Newsletter Excerpt, December 28, 2022 -- "Nathan Eovaldi and the Rangers"

 

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"You can tell just about any story you want to tell about the 2023 Rangers. It all comes together and they chase down the Astros to win the West. The pitching staff falls apart in a hail of injuries and the lineup makes too many outs, leaving them in fourth place. Something in between -- 70 good starts from the expensive guys, a much-improved bullpen, a quietly excellent defense, and 85 wins -- is my bet."

Newsletter Excerpt, December 22, 2022 -- "Wil Myers and the Reds"

 

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"Any time a bad team signs a player like Myers, you’ll hear 'and they can trade him at the deadline,' as if the market for two months of a two-win player is robust. That’s a line of thought I’d love to see stricken from coverage of the game. If Wil Myers had trade value he wouldn’t be signing with a bottom-five team for $7.5 million."

Newsletter Excerpt, December 21, 2022 -- "Wait...what?"

 

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"Heyman reports that Correa will play third base, with the Mets’ incumbent. Francisco Lindor, keeping his shortstop job. This isn’t an Alex Rodriguez/Derek Jeter situation; Lindor is a very good defensive shortstop, and by some measures better than Correa is. Between the two, you’d likely project Correa, taller and with some back issues in his past, to have to move off shortstop first. Steamer pegs this as a 3 1/2-win upgrade for the Mets, and as someone very high on Correa, I think it’s closer to five wins."

Newsletter Excerpt, December 19, 2022 -- "Dansby Swanson and the Cubs"

 

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"So it’s not the years, and it’s not the money, it’s making a “big move” that doesn’t do what you need it to do, which is significantly improve the offense. The Cubs’ 2023 lineup is a feat of wishcasting, from Seiya Suzuki to Matt Mervis to Cody Bellinger, hoping a whole lot of players perform at or near the top of their ranges."

Newsletter Excerpt, December 16, 2022 -- "The Years Don't Matter"

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"So teams now have the strongest incentives in a long time to minimize AAV. There was a time they did so to keep short-term expenditures down, a time before massive national and local television deals made next year’s cash flow a non-issue. Now, they want to keep AAV down as a means of keeping the payroll from interfering with their ability to operate in the amateur talent markets."

Newsletter Excerpt, December 14, 2022 -- "Uncle Steve Arrives"

 

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"This December, though, we got the Manic Pixie Dream Owner that Mets fans have been waiting for. In a rush of signings wrapped around the winter meetings, Cohen retained key pieces of last year’s 101-win team while trying to build in pitching depth last year’s team lacked."