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  1. mvp 78
    The Red Sox are actively worse off than they should be. It's not a point I'm going to debate. They made some serious mistakes starting with the Mookie debacle.
  2. mvp 78
    Last year's Valdez #'s are also impacted by the small sample size of a lower level home run friendly Corpus Christi Whataburger Field: AA 40 games, 1.112 OPS.
  3. mvp 78
    Yes, Iggy is no longer the great fielding SS that we remember him to be.
  4. mvp 78
    Valdez didn't play ANY SS for Worcester. NONE. Unless you saw him play SS in 2021 down in TX, you haven't seen Valdez play SS.
  5. mvp 78
    Yes, it's just due to where the picks are slotted. It's not additional money aside from that.
  6. mvp 78
    And at one point, Mookie, Raffy and Xander were just prospects with hype. It's up to the Sox scouting and development team to find the right guys and make sure the system is on the right track. In a vacuum, Xander leaving isn't a big deal. Mookie should have been extended PRIOR to the Sale and Eovaldi contracts. Raffy should have already been extended by now. At this point, the only thing the Sox can do it re-sign Devers and show fans that they will go large and long for the right guy. Will fans still have a grudge about how they handled Mookie? Yes and they have a right to feel that way. I sure feel a lot of resentment about it.
  7. mvp 78
    The Sox drafts have mostly sucked since Theo left in 2011. Bloom seems to have righted that ship at least.
  8. mvp 78
    So he'll trade Raffy in season which will only make fans more upset because that's when it's the only game in town and their are more eyes on the product?
  9. mvp 78
    He only has two professional games at short and 7 total fielding chances. I'm not going to say that I don't believe you, but I don't believe you.
  10. mvp 78
    Valdez had a 734 OPS with WOO. Might want to not strap a rocket on him just yet. If you are going to add a bench MIF, they better have a good glove.
  11. mvp 78
    I just want to know how atrocious his defense actually is if they are moving him from 2B/3B straight to LF/1B. His bat better be really good. His trade-mate Abreu may wind up being the better prospect received.
  12. mvp 78
    Segura is 2B or 3B going forward. He hasn't played much SS the past few years.
  13. mvp 78
    I don't think they are better off yet. Casas, Bleis and Mayer could be in the conversation with Betts, Devers and Xander someday. Rafaela? He's probably closer to that JBJ tier. Romero and Anthony could be on that Beni tier.
  14. mvp 78
    I didn't say they won't, I said they can't, which means they shouldn't. If they go into the season that way, it would be a big mistake.
  15. mvp 78
    @IanCundall If the Red Sox had got under the luxury tax at the deadline, they would have received picks 70 & 71 in the 2023 Draft for Bogaerts & Eovaldi. Instead they will receive picks 133 & 134. They also miss out on ~$1 million in additional bonus pool money going off 2022 slot values. The total draft pool money goes down about 1M based on the change in comp picks from 70/71 to 133/134.
  16. mvp 78
    I don't know if moon is talking about INT'L money, I'm talking about MLB Draft money.
  17. mvp 78
    Why are you trying to overpay for Rojas?
  18. mvp 78
    Well as long as they are either going to extend him or trade him, I'm fine with it. They can't do what they did with Xander in 2022.
  19. mvp 78
    He's not even a top 60 prospect in the system. There's no reason to mention him.
  20. mvp 78
    It's not "bonus money" but you get a bigger pool of money based on how many picks you have and where they are in the draft.
  21. mvp 78
    He can only play 2B (barely), not SS. Field: Fringy hands and range. Not a natural fielder. Can make routine plays but tends to lack fluidity and makes things more difficult than they need to be. Has primarily played second and third base in his career, but in 2022 began to see some time in left field and first base in an attempt to find him a long-term defensive home. Potential below-average defender regardless of where he ends up.
  22. mvp 78
    Lots of people on here were on board with COMPETING! Should have traded everything not nailed down last offseason.
  23. mvp 78
    Dawson and Carter OR Walker, Grissom, DeShields?
  24. mvp 78
    Yup. Bloom claimed "(Devers) is at the center of everything we are trying to do." Time will tell if that's the case.
  25. mvp 78
    It think it's more likely than not that he's going to SS and I agree that it's the wrong decision.
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