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Another third tier fall-back SP'er is off the boards. Flaherty to DET for $14M/1. Also, Burnes has stated he'd have to be "blown away" to sign and extension after a trade. (I'd scratch him off my wish list.)

This trade was assuming we do more, like signing Monty and maybe another pitcher and a 1 yr catcher or OF'er. Monty, Sandoval, Stroman, Drury, O'Neill and Garver looks like a pretty serious improvement.

Yes, I often do not get bad jokes. My bad.

Yes. I'm not just dumping Yorke or trading him fo a player at a position of low need.

The second list is value before money is factored. Yes, the younger players would project to less in '24.

You are talking me into this. 5.8 fWAR 2021-2023, while ranked 20th at 2B, it is a big improvement over what we have had. .806 OPS (4th best by 2Bmen since '21) and his .493 SLG is second only to Altuve. His D has mixed metrics: -2 DRS (28th out of 42 2Bmen with 900+ innings at 2B) +3.8 UZR/150 (9th out of 42) +5 OAA (24th out of 111) BTV accepts: Bleis, Yorke and Wikelman for Sandoval (3 yrs) & Dury (1 yr)

Very well stated. Also, how any sort of display of optimism is met with a 2 by 4 to the noggin, then gloating and self-back slapping by the eternal pessimists.

Maybe a one year deal sort of guy. Polanco has 2 years. Maybe we get him and trade Yorke or EValdez. Then, hopefully, Mayer comes up in 2025 to solve our MI issue for a while.

I don't put a lot of trust in all the BTV numbers, but according to them, we look okay to pretty well set at 2B, CF and LF: 34.0 Duran (they list him in CF) 12.3 Rafaela (OF, but can play 2B) 8.1 Valdez (2B) 7.8 Abreu (OF- maybe the hardest guy to place a firm value on) 5.7 O'Neill (OF) Take away the money and they see their and others' projected productionvalue as suck: 323/10 Devers 87/5 Casas 78/4 Yoshida 60/5 Duran 34/4 Story 25/6 Abreu 20/6 EValdez 19/6 Rafaela 11/1 O'Neill 6/2 McGuire 4.4/5 Wong According to BTV, Catching is our biggest non-pitching need. Maybe we try to add a short term catcher to carry us to Teel.

Of course, I'm assuming a healthy season from Story and continued growth from Wong, Casas (on D), Abreu and or Rafaela. I've never said we have studs in all but 3 slots on the 26. Yes, we could certainly improve at more than 3 slots on the 26, but to me, we have only 3 "major" holes, and they are at key and expensive positions: SP1 SP2 or 3 2B (RH b at) Once could argue our catching tandem in weaker than the norm, and the 2023 numbers back that up and the CF/RF situation depends a lot on 2 of these 3 guys to come through: O'Neill, Rafaela and Abreu. I suppose Duran could play CF, but I prefer he not do that. Also, while I was talking about 2024, it's nice to know our top 4 prospects- 3 maybe ready by late '24 or early '25 play in areas we need help the most, beyond pitching: OF: Anthony SS: Mayer (Story to 2B?) C: Teel I think we are better than the norm at ... DH (Yoshida) 1B (Casas) SS (Story) 3B (Devers) LF (Duran/Refsnyder) We look near the norm at... CF & RF (O'Neil, Rafaela, Abreu) C (Wong & McGuire) Our bench will have Rafaela or Abreu + Refsnyder in the OF Reyes + EValdez in MI 1B depth is questionable Add two top SP'ers, and IMO, the rest of our rotation looks near norm or better and IMO, or pen will look top 3 in skill and depth. SP1 SP2 Bello Sale Pivetta Houck, Crawford, Whitlock Jansen, Martin, Winckowski, Schreiber and Slaten (Rule 5) or Mata (out of options) This minor league pen depth looks fantastic: Campbell Bernardino Fitts Murphy Criswell Weissert Kelly Walter & Gambrel Guerrero & Hagenman (Wikelman, Benitez & Olivares) If we end up trading for one key need, and he's not expensive, then we could fill the other 2 slots through free agency and have some funds left over to upgrade C and OF, too. Maybe both.

You have said every one of your posts are perfect.

Agreed. ‘26 & ‘27 might be special, too.

To each his own. Those seasons have some meaning. Let's call it one ring and move on.

That's gonna leave a mark!

2020 does not count.

You remind me of someone who can't even admit to a simple mistake.

Wong & EValdez for Torres?

I want an ace and a number 2. If Monty outpitches Burnes, we'll be in great shape.

Let's get both and see who does better!

Yankees claim Jeter Downs off waivers. See, I told you they were in decline.

Okay, yes, Betts and Bogey- two 23 year olds with the sky as the limit, but the foundation around them was in shambles. JBJ was about to step in, but Papi was one year away from retiring, and it took a lot of trades and FA signings for DD to fill all the holes on the 2015 team. These were the leading PA players ate each position: C- Swihart .712 1B- Napoli .693 2B- Pedey .797 SS- Bogey .776 3B- Pablito .658 LF- HRam .717 (had best year in BOS in DD's first season) CF- Betts .820 RF- Castillo .647 DH- Papi .913 (actually got better in 2016, before retiring.) UT- Holt .727 (505 PAs was 3rd on team) OF JBJ .832 (255 PAs) 1B- TShaw .813 (248) C2- Hanigan .664 GS 32 Miley 4.46 28 Porcello 4.92 (about to win Cy Young) 25 Kelly 4.82 (moved to pen) 21 ERod 3.85 18 Buccholz 3.26 11 Owens 4.57, 9 Wright 4.09, 9 Masterson 5.61 Pen 40 year old Uehara (40 IP) IP 65 Ogando 61 R Ross 59 Tazawa 56 Breslow 48 Layne 33 Barnes 25 Hembree I see a hell of a lot of major holes on that team. This team may not have Betts, Bogey, JBJ and Pedey, but I see less major holes.

Like how adding Pablo and Hram paved the way for Price to choose Boston. (Just yanking your chain. I agree 100%.)

Defense is the given. I didn't think it needed to be stated. Our bats are lefty heavy. I'd prefer a RH'd bat with some power, if possible.

Montgomery & Barnes would be a Homer.

I know the guy has some nasty stuff and has shown the ability to control it. I don't think 2021 was a fluke.