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  1. moonslav59
    Agreed, and I like the fact that we have what appears to be better and deeper SP depth. We are starting with 6, not counting Houck. We still have Crawford and Winckowski, but they should be our 8th, 9th or even 10th starters, this year, where as they started 26 games in 2022. Adding Mata, Walter and Murphy to the mix, and hopefully more good starts from Bello might be a big difference maker over 2022. Sale and Paxton where what-ifs, last season, too, but both seem to be starting the year uninjured. That's better than last year, too. Replacing the 69 starts from Wacha, Nate & Hill might not be that hard, but replacing ther 34 from Crawford, Wink, Seabold and Davis might help balance things out, and then some.
  2. moonslav59
    I agree, but obviously Bloom & Co. see things we don't see. I'd have kept Ward over more than just Brasier, Ort and Hamilton. I could have seen trading a player like Murphy to make room for Ward.
  3. moonslav59
    That's how I see it. Whoever is our 40th player by opening day is who should be compared to Ward. Right now, I'd say it's Ort or Brasier, but I've thought that through the last 3-4 DFA's.
  4. moonslav59
    Sorry for not reading your mind. Geesh!
  5. moonslav59
    DFA'ing Ort would make the Barnes DFA more acceptable, to me.
  6. moonslav59
    I think Bello rates to be too much better than Pivetta and Paxton to start in AAA. As much as I hate jerking Whitlock around, I'd rather have Bello start and Whitlock in the pen, than Bello in AAA and Crawford or Wink in the pen. Let's try to win in April!
  7. moonslav59
    They openly admit it's a wild guess.
  8. moonslav59
    How is Pablo's full salary on the list for 2017, then? I get the distinction, and you have to have criteria for this type of thing. Do they have a seperate list for lost salary for injuries lasting a whole season or 90%+ of one?
  9. moonslav59
    At least Bloom is not afraid to cut loose someone he extended at decent money. Some GMs cling to 'their own guys" out of fear they will be second guessed to death. I guess Bloom knows that's going to happen in Boston, no matter what he does.
  10. moonslav59
    I mentioned B Crawford, because of his salary. We'd have to give more than just Barnes to get him, but Barnes + $8-9M might do it, or Barnes + Verdugo or Duran +$4M. DeJong might be the best fit from my list, but I doubt any GM values Barnes all that much.
  11. moonslav59
    Yes, "promises" and "bridges."
  12. moonslav59
    Cards for DeJong or Giants for Crawford? DeSclafani? N Ahmed?
  13. moonslav59
    I used to defend Brasier. Don't ask me why.
  14. moonslav59
    If they can work out an arrangement where they are never on the IL, at the same time, that would be very helpful. Is that too much to ask for? Last year, Story was out from July 13 to Aug 26th, and Arroyo missed a couple weeks in June and another couple in July. Add to this, Kike was out from June 8- Aug 15, so we ended up seeing Sanchez, Downs and others play 2B for too long.
  15. moonslav59
    I can't see Bello, Kluber or Pivetta moving to the pen. I hope they don't jerk Whitlock around, again, so I'd keep him at SP'er. Who knows if Bloom/Cora agree? If Sale and Paxton are healthy, Paxton goes to the pen.
  16. moonslav59
    No Sale "dead money?" No Paxton in '22? No ERod in '20?
  17. moonslav59
    Soxprospects.com "Futures Page" has this for '26: Whitlock, Bello, Mata, Walter, Wikelman, Perales Houck, Kelly, German, Crawford, Wink, Murphy, Drohan, E R-c, Mills
  18. moonslav59
    2024 is the 5th year of the 5 year plan. If you want to just throw out 2020, then 2025 would be "the year." We can have the same pitching staff in 2024 as 2023, but by 2025, some major changes will have to be made. Verdugo is gone in 2025, but the 2024 line-up looks promising: C McGuire/Wong 1B Casas/Dalbec/Kavadas/Jordan 2B Story/Yorke/Valdez SS Mayer (Story) 3B Devers/Lugo LF Yoshida CF Rafaela RF Abreu DH Turner
  19. moonslav59
    With the booting of Barnes off the 40, Verdugo now is listed as 5th in 40 man roster seniority! Pivetta is 6th. While several players were in the Sox system and added after Verdugo and Pivetta, this is now clearly Bloom's team. Mata is 9th in seniority. Whitlock 11th. Even Refsnyder, Schreiber, Paxton & Story are top 20. Story was added 10 months ago and is 18th.
  20. moonslav59
    With $70-80M to spend, I had hoped for more definitiveness. Sure bets are expensive, so we spent on promises.
  21. moonslav59
    Yes, or take on a $4-8M contract from the other team.
  22. moonslav59
    Yes, if everyone is healthy- I know, big if, Mondesi plays over Arroyo.
  23. moonslav59
    Or, a team that has budget space and is hoping to contend, but also has major pen issues.
  24. moonslav59
    I guess this is an example of us fans thinking our players are better than they are. I know Barnes' salary is too high, but I can't believe nobody wanted him, if we pay part or most of his salary or take back a salary dump in return. BTV is not the bible on player value, but they still have him with $3.1M value ($-6.7 after applying his $9.8M contract hit.) In theory, we could pay someone $7M to take him for nothing in return and save $2.8M on our budget. That's bare minimum. If some GM really wanted him, you'd think they take him and $4-6M. I'm sure we floated his name out there, and I guess we got no replies, unless there is already a deal in place. What I don't get is did something happen, recently? Why did we keep his on the 40 and let Ward go, if we knew he sucked at the end of the '22 season.
  25. moonslav59
    I can't believe no team in need of pen help and has someone making $4-8M at another position they could part with wouldn't want Barnes. Maybe he has just "lost it" and his nice end of year ERA hid that fact.
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