moonslav59
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We won 78 games playing the toughest schedule in MLB, last year. We got worse at 2 positions (SS and 2B) and maybe the rotation, but that is debatable. We stayed about the same at 3B, C, DH and CF. We improved at 1B, LF, RF and the pen. Our team is deeper than we've seen since 2018. The pen looks as good as any Sox team, on paper, in a long time. We have 6-10 young players looking to make a mark. Sure, we have enough question marks to make anyone's head spin and think negatively, but we don't need them all to go right to improve on 2022. I'm surprised we've had our first Sox fan say "no chance," and it's still mid February.
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Could this be the final records of 2023? 100-62 NYY 100-62 HOU 92-70 TOR WC1 90-72 CLE 86-76 SEA WC2 85-77 BOS WC3 84-78 TBR 81-81 MIN & BAL 78-84 CWS, TEX & LAA 62-100 DET & KCR 52-110 OAK
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#51-55 on Soxprospects.com: http://news.soxprospects.com/2023/02/2023-countdown-to-spring-training-55-51.html
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So, you were talking about practice, too?
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Cora has said a lot of things that just do not happen. Just before the Barnes DFA, he said he was their 8th inning, high leverage guy.
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You better be joking.
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Enlightening list when paired with their results. What's the chances anyone else joins Mata on this list? Bello Walter Perales Wikelman Rodriguez-Cruz Paez
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It does look like bad luck was a factor for a few of our better looking pitcher prospects, but every team has a list of promising pitchers that got hurt or had something happen to keep them from shining. I'm hopeful on a couple of our current pitchers, and Kopech may still rise to a high level. The point still stands: we have gone too long, whether it be due to bad luck, bad picks, bad development of a little of each. We need to turn it around. Maybe new personnel on the player scouting and development staff is called for, but who knows?
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Are you 100% sure DD did all he could to talk JH into going higher on Betts? I'm not disagreeing with you, but we just don't know. Maybe JH told DD he could choose between $350 for Betts or $150M on Sale + $200M on Bogey, but not both, and DD chose the latter.
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...and he never got back up.
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You mean MVP was cherry-picking quotes?
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Who are the Sox that are actually injured as we speak? Story Mondesi As far as we know, these guys are currently "good to go," right? Sale Paxton Whitlock Houck Casas
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Wish we had signed Fulmer for $4.1M. I guess Brasier is da man.
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I'm just glad the Sox did not go for him.
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Fulmer to Cubs for only $4M.
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Had no injuries or other diversions took place, how many of these guys look like "aces?" Would any have become an ace had they been in another system? If the answer is yes, we need serious changes made, and quickly.
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I had hopes Bloom would bring in some Rays personnel.
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$6M x 4 seems rather low.
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We do need to develop an ace every now and again. Teams like Milwaukee, Miami and Astros, among others seem to have homegrown, multiple ace-types, non-stop. It doesn't seem like we've shaken up our pipeline system in years, so I'm not sure we can realistically expect one, anytime soon. That leaves trading young everyday players for an ace- like we did with HRam and Moncada or rolling the dice on a FA, where the odds are almost like needing snake eyes to win. Scouting other teams' farm and MLB systems very well is one way to get an ace before they become one. That's not easy to do. Do we need a wholesale change in our scouting and developing system or maybe just add some pitching experts to it? What's a legit plan to get us one?
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Who is open to trading an ace? According to BTV, here are the top value pitchers where years and salary count a lot: Manoah 150 Alcantara 144 McClanahan 128 Kirby 93 F Valdez 86 Webb 82 Burnes 78 Cease 76 Gilbert 73 Javier 67 Fried 66 Peralta 64 Gallen 63 Bieber 61 Ottani 61 Singer 52 Woodruff 51 Lodolo 49 McKenzie 48 Rasmussen 47 L Garcia 46 Saurez 46 Gonsolin 45 Greene 44 Detmers 42 J Ryan & Sandoval 41 Skubai 40 P Lopez 39 T Rogers 37 D May 36 Urias & Gausman 35 Whitlock 34 Bello 33 Nola, Springs & Ashby 33 Blue= listed as "Medium" trade availability It might take Mayer (65.1) to get someone like Singer. I doubt we'd get Javier straight up for Mayer. BTV accepts Casas + Romero & Murphy for Singer. Also... Houck, Rafaela, Romero & Yorke for Singer Do you do that? Is Singer even an ace?
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IMO, the trade or the extension/signing was fine, but both makes it tip to the no side. Maybe trading for someone just about to become an ace (and his team does not know it, yet) is the best way, but that involves some luck or extremely good scouting.
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I would on Price. Lackey is a close call, only because he missed a season and had a really bad one, too.
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I was razzing jacko about him saying we lost our "ace" in Nate.
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Grads in '22: Bello, Crawford, Winckowski, Wong, Ort & Duran Experience in '22: 2. Casas 23. Kelly 2023: 4. Rafaela 6. Mata 5. Yorke 9. Walter 13. Murphy 17. E Valdez 26. Hamilton 27. Fernandez (33. C Koss, 38. RHern, 41. T Broadway, 48. O Mosqueda, 57. C Shugart) 2024: 1. Mayer (late '23???) 14. Lugo 20. Kavadas 22. Drohan 24. Abreu (35. Binelas, 39. Jimenez, 40. S Scott, 46. T Denlinger) 2025: 11. Paulina 12. Gonzalez 15. Jordan 16. Bonaci 18. Hickey 29. Guerrero 30. McDonough (37. J Salazar, C Meidroth, A Bastardo, J Encarnacion) 2026: 3. Bleis 7. Romero 10. Perales 19. E R-C 21. Coffey 25. Brannon 28. Paez (31. M Alcantara, 32. F Encarnacion)
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Some think the Price signing was worth it, but certainly it's debatable. The Lackey signing helped in 2013, but I'm not sure you can call him an ace. Of course you can't go by just one team and its history, but 3 of our 4 rings were won by trading for an ace or aces or having a homegrown ace (Lester): 2004: Pedro & Schilling 2007: Schilling & Beckett 2018: Sale (Porcello was not an ace, except in 2017. We also traded for Nate at the deadline, and he became our "playoff ace.") I tend to agree with your point: finding an ace via free agency is an extreme gamble. Of course, many WS winners have had FA aces or solid #2s.
