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  1. moonslav59
    Theur farm is still not as good as ours, and our top 6 are all due in 1-2 years, and 9 of top 11, too. I have already mentioned Cohen will spend way more, but he has shown it does not lead to wins.
  2. moonslav59
    Yes, his "whole family is on PEDs."
  3. moonslav59
    The salary relief was tge big return: Cuc Napoli Dempster
  4. moonslav59
    I agree. Joe Mauer. Very few, but many sign extensions, so they are not counted as FAs taking less. They are still players not choosing more money. Papi, Pedey and Bogey took less than they could have gotten as FAs.
  5. moonslav59
    Yes, still okay, but almost as big a drop from SDP/BOS as from year 3 to 4: wRC+ 156 SDP '09 142 SDP '10 155 BOS '11 (116 BOS/LAD '12) 124 LAD '13 129 LAD '14 129 LAD '15 111 LAD '16 The drop from '15 to '16 was 18 points. The drop from '11 to '13 was 21 points. He was still a good player for 3-4 years with LA, but he was not great and did not earn that salary, IMO. When you consider the salary LA took on with AGon, CC and Beckett, minus the small payments we made to them, they got hosed.
  6. moonslav59
    What is brother did was stupid, insensitive and ignorant. If it was based in racism, I wasn't aware the trait was genetically passed onto siblings. "Stroman's a punk." "Gurriel's is a defacto racist." "Giolito is a nutcase." Did I miss any?
  7. moonslav59
    I'm not saying I like the idea. I'd be bummed, but it might be the best we can expect.
  8. moonslav59
    He might have gotten close to $75M more, had he waited. Curious why you chose $75M. Is $70M more not "all about the money?" How about $50M or $25M?
  9. moonslav59
    Devers might have some encouraging words, too. If it's about letting stars go, why would Yamo sign with the team that just traded Verlander and Scherzer? The team that finished 4 games in front of the Nats, who were the 2nd worst team in the NL.
  10. moonslav59
    Or maybe Luzardo, Framber Valdez or some under the radar trade target. I could see us settling on Stroman and Imanaga.
  11. moonslav59
    Yes, but at the time, he was still viewed as a big plus, at the time of the trade. BTW, AGon declined after the trade, too. .888 OPS w SDP .895 OPS w BOS .793 OPS w LAD, but .817 his first full 3 years there.
  12. moonslav59
    I think we sign Monty and trade for another SP'er and 2Bman. They may take on salary to ease the return needed in trade, as we can spend quite a bit without going over the first or second tax line. We may sign Monty and Merrifield and trade for a SP. Maybe we sign Monty & Stroman and trade for 2B. All kinds of options, but I hope we concentrate almost all our resources on just 2 slots, so we get some real quality.
  13. moonslav59
    You guys never cease to amaze me.
  14. moonslav59
    Assume we add a SP1, SP3, and 2Bman: I know big assumption, I see the 26 and 40 like this: SP1 Bello SP3 Sale Pivetta (Maybe Crawford) Jansen Martin Winckowski Schreiber Crawford Houck Whitlock Slaten (Rule 5)/ Mata (out of options) Trade, return or DFA the other Wong McGuire Casas 2Bman Reyes EValdez Story Devers Yoshida Refsnyder Duran Rafaela O'Neill The other 14: (Blue= should see key time in MLB) Murphy, Walter, Wikelman, Perales Campbell, Bernardino, Criswell, Kelly, Weissert 2 from Weiss, Llovera & Jacques Abreu DHam Dalbec
  15. moonslav59
    Talk a bout a team who keeps swinging and missing at their top priorities.
  16. moonslav59
    They were pretty damn bad. They finished 4 games above the second worst team in the NL, the Nats. Cohen may give a free agents the idea he will spend what it takes to be a winner, but they have a long way to go. IMO, longer than the Sox, and they have less top prospects near the ML level, too. I'm just not seeing the great appeal of the Mets.
  17. moonslav59
    Indeed. Our problem has been not offering top dollar for the better FAs, not free agents saying no to us.
  18. moonslav59
    I was speaking to the Yamo choice that seems to come down to 4 teams that all look pretty similar, in that respect. I also think the idea that many players do not want to play wit the Sox is overblown. There are many examples of players who signed with us, and even Nate came back after the TEX offer, hoping we'd take him back. If anyone should know about the Sox and "winning organizations," it would be him.
  19. moonslav59
    Of course. I'm not sure any FA looks at the team outlook 2-5 or more years down the line, but I do think our outlook, in terms of the current foundation and the whole system, looks pretty good for the Sox. At worst, we look about the same as the NYM, NYY and SFG. I don't think any of these 4 jump out as the team that is a "winner," if that is what Yamo is looking for as a secondary factor to money.
  20. moonslav59
    True, but they also traded away some talent at the deadline. We lost Turner, Duvall and Paxton plus Dugo and Urias. With $50-70M to spend, we should be able to improve. If Story returns healthy, he could more than match the value of Diaz.
  21. moonslav59
    My point was the Mets will have more holes to fill after getting Yamo than we would. If Yamo is picking a team on which one has the best chance at winning not just in 2024, but over the next 5-10 years, they all look pretty much the same. I might even give the edge to BOS with so many top prospects a year or two away, and a pretty young/prime foundation. Sale comes off the books after '24, so another major acquisition should be very possible, next winter- along with 2-3, this winter. Of course, the Mets could choose to add 5 key player any winter, and the Yanks & Giants have been known to make big offers, too. Of these 4 teams, which is best set up farm & budget wise (combined)? I think one could argue the Sox are 1 or 2.
  22. moonslav59
    What have the Mets, Yanks and Giants done in the last 5 years? While the Yanks have won more than us, they showed significant decline, last year. The Mets, Giants and Sox are pretty much bunched up in wins over 5 years. Choose 6 years, and it looks different: Wins 509 NYY (no rings/ 1 ALCS loss) 464 BOS (1 ring/ 1 ALCS loss) 446 SFG (no rings/no NLCS appearances) 442 NYM (no rings/no NLCS appearances) Choose last 3 years: 273 NYY -no ALCS appearances 267 SFG -no NLCS appearances 253 NYM -no NLCS appearances 248 BOS -1 ALCS loss Looks pretty close, to me.
  23. moonslav59
    I get that sense, too, but I think he learned a lesson from last winter's splurge. The Mets have a lot of high need areas. Spending huge on Yamo will not even come close to making them a winner. I think adding Yamo to the Sox roster brings them closer, but maybe I'm just a homer.
  24. moonslav59
    That is often the case, but going on the assumption that nobody has blown anyone away, yet, do you think if Cohen offers $350M/10 and JH counters with $370M/11, Cohen will jump to $450M/12?
  25. moonslav59
    Agreed. Now, assume he gets close offers from BOS, NYY and NYM, I'm not so sure there is a clear choice on which of these 3 teams is better situated to win in the next 5-10 years. Cohen is likely to spend more. The Yanks have more tradition, but not over the last 20 years. The Sox have the most rings, this century, a better farm and a comparable 26 and 40 man roster foundation as the other two.
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