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  1. moonslav59
    I'm not sure, one way or the other. I kinda feel like 2024 or beyond has always been their true goal on splurging, but I don't know what to believe, anymore.
  2. moonslav59
    His SSS OPS is now over .900. The guy has hit for long stretches in MLB, already. To bad the guy can't field any position even poorly. He's just plain awful, everywhere but DH.
  3. moonslav59
    I don't think he's very dependable, so maybe he'll fit right into our plans. He probably gets more than $10M/1, so I'm not sure we can afford him.
  4. moonslav59
    Agreed. I see one of BTV's biggest mistakes as having Yoshi at +12.6. IMO, he's more like -12.6, as in we'd have to pay $12.6M towards his remaining salary just to get a player worth zero.
  5. moonslav59
    You really think we'd have gone over the line, this year, had we stayed under, last year? I have serious doubts.
  6. moonslav59
    I'm still hoping for 82, 81, at worst, but I would not bet on it.
  7. moonslav59
    He's on this list, and might be a second tier guy I would not mind us taking a chance on.
  8. moonslav59
    Last winter's FA SP signings: $37M x 5 deGrom $27M x 6 Rodon $43M x 2 Verlander $15M x 5 Senga $18M x 4 Walker $17M x 4 Taillon $21M x 3 Bassitt $13M x 3 Eflin & T Anderson $17M x 2 Nate $6.5M x 4 Wacha (opt out) $13M x 3 Quintana, Stripling, Heaney & Manea $20M/1 Kershaw & M Perez $9.5 x 2 Smyly $8.5 x 2 Lyles $7.5 x 2 Lugo $13M x 1 Syndergaard $12M x 1 Clevinger $10M x 1 Kluber, Gibson & Boyd
  9. moonslav59
    He even gave us a Dave Henderson, one flap down, home run trot. https://www.milb.com/video/kristian-campbell-s-three-run-hr
  10. moonslav59
    That has been true, and what else can we use as an indicator of what we can expect for IP, going forward? Age? IP 2021-2023 3. Nola 567 9. Gibson 530 14. Morton 520 17. Montgomery 511 29. Pivetta 463 33. Lynn 450 34. Stroman 449 38. Singer 441 (trade?) 39. Greinke 437 41. Snell 431 43. Gray 230 46. Nate 427
  11. moonslav59
    Agreed. I really don't think we are that many players away from strong contention. The 2 SP'er slots are major, but it's only 2 slots and we have over $50M, minimum, unless JH goes cheaper than the tax line. I think Bloom left a decent foundation for the next GM to finish filling out those 2-4 slots. Can we finally go with quality over quantity?
  12. moonslav59
    Here are the worst LF'ers in 2023, according to OAA: -19 Schwarber -12 Profar -11 Beni -9 Yoshi -9 Soto -8 de la Cruz It shows Yoshida at 0 on balls hit "in" and -2 going "back," so that jives with the short wall preventing missed plays in those directions. He's -4 to the left and -4 to the right. My guess is, if he played in Yankee Stadium, he might be -6 back, -4 in, -4 to his right and -6 to his left.
  13. moonslav59
    I'm not so sure we'd have gone over, this year had we stayed under, last year. We didn't even edge up to the line, as it was. The improved draft picks and bonus money did not hurt in 2023. In theory, had he traded JD or had a fire sale, in 2022, maybe some of the returns would have been helping us in 2023, but the vast majority of trades "missed out on" due to indecisiveness seemed like "for the future" trades, and the criticism seems to be mostly, in an overall sense, that he valued the future too much and the now, too little. I'm with you on the indecisiveness being hurtful, but I was not all about the here and now, all along.
  14. moonslav59
    Those SSs seem from so long ago! (Gonzo, reese and Cora, too.)
  15. moonslav59
    Indeed. I do see my eye test matching up with my views on Sox defenders, this year, though.
  16. moonslav59
    I'm not so sure Mayer is untouchable. We have several other Sss in the system, and Story for 4 more years. We aren't trading Bello, Anthony or Teel. I doubt we'd trade Casas over Mayer. If we can't part with #5 on this list, then not much will have changed.
  17. moonslav59
    I agree. They will be looking to trade one from Burnes or Woodruff, and then maybe extend the other. They are still in a winning window and are not a super low-spending team. Other teams are more likely partners. KCR: Singer PIT: M Keller MIA: Luzardo or Garrett Maybe AZ: Gallen CWS: Cease CLE: Bieber
  18. moonslav59
    Okay. Got it. I already recognized my mistake.
  19. moonslav59
    A long standing Sox tradition seems to have been that we can lean into having a big bat but poor defensive LF'er, because the short LF allows for limited range to be less important, and the wall can stop the b all from rolling forever away from the bozo defender we put out there. I'm not sure it always worked. Conversely, we have often had plus defenders in RF. I'm not sure why SS defense has rarely seemed to b e a high priority,
  20. moonslav59
    My eye test matches up better with OAA than DRS and UZR/150. LOL!
  21. moonslav59
    I get that, and I agree. His indecisiveness crippled the team. My point was about the leaked stories of missed trades seem to mostly be about trading vets for prospects, while saying out of the other side of their moth, that Bloom neglected the here and now.
  22. moonslav59
    Those two might put us over the first line, by themselves, unless we shed salary, somehow (trade Yoshi, Dugo or Sale?) If the priority is to stay below the second line, we should have enough to sign Gray, Montgomery, Duvall and a very good LH'd RP'er. We can also pay Dugo & Pivetta's arb raises or even extend Dugo. SP: Gray, Montgomery, Bello, Crawford, 1 from Pivetta/Sale/Houck LR: Whitlock, 2 from Houck, Pivetta or Sale SR: Jansen, Martin, Schreiber, Winckowski, Bernardino C: Wong, McGuire 1B: Casas (Duvall/Devers) 2B: Urias, Reyes SS: Story (Reyes) 3B: Devers (Urias) LF: Duran, Refsnyder (Yoshida) CF: Rafaela, Duvall RF: Dugo (Duvall/Abreu) DH: Yoshida
  23. moonslav59
    Soxprospects.com... http://news.soxprospects.com/2023/09/cup-of-coffee-drive-win-second-sal.html Player of the Day: Kristian Campbell ended his great 2023 season on a high note with three hits and a home run in Greenville's title-clincher. After eight games with the FCL Red Sox, where he posted a .391 batting average and a 1.082 OPS, Campbell was called up to Greenville. He had a nice regular season, with an .822 OPS in 14 games and had an even better postseason. It was a successful first professional season for the 21-year old shortstop.
  24. moonslav59
    To me, they are being a bit hypocritical. They are saying Bloom's major defect was building for the here and now, and I don't disagree. Then, they blast him for not making (or being "indecisive") on deals that would have been trading away here and now players for prospects (and the future.) I'm not saying the criticism is unfounded or off base, but did they want him to trade JD, Sale, Nate and others, or not? They are trying to have it both ways.
  25. moonslav59
    It seems way more accurate than UZR/150 and a little better than DRS.
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