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  1. vjcsmoke
    Anyone else hear about the Red Sox interest in Sandy Alcantara? What would it cost to land him and should we be in for him? He's a two time all-star and the AL Cy Young just 2 year sago. I would be very excited if he ends up in Boston, just not sure what the package would cost. article: Red Sox Favored In Blockbuster Trade For $56 Million Cy Young Pitcher
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    What if that DH/1B is Big Papi? I'm not going to sit here and say I can predict VGJ will turn into "that guy" but he certainly has all the tools to be "that guy." Some people are just special regardless of position. I'll wait to see how he does this season but if he puts up 5+ WAR again I believe it's a no-brainer to go after him HARD in the next offseason.
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    I think Devers feels he is a 3rd baseman and knows he would lose value if he were moved to 1st or even worse DH. But the man is already getting fully paid, it doesn't matter where he plays on the diamond. I think this year is evaluation to see how well Devers does at 3rd and to see if Casas blooms. If Casas becomes a monster hitter, maybe it's Devers who gets moved to DH instead. or Maybe we move Devers to 1st to keep him happy, Casas at DH and trade Yoshida even if we have to eat giving up a couple 2nd tier prospects to dump his salary. BTW there are a lot of trade rumors involving Yoshida lately so if we can move him, that would allow us to shuffle our infield as discussed above.
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    I really thought this was all faked interest. But they actually pulled the trigger. He's an instant upgrade on defense and a right handed bat. Too bad he has to play 2nd base and not his best position at 3rd base. But it feels far too late to trade Casas at this point. Might as well see if the can bloom into a power bat. Then he might be worth even more next offseason. So Devers 3rd, Bregman 2nd, and Casas 1st looks like our infield. Story -might- play SS if the man of glass can can avoid getting hurt and missing 3/4 of the season yet again. I'm hoping Marcelo Mayer is ready soon so we can have a real player at shortstop. PS It sounds like Alex Cora might have been doing some hard pushing to get Bregman on the Sox. Article: https://www.si.com/mlb/red-sox/boston-red-sox-news/red-sox-manager-alex-cora-wants-this-119-million-free-agent-badly-per-insider-jackson3
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    Correct. The Red Sox don't want to committ financial resources to make the team better. Instead they will buy one year band aids and hope it's enough to make the team competitive so they can sell season tickets. That's all they care about is the money. There is no "pedal to metal" mindset. It's all about keep the salary low, do just enough to appease fans and maybe get over .500. There is no ambition for playoffs or postseason contention. The ownership has decided to go CHEAP and as long as that continues it almost doesn't matter what GM we have even though Chaim Bloom was pretty darn awful.
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    Hitting grabs headlines but Pitching wins ballgames. It's smart to grab higher upside prospects and see if you can develop them to become better. It's too bad Breslow is handcuffed in the finances for improving the roster. Imagine what he could do if he didn't have one hand tied behind his back?
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    We have plenty of budget room. But the ownership has mandated cheap acquisitions. You can't acquire premium free agents with lowball offers.
  8. vjcsmoke
    Red Sox miss out on Tanner Scott. Rumors they offered more than Dodgers is false. They lowballed yet again and of course fell short of the bid. Bullpen is still a big weakness for the Red Sox and they show no interest in spending to get good players in to shore up the weakness. I predict we can expect another multiyear deal for a pitcher coming off TJ surgery who won't play for us until year 2. 😴 Article: Conflicting Red Sox reports on Tanner Scott make Boston look even worse
  9. vjcsmoke
    Agreed. The Red Sox have been spurning keeping their homegrown talent since the days of Ellsbury and Lester. But losing perennial all-star Mookie Betts was the most insulting loss and this franchise hasn't recovered from that loss since. Did you know that former GM Chaim Bloom described avoiding paying Betts his well deserved contract extension the same as "avoiding a car wreck?" It's just insane the mentality in the Red Sox front office. When all is said and done Betts will end up in the HOF and the Red Sox will be known for trading him away for a laughable return because they were too cheap to pay a market value contract.
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    Hopefully they can push the opt out until year 4 of say a 7 or 8 year deal. If they really believe in Crochett they should lock him up long term. Arbitration gets you a couple of cheap years, but the price will drive up even more as that period ends.
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    Wow nice research there. That makes the feeling of the Betts curse seem very real, especially if the Red Sox are saddled with the same cheapskate owners for the foreseeable future.
  12. vjcsmoke
    This is the main problem I have with the Red Sox. They enjoy risking money on injury prone signings in the hopes the guy has a 'bounce back' instead of signing reliable proven players who carry the normal market price. Red Sox negotiations in a nutshell: Seller: I have this brand new state of the art high performance skateboard that I can sell you for $300. It has been used by pros who won big tournaments or at least placed in the top 4. Red Sox: Sounds steep, what else have you got? Seller: I have this $170 skateboard that was used by Tony Hawk once. It broke in half, we taped it back together, the axles are misaligned, and one of the wheels is missing. But with a little TLC and fixer uppering it might work out for you. Red Sox: Now that's a Deal. We'll TAKE IT!
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    That's 28 million dollars less than the Yankees winning offer. They knew they were going in with a lowball offer just so they could say they tried. If the Red Sox spend more than 200m dollars on a single player this offseason I'll take it back, but right now all evidence points to them going in low knowing they will get the offer rejected just so they can say, "See we made offers on Soto and Fried, we did try really, really hard. But baseball is just too expensive a game for us!"
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    sorry my internet lagged out. Can someone remove my dupe posts above? Did not mean to do that.
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    This is not the front office that wins bidding wars. This is the one who very publicly comes in 2nd or 3rd and say to fans at least we tried! Red Sox are a total joke ever since they lost their balls and sold off Mookie Betts for an awful return. The curse of Babe Ruth has been replaced by the curse of Mookie Betts.
  16. vjcsmoke
    The Red Sox ownership are shrewd. They know how to appeal to the diehard fans without actually opening their wallets. They can say, see we offered 700 million on Soto, we just got outbid. Same with Fried, same with every premium free agent this year. Instead they go dumpster diving for deals again and say, see, we're making changes! Buy your season tickets now, like good little sheep.
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    I see no reason why the Red Sox would win a bidding war against LA Dodgers, Yankees, or Blue Jays for Teoscar. From the sounds of it he's looking for around 70-75m/3 years deal.
  18. vjcsmoke
    Aroldis Chapman isn't quality enough for you? You've got to drop your expectations lower, it's either the bargain bin way or the highway!
  19. vjcsmoke
    The Red Sox specialize in the broken down reclamation projects now. It's their idea of getting a bargain! Look, this guy was good 3-4 years ago SO if he regains that form the 21 million we pay him now will look like a bargain compared to the 28-30m we would have to pay a perfectly healthy pitcher who will actually throw for us most nights. Why would you pay 100% market price for a guy who will be available 85-95% of the time when you can pay just 75% of the price for a guy who could be available 0-50% of the time? This is the Red Sox bargain hunting mindset.
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    Bloom was really awful. not a high bar to pass.
  21. vjcsmoke
    Walker Buehler was a stud... 3 years ago.. Coming off his worst season. But if healthy maybe he'll come good. If he does well with the Red Sox the plan should be to extend him. We'll take a wait and see and hope he is ready to contribute THIS season since it's only a 1 year deal.
  22. vjcsmoke
    The Red Sox won't trade for Castillo even if they were willing to give up good prospects. The man averages 24m dollars per year on remaining 4 years of his deal and the Sox showed they are too cheap to offer any free agent near that range of salary. And I know we made a fake run at Soto, but JWH wasn't really serious or he would have said, here's 750m, lets see if the Mets go 800m. It was never going to happen and they knew it.
  23. vjcsmoke
    Unless Crochet has an out of the blue Cy Young worthy season with 20+ wins, I don't see us sniffing the playoffs yet again. Outside of him we got more retreads and bargain bin buys who are rehabbing injuries from free agency. This is the Red Sox version of full throttle - buy broken down pitchers and players to cut price deals and hope one of them can stay off the DL long enough to contribute on the field. It's a proven recipe for failure. Get ready to miss the postseason for a 4th year in a row.
  24. vjcsmoke
    Cody Bellinger is a much better talent than Poteet. Is 26m per year an overpay for a 28 year old .810 OPS first baseman? maybe but it's easily something the Yankees can swing because their owners aren't afraid to spend money to improve the team.
  25. vjcsmoke
    Red Sox signed Giolito for 38m/2 years and that was their “big signing” last offseason. Of course he didn’t pitch a single inning for us last year. His deal might as well have read 38m for 1 year of play. This is how the Sox burn 🔥 good money in their dumpster diving for injured players. It’s insane to me that they repeat this behavior with Sandoval who likely will miss most of 2025 recovering from TJ surgery.
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