moonslav59
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Something it appears Bloom willingly accepted, four years ago.
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Or, if you have an extension framework worked out, which doesn't happen, anymore. BTW, I am not for trading Mayer for Soto. I was just saying it would not take the 3 prospects mentioned to get him. I doubt the Sox would offer him, anyway. They might give Dugo & Rafaela for him- maybe Yorke & Rafaela.
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That was not my "expectation," but it does fall within a possible financial expectation on winter spending. Trading Dugo's $9M (plus prospects) for $15M Burnes gets us an ace for $6M.
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We need to hit on our next longterm signing, which really has to be a SP'er. Yoshida Story ____? We can't go into 2025 with a 3rd questionable or deadweight deal on the books. Some are even questioning the Devers deal, despite his 126 OPS+, which is higher than his career OPS+ (124.)
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I seriously doubt we'd give up just Mayer for Soto, even if they paid $10M or so.
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I figured you missed it. Actually, I'd be fine with just Burnes and Yamamoto, and we'd stay under the second line. We could take a flyer on someone like Severino or Flaherty, but for the 5 slot, not a top 3 slot in the rotation. (Insurance for Sale, and allows us to keep one more of these guys in the pen: Houck, Whitlock, Crawford or Pivetta.)
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I'm not locked into Morton, but I was thinking we just extended devers for 10, I was giving Yamamoto 10 years and expect us to extend Burnes, too. Balancing that with one 1 yr deal seems logical. We could also spend less per year on a longer deal for someone like Wacha or on one from 30-31 year olds ERod, Montgomery, Giolito or Snell.
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Burnes and Yamamoto aren't "someone else?" They both might be top 5-7 in available SP'ers this winter.
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Ummm, I also added Burnes and Yamamoto. Morton is no Kluber or Richards. His 163+ IP over the last 3 years would have led the Sox in IP in 2023. Last 3 year average: 174 IP 3.77 ERA (114 ERA+) 3.75 FIP 10.4 K/9 Kluber's previous 3 years average 120 IP (not counting 1 IP in short 2020 season) 4.15 ERA (93 ERA+) 3.66 FIP 8.2 K/9 Richards 64 IP (not counting 9 IP in 2020) 4.09 ERA (103 ERA+) 4.29 FIP 9.5 K/9
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How is this for a winter plan of action? Trade Dugo, Yorke & Drohan for Corbin Burnes (BTV rates as a minor overpay by the Sox) Est ARBs: Burnes $15M and Dugo $9M, so +$9M to 2024 budget. Sign Duvall to about $30M/3. +$10M to 2024 budget Sign Yamamoto to about $230M/10 (plus posting fee.) +$23M to 2024 budget Sign Morton to about $22M/1 with team option for '25 at $15M with $1M buyout. +$23M to 2024 budget That is adding $65M to the 2024 tax budget, which I believe keeps us under the second tax line, comfortably. SP1 Burnes SP2 Yamamoto SP3 Morton SP4 Bello SP5 Sale/Pivetta (pen) RP8/9 Jansen & Martin RP7/8 Winckowski & Schreiber (Bernardino if Pivetta is starting) RP4-8 Houck, Crawford, Whitlock (Pivetta, if Sale is starting) 1. L/R Duran-Refsnyder LF 2. L Devers 3B 3. R Duvall RF 4. L Casas 1B 5. L Yoshida DH 6. R Story SS 7. L/R Abreu-Rafaela CF 8. R Urias-Reyes 2B 9. L/R McGuire-Wong C Is that enough to win? Is it possible we spend $65M plus the Devers and arb raises?
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LMAO!
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And, if you are counting the whole division as champs, then are they all cheaters, too?
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I agree. Make them all 7 game series and that would add some games.
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Now, That's Entertainment!
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In 140 more years?
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I can see us using Rafaela all over the place, which would allow Abreu to play CF and RF enough to not need to be in AAA. If we trade Dugo and sign Duvall, Duvall should be a FT player, if he stays healthy. Rafaela would have to play a lot of 2B to give Abreu that time.
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Not for one year. Did we get anywhere near that for 1 year of Betts?
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I doubt he would have been protected, anyway.
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It was his bridge gift to Ben.
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We could do a lot worse than Duvall in RF. (Abreu as a back-up should work, too.)
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In some ways, I think we have a lot of OF depth but no sure bet, solid 3 OF'er's. The one we have, Verdugo is the guy most likely to be traded. To me, I'm fine with... Yoshida at DH and 3rd string LF'er. Duran and Refsnyder should be a fine platoon for LF. Abreu could be depth, if needed. RF should be Dugo or Duvall (if Dugo is traded.) Abreu could be depth, there, too. CF is the open book. It could be Duvall, if we sign him and keep Dugo, or we could go with Rafaela and Abreu, but with all these OF'ers I think one will start the season in AAA as further depth. I'm not sure Rosier is ML ready, but looks to be a LF type OF'er.
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Indeed, unless you think he will almost certainly not get hurt, all year.
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Agreed, and had we traded Sale, it would have been further evidence we were not serious about "winning now."
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I've thought it possible since day one, but there is no evidence to support this opinion.
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It's hard to know how good his D in RF is, now. He's surely not at GG level, but watching him in CF, this year makes it hard to relate to his RF skill set. I'm not thinking he would be worse than Verdugo, but maybe not better, either. I would not like to see him in CF, anymore, but as an emergency CF'er, maybe. I see RF and maybe 1B as the two major spots for him. I'd say LF, too, but we already have 3-4 of those. I just wonder if his bat is enough to make up for the loss of JT. Hopefully, Story can make up the difference, and Rafaela offers some hopes there, too. If we only add Duvall to the everyday ML roster, I'd be okay, but we will need improvements at a few positions to make the offense be a significant plus in 2024. It was about average in 2023. Here some possibilities... More time from Story, Duran and Duvall. The emergence of Rafaela, Abreu and EValdez. Improved offense at 2B (Urias/Reyes/Valdez) Improvement from Casas and our catchers. Devers goes ballistic.
