moonslav59

8-13 Tied for 12th worst AL record with TOR. HOU, KCR & CWS are worse.

If we really suck by the deadline, I don't see very much high trade value- low control year players to deal. 1 year: Gray, Sandoval & IKF 1-2 years: Chapman could be the prize 2 years: Story, Yoshida, Oviedo & Houck 3: Contreras, Duran, Romy, Crawford, Casas, Wong

I'd have been fine with that. I felt Duran was the main guy to trade, but I'm not sure he'd bring back what I wanted. Trading Mayer seemed to fill one need while opening another, and as it turns out Durbin-IKF don't seem like capable replacements. We'd have need Mayer plus for KMarte and Duran and maybe plus for Paredes. That would have locked Story at SS.

That was what I think the Sox felt "met the need." My point was they were wrong (on Breggie being a big bat.).

Yup. There are many ways to work you way up or fall down.

It could be Cora gets his job.

I understand that and miss that aspect of him. I wasn't against brining him back, but not at the CHC price and not to fill the high need of a BIG BAT. Contreras looked like a bigger bat to me than Breggie, last winter.

Of course the pitchers with nasty stuff get all the hype, and rightfully so, but sometimes someone without it comes along and surprises. He's got a decent change-up and FB.

To me, it's about how many guys were offered the job before Brez. That is his ranking- more or less.

They basically got Suarez plus one from Durbin & IKF instead of their top goal- Bregman. Yes, Contreras looks better than Alonso and at a fraction of the cost and long term commitment.

This offense needed more than KMarte, Neto or Paredes/Hoerner. At this point, it looks like we probably needed Contreras, Schwarber AND Paredes/Hoerner/Neto/KMarte.

Without a strong Crochet, the season is toast.

It's only early when Early pitches. My thread is like a spider's thread, at this point.

I suggested KMart, Neto, Paredes and maybe Hoerner, and others that are not off to great starts. I was not big on paying that much for Bregman, but he was their "main piece," and they dropped the ball on at least levels with him: 1. They failed to land him. 2. They failed when they made him the "main piece" and target.

No more than any other age group. Let's see at season's end, especially the 25-27 year olds.

If the Sox happened to interview two guys before Brez and didnt want them, it doesnt bump Brez down to the 11th choice.

All farm teams won, today. Wish it could rub off on the big team. Sansone went 6 scoreless for Woo. Eaton 3-5. Mullins went 6 scoreless for POR. (8K-1BB). Phillips went 3.2 scoreless for GRE (7K:1BB) Gonzales & White 2 hits. Morgan went 2.2 scoreless for SAL. 5 guys had 2 hits. No runs allowed by starters.

The worst 9 teams in MLB by record include these 7 teams: 7-14 NYM & KCR 7-13 TOR 8-14 HOU 8-12 BOS & PHI 9-13 SEA The best 9 teams include: 13-8 CIN & AZ 12-8 STL & TBR 12-9 PIT Why can't we have a GM like STL's? (LOL)

Wasn't Sandoval supposed to pitch today for Woo? Whaddup?

Who are the other 4?

I told you my points: The Sox have just a handful of players 25 or younger, and they are not the problem, as a whole. 26 and 27 is near or part of prime. Rafaela, Abreu and other 25-27 year olds should be on the upswing. We have capable back-ups for Anthony (3 OF'ers and Yoshida) Mayer (IKF) Durbin (Monasterio) and Early (Sandoval, Tolle and maybe Oviedo & Crawford). I'm not sure what your two false choices offered is all about. Most of us saw the major mistake we made, this winter. Most of us argued we had a surplus in OF/DHs and a shortage in capable IF'ers. Most of us saw our pen was thin. I don't think our youth is the issue. In fact, I think the opposite: the youth is the only thing we can be optimistic about and not just for 2017 and beyond, but this year. Now, arguing that we shouldn't need Early and Anthony to carry us has a lot of merit, but most good teams are looking at a couple under 26 guys as major factors. The difference is, they better "other players." I'm not pretending all my suggestions were better than we made, as guys like Suarez and Polanco are doing poorly, but many are doing well. Almost all are doing better than Durbin & IKF. (Note: I liked the idea of adding one of these two as a complimentary piece, but along with someone like Paredes, KMarte, Neto, Hoerner or even BLowe/Donovan types.) My point about PIT was about you bringing them up. (My guess is they miss the playoffs, again.)

I liked the Sale trade, at the time, since Sale embodied everything we hate about waiting for injured pitchers to return to form. Update: Sale has started about 55 out of a possible 70 starts and was not healthy by the end of both seasons with ATL. His numbers are off-the-charts great, when he pitches. 29-9 2.49 w ATL with a Cy Young Award. Grissom sucked and was traded for Isaiah Jackson. Now, do the Teel and Verdugo trades.

But, but but... they are trying sooooo hard!

5 players more than double the ISO of Abreu, our only player with power.

Devers trade update: Devers in 485 PAs: 22 HRs 59 RBI .231 BA and .758 OPS Kyle Harrison: 3.04 ERA in just 27 IP since trade James Tibbs: 9 HRs in 81 ABs in AAA, this year (1.116 OPS) Jose Bello: doing okay in A-. Hicks: part of trade for Durbin, Monasterio & Seigler Money saved spent on: choose one: Suarez, Gray or Contreras