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    Count me as one who thought AA was being too conservative.

    My offseason plan may have produced a slightly better set of regulars, but it would have locked the team into those guys for multiple years, and there wouldn’t have been cash available for Keuchel.

    Unlike the last regime, this AA FO is smarter than me. I like being able to say that.

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    in AA we have a GM who has learned from his mistakes and become very disciplined and patient in putting a team together
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    Quote Originally Posted by nsacpi View Post
    in AA we have a GM who has learned from his mistakes and become very disciplined and patient in putting a team together
    Which is actually the exact description for the GM I would want. Patient, cautious, and always looking for value.

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    AA probably should have done more in the offseason to address the pitching. I stand by that. We've had to add DK and Swarzak and probably still need more.

    I will say I was wrong about Luke Jackson. Then again, so was everyone. Even AA. He doesn't make the squad if Minter and ODay are healthy. That breakout came out of nowhere.

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    AA is a total failure. clearly.
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    Quote Originally Posted by striker42 View Post
    AA probably should have done more in the offseason to address the pitching. I stand by that. We've had to add DK and Swarzak and probably still need more.

    I will say I was wrong about Luke Jackson. Then again, so was everyone. Even AA. He doesn't make the squad if Minter and ODay are healthy. That breakout came out of nowhere.
    Jackson has been a statcast darling for years now. I identified his stuff as legit years ago when I first started grading pitches. He was always going to get plenty of chances because of it.

    Of course, there was no guarantee things would click, but this is the type of production teams hope for when they keep stuff like this in the system. Now we just need to hope they don’t go silly with some sort of extension for a volatile BP arm.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Enscheff View Post
    Jackson has been a statcast darling for years now. I identified his stuff as legit years ago when I first started grading pitches. He was always going to get plenty of chances because of it.

    Of course, there was no guarantee things would click, but this is the type of production teams hope for when they keep stuff like this in the system. Now we just need to hope they don’t go silly with some sort of extension for a volatile BP arm.
    The stuff has always been legit. He, like many other fringy pitchers with good stuff, never displayed an ability to know where the ball was going.

    His BB/9 dropped by over 1.5. That's huge and not something predictable.

    The volatility of relievers is why smart teams stockpile more than reason says they'll need.

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    And just as quickly as Jackson figured it out, he can lose it again.

    Use him up until he stops being effective.

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    Quote Originally Posted by striker42 View Post

    The volatility of relievers is why smart teams stockpile more than reason says they'll need.
    we did

    Jackson carle Winkler Parsons o'day sobotka touki viz webb minter venters biddle Freeman Dayton

    plus others including starters like Newk, Wilson, Wright who were candidates for conversion to relief pitching

    they were all part of the stockpile during spring training
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    Speaking of bullpen volatility

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    Quote Originally Posted by Enscheff View Post
    And just as quickly as Jackson figured it out, he can lose it again.

    Use him up until he stops being effective.
    And be grateful we got what we did.

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    Bump.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CyYoung31 View Post
    Bump.
    striker was right

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    Quote Originally Posted by thewupk View Post
    striker was right
    Oddly enough the recent struggles of the pen aren't as concerning to me. Martin, Greene, and Melancon have all been BAPIP'd to death since they were traded. It's kind of remarkable.

    I wish we had a lockdown closer but I'm more comfortable with the pen depth now than I was when I started this thread.

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    I still think it was a failure, just by virtue of the fact that the majority of people knew this winter we needed pen help. You don't have to retroactively apply any new knowledge. And it's relatively the cheapest area to improve in terms of dollars (as long as you avoid Proven Closers), making it an even better spot to only spend dollars, saving that prospect depth for other, harder to fill needs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Snowman View Post
    I still think it was a failure, just by virtue of the fact that the majority of people knew this winter we needed pen help. You don't have to retroactively apply any new knowledge. And it's relatively the cheapest area to improve in terms of dollars (as long as you avoid Proven Closers), making it an even better spot to only spend dollars, saving that prospect depth for other, harder to fill needs.
    Probably would've been disastrous, but Holland, Boxberger and Allen were all DFA'd (and then resigned) within the past few weeks. Could've likely signed any/all to a cheap deal

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    Quote Originally Posted by Snowman View Post
    I still think it was a failure, just by virtue of the fact that the majority of people knew this winter we needed pen help. You don't have to retroactively apply any new knowledge. And it's relatively the cheapest area to improve in terms of dollars (as long as you avoid Proven Closers), making it an even better spot to only spend dollars, saving that prospect depth for other, harder to fill needs.
    so who did you want to sign
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    Lots of posters come in to criticize with the benefit of hind sight, but a quick parsing of the ideas they pitched in the off season thread usually reveals their ideas were much worse. And they conveniently forget what their ideas were when the criticism is being thrown around.

    AA handled the BP pretty well. He cycled through a bunch of arms, settled on a couple (Newk and Jackson), then added some more options throughout the year. Certainly better than giving some volatile BP arm 3 years and having him weigh down the payroll.

    The Melancon trade is the worst BP move he did, and even that is only going to potentially hurt for 1 more season.

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    some of AA's critics need to repeat this: mistakes are going to be made, but a 1-year mistake is not nearly as bad as a 3 or 4 year mistake
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    seems a good portion of the RPs signed this offseason have flamed out. if you signed any, you'd better hoped you picked the right ones. if not..you're in a potentially big mess. am i broken record
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