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I guess this is an example of us fans thinking our players are better than they are. I know Barnes' salary is too high, but I can't believe nobody wanted him, if we pay part or most of his salary or take back a salary dump in return. BTV is not the bible on player value, but they still have him with $3.1M value ($-6.7 after applying his $9.8M contract hit.) In theory, we could pay someone $7M to take him for nothing in return and save $2.8M on our budget. That's bare minimum. If some GM really wanted him, you'd think they take him and $4-6M. I'm sure we floated his name out there, and I guess we got no replies, unless there is already a deal in place. What I don't get is did something happen, recently? Why did we keep his on the 40 and let Ward go, if we knew he sucked at the end of the '22 season.
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I can't believe no team in need of pen help and has someone making $4-8M at another position they could part with wouldn't want Barnes. Maybe he has just "lost it" and his nice end of year ERA hid that fact.
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They certainly weigh players with options vs players without options when making decisions like this in January. That is about 26 man roster flexibility, and it matters. One can wonder why Brasier with no options was kept over Barnes with no options, but keeping Ort, Mills and players with options might be the only reason they are still here. Options are about the 26 and 40.
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SS defense is very important. While improving our defense there will not come close to offsetting the loss on offense without Bogey, it can be one part of the whole picture of improvements that offset the losses and then some. No doubt, we had a ton of ifs to start with. Adding a star from Japan and aging or oft-injured promising players at other slots only added to the list of questions. I will say, not all questions get answered in the negative, and we don't need even 75-80% answered positively to be a better team. We just need the non-questionable players to play to their norms and maybe just a clear majority of the bigger questions to come out well. 3 out of 4 would be nice: Yoshida Sale Kike Casas 3 out of 5 might be needed: Whitlock Houck Paxton McGuire Duvall Maybe 3-4 out of 7: Arroyo/Mondesi/EValdez (Mayer/Story?) Turner Wong/Alfaro Dugo Tapia/Rafaela Jansen/Martin/Schreiber Rodriguez/Mills/Brasier/Crawford/Wink/Kelly/German/Ort/Mata/Walter/Murphy
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We should see better to much better OBPs at 1B (.302 in 2022), 3B (.349), LF (.307), CF (.300), RF (.295)and maybe C (.313), 2B (.313) & DH (.331). Yes, big step down on SS offense, but there are 8 other batting slots and 9 slots to try and improve on D. SS D should be better. 1B D will be better. The rest is up in the air.
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So all the talk of him being the "7th inning" guy was just bluster to amp up his trade value?
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The 26 is certainly a consideration in January.
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No MLB team would take Barnes on their 26 man roster at min wage? I find that very hard to fathom, un less he's hurt and won't pass any physical. Ort has options. Mills has options. This makes no sense, unless he's pretty much traded, already or hurt or about to be charged with a crime.
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What does that accomplish? He rejects the minors and we pay him to play elsewhere.
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What's the chance we do something like this... trade Barnes and $5M for a non 40 man prospect. We'd clear some space on the budget, improve the farm and open the roster slot for Duvall. Best part: we get to keep Brasier and Ort!!!!
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That's what you said when we added Schreiber, Refsnyder and Kelly.
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Because Mondesi is unreliable?
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Why? Swap a 40 man for a 40 man, and call it even. Yes, it seems weird they don't just do the trade without waivers, but maybe the Duvall addition to the 40 couldn't wait.
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Maybe they just wanted to add Duvall, now and have a detail or two to work out on a deal. I just can't believe they will pay someone else to have Barnes pitch for them and get nothing back, unless they just found out about a health concern or personal issue. Cora just spoke ab out him being the 7th inning guy.
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How about Barnes and Koss for DeJong?
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Which Red Sox Players Will Miss Substantial Time This Year?
moonslav59 replied to mvp 78's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Teams have multiple set-up men- usually 2-3 8th and 9th innings guys after the closer. -
99.9% Yes!
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That number includes his having a value of $7.7M while being owed $15.5M, making a net of -$7.8M. Why would we pay someone $15.5M, so they get $7.7M value from him, and we keep Ort on the roster? He's going to be traded.
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Exactly. Why can't that be a possibility? Some team might take him in exchange for a $4-5M player, too. Some GM might actually want him at close to face value. I seriously doubt we just eat his contract, unless we just found out something new about his health.
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Two less choices in the pen, and Brasier and Ort live another day.
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Players are often DFA'd right before a trade is announced.
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Matt Barnes DFA'd to make room for Duvall!!! I'm shocked. I'm thinking a trade must be in the works. He's got to have better hopes than Brasier, Ort and a few others on the 40. Crazy times!
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I'm very concerned about the injury prone aspect of Mondesi, but the more I think about him and look over his numbers, the guy has real promise. He's got real speed and defensive skills, and even with the high K rate, he averages 25 doubles, 10 triples and 18 Hrs per 650 PAs. I will say, I'm tired of wishing for health on half our roster. He's another one of those mixed defensive metrics players. He ranks 4th in UZR/150 among the 39 SSs with over 2,000 innings at SS since 2016, but he has a -1 DRS total (21st out of the 39, with Iggy, Andrus and Bogey far below him.) Since 2018, he places 3rd in UZR/150 (+8.5) out of 31 SSs w 2,000 + innings and 17th in DRS at +3. 2019 and 1,500 + innings (32 SSs) 3rd in UZR/150 (+7.7) T12th in DRS (+9), but might have been 7th or 8th with many more innings.
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Which Red Sox Players Will Miss Substantial Time This Year?
moonslav59 replied to mvp 78's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Even if Paxton starts the season on the IL, I see our best 5 SP'ers as... Sale Kluber Whitlock Bello Pivetta With Jansen and Martin as the likely 1-2 punch in the 8th and 9th, I see Schreiber and Houck as the 7th and 8th inning guys, maybe 2 innings at times, and Barnes as the #5 RP'er for the 6th and 7th innings. -
Which Red Sox Players Will Miss Substantial Time This Year?
moonslav59 replied to mvp 78's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Those are the big 3, for sure. Houck's recovery is key, too, and what role will he be given?
