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  1. moonslav59
    Yes. The big difference with this trade vs the other big Dodger trade was we spent the money saved by dumping Crawford and also losing the AGon & Beckett deals.
  2. moonslav59
    Sox sign Wil Myers to $7.5M/1 with bonuses to get to $9.5M and a mutual option in 2024.
  3. moonslav59
    That was why I answered "Yes."
  4. moonslav59
    Two questions: How many recent prospect grads and prospects will see playing time in 2023? How many will see significant time in 2023? Recents Grads 1. Bello 2. Casas 3. Wong 4. Crawford 5. Winckowski 6. Duran 7. Ort Prospects (current ranking) - have seen some MLB action 8. Kelly 26 9. German 24 10. Seabold 22 Should/might see playing time in 2023: 11. Rafaela 4 12. Mata 6 13. Walter 8 14. Murphy 13 15. E Valdez 17 16. R Hernandez 27 17. D Hamilton 32 I'm thinking 13-14 get a chance- 14 if I had to pick one number and maybe 10-12 get a good look- I'll go with 11. I have the highest hopes, from these 10 of the 17... Bello Casas Mata Kelly Walter Crawford Wong German Winckowski E Valdez Pretty amazing, after about 5 years of seeing just Houck as an impact prospect on the big club, we may see 10 to 14 get a shot and maybe 5-7 that may win key roles on the 2023 team.
  5. moonslav59
    The O's acquired James McCann + $19M of the $24M still owed over 2 years for a PTBNL.
  6. moonslav59
    RIP Denny Doyle
  7. moonslav59
    He could have extended Bogey and traded him with Price- perhaps to LA.
  8. moonslav59
    I doubt Bloom would have been able to dump Price's contract by himself. Maybe he trades Bogey and Price combined. Unless JH spent way more than he did in 2020, 2021 and 2022, I'm not sure having Betts and Price is anywhere near a lock on us being better. That's $60M a year, which was more than we spent before 2020 and 2021 and about what we spent before 2022. We'd basically add nobody. Also, during that time, the only call-ups were Houck, Duran, Downs, Crawford and worse.
  9. moonslav59
    Yes. soxprospects.com has him being ML ready "late 2023."
  10. moonslav59
    I agree, but I do wonder, if JH kept the budgets the same as he did, what sort of players could we have filled the rest of the roster with- the types we saw in 2020? Remember, no Mokkie trade, no Price trade, either. I'm not saying it would be impossible, but it's not as simple as just saying sign them both and we'd be better. JH would have had to have spent more, too.
  11. moonslav59
    Maybe not, but taking on Price lessened the return needed, and the Dodgers do try to keep their farm strong and deep, even if it costs them money.
  12. moonslav59
    I get that, but expecting every our owner to do the same is not going to make him change. BTW, the Dodgers are resetting, this year, so budgets do matter- in cycles.
  13. moonslav59
    Did you look what the O's and Rays lost and gained? I'm not expecting great things, either, at least as the roster looks, now, but I still don't think we should have paid any of these mega deals, this winter. There were some deals, I liked, and thought they'd have been good for the Sox, but not playing the mega contract game, at all, may be the right choice,
  14. moonslav59
    He lives only to stir up the Talksox forum!
  15. moonslav59
    The Dodgers paid Price $45M for measly relief pitching for one year. I guess, since money does not matter to them, if could be viewed as a plus.
  16. moonslav59
    Only if he helps us put up crooked numbers.
  17. moonslav59
    Here's what I'd like to see done: Trade: Dugo, Duran, Dalbec and Murphy to MIA For: Luxardo (SP w 4 arb yrs of control- est $2M in '23), Rojas (SS- one year remaining at $5M) & A Garcia (RF salary dump- 3 yrs at $12M each with $5M buyout/$13.25M tax) Lux tax hit for 2023: -$5.5M Dugo + $15M That leaves enough to maybe sign Kluber and Nate, but I'd sign Kluber & Fulmer. Here's the 2023 Red Sox: 1. L Yoshida LF/DH 2. R Story 2B 3. L Devers 3B (extended, starting in 2024) 4. R Turner DH/ 3B-1B 5. L Casas 1B 6. R Kike CF 7. R Garcia RF/DH 8. L McGuire/ R Wong C 9. R Rojas SS Bench: Arroyo, Refsnyder, Wong and EValdez S1 Sale/Paxton S2 Kluber S3 Whitlock S4 Bello S5 Pivetta RP1 Jansen RP2 Martin RP3 Houck RP4 Fulmer RP5 Schreiber RP6 Barnes RP7 Joely RP8 Mills/Brasier/Taylor/Crawford/Kelly/German/Mata...
  18. moonslav59
    Sarcasm on sarcasm will likely be missed by most posters.
  19. moonslav59
    If you listened to talk radio from every MLB city, like I do 24/7, you'd hear the complaining.
  20. moonslav59
    Ultimately, right or wrong, even if every GM would have loved to have Downs, but we got him, it falls on the GM for choosing a failure.
  21. moonslav59
    Sounds about right. It might also depend on how the players who are coming back in 2025 did, especially down the stretch, or if injuries played a big role in just missing the playoffs. How well did Bloom additions do in 2023 might be a factor, too. I guys like Sale and Barnes and other non Bloom guys do great, but we still lose, he's probably a goner.
  22. moonslav59
    Agreed, and I even mentioned the whole "finding gems in the rough" often, since we hired Bloom- thinking this was his specialty. Expecting great things by trading guys like Moreland, Pillar, Workman & Hembree might not have been realistic, and seeing as how often Renfroe has moved on to a new team makes his value seem suspect, but the Betts and Beni trades should have produced more. I'm not going to say the totality of Bloom's tardes have been a net plus, despite the Price aspect of the Betts trade and the suspected caveat that nearly every trade for a prospect also include a coupled-vet. Is that Bloom's choice or a mandate to balance the hear and now with the future that ends up helping neither?
  23. moonslav59
    Yes, that was unintentionally implied with that wording. I kinda had Downs on my mind, and I do think he had the skillset many GMs would have wanted. Maybe 2020 hurt him more than others, but he sucked. He was the "jewel" of all the prospects Bloom acquired by ranking. Whitlock and others passed him quickly.
  24. moonslav59
    You think the vast majority of MLB fans are happy with what the Mets are doing? I just said most of the talk about the heavy spending by a handful of teams is not flattering. Do you disagree? No, I don't see 4 teams spending like maniacs' as a good thing for MLB. My guess is the fans of 25-26 teams feel the same way.
  25. moonslav59
    Someone will sign Nate, and I hope it's not the Sox, so we can get that measly comp pick, but if his price drops so low, due to the QO that he becomes a bargain, they why not? I'd still rather have Kluber or trade for a salary dump like AGarcia and get a Luzardo and maybe Rojas or Berti thrown in. Getting Kluber and Nate plus someone like Andrus might even get me a bit excited about our staff and its depth.
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