moonslav59
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Everything posted by moonslav59
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The Sale trade only took off $7M from the lux tax budget, not $10M.
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If Sale just repeats 2023, he’ll likely out WAR Gio.
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I just don’t see us signing Monty. Snell is likely to get more somewhere else.
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$17.1 value for Grissom is pretty damn high! That’s like Kyle Teel or winckowski plus Abreu
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I think AAV plays into the equation, too. Sale’s contract comes off the books in ‘25, so it’s not totally just $27M/1 vs $27M/2 or 3, in theory. You are right about the total dollar value. The thing is we may very well not spend even the $10M saved, let alone that $27M suggested deal that could be fantasy.
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BTV grades the trade as +5.8 for BOS, for what it’s worth.
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… and not so we can sign Monty and Snell!
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I could also see us trade Duran plus Wikelman or Perales for a SP. One could imagine Duran plus Crawford for a real good one.
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BTV: -5.7 Sale 17M cash Total: $11.3M For 17.1 Grissom
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It would not shock me to see us gear up for 2026.
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I agree. Or, sign Monty or Snell instead of Stroman. Or, sign Stroman and Imanaga, instead of Stroman and Paxton.
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I think Campbell and Fitts will stick around and help at some point. Weissert, maybe. Bloom swung and missed, a lot, but Schreiber, Winckowski and Whitlock are still around.
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Then, painted it black!
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You act like 50 IP for Sale is a certainty. I do value durability and do favor Giolito over Sale, and I’ve never wanted Gio. I also value projected skill level. I do t want Bello and 4 Gio/pivettas.
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lol!
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I’m guessing Bernardino.
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Only if he needs to be in AAA, or someone else looks way more deserving of the 26.
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Honestly, I feel better about Sale in 2024 than I did about Kluber before ‘23, Wacha or Hill in ‘22 or Richards/Perez in ‘21. The $10M “saved” is equal to what we paid Kluber and Richards and almost as much as Wacha+Hill.
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I never said we would go over the first line. I said we “could and should.” I’m expecting we won’t. If I had to predict, I’d guess we end up $5-15M under the first tax line. It would not shock me, if we end up $16-20M under. I have no expectations on the budget.
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I’m not sure Mata has trade value as he might not be good enough to make a team’s 26, but he’d be the one to trade, first- or DFA. Slaten could be sent back or we trade someone to his old team, which would allow us to put him in AAA. I could see including Crawford, Houck, Whitlock or Schreiber/Wink as part of a package for a very good SPer.
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Yes! He has an option, so we have more AAA depth.
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So, as of now, our 13 opening day pitching staff might be… S1 Bello S2 Giolito S3 Crawford S4 Pivetta S5 Houck R1 Jansen R2 Martin R3 Winckowski R4 Whitlock R5 Schreiber R6 Slaten (rule 5) R7 Mata (out of options) The pen have good depth at AAA: Campbell Murphy Kelly Weissert Fitts Guerrero I think I’m forgetting someone
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Wong Maybe Abreu Longshot EValdez, Rosier, DHam…
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So, 2 more Pivettas and we’re all set!
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Only if Gio pitches better, and Sale goes 50 or less or 100-179.
