moonslav59

I did not know you were adding 2026 and 2027. Yes, $10M +$30M = $40M. If they buy out, it's $10M + $10M=$20M $40M-$20M is still the $20M difference, not $40M difference.

Huh? They may $30M or $10M not $40M.

King fills a need for the Sox, too. 4 years of Abreu helps the Astros, a lot. They really want an OF'er, too, and Abreu plays great D and has power. Janek gives us some catcher hope for the future. This might be one of my better suggestions.

Well, they are paying $21M for Gray, now. It's actually a paycut.

But, they pay $10M to not play, so the difference is just $20M.

BTV Accepts: Abreu for Paredes, King and Janek Would you? 1. L Anthony RF 2. R Contreras 1B 3. L Duran LF 4. R Paredes 3B 5. R Story SS 6. L Yoshida DH/ R Romy DH or 2B 7. R Narvaez C 8. L Mayer 2B/ R Campbell DH 9. R Rafaela CF

Yes, I did not scroll down far enough. My bad. I apologize. Gray to waive his right to block a trade, contract restructured to guarantee Gray a $31M salary in 2026 and a $10M buyout on a $30M mutual option for 2027 Cardinals to pay Red Sox $20M

Most teams invariably get outbid and that's not an excuse. I'm not defending JH's miser tendencies.

$1.4M Garielvin Silverio OF LHB power + contact skills $1.2M Dawvris Brito SS $800K Joskairo Ramirez OF $650M Esterlin Casanova IF $500K Claudio Pereira 6-5 lanky RHP from Brazil N/A Isaac Velasquez: is a left-handed hitter who has an innate ability to get the bat to the ball and often sprays line drives from gap to gap. He’s made enormous strides over the past year or so, having significantly improved his bat speed to give him what is now a plus hit tool. Competition at shortstop might force him to the other side of the second-base bag, but he shows plenty of athleticism and should stick up the middle. -MLB.com N/A Freyerson Vasquez: carrying tool is his ability to track down the ball defensively in center field. He’s got a quick first step and shows genuine aptitude for the position, earning positive marks from scouts for his dedication to routes and improving his arm strength. He’s even popped a few triple-digit exit velocities from the left-handed batter’s box, giving him an exciting blend of tools to work with as he enters the system. -MLB.com

Yes, kinda, but he'd lose the $5M buyout. I think he'll take the $30M/1 or $5M buyout instead. If the Sox exercise his option, he can opt for free agency and void the buyout.

BTV has his value at $16M. ($28M value-$12M contract) BTV has Crawford worth $21.7M ($35M-$13M pay). I'm almost certain the Cubs say not to that 1 on 1 offer. Even adding Cespedes (6.8) Bleis (3.5) Castro 1.8 or DHam (1.1) would still make it a swift "NO!" I think Crawford (21.7) + Harrison (6.6) might get a yes, but 3 years of Crawford and 4 years of Harrison for 1 year of Hoerner makes me hesitate. I think I'd do it and hope we can extend Hoerner. (I feel better about chances at extending, lately.) I'd prefer Crawford + Sandlin (5.5) and maybe they want a non 40 man pitcher instead- like... 10.8 Phillips 9.0 Oviedo (2 yrs) 6.0 Bennett or Valera (I'd say no to Valera) 5.5 Eyanson would be a good add. 5.4 Sandoval saves us a bunch of cash 2.9 Drohan likely does not move the needle enough.

He's under team control until after 2027. He has a $30M option with a hefty $5M buyout, so there is a pretty good chance he's back. Houck will be on his last arb year in 2027. We could be looking at: 1. Crochet 2. Sanchez 3. Gray 4. Houck (The "ace" of 2024) 5. Bello

I'm not saying outspend the Sox, and many can, if the owner wants to. Say the Sox spend $35M more this winter, like you want. I'm saying every MLB owner can also spend $35M more, this winter than they will. Same next year. The player's union would love it. Spending would snowball, because the same amount of players are signed, no matter what is paid.

I'm not saying fWAR tells the whole picture, and certainly what a pitcher does in the last two years does not mean he will do near the same this year, especially if they are 89 going on 90 years old, but we currently have 3 of the top 13 SP'ers by fWAR from 2024 to 2025 (300+ IP.) WOW!!!! Have we ever had that going into a season? 4. Crochet 10.4 12. Sanchez 7.5 13. Gray 7.4 (41. Bello 3.9) FIP 6. Crochet 2.80 9. Gray 3.26 10. Suarez 3.29 (36. Bello 4.13) Note: Bello is ahead of Gray in ERA- (93 to 100)

I have to think we don't go this far and spend this much without filling a glaring hole on the team: power bat and 3B/2B. We have a logjam of quality OF'ers. We have a logjam of quality #3-#6 type pitchers. When you see Lorensen sign for $8M we know the value of our 5-8 pitchers (Oviedo, Sandoval, Crawford & Harrison.) We should be able to package one from each logjam and fill the need with a high quality player that fits both needs. We should at least be able to add an .800 bat/plus defender for 3B or 2B. We could also sign Suarez and trade some salary to stay under line 3 of the lux tax, but he's not a plus on D, so I'm not sure we spend that much on someone more like a DH than a 3Bman. (He does fit the power need very well, though.)

Dave made the Crochet trade... errr...I mean the Sale trade.

I wouldn't for one year of Hoerner. See if they can do better.

Our owner might be greedy. Our FO may be poor communicators and deceivers. They aren't dumb. They know we need a bat and a 3Bman/2Bman- maybe one stroke gets us both. We need action not words.

Willi Castro is off the board. ($13M/2) Phew!!!!

R Saurez and Bregman would have been nice, even if it meant no Sonny or Willson. I'm okay with the 3 we have, but without adding a big bat, it seems like half measures.

+ Ranger, Sonny, Willson, Johan & others. - Bregman, Devers, Gio, Refsnyder, Lowe, Willson, Buehler & others

He won't. It was sarcasm. (I do think Cora might have a hard time asking Story to move, though)

We should not waste this window or opportunity, or whatever one wants to call it by going into the season with an offense projected by some to be bottom 10. We have trade chips. We have some money to spend and stay under the 3rd line, if JH allows for it. There should be no playing it half way. We have the best pitching staff in MLB, IMO. We are bottom 10-15 in batting. Do something.

I agree. I think other teams need to spend more, too, and where would that leave us? More, more, MORE!

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