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Soxprospects.com comes out with their top 10 list, today. Some questions: 1. How high will Perales rise? (He was slotted 15th in the mid season rankings but is not in the 11-20 list.) 2. Will they drop Yorke much due to his not-so-great season? (He was ranked 5th, mid season and 3rd at the start of '22.) 3. How high will they slot Romero (7th midseason) and Anthony (10th)? This is what I think they will present: 1. Mayer 2. Casas 3. Bleis 4. Rafaela 5. Romero 6. Mata 7. Yorke 8. Walter 9. Perales 10. Anthony I might put Perales higher. Mine might look like this: 1. Mayer 2. Bleis 3. Casas 4. Rafaela 5. Perales 6. Mata 7. Romero 8. Yorke 9. Walter 10. Anthony
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There is a team that lets big stars go and still win. The Astros let Springer, Correa and Cole go.
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Sounds like I struck a crybaby nerve
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That's not my meaning at all. It is meant to describe precisely what many fans would do, if we traded him or him and Nate or JD. There are many of them. I heard them on sports talk radio and am sure they are a majority. They'd be crying and cancelling their season tickets and NESN subscriptions by the boatloads.
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Making a WS run would mean we probably brought B ogey back or one of the other bid 3 SSs or someone like Judge or deGrom. In theory, I'd take the a strong WS run a comp pick and over what we could get for him, this winter. I'm not seeing a WS run in 2023, unless we do some serious upgrading at 2-3 positions while trying to stay close to even at SS, C and DH.
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The return would still likely beat the comp pick value, plus we'd have reset the tax, which has real value, too. Again, I was speaking more to the trading 2-3 years ago, if you don't value him like you think other GMs do.
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No, they put a patch over an eye, then file insurance claims after running into each other.
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It might read: "Died Trying to Please Talksox Bashers"
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They also tried to get something in return for Betts and were able to dump half-price Price along the way. If they get just 2 comp picks for Bogey and Raffy, something is seriously wrong at the top,
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So, they valued that more than what they could have gotten for Bogey? I also mentioned trading him a year or two ago. Same answer, I guess.
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Dare I be politically incorrect and answer, "cry baby fans?" How happy will they be, if we walk away with nothing for the 3 and end up signing Andrus, Conforto, and a couple or three decent but not great pitchers?
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The final criticism and mayb e most important will probably be why didn't we trade him knowing we were so far apart on salary numbers.
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If we go by our recent history, no. The QO and loss of a draft pick probably will dissuade us from even making a highly competitive offer, IMO.
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That would be the splash to end all slashes, and if we did it at the last minute, it would greatly overshadow the Tiexiera Yankee grab, years ago. If we go cheap at SS, we can afford Judge. Whether he's worth a mega overpay is another issue.
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If he signs for $200M/8 or $190/7, I'd like to know the final Sox offer. If it was a fair offer, I'll have no beef with not outbidding an overpay, but I'll still think they botched letting him go for just a com pick.
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If we pass on the big 4 SSs and likely all the best SP'ers, what else can we spend $90M on? Nimmo and Contreras would only be about half.
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Sale needs to cut up the patches.
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Another "bridge" to Rafaela! LOL
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I am beginning to think a 1 year "bridge" might be the plan. They better make a splash elsewhere, or there will be some 'splainin' to do.
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Well, by saying "we got away from..." does imply towards the end of his tenure in Boston, so that was one hint. The AGon trade & signing and CC signing were the biggest moves made by the Sox in maybe forever. (The Manny signing adjusted for inflation might be equal or bigger, and the Price signing came after Theo.) The farm was not as good in 2012 as it was in many previous seasons. I think he was talking about more than just FA signings. Also, the rules changed about comp picks, which Theo milked, but I think that came after Theo, right?
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Does loyalty to his farm building count?
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True, if we didn't offer the same, but he chose to go.
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Mayer might be ready in 2024. so it might be one year and switch.
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Let's see how much they "pay market prices for quality," this winter. Last winter, we did with Story, and the rest were flyers taken on Wacha, Paxton, Hill, Diekman and Strahm. Before that, it was Richards, Perez & Kike. We already extended Kike, so that is sort of a winter move, but it was not "open market." With the numbers we've seen, so far, the Kike signing is looking better and better, and it didn't look to bad, to me, on day 1. BTV has Kike at +0.1 value- a rarity to see a recent signing near zero or better. (They do have Abreu as +2.1.)
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The number one option does not mean option 2 or 3 can't be higher paid or higher impact players, but I agree. It worries me, if they really had Abreu as option #1.
