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  1. moonslav59
    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.
  2. moonslav59
    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.
  3. moonslav59
    Until the deadline.
  4. moonslav59
    He might have some inside info on him, as he was in the Astros system back in 2016. With E.V. I think his defense is the major concern. Minor league numbers might not matter much, but he did have a .918 OPS in AA/AAA combined, last year. That's third best among batters with 550+ PAs in AA or above, all season.
  5. moonslav59
    soxprospects.com has Mondesi and Story on the inactive list with "IL" next to their names.
  6. moonslav59
    I get that. Yes, we save $725K on his contract, but it's not really an overall savings to the team (not just the tax budget but the payroll budget, too), than if we kept him. His roster spot is filled by someone who will get paid $725K or more. At best, we stay even.
  7. moonslav59
    Probably true, unless someone falls into our laps. I'm not thrilled with middle IF depth, but maybe we just go with what we have, and if someone goes down, then we'll think about adding so meone- maybe someone already in the system (Goodrum, E Diaz, Koss.) Enmanuel Valdez might be more highly regarded by Bloom and Cora than us.
  8. moonslav59
    Exactly, and it's not like Taylor was on anyone's excitement list.
  9. moonslav59
    I'd rather have Wendle or harrison over Ort, hamilton, Duran, Brasier and maybe even Dalbec. I'd trade Murphy for Wendle or Mateo.
  10. moonslav59
    I still think Kike is best suited for CF, and probably Duvall's best spot is not CF. Rafaela can probably play anywhere, but he's not ML ready. I'd still say our weakest depth is at middle IF and CF. Since Kike and Rafaela can play CF, SS and 2B, adding someone at any of the 3 positions helps add depth to the others.
  11. moonslav59
    But then someone being paid, at least $725K takes Barnes' place on the 40 man roster and cancels out that "savings." The tax budget counts only 40 man roster and IL players. $9,250,000 Barnes- $725,000 + $725,000 (or more) for the player added to the 40, when barnes leaves, and so there is never a "savings" overall.
  12. moonslav59
    Yes, Duran +$4M is close to Verdugo's value on BTV, too, and I think BTV over-values Duran.
  13. moonslav59
    They pretty much have to bank on Mayer and rafaela filling key roles in the next few years. I can see why they'd construct a roster based on that, even if it doesn't end up as planned.
  14. moonslav59
    In this case, yes. I was trying to say you never really save that $725K, no matter what.
  15. moonslav59
    I could see us signing Harrison or still trading for someone like Wendle.
  16. moonslav59
    As of right now, we have 21 pitchers on the 40. Before we added Mondesi and Duval, it was 23. When we start the season, my guess is we add Alfaro, Diaz or Tapia, when Story goes on the 60 day IL. The farm will likely have these guys on the 40: Pitchers: Crawford, Winckowski, Kelly, German, Ort, Mata, Walter and Murphy Non Pitchers: Valdez, Rafaela, Hamilton, Duran and Abreu (AA?)
  17. moonslav59
    Not really. Barnes' slot of the 40 will be filled by someone making at least $725K, right?
  18. moonslav59
    But, there are limits on how many should be on the 40 and can be on the 26.
  19. moonslav59
    One can argue that just because other cheaters are in the HOF, it doesn't mean it's okay. I agree, that players who did steroids should be allowed in, I can understand why people vote against them. Maybe some voted against Perry, too- just not enough. I can understand robbing these guys of first ballot or later entry, but if they never get in, it would be a shame.
  20. moonslav59
    It's not much different, though. We trade Barnes for Kingery and they pay for Barnes and hope he helps, while we pay for Kingery and hope he provides depth at a position of shallowness.
  21. 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.
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. moonslav59
    Sorry for not reading your mind. Geesh!
  25. moonslav59
    DFA'ing Ort would make the Barnes DFA more acceptable, to me.
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