moonslav59
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I agree, even though I think Yoshida will improve, next year, especially if he DHs more than 60% of the time. What a mess, this team has become. We look to be deciding to have a sell off, just when we have the worst sell-off players on the roster. Story and Yoshida? Pivetta and Jansen? If this was the plan, all along, we should have sold off 1, 2 or 3 years ago, and been years ahead of the curve.
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Maybe the Padres would want yet another SS (Story,) but damn, they are looking to cut salary, too.
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When compared to his pay, probably yes. 1.6 bWAR is not horrific. (0.6 fWAR is bad. They say he was worth $5.1M in 2023.) Out of 133 qualifying batters, Yoshida placed: T 50th OBP (.338) 64th in SLG (.445) 63rd in OPS (.783) His D killed him. Some slight improvement on O and 90% Dh'ing could change his value, significantly. On AUG 7th 2023, he had the 25th best OPS in MLB. (84th best fWAR at 1.4)
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I was thinking prospect pitcher development. Add Springs to your list.
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Yes, correct. We have not been identifying the right pitchers to draft, in the mid to lower rounds, where many teams hit gold quite a bit. Our developmental system is not good, either, but that could be affected by never adding top quality pitching prospects to some extent. For a while, some used Beeks success as evidence TBR could "develop" better than us. I don't hear his name anymore. We also seem to get our fair share of major injuries with our farm arms. IMO, we need help in both areas, and maybe these new guys will do the trick. Itwill take time, and time is not something Sox fans want to think about, right now.
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I know! They say he is worth $34M/4 or about $8.5M x 4. They say Yoshida is worth $77M/4 or about $19M x 4. They are not perfect.
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Not trying to nit-pick, but he really just dropped off the last 1/3 of the season. .832 April .962 May .742 June .844 July (his 2nd best month) .640 AUG .656 SEP He was still at .840 on AUG 7th. .800 on SEP 12th. Had the season ended, here, the narrative might be different. What 2-3 weeks can do! .612 in his last 14 games brought his OPS down to .783 on the final day of the season, which is not really horrible. Only Devers and JT had a better OBP and more PAs. (Same with SLG.)
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Net Player (Value-contract) -66 Story (34-100/4 yrs) -2.0 Jansen (14-16/1) 0.00 Martin (7.5-7.5/1) +27 Devers (323-296/10) We will not trade him, (now.) +3 Yoshida (77-74/4) +2 Whitlock (37-35/5) I don't see him as a dump candidate.
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What team might want Yoshida (plus cash, I assume?)
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Moving Yoshida would open up financial and positional room to sign Matt Chapman, but that ain't happening- sorry, notin! C- Wong/McGuire 1B- Devers/Casas DH- Casas/Devers 3B- Chapman (Devers) 2B- Grissom (Reyes) SS- Story (Reyes) LF- Druan/Refsnyder CF- Rafaela/Abreu RF- O'Neill (Abreu) It would also make it "easier" to sign Teoscar or Duvall.
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I think Woodruff will miss all of 2024, so this would be a move for 2025 and beyond or a "pillow" contract for 2025, while paying him something for '24. My list might look like this, "counting contracts:" 1. Monty 2. Imanaga 3. Stroman 4. Snell 5. Paxton 6. Bauer Other teams can have the rest.
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SEA-SFG Trade To SFG: Robbie Ray To SEA: Mitch Haniger & Anthony DeSclafini (+ Cash) There is also a rumor of the Rays sending Luke Raley to SEA for Jose Caballero.
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His contract runs out after 2026, LOL!
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Is this in order you like them? Isn't kershaw starting the year on the IL and may miss half the year?
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I'm okay with Duvall or Teoscar, because I see them as better in RF than Soler, but I do really prefer plus RF defense in Fenway. 2021-2023 OAA in RF -1 Verdugo -7 Teoscar -9 Renfroe -11 Soler ? Duvall (+2 LF) ? Refsnyder (-2 LF) DRS +9 JBJ (764 innings) +16.5 UZR/150 +8 Duvall (807 innings) +10.9 UZR/150 +5 Dugo (1775 innings) +4.3 UZR/150 +2 Duran (just 47 innings)-17.8 UZR/150 0 Abreu (just 7 innings) -56.1 UZR/150 -4 Tesoscar (3008) +0.9 UZR/150 -5 Merrifield (424) -4.8 UZR/150 -5 Refsnyder (243) -17.1 UZR/150 7 Renfroe (3262 innings) -2.5 UZR/150 -16 Soler (2nd worst in MLB in 993 innings) -14.6 UZR/150
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Can we finally stop with this whole LF/DH fascination? We might as well sign 3 Tommy Phams.
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My expectations bar was not lowered; it disappeared. My hopes have been greatly lowered, including quite a bit in the months after the "full throttle" thingy.
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True. Rafaela and Abreu are better than both in CF. (Not Duran, though.) So, you see Teaoscar and Duvall as equal on D in RF? The O is a tough call, too. Lateral sounds right.
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Well.... not any top ones: Victor Santos and Nick Robertson for O'Neill Ammons for Slaten, who is also a prospect. MiLFA: Benitez & Olivares On the flip side: trades for prospects: Verdugo> Fitts Weissert (not a prospect?) & Judice Urias> I Campbell (not a prospect?)
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It looks that way, and I doubt the "one" will be an earth-shaker.
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Balt's young core is moving closer to prime. NYY is getting Rodon back, or so they think. (Maybe they do, but then Judge will get hurt.) TBR never goes away. TOR may not be done with major moves. Good point though. Nobody looks to have gotten better on paper.
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I totally agree. Part of me thinks, well, we can still trade for a 1/2 and sign Stroman or Imanaga, and come close to what I hoped for in NOV & DEC, but then the reasoning part of my brain smacks me upside the noggin' and says, "WTF, dude! You're dreamin'!"
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Your most "perfect post," ever!
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Yes. To me, my biggest hopes upon his hiring was that he'd... 1. Build up the whole farm system, including significant upgrading of pitcher acquisition & development. (Almost a total failure.) 2. Find "gems in the rough," including pitchers, as the budget cuts necessitated. (Did so less than I expected, but he did nab Whitlock, Pivetta, Schreiber, Bernardino, Strahm and some non pitchers like Renfroe, JT, Duvall, Wong, Abreu...) 3. Do well on mid-level signings. (Almost a total flop in the $5M to $12M range, except for maybe Wacha and Hill, who did okay.)
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I've been kinda high on Imanaga, or maybe more than most. I see him and Stroman as about an even risk. Hard to know. If you told me in mid December, we'd be adding Imanaga, Giolito, Teoscar and O'Neill, I would not have been happy. Now, with my hopes being lowered, it might be the best we can hope for. I'm trying to not use the word "expect."
