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  1. moonslav59
    I'm pretty sure Bloom wanted Betts and Bogey on the 26, too.
  2. moonslav59
    They project the Woo staff as such: SP: Walter, Drohan, Gambrell, Van Belle, Santos RP: Murphy, Kelly, Robertson, Jacques, Guerrero, Fernandez, Hagenman, Politi, Booser Most IP at WOO in '23: Walter Drohan Bearclaw Mosqueda Faria Politi Booser R Gomez Gudino Murphy Dermody Shugart (All over 40 IP)
  3. moonslav59
    It might depend on Drohan and how long Walter, Murphy and others are on the big club vs WOO.
  4. moonslav59
    soxprospects.com projects the Sea Dogs to start the season with these top prospects on their roster: 1. Mayer 3. Anthony 5. Teel 8. Wikelman (Plus, I Coffey, Bastardo, Penrod, Hickey) Woo is projected to have: 4. Rafaela 6. Yorke 13. Drohan 15. Walter 16. Meidroth 23. DHam 38. Gambrell (Kelly, Guerrero, Robertson, Meidroth, Scott, Rosier) Maybe Perales, Castro and Monegro cell promoted to AA, at some point in '24.
  5. moonslav59
    I'm thinking adding Montgomery and Gray is too much to hope for. Maybe we end up with Montgomery and Seth Lugo.
  6. moonslav59
    Makes me think we will be adding a 2Bman, this winter.
  7. moonslav59
    Campbell has 2 options. In case anyone was wondering.
  8. moonslav59
    Bloom gave up the great Jacob Wallace to get Mills. I'm so bummed.
  9. moonslav59
    Probably means we are slotting another one of our pen guys into the rotation. (BTW, the RP'er is another righty.) Sox non tendered Wyatt Mills.
  10. moonslav59
    Bloom extended the "best defensive 2Bman in the league," according to Cora.
  11. moonslav59
    Do teams use this site for input? No, so why do you have interest in it?
  12. moonslav59
    Price and Kimbrell added from 2015 to 2016 made it more promising in my book, but it was close. I was bummed about our FA selections, that winter before 2013. That was a big ding to my personal expectations for the season.
  13. moonslav59
    Fair enough. I'd like to see us trade for a younger SP'er, then maybe go for Gray, since he will take a shorter deal. Otherwise, I see us getting Montgomery, who is borderline "big," but after inflation factoring, maybe less than Story cost us. I'm not counting on anything more than maybe something like a Seth Lugo, Duvall and Flaherty.
  14. moonslav59
    Yes, VTek and Lowe never came close to what Moyer gave you guys for many many years, unless you count VTek's effect on our staff's ERA.
  15. moonslav59
    Is there a dollar amount you don't think we'll go over? Would Snell or Nola be "big?"
  16. moonslav59
    I get what you said. It was a questionable choice. To me, the choice was made after 2018, when we did not bring back Kimbrell or Kelly or anyone near their skill levels. As fans, it was a "bad decision," but it's a business, too. JH felt the mega spending had gone on long enough, and was starting to move to the down cycle, IMO. That sucked for us Sox fans, especially losing Betts, but JH has done this before and we came back to win again, so I'm hesitant to say "bad."
  17. moonslav59
    That was rather "volatile." Honestly, how would DD have handled 2020 and the offseason before 2021, which also had a rather restrictive winter spending budget? I can see why DD was not viewed as the "right fit."
  18. moonslav59
    I'm not expecting anything big, either. I'm hoping but not hopeful. MLBTR projects Montgomery will make $150M/6. That would make him the biggest signing since Price. (If you count extensions, then the Devers one blows it away, but we'd have to go back to Sale to come close to $150M, but still under. (As a FA, Story got $140M/6.) I guess "big" is a relative term, and with inflation, maybe it would not be all that big.
  19. moonslav59
    It might have been more about his commitment to Kennedy than to DD. I'm still not so sure keeping DD and forcing him to slash the budget and not make any major trades was the right choice, either. We maybe assume that because DD did a good job with Philly (while spending pretty bigly,) he'd have kept us a winner through these last few years. I am highly doubtful. It doesn't seem to be DD's specialty.
  20. moonslav59
    I thought the talk was about ALE trades. You always blast me for going off tangent.
  21. moonslav59
    I think they did give Bloom enough spending money to do better than what he did, although 2021 did redeem him to some small extent. Bloom could have drafted college players and seen results during his term, here. I'm not sure how much range he had on trading top prospects, but he never did. Bloom and Ben were both easy "fall guys," but I think there is more to it than just that. I think they never viewed Ben or Bloom as the type of GMs to "get over the hump" with, but Ben surprised them, and Bloom nearly did in '21. I honestly can't imagine DD being part of the 2020 team and budget cuts. Apparently, he was close to trading betts to LA in 2019, but we went on a winning stretch, but I doubt he felt they would never replace him, in kind, shortly after trading him. I'm not saying DD would have quit, but if there was bickering during 2019, I can imagine the escalation during 2020 and the winter before 2021.
  22. moonslav59
    I think it was more about the infighting and the differing opinions on the direction the team was moving towards.
  23. moonslav59
    Exactly. For some reason, super rich team owners are expected to behave differently than those who do not own teams.
  24. moonslav59
    LOL! If someone could just go 2 for 4!
  25. moonslav59
    Not a bad choice- fresh off two losing seasons in a row, but the David Price signing and Kimbrell trade were a major splash additions that previous winter. We still had Papi, Betts, a JBJ in his prime, Bogey, Pedey, HRam, beni, Vaz and others. The rotation was going to be Price, Porcello, ERod, Buch, and maybe Wright/Kelly/Owens as the 5th guy. Before '13, we had lost AGon, Beckett and others. We added Vic and Dempster. Our rotation was: Lester (4.82 in '12) Lackey (missed the 2012 season with an injury) Dempster (4.80 in '11 and 3.38 in '12 with CHC) Doubront (4.86 in '12) Buccholz (4.56 in '12) I don't recall anyone being excited about this rotation or the team's chances. Certainly, some other teams were close.
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