moonslav59
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Heaney signs with Rangers: $12M w $5M in incentives and option for $13M in '24 w $500K buyout. Another player that the Sox showed "interest" in is gone. This one, I'm fine with him going elsewhere.
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I totally understand. I like the bigger percent of years falling in primes. Swanson won't be getting 11 years nor $25M+ AAV. It's close, to me, but we'll see what Swanson gets. My guess is we go Andrus or sign Segura to play 2B and move Story to SS for one year.
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The bigger question is, should they dole out $360M/12?
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Lots of assumptions. It's pretty much a given, though, that Boras felt he "could get no more money than this." I agree on that.
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No, 9th best at SS is not great, but he's also not making Seager, Turner, Bogey and soon-to-be Correa money, either.
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If you go $390/13, just make it an even $400M/14.
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He did get Kimbrel and some that did not work out well, namely Carson Smith and Tyler Thornburg.
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Yes, you were correct. A lot has changed since last year, but $90M x 4 was a low ball then, and looks horrific, now. Even $160/6 is being lambasted.
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Good point. I stand corrected, actually I'm sitting.
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$350/10 or $375/12
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Swanson was number one on defense according to fangraphs, last year. #8 in 2021 #7 in 2020 #2 from 2020-2022. Do you now pooh-pooh defensive metrics? He's 9th on offense at SS- just behind Lindor from '20-'22. He's durable- leading MLB in games played in 2021 and 2022.
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If JH did not allow Bloom to extend Bogey, how is that "excuse" making? How is it Bloom's fault Bogey is gone? Yes, he wants Bloom to get us out of last place, and he better do it, this winter. If he is given the $40M remining under the tax line, it's my expectation, too.
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Since they usually under project totals, they did pretty good on the Sox.
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DD did stay under the budget in 2017, right after going over for 2 years. It sure looked like the 2019 budget was gearing towards a 2020 reset. I doubt DD wanted to let Kimbrel and Kelly go without replacing them.
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So much lovin' oozing out of all your posts on Bloom.
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They almost always under guess, so that may be encouraging, but it's hard enough to predict players with MLB track records. This is pretty much a shot in the dark.
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So, you think JH wanted Bogey signed, and Bloom refused. Got it. It's not an excuse. It is what it is. If you think Bloom talked JH into not signing Bogey, fine, but I'm wondering why anyone might think that. BTW, this is Bloom's legacy winter. He had $90M to spend, and he's got $40M left.
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It's $90M. Zips projects .305 20 76 .372 OBP .489 SLG .861 OPS Just 62 Ks 2.8 WAR
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He is pulling off what top brass wants with precision. He's not botching their plan, he's fulfilling it, expertly. Maybe we should have hopes he botched their plan and accidently signing Bogey, while they weren't paying attention.
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Xander Bogaerts has signed with San Diego Padres
moonslav59 replied to Jasonbay44's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
We paid Price and JD and won in 2018, after letting Lester go. We paid Story and Yashido pretty good money. We paid Jansen more than we've ever paid a closer. That was what half the "wanna be GMs" were screaming about all 2022. Let's see who else we sign and how well we do, before we write off the next 3 years. -
Before the FA market prices soured, I thought $160/6 was pretty fair. I hate to see him go. We could have offered him that, long ago, and he'd be here, but we didn't. I don't think the Sox felt he was worth a penny more. Yes, that made it "impossible."
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It might take $360M/12 minimum or $340/10.
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I think Wacha, Hill and Strahm were pretty close to what Schwarber's value, and they cost $5M less. If Yoshida works out, I'm not going to cry over a FA choosing another team. Bloom did not DFA him. He had 8 slots to fill and $60M. He chose 2B not LF/1B/DH to spend the most on. I really likes Schwarber and was happy Bloom traded scraps for him. Had we not had JD, I'd have been more upset we didn't try to outbid DD for his services. Right now, it doesn't bother me at all.
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Any chance we sign 2 from the top 23 still left? More likely 1 plus Kluber, 1 plus Conforto/Gallo or 1 plus Andrus.
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Only Downs is ML ready, so good luck with that. Mayer may be ready by 2024, so there is hope, then, but can Sox Nation wait that long? I'm thinking JH is thinking a "big splash" is needed. Trade? Correa? Rodon? Not sure Swanson and Nate meet that threshold.
