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No matter what you do, someone will complain. Add 500 more players to the HOF, and people will complain about #501 and 502.
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You can choose your own way to evaluate a GM give the task and circumstances he was given. Make way for Yoshida, Jansen, Martin, Kluber, Turner, McGuire and the extended Devers.
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RHern had a pretty high BTV value: 13.8 RHern 0.1 Sogard for 0.2 Mazza 0.0 Springs
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The O's finally made a move that looks to improve on a team that looked poised to take a step up in 2023. I'm no expert on O's winter moves, but it seems they still lost more talent since the deadline than gained.
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I'm now surprised the A's would not take DHern, Barnes and $9M for Irvin.
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He rested these guys way too much in ST'ings... no wait...
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My lists were not meant to be viewed as order from best to worst, but I do think the Whitlock moves was a very good one, and maybe Bloom's best. I'm not sure we make the playoffs in '21 without him. 2021-2022 Red Sox (100+ IP): 152 IP in 2 seasons - 3rd on team 2.73 ERA (163 ERA+)- 1st 3.07 FIP- 2nd 1.06 WHIP- 1st 5.1 K/BB- 1st 3.0 fWAR- T3 bWAR 6.0 Nate 5.2 Pivetta 4.7 Whitlock 3.3 Wacha 3.2 Houck
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Maybe my best and worst 12... Best Whitlock Rule 5 Schreiber MLFA Wacha signing Pivetta trade Kike signing Hill signing Renfroe signing Deadline trades: Schwarber, Iggy, Shaw, Robles, McGuire trade Strahm signing Refsnyder & Kelly MLFA Arroyo Waivers Ottavini & German trade Worst Renfroe for JBJ Bogey slap in face offer Paxton signing Barnes extension Diekman signing Richards signing Marwin signing Perez signings (I & II) Andriese signing Not getting under the tax line in '22 Not having at least a mini fire sale in summer '22 Spending most of the '23 budget on DH/LF/1B Hard to Grade/Blame but many will see as bad Betts for Dugo, Wong & Downs The Bogey walk Beni for Cordero, Wink and 3 others I probably forgot some doozies.
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It's one thing to trade Betts, when we all knew he was great. it's another to trade a guy just about everyone thought should be DFA'd. Criticizing that trade is all hindsight. It's not to say a mistake was not made, but this one was understandable, to a greater extent than the Renfroe, beni and other trades.
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Many feel Abreu was the better of the two in the Vaz return, but this kid can hit!
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I'd put it closer to 50 IP more for Kluber.
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This one is certainly a hindsight blast.
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https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/01/red-sox-remain-open-to-middle-infield-acquisitions.html
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It's been talked about quite a bit. Remember, Bloom traded for him as well as traded him away.
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I kinda like our depth. I see Bello as a sure top 5 SP'er. Paxton is #6 in my book. I see Crawford and Wink as acceptable depth that may or may not improve. We should know, if they look like better opti9ons than Mata, Walter and Murphy by the time the first one is needed. I've thought all along, we should not count on Sale & Paxton for anything, and certainly more than 30 starts combined, but it looks like we are. That being said, I do still have hopes in Sale. I think he has a strong drive to want to return and to want to do great. I know that does not mean much, but it would not shock me, if he pitches 150+ nice innings, this year. To me, Paxton is a complete wild card.
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Sale has more MLB IP'd than Kluber, despite the age difference. 1678 in 12 yrs- Sale 1587 in 12 yrs- Kluber Overall, at all levels, yes, Kluber has significantly more. 2385 Kluber in 16 seasons 1724 Sale in 12 seasons Recency factor (last 5 seasons): 496 Kluber 354 Sale
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That's how I see it. The thing with Mondesi is that he's had about 12 different injuries. I guess Sale is trying to catch up. The "good thing" about Sale is that his arm and elbow should be fine and well rested.
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Case 1: We keep barnes and pay him $9M. Case 2: Another team pays him $725K and we pay $8.25M and the player who takes his place on the 26/40 man roster, at least $725K. ($8.25 +.75=$9.0) Case 3: Nobody takes Barnes and we pay him $9M and the guy who takes his place at least $725K. $9.0M + $725K= $9.75M. YES
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I've never disagreed with your point, but yes, I'm saying any player who is DFA'd will be replaced on the roster at min wage cots, minimum, which is what another team pays, if they take the DFA'd player. It's a wash, when it comes to the payroll budget (tax and non tax.) Yes, if nobody claims Barnes, and we don't get the $725K savings and then are forced to replace his roster slot, we end up paying at least $725K more, but if someone pays Barnes the min, our budget pretty much can not go down, overall.
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Barnes' slot was going to always go to a 26 man roster guy, even if by attrition. He could be replaced by a minor league contract, but then a minor leaguer would have to be promoted to the 26 to take his slot, once the season begins and players get paid. I totally get Bell's point, and he is correct, but after everything is settled, there is no true saving on the payroll budget.
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Agreed, and Sale is the "tweener."
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MLBTR Chat, Anthony Franco was asked if Barnes would be traded... Seems unlikely but not impossible. Red Sox would have to eat virtually all the money ($9.75MM) to do it but they're going to be on the hook for it anyways if they release him, so they should be open to it. And if Boston's paying Barnes down to like $2-3MM to salvage a lottery ticket prospect out of the deal, I'd give that serious consideration if I were another team. He still throws hard and can miss bats, and if you get him on the current contract -- again, paid most of the way down by Boston -- it comes with a 2024 club option that offers you some upside if you get him back on track Wait until he gets released and sign him for the league minimum, and that 2024 option goes away
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I'm just wondering if JH set a budget priority at $%20M under, of if Bloom chose to keep the "buffer."
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I understand your point, and looking at only what we are paying Barnes in a vacuum, yes. we save $725K vs if he retires and nobody pays him $725M. Yes, we pay his whole salary plus the guy who takes his spot. Yes, $725K more. I get it. My point is, that if another team grabs him and pays the min, and we have to replace his open slot on the 40 and pay that person at least the min, it ends up being as a wash, overall. Assuming we replace him with someone making $725K, the MLB budget stays the same. The $725M is just replaced, because you have to have 40 on the roster and they all make a min salary. Barnes is going to play somewhere and be paid the min. We save that $725K. We will replace his slot on the 40 and pay at least $725K. The 40 man budget is not affected by the switcheroo.
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It seems like we will be about $17-20M below the tax line. I know we need to keep a buffer for call-ups and maybe deadline additions, but we seemed to leave some cash on the table. You wonder, if it was a directive or just the way it worked out.
