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For the life of me I can’t understand why the Mets are so hellbent on trading Syndergaard. But we can only go by the rumors and that is the rumor. Would a package of ERod, Bogey, Swihart, Chavis work? Probably not. Aside from adding another prospect to it that's all I got.

Ah! So Beni moves to lead-off and Betts to #2. One word comes to mind: Finally. I had to stop posting this opinion after a while before ppl started getting too pissed.

Any thoughts on Strickland? He may be in our price range.

Cheaper than Kimbrel.

Awesome! Can we trade him for Thor then?

Is that why he couldn’t cover 1B or even bother to run to 2B in the playoffs. I believe a wise man described ERod’s game once before... “Ew” pretty much wraps it up for me.

Thanks Moon. Yeah, I don’t love it. Plus, I’m thinking how difficult it is to repeat a WS championship. ( especially now without a closer). Last year we had the 3 wildcards Erod/Pom/Wright and hoped 1 or 2 of the 3 would have a good year. I’m always pretty high on Wright, but it was another injury plagued year and what can we hope for in 2019 from him? I’ve mixed feelings about ERod as well. I’m still looking for that dynamite year where he puts it all together. And... not for nothing, but I really didn’t appreciate his attitude and lack of hustle this past post-season. Your right, Eovaldi replaces Pom. But for reasons i’ve mentioned, I felt more comfortable last year even if it wound up only being perceived depth.

Jansen is set to make 19’: $19.3m, 20’: $18m, 21’: $20m. Pretty close to $20m a year, no? And full discolure, I clicked on an article only because it looked recent that said Chapman made $21M. I should’ve checked better sources. Just saying, I wasn’t trying to put one over on you. It’s just what I happened to read first.

I don’t actually.

What’s our SP depth? Or even perceived SP depth compared to last off season?

Your right, it was Melancon that made $20m last year. Ok, still.. I have more pro’s for my argument. Eovaldi is younger than anyone mentioned (Jansen, Robertson, Chapman, Davis, Ottavino, even Kimbrel). You know he can pitch the 8th & 9th, unlike Kimbrel. He’s proved he can handle the pressure on the biggest of stages. If need be, we could stretch him back down to a starter’s role. The reverse is true too as well, like Kimmi mentioned, If we do sign a closer this off-season, I hope it’s only a 2 year contract (which is difficult to find but I’ll suspend disbelief) because I could see Eovaldi as an option to close at the tailend of his 4 years. Me, this offseason, if the price is the same betwen Ottavino/Robertson or Morton, I’d go with Morton (no QO’d either). Our budget as everyone knows is tighter than a dolphin’s *******. I’d rather get guys that can pitch more than one inning. I’m not implying to use them as all hands on deck (because that would be nearly impossible to do during the regular season), but if injuries occur (& they always do), we have more options. More insurance. And to be clear, I don’t think the Sox will do this. It’s only what I would do at present.

I’d like Kelly back but other than that I personally think we should go after another SP.

Well, salary-wise, I’m only going by the fact that Kimbrel turned down his QO of $17.9M. How much MORE would Kimbrel be asking for? Eovaldi making $17M x 4. I know Chapman & Jensen are up there salary-wise. Over $20m a year. Am I that off for arguments sake? I don’t think I am.

I think we burn that bridge if/when we get to it. There’s very good reasons why we have zero depth there. It’s not a bad thing that we graduated the prospects we wanted to keep and have a homegrown OF. Trades took care of the rest and I don’t regret them too much either. I think Billy Hamilton is available. (?) He’d be nice depth, defensively & as a pinch runner. I’d look for someone like him that shouldn’t demand a lot of playing time, & helps us in other areas. Are there OFers you think the Sox should be looking at for depth?

I think Swihart is. But I’m not that worried about our OF depth. Are you? We can always make a low key trade for an OF if need be.

Eh, not me. I’d plug in any one of MiLB SP’s for our #5 or get another SP via trade or FA. Plus it’s more cost effective innings wise to sign a SP than a high caliber Closer. Eovaldi can pitch alot of 8th innings as well given he’s just coming off being a starter. That, and moving him to closer could keep the wear and tear away for the next 4 yrs. To each his own, but that’s what I’d do if I were at the helm.

What’s the latest word on A. Miller?

He’s still under 30 yrs of age Moon. ...Wait, is that even relevant anymore? It feels so 2012(?) to say that.

Ha!

Best way I can put it, if the season started today he’d be my closer.

Moving Mookie to 2B at this point only KIND OF makes sense if.... JD stays a DH fulltime, we move Beni to RF, AND we sign a Masher for LF. But that would mean 2 position changes and an unhappy JD strictly being a DH. Me? I'd rather forget all this craziness and simply try Lin at 2B fulltime.

Watched last night's loss. a lot of stupid turnovers. They're usually a fun team and have depth and potential (but I'm mostly going by last year). They have a lot of work to do this season though. I've only had time to watch 3 or 4 games this season, but they've lost everyone I've happened to catch. I need to watch more to truly evaluate what exactly in god's f*** is wrong with this team right now. Only good thing is that it's pretty early in the season to get too worked-up about it.

This is probably true and I wouldn’t get into a bidding war for him just to be clear. Due to his career long durability/health issues, I would really consider turning him into a RP on a minor league deal if we had anything to do with him.

Considering the way we used our SPers this post season, would it make any sense to see what Buch has on a MiLB contract as a Reliever then? That woud cut down his work load considerably and maybe he stays healthy? He has some nasty ass stuff when he’s healthy. IDK. Just an honest question. I’m really just looking at our budget and hope we re-sign Kelly but we’ll need more. teams need plan B, Plan C, Plan D...

I’d pick up Buchholz on a minor league deal. He’s oft-injured but atleast he’s the devil you know.