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They spent a lot, last winter and still stayed under the line. Devers extension kicks in, next year, so the spending has already started to some degree. (Devers may have made about $29M had he had one more arb year.) We do lose 3 players who contributed quite a bit: JT, Duvall & Paxton. While their contracts were great, for this year, replacing them at that same money will be nearly impossible. (Thanks, Bloom!) I have us at about $50M to spend and not pay tax- $70M, if we go over but stay below the second tax line. We need 3 SP'er, but may get just 2. We need a LH'd RP'er, to some extent and maybe a big RH's bat, unless we put our faith in Story, Ref, Urias & Rafaela. You can maybe get two top pitchers for $50, but then what is left over for those other 2 slots and maybe rotation depth? We could trade for one SP'er and have plenty to spend and not go over any line (my projection.) If we spend close to $70M (my hope,) we can meet all our needs and IMO, be good enough to very very competitive. $70M could bring us Yamamoto and Gray or Montgomery plus Duvall and a LH'd RP'er.

I agree 100%, but there was a rock, and then there was a hard place. We all agree, Bloom was fired for not winning in the here and now, but the biggest gripe also seems to be he did not do enough to sacrifice the here and now for the future.

No, but they may never "splurge" during the next guy's 4 year term.

We should have traded for him when notin suggested.

I feel the same way, and even 16th is way better than 30th. Some people seem to not have the optimism gene in them.

At this point, I'd be happy with his road numbers (.725) while with COL. (About 30 points lower than Bogey's road numbers while with BOS.)

Houck vs old friend Nate. Start a streak!

Milagro!

You'd think he'd be hugging it.

Despite his recent slump, he's still top 20 vs LHP in MLB since 2022.

And converted half to other positions, already.

Crawford vs Montgomery It would be nice to see Crawford move closer to cementing a slot in next year's rotation. It would be nice to play spoiler. It would be nice to see a win, for once. 1. Rafaela CF 2. Devers 3B 3. Ref LF 4. Duvall RF 5. Reyes SS 6. Story DH 7. Dalbec 1B 8. Urias 2B 9. Wong C

Cots has this for 2024: AAV in $Ms 29.1 Devers 25.6 Sale 23.3 Story 18.0 Yoshida 16.0 Jansen 7.50 Martin 4.69 Whitlock 2.00 Refsnyder Team Option: 4.25 Joely ($500K buyout) Arbs Verdugo 3 of 3 (6.3M>? 10.5?) Pivetta 3 of 3 (5.35>? 7.5?) L Urias 3 of 4 (4.7>? 5.5?) McGuire 2 of 3 (1.23>? 2.0?) Schreiber 1 of 3 (750K>? 1.5?) (I think we either settle before arb or go to arb with all 5) The rest are pre-arbs and minor leaguers. $126M guaranteed ($131 w Joely) +$27M Arbs Total $153M ($158M w Joely) 12.0 Pre arb 2.0 0-3 bonus pool 2.5 minors on 40 16.5 player benefits Grand Total $183 to $188M Tax Line 1 $237M: $54M to spend Tax Line 2 $257M: $74M to spend Please let me know, if I missed someone or something.

Rafaela & Abreu, too.

Change will only be for the good, if the next guy is better and or the team philosophy on spending changes, too.

Good one!

He did play the 14th most games of anyone on the farm, but if they think he could use some more work, fine with me!

I have it closer to $70M to stay under the second line, but if we cut some salary, somewhere maybe... Even $70M is... $24M AAV SP + $22M AAV SP + 20M AAV SP + 4M RP We could trade some arb guys like Pivetta or Urias. Maybe find a taker for Yoshi plus some cash. Is Sale still wanted by that deranged GM?

I meant to add: Pivetta from May 28 to now: 26 gams and 83.1 IP 3.56 ERA and 3.61 FIP

As up and down as Pivetta has been, and there have been some pretty long ups and some very awful downs, hid final numbers haven't changed much with the Sox: 2021: 4.53 ERA (4.28 FIP) 2022: 4.56 ERA (4.42) 2023: 4.48 ERA (4.28) His WHIP improved a lot, as did his K/BB ratio: '21-'22: 1.345 WHIP and 2.54 K/BB 2023: 1.189 and 3.46 In 2021, he had a 9 start streak at 3.81 (3.13 FIP.) In 2022, he had a 20 start streak at 3.62 (3.73 FIP) In 2023, he went 2 months with a 1.51 ERA (2.42 FIP) in 15 games and 36 IP

There is still time to “develop” him into who we want him to be.

Is college rankings speculative and biased towards prestigious schools or not?

Hey, it worked! Right after he said that, Red and thousands of others ran to buy season tickets!

All that being said, I do think Ohio State is better. They have been for a long time, and the academic qualifications to get into ND and stay on the team puts them at a continuous disadvantage vs many other teams. It's been that way for so long, it's hard to imagine this year will break the mold. Even if ND wins, it doesn't mean they are better than Ohio State on any given day.

So is speculating on past prestige a better indicator of value than speculating on how good Teel is based on his past performances? I know it's not an equal comp, but don't both involve speculation and bias?