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  1. BTS
    I think the two of us also see the the acquisition cost differently. I don't think Gurriel carried any meaningful value. So I see the trade as being Moreno for Varsho. And I think that cost reflects the warts you've correctly pointed out in Varsho's profile: he gets a lot of his value from defense, and doesn't hit the ball hard often enough. A 26-year old old with 4 years of control who had put of 7 war over 900 PA the previous two years and who had arrived there with less defense and more bat probably doesn't get traded for Moreno and whatever marginal value you want to attribute to Gurriel. All that to say: I don't think the Jays paid sticker price for a guy you'd expect to continue putting up 4-5 win seasons for the remaining 4 years of team control. Bichette is a 4-5 win player who gets there with his bat, and the forum would have had an aneurism if he were traded last offseason for the same value Varsho returned.
  2. BTS
    No, I'm not saying that. I'm saying most good teams aren't relying on buying low and selling high as a principle of roster construction. The Rays rely on throwing a bunch of s*** at the wall, seeing what sticks, and then trading the sticky s*** when salary becomes a concern. Most teams don't operate like that, at least not consistently. LAD, STL, ATL have been paying sticker price for proven MLB guys for years. TEX and PHI do the same. Toronto identified a player they liked, who had four years of control, and they pulled the trigger. Not every acquisition needs to be distressed asset that you're buying on the cheap. It's OK to acquire players coming off of very good seasons. The best teams in the league do it as a matter of course.
  3. BTS
    Most good teams don't actually operate this way.
  4. BTS
    But he literally had a 5-war season last year
  5. BTS
    People have known there were fewer runs in the playoffs since like 1995
  6. BTS
    They'd never say that, but why would they say it now? Gurriel had almost no value - he was a 2-win corner OF who's a free agent this offseason and won't get a QO. He would have been almost free if Arizona had sold at the deadline. The meat of the trade was 6 years of Moreno vs. 4 years of Varsho. They were about a wash in 2023. Moreno has to be a perennial all-star for this to actually register as a significant long-term mistake. And maybe he will be that, but it remains to be seen. Most likely outcome is probably that Moreno puts up like 10-12 WAR over the next 5 years year and Varsho puts up like 6-8 over the next 3. I can't believe the hysterics over this, and I would have fired Atkins like two weeks ago
  7. BTS
    Jesus Christ shut the f*** up
  8. BTS
    Basically every connorp post in the last two weeks: recapping what happened, but doing it in a way that makes it sound like he’s the only person astute enough to have seen all of it coming.
  9. BTS
    This is true
  10. BTS
    I think I'm more happy Philly is out than I am annoyed Arizona might win the WS
  11. BTS
    Paul Sewald is America's closer
  12. BTS
    Goddamn, Wheeler still out there. Respect.
  13. BTS
    Like I've been saying, you don't go to Gallen on two days rest with a stud like Ginkel available.
  14. BTS
    Imagine the shame of being Zac Gallen and watching Wheeler out there sonning you
  15. BTS
    Anything short of sprinting in from the bullpen and stealing the ball from Softfrank or whatever his name is is weak as f***
  16. BTS
    lmao at pitching to Harper with Bohm on deck
  17. BTS
    I hope the state of arizona holds Gallen personally responsible if they lose this game, on account of being a little bitch.
  18. BTS
    I think you have to walk Harper here if they get Turner
  19. BTS
    So Gallen couldn't come in on two days rest to throw an inning or two and get the ball to Sewald to try and lock down a pennant? It would have been his throw day anyway, right? Wheeler did it.
  20. BTS
    Imagine walking Christian Pache with the top of the order coming up
  21. BTS
    lol @ the relievers the D'Backs are trotting out there
  22. BTS
    Damn, Phils in tough. I wonder if they ask Sewald to go 2.
  23. BTS
    They're also starting Evan Longoria at 3B, a DH who would be the short side of a platoon with Barndon belt, boring league average players at LF, SS, and CF if Alek Thomas isn't actually bad. Toronto's pitching staff is flat out better. The idea that the Jays are behind Arizona is silly.
  24. BTS
    Wild that Houston is using JP France in game 7 of the ALCS. They need to address their rotation with all the weird underperformances this year.
  25. BTS
    Yeah same. Thought they’d win 85 games or something and miss the playoffs.
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