moonslav59

If Casas plays near FT at 1B, are the rest of these guys good enough to keep us respectable at DH?

It really is true: no Red Sox player is wanted by the Mariners. You guys are better at each and every position.

To me, the GG votes have been the most absurd of all. It's mostly a popularity contest.

I'd still rather just sign a cheap SS with a great glove as a bridge to Mayer and keep Kike in CF. I'm fine with trading Hosmer, but it's hard to know which team might have interest. He's not very good on D and looks like a platoon at bat, but at least he's on the bigger side of a platoon,

It wouldn't be as bad as Jeter winning not one, not two, not three, but 4 Gold Gloves.

I figured they moved him with the promotion to AA, to keep Koss at SS.

I really like Kike in CF, but maybe Kiermaier in CF is better than the declining Iggy or Simmons at SS for cheap.

I heard it was the biggest strike out disparity in history. 17 Ks NYY batters 2 Ks HOU batters

You guys are killing me!

Sometimes, just sometimes, managers do know more than we do.

Agreed. He's very likely worth $320M/8, so going $320M/10 helps on the tax line for 8 years. I seriously doubt the Sox make a strong play for Judge, but it would be a major coup and set the Yanks scrambling to counterstrike. We do need a RF'er, badly. If we go lighter at SS, maybe Swanson or even a cheap bridge to Mayer, Iggy (maybe Lugo in 2024), we can afford to splurge. Someone, wake me up!

.800 from 2018 is pretty good, and I'd rather have a r trending upwards than the other way. I'm not totally sold on Ref, but I do think he has earned a spot of the 26 as our 4th OF'er and possible platoon RF'er or DH. It would not upset me, if he starts the year in AAA, either, but I think we need to target our spending on 5-6 key slots and not spread the money around on mediocrity.

The opposite of Rizzo.

6 or 7 quality additions or bring backs should be all that is needed, as long as we don't botch more than 1 of them. If we don't bring Bogey back, we'll need to upgrade at 1 or more positions by more and more, but that, too, is doable. I'm not sure management is prepared to trade a top prospect or two to try and fill one major need area, but I think we may have to do so, unless we spend more than I'm thinking they want to do. I do think we can field a competitive team without a major prospect trade and staying slightly under the tax line, but it's a fine needle to thread.

I honestly don't know. Tito had a lot more information than we did. I don't just assume Bieber was ready to go.

2021-2022 v LHPs .901 Refsnyder (137 PAs) 2020-2022 .867 Refsynder (158 PAs) 2018-2020 .800 Refsnyder (220 PAs)

His great versatility.

If we go with what we got at 1B and DH, we have a lot of choices, but many are not too encouraging, and there is not room for all of them on the 26. LHB Casas 1B/DH Hosmer DH/1B E Valdez 2B/DH (AAA) Cordero DH/LF (AAA) Duran LF/DH (AAA) W Abreu OF/DH (AAA- may not be ML ready until mid season) RHB Dalbec DH/1B/3B (2B?) (??AAA??) Refsnyder RF/DH Arroyo 2B/3B/SS/DH If Rafaela ever gets called up, maybe Dugo can DH some.

Yes, I think we leave the bottom 3 slots I listed "untouched," or we add a cheap depth kind of player.

Earlier, I wrote 4th OF'er/part time DH, but go off.

I touched on this earlier, but to me, whether we spend big, moderately or skimp, we will likely leave at least one or two positions untouched. In theory, one would think we'd choose the 1-3 slots we think are stronger than the others and fill in the most needy slots, first. If we have promising ML ready or near ready prospects at some slots, we may neglect those or just go for a one year signing to carry us over. Here are the slots that are in need of filling or upgrading. Some, like SP and RP'er may be tweaked, once we know if Whitlock and Houck will be starters or relievers. SS: (Story? Then, we need 2B), (Kike? Then, we need CF), Arroyo, Downs SP: Sale, Bello, Pivetta, (Whitlock, Houck?), Crawford, Winckowski, Seabold (AAA/MLB? Mata, Walter, Murphy) RP: (Whitlock, Houck?), Schreiber, Barnes, Taylor, Kelly, Brasier/Danish/McGee/Reed (AAA/MLB? German, Bazardo, Ort, Politi) RF: (Dugo? Then, we need LF) Refsnyder, Cordero & Duran (LF) (Rafaela/Abreu) C: McGuire, Wong (RHern/Hamilton) 1B: Casas, Hosmer, Dalbec DH: Hosmer, Dalbec, Arroyo, Refsnyder, EValdez (Pham?) 4th OF: (Refsnyder, if we add a starting OF'er) Cordero, Duran I listed these slots in about the order I think the greatest needs are. Top= most urgent.

Maybe Beni or a trade. My point is, I'd rather spend on a solid OF'er than less on one, so we can maybe upgrade on Ref for a 4th OF'er. I say maybe, because it's not a sure bet Myers will do better than Ref.

LF Dugo CF Kike RF Nimmo OF Ref Should be a strength.

I'dl ike to fill our higher need areas first. If you think 4th OF'er is more important than deepening the pen, fine, but we can't do it all. If we try to do it all, we'll end up with mediocrity in many slots.

If we can spend over $123M, like here, I might try something like this: SS Bogey $25 x 6 OF Nimmo $23 x 5 SP Bassitt $20M x 3 SP Wacha $18 x 1 (QO) RP Montero $12 x 1 RP Fulmer $10M x 1 SP R Hill $7M x 1 RP Strahm $5M x 1