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  1. mvp 78
    It would include charity donations. It's still an expense and isn't interest/taxes/depreciation/amortization. I mean, are you worried about their actual tax return now? They still make a f-ton on their investment and always have. They are just choosing to spend less than ever (comparatively) while making more than ever as fans are spending more than ever. They also didn't win any of those 4 WS titles while being outside the top 10 in salary. Limiting their spending artificially is just bad on-field business TBH. If they don't want to win, that's fine. Just don't point at those 4 flags and say "well they know how to do that so let's trust them to keep doing that." They got those rings by spending!
  2. mvp 78
    They don't have Devers for half the season. Uncertainty for health of various players. Regression from Chapman.
  3. mvp 78
    To the Sox, yes. He doesn't seem to have high value across the league.
  4. mvp 78
    You can say the same thing about many of the Breslow deals (Crochet, Chapman, Narvaez). The only deal that was telegraphed was Bregman and that was because others in the FO really wanted him and Breslow wasn't on board. He runs a tight ship and has a small circle that doesn't leak anything. If stories are getting out about particular trades, you have to believe it's coming from the other team and may not be anything the Sox are serious about.
  5. mvp 78
    I hardly feel sorry for billionaires, but have you considered EBITDA? The baseball revenue that is included in the 574M (or whatever) is just BASEBALL related. It doesn't include all the tangential real estate revenue surrounding the ballpark or anything related to NESN. They are rolling in it. The Sox having the 3rd most revenue every year, but continuously spending outside the top 10 is embarrassing.
  6. mvp 78
    Just depends on how significant they are. Signing Justin Wilson? Not sure I'm adjusting the win total, but it's probably a good move.
  7. mvp 78
    If they re-sign Breggie: 90 wins If they do trades or other moves, it would change my projections plus or minus a few wins.
  8. mvp 78
    84 wins if no other moves are made.
  9. mvp 78
    I guess Masa will be a 162 guy in '26 then. It's not like Cora has ever benched him before for long stretches for seemingly no reason!
  10. mvp 78
    Oh I'm sure THAT is what it is!
  11. mvp 78
    Sox dev may help Eyanson's stuff pop this year too. He may have not looked spectacular in college, but neither did Early.
  12. mvp 78
    Catcher
  13. mvp 78
    Breslow didn't necessarily target Witherspoon or Eyanson, they just kind of fell in the draft and he snagged them. I don't think they were his ideal draftees, but they were great value for where they were both picked.
  14. mvp 78
    Not a very good one it seems.
  15. mvp 78
    Luxury tax calc resets after the trade and it would probably be 18.5M.
  16. mvp 78
    Replacing Masa with a healthy Casas and eating most of Masa's salary seems fine to me.
  17. mvp 78
    It's not misleading. Just run the positional splits yourself. Divide the 2025 DHs in half. It's still more than 2005. You stated there was a trend towards less fulltime DHs, but I can't find the evidence.
  18. mvp 78
    Do they want to win by having the best roster possible, or just the best roster within a set CBT limit? We all know how much revenue they bring in every year.
  19. mvp 78
    I don't understand the framing of "the league is heading towards more rotational DHs." If you go back 20 years, there are MORE fulltime DHs in 2025 than in 2005.
  20. mvp 78
    I'd rather have Hicks and Masa than Arenado.
  21. mvp 78
    They'd be able to trade him at some point. Maybe get Casas healthy or see KC start to mash and then deal. Right now, they are kind of stuck with an albatross contract that other orgs laughed at when it was signed.
  22. mvp 78
    No, they should be a mediocre to bad hitter. Maybe a guy that could barely hit 12-15 HR's if he eating all his Wheaties.
  23. mvp 78
    They would get rid of him, not because he's a fulltime DH, but because he's an overpaid mediocre to bad fulltime DH (24th in wRC+ for DH's '23-25).
  24. mvp 78
    Bobby Dalbec 20-21 per 162: 29 2b/3b, 34 HR, 114 OPS+ Vientos 24-25 per 162: 31 2b/3b, 31 HR, 115 OPS+
  25. mvp 78
    Massive DH contracts have always been an exception. Papi never really got paid. Nelson Cruz was always a year to year guy. Guys like JD Martinez and Schwarber are almost unicorns in that they are fulltime DH's that got PAID.
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