I just hope Jed doesn't go there. I fully don't believe he will.
  12. We Got The Whole 9
    Wasn't Edman injured when the Cardinals traded him? Just saying...
  13. We Got The Whole 9
    I'm thinking Jed is gonna wait this out and I'm not sure how long Robertson will play along.
  14. We Got The Whole 9
    I wonder if Flaherty could be had for like 2/40 that turns into 2/50 if he pitches like 150 innings in 2025. By the way he has spoken he has had no market. I'm predicting he takes an incentive laden deal.
  15. We Got The Whole 9
    Bregman or Flaherty would be sweet. Swing big.
  16. We Got The Whole 9
    Really should have signed Saquon. We probably would have snuck into the playoffs. Those talents, not completely broken, usually don't hit FA. Eagles set themselves up for a dominant 5 year run.
  17. We Got The Whole 9
    That's because he was racking up 250 innings a year. Was he top 10 in K9 or K%? Its pretty crazy looking at Maddux stats, how his BB% absolutely plummeted once he got with Mazzone. I feel plenty comfortable with Steele fronting the rotation for the next few years. He has pitched like an Ace should.
  18. We Got The Whole 9
    They've basically drafted 3 usable players in the last decade. Some teams pretty regularly find 3 usable players in a single draft. We load up on guys with minimal actual basketball skill.
  19. We Got The Whole 9
    I figured the return would be better than Canario or Keegan. This is a great trade. Please get Robertson now.
  20. We Got The Whole 9
    Must. Have. Veterans. At . Every. Position.
  21. We Got The Whole 9
    Agreed, was thinking SP prospect(s)
  22. We Got The Whole 9
    Surprised we've gotten no wind on the return
  23. We Got The Whole 9
    The budget.
  24. We Got The Whole 9
    What in the horsefeathers.
  25. We Got The Whole 9
    Inconceivable unless they deal Nico
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