Red Sox Roundup, Oct 12: Offseason Questions, Injury Concerns, Non-Tender Risks

[drewski6]

If the lockout is quick and we enter next year with the same overall lux tax/penalty/two threshold structure - I am not super confident they wont go above the second threshold.

[drewski6]

Maybe Im just an optimist, but I dont see JH as this major tight wad.  I think most of our issues are Bloom and Breslow.  

[mvp 78]

11 minutes ago, drewski6 said:

Maybe Im just an optimist, but I dont see JH as this major tight wad.  I think most of our issues are Bloom and Breslow.  

Look at this guy carrying water for our tightwad owner! 

[mvp 78]

12 minutes ago, drewski6 said:

If the lockout is quick and we enter next year with the same overall lux tax/penalty/two threshold structure - I am not super confident they wont go above the second threshold.

I'd bet a jar of marinara they won't go over it. 

[moonslav59]

6 hours ago, drewski6 said:

Its the complacency / acceptance that bothers me , not that we dont win every year.  I just want to try to get more offense without Brez's ego/mouth getting in his own way.  But Moon would point out that we are seeing that with Mead and AR, and I was happy with those moves.

I'm curious as to who is "complacent."

Breslow? I've never seen a Sox GM make so many significant moves is such a short time, and the vast majority exceeded expectations, especially if you cherry-pick the start date as right after the Sale trade. Success or not, nobody can say he's been complacent.

Are you talking about posters who think we don't need to do much this winter? I'm seeing a lot of disagreement over what is needed, but it seems like everyone is asking for something significant.

[notin]

1 hour ago, drewski6 said:

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And teh complacency contingent is back, yet again, to tell us, dont expect improvement.  Am I getting trolled?

Dude, according to my dictionary and dictionary.com, the definition of “complacency” isn’t “does not agree with drewski”…

[notin]

1 hour ago, mvp 78 said:

I'd bet a jar of marinara they won't go over it. 

Newman’s Marinara?

[moonslav59]

4 hours ago, notin said:

Dude, according to my dictionary and dictionary.com, the definition of “complacency” isn’t “does not agree with drewski”…

If he means a few fans are for keeping status quo, I get it. (Is status quo bringing back Gray and replacing $6M IKF and $9M Sandoval with a $15M addition?)

I'm not seeing anyone showing complacency.