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I'm all in on the Astros getting Vlad; he'd be a tremendous get and he's one of my favorite non-Astros players. But an .850-.900 OPS might be...
Yeah; I'd be willing to wager this season is the "real" Vlad Guerrero - and he's having a pretty damn good year: 25-30 HRs; ~30 2B; ~75 BB; Ks are...
This is why tacking a third year on the Abreu deal - at his age - was such a poor decision. To answer your question: Vlad would cost ~$6M for the...
There's no "attempt" here to deflect anything. Bringing up unrelated, years-old opinions to try and play a game of "gotcha!" and make comment on...
Why do you have years-old takes of mine committed to memory? Weird. But since you obviously have my posts bookmarked, please show me where I kept...
If you're having Jose Abreu PTSD, that's understandable. But Guerrero's peripherals all look promising. He still hits the ball *very* hard - his...
Well, the Montero deal was objectively silly. No team should *ever* overpay for a middle reliever. They are historically volatile and their...
Putting aside the many reasons this is a bad idea - Crane doesn't trust his baseball people *because of Luhnow.* How does bringing him back fix...
I'm not yet convinced he passes the "hit by a bus" test. I think he's *very* close... But, man: 2B has a very loooooooong history of players just...
I think he'll undoubtedly be punished and left off early ballots. Having said that... the tide is absolutely turning. More writers have offered...
The Hopkins trade (March '20) occurred well before the contract extension (Sept. '20). I think the logical explanation is that when they fired BOB...
Gotcha. I just think, in this particular instance, that the entire blame falls upon the Texans. I don't know what - if anything - was known about...
Nah. We're all adults here, capable of compartmentalizing various ideas. Watson is a scumbag. But not because he took a large sum of money when it...
I'm decidedly *not* defending his character. And yes, @raining threes was absolutely blaming him for taking the money. This is what can happen...
If there’s a credible source, I’ll engage. Otherwise, uhm… they hired a Black head coach and offensive coordinator - so I’m thinking this is 100%...
I don't personally think it says *anything* about his character. We don't know what trigged his desire to leave. It may have been BOB losing the...
Not to in anyway defend Watson - but I think the state of the organization was likely a significant factor in his wanting out. Cal was an aimless,...
Yep; and that's where the nerds - if empowered - can step in. Here's what he's worth; here's your wiggle room; here's the line separating...
I do. The analytics were fairly obvious: Prior to '22, he carried a .515 career slugging %. It dropped to .446 in his age-35 season, which was -...
I would suspect there's two (potential) reasons for that: 1) I have to believe they still have hope; the team is too good to move too quickly; 2)...
