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  1. moonslav59
    The winter is not over. It's hard to be encouraged knowing we offered a major overpay on a 5 year deal, just as we saw the money offered to Soto not spent elsewhere. I do NOT think we are done making additions- yes plural. As of now, I agree we do not look "improved" from 2025, unless we start speculation on several young players busting out or most of them improving, all at once. That seems more like a hope than a fact-based projection. I'm not happy with the "end product," if this is it.
  2. moonslav59
    If we do nothing more, it's a close call, but I'd probably say I agree. The hope it that returning players improve and stay healthier than 2025. With a mostly young team, that's not a stretch, but it's hard to project improvement from the same players.
  3. moonslav59
    I remember hearing that Ben preferred to try and show he could win without spending. (I never believed it.)
  4. moonslav59
    It sure looks that way. Is this the first time it's been stated by the media or anyone that it is a team policy?
  5. moonslav59
    We lost very few batters who stunk at hitting: 284 PAs Toro 83 OPS+ 18 PAs Sabol -1 OPS+ 9 PAs Jh Garcia 76 OPS+ That might be a record for least amount of bad hitters lost over an off season. (311 PAs at about an 80 OPS+) We also lost about 1150 PAs of good to very good batters from the 2025 team: 495 Bregman 128 OPS+ 334 Devers 151 OPS+ 209 Refsnyder 131 OPS+ 119 N Lowe 121 OPS+ That's a combined OPS+ of over 130, which is better than any returning player did, last year, except Anthony at 140 in 303 PAs. These are the 2025 OPS for Sox players: 140 Anthony 303 PAs 128 Romy 341 *** 123 Contreras 563 w STL *** 116 Abreu 417 114 Duran 696 105 Eaton 90 104 Story 654 100 Narvaez 446 95 Rafaela 587 93 Yoshida 205 86 Campbell 263 85 Sogard 104 85 Mayer 136 63 DHam 194 62 Casas 112 42 Wong 188 Certainly some reason for serious concern.
  6. moonslav59
    More years, yes.
  7. moonslav59
    Are the 2025 and 2026 roster and system better than 2022-2024? If you agree, then isn't saying "improvements have been made" also correct? I agree, mistakes have been made. Coming up short on just about every FA "of interest" sucks, bigtime. Keeping an overly tight budget when it's clear as day we have a great opportunity to get to glory is ludicrous. One reason we feel like there is a great opportunity, right now, is because we have IMPROVED! As for "improvement" from 2025 to 2026, that remains to be seen. I think we are close to being the same, right now.
  8. moonslav59
    I thought Cora wanted Bregman to play 2B and not move Devers to DH (or 1B.)
  9. moonslav59
    I do think GMs might have some pull, at times, even if slight, but it's hard to prove they make a substantial difference in setting budget limits.
  10. moonslav59
    I was like 3 years old and living out of New England. When I said "worst I've ever seen," I didn't need to include unseen players.
  11. moonslav59
    I wonder of "organizational philosophy" is JH or the whole group or just Brez.
  12. moonslav59
    The "I agree with you" part, silly!
  13. moonslav59
    Agreed.
  14. moonslav59
    I'd prefer 1 year, but options are low. We have budget space, apparently, so not losing player to trade for someone makes more sense.
  15. moonslav59
    Id trade Duran for Lodlo straight up. Finding a way to dump half of Yoshida has been my 2 year quest. I want Casas/Campbell/Romy to DH. Take the Masa choice away from Cora, and it might happen. (BTW, I think Cincy says no, even if we pay $24M.)
  16. moonslav59
    How the hell do I know? My guess is no, if we offered Breggie $165M/5 and Suarez might get $50M/2 or $70M/3. I think dumping a salary might help get JH to spend more, later. Emphasis on might. We do have some other needs, too, and might need to add salary at the deadline. One never knows with JH. I'm not pretending to know.
  17. moonslav59
    I didn't see Stuart, but you might have got me on Franchy. Good pull.
  18. moonslav59
    Just because Cora chose to not even ask Devers to play 1B does not mean my position has no merit or basis for being valid. Giving my suggestion was not meant as a prediction, and I fully understand Cora sees things differently than I do- and you too, at times, but so what? I'm not denying what Cora said and did. He did what he thought was best, and it wasn't what I would have done. That is not proof my opinion has no merit.
  19. moonslav59
    Exactly, and even if the Yanks have a slight edge in their #3 SP'er, it's not the end of the hypothetical series. I see Bello as better than 15 or maybe 20 other team's #3 SP. He's not a weak area on the team. Big RHB is. 3B is. Maybe another solid SP'er is (but not to replace Bello) The pen could use help.
  20. moonslav59
    Duran, Yoshida + $18M for Lodolo The AAV saves us about $12M (Lodolo has 1 arb left after '26) Maybe that's enough money saved to afford Suarez.
  21. moonslav59
    I'm fine with your opinion, and it has merit. My position as merit, too, and it does not matter if Cora agrees with it or not. I mean, it matters, because that's who counts, but in the realm of ideas, it matters not. It doesn't change the fact that thinking Devers would be better at 1B than the worst defensive 1Bman in my memory is not unreasonable. For all we know, Cora might agree Devers would likely be better on D, just as he might agree Story is better at SS than Bogey, but he has and had his own reasons for choosing not to. That does not invalidate my opinion or make it meritless. I wasn't predicting Cora would do it. I was suggesting it be done.
  22. moonslav59
    That must be painful for you to say... LOL! 🤣
  23. moonslav59
    Maybe we'd have had him with the no trade clause. I'm glad we didn't give it to him and he's with the Cubs. I pretty sure JH woulda just limited the budget for 5 years had we signed him.
  24. moonslav59
    Yes, probably or certainly so. Not maybe so. This all has nothing to do with my opinion having merit, just as yours does. I'm not sure why you obsess with trying to say I'm wrong on everything, even when I say word is Cora did not ask Devers to play 1B. I'm just giving my opinion on Devers probably being a better 1Bman than Casas. It's not some earth-shattering or absurd position.
  25. moonslav59
    We don't need to have a plus or minus opinion on something as small of a sample size as this.
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