moonslav59
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Everything posted by moonslav59
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Cashman is worse. Bloom is better at what is needed for the Sox. My opinion might change, after this winter/upcoming season. How is that for a conversation starter?
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Agred. Turner may be a bit more durable. He has about 650 more innings at SS than Correa since 2018.
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All I said was the Beni trade was TBD, still. I do think the money saved and what we did with it can be counted as a factor, butlike I said, one could use Renfroe or Marwin. I'm not defending the trade. The Beni portion is over. The Sox haul is still TBD, but I am not as optimistic about it than I was at the time.
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I answered why.
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Zero. I'd much rather have Bloom than Cashman.
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Yanks extend Cashman through 2026. Great news for Sox fans, finally.
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I hope the Yanks cripple their budget by signing Judge. I don't see them ever becoming the Dodgers East, so overpaying Judge will restrict their signings for many, many years. I had hoped we'd spend the $80M on 3-4 slots not 5-6, but we are running out of options on 3 for $80M, unless we sign Judge (zero chance) or Correa (very slim chance.) Will we trade for high contracts?
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Ask them. (KC probably demanded it, and no other team offered better.) You think Bloom left millions on the table?
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You mean Raffy?
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Only if he is also free to fill other gaps by spending enough, but yes, if the owners says spend, you spend..
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My kinda deal! (I'd have gone $310/12! LOL.) Wonder why DD didn't want Bogey instead for maybe 2/3 the cost.
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I'll be more upset if we way overpay for him than passing on him. This is not the season to just sign one of the better FA SP'ers just because we need one.
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Just because one happened before the other, doesn't mean it wasn't planned. I'm not talking about the horrific trade, but it seems it is overlooked that Bloom signed Renfroe to begin with, and I do think the money saved in the Beni trade allowed for the signing. (I guess one could argue we signed Marwin with the money, too, but the budget was tight that winter and Bloom had over a dozen slots to fill.
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Nothing a little Ajax can't take care of.
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The Beni trade freed up about $3M, which was what we got your guy, Renfroe for.
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Pretty close to the best, IMO. Nothing to get all bothered about.
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By trading him?
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$44.4M x 2. WOW! He wanted 3 years, but that AAV is wild! Apparently, there is a vesting option for 2025, but details are unknown, right now. This is one deal I might have thrown the dice on, due to the short term.
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Okay, how about he did "about the best we could expect?"
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Yes, you keep saying that. We get your opinion. I disagree, as we spent on Story, when we had more slots to fill and less money to spend than this winter. (Just my opinion, and yes, I've repeated that often, too. )
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Exactly. You can't just look at one move in a vacuum. I seriously doubt Bloom is going to "leave much money on the table," so what he doesn't spend in one area, he can spend more in others. Lets wait for the totality of his moves to make a final judgement. I'm not saying each move cannot be judged separately, but to me, we need to see how he spends the whole budget to give a final grade. Then, the hindsight grade will be how his legacy is set.
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In theory, we might have gotten Maeda instead of Downs/Wong, and he did pretty good for a year or two, after he was traded. I just don't think the argument that "he could have done better" is all that significant. We might have done slightly better, and who knows what Wong and to a lesser extent, Downs have left in them?
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Yes, totally fair, but is the differential large enough to slam Bloom for "not doing better?" (Not that you did, but others do repeatedly.)
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They all will be "too high." Swanson's will be lower (and maybe shorter) than the big 3, and if the savings from him allows us to go big elsewhere, it might be worth it.
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He's confusing who he is responding to. So much for "perfect posting."
