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It's the same scouts. They'll be fine.

That's what happens when Ben efffff's you over for a few years due to his contract nonsense and one of their top INTL prospects dies. They'll get their mojo back.

I know this. I was just trying to add some light to the doom and gloomers who think the farm is a trainwreck.

The majority of the guys making less than Betts are arbitration or pre-arbitration. It has nothing to do with "focus spending on 3-5 players." They have 9 players above 10M AAV (include Sandoval and Castillo).

I think Scherff, Mata and Houck could all end up in the top 100 next year if they track in the right direction.

I don't agree that "upper ones usually only a select few players receive huge contracts." I think the majority of the teams at the top of the payroll have filled their 25 man roster with decent contracts. I don't think there are too many that have a couple of big ticket players and the rest are league minimum. The Red Sox haven't seemed to go cheap in any specific area of their roster. Maybe they have a younger bullpen, but that's about it. I think the luxury tax should rise, a floor should be created and reduce the amount of arbitration years so that players hit FA earlier. They also probably need to redo the draft structure and fix how international FA's are obtained.

I agree about both. The salary floor will probably never be passed by the owners, but it's something the players should fight for.

I heard Machado will be playing SS this year.

The luxury tax is the problem.

If the season gets cancelled, this board becomes a Brockton Rox messageboard. Sorry, that's the rules.

Owners have seen ever spiraling tv contracts and ticket prices. Why shouldn't players expect a piece of the pie?

The real deal.

This man gets it.

It's true. SFF killed WMB and LL's career through osmosis.

Truck Day is Monday.

Lock him up. Lock him up. Lock him up.

Good for him.

Nobody here liked BDC.

Maybe WMB is available? We could probably stash him in PAW.

Effffffffffff BDC.

Honestly, PAW should just be 25 starting pitchers on MiLB deals.

http://blog.masslive.com/redsoxmonster/2013/03/boston_red_sox_2013_questions.html Middlebrooks has the strength to hit 30 home runs, that's not the issue. The real question is how often he makes contact, and how solid that contact is. The 15 home runs are encouraging but here are two other 2012 stats that should cause concern: Middlebrooks drew only 13 walks and he struck out 70 times. The Red Sox have always stressed the value of drawing walks and not striking out too much. Last season's squad strayed from that formula. The Red Sox were fifth in the American League in strikeouts and ranked 13th in drawing walks. With the team trying to get back into the habit of striking out less and drawing more walks it isn't out of the question that a player such as Middlebrooks finds himself hitting home runs at a decreasing rate. Making contact can mean hitting the ball to the opposite field, but that's generally not a great formula for producing a ton of home runs. Middlebrooks also hit 5 of his 15 home runs on the first pitch. Players looking to cut down on strikeouts and work more walks don't swing at the first pitch all that often.

http://rotoprofessor.com/baseball/?p=17122 Why WMB could be Overvalued

There was definitely not that kind of hype around WMB.

https://wtpsports.com/2018/01/21/david-ortiz-thinks-rafael-devers-is-the-future-of-the-red-sox/ David Ortiz thinks Devers is the future of the Red Sox