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  1. moonslav59
    They blame Bloom for Henry cutting and limiting spending. They blame Cora for not working magic with what Bloom is forced to give him for players. They also quickly forget the magic of 2021 from Bloom & Cora and 2018 from Cora.
  2. moonslav59
    The lux tax hit was more, and the idea would have been to not get another RP'er with the savings but to get a better one than Diekman. Add Diekman's money to the JBJ savings and maybe we get a better RP'er- maybe by far. Maybe not.
  3. moonslav59
    Saying I'd only count on 4, doesn't mean get rid of everyone else. We need to plan the ML roster like we have only 4 guys we can count on, add 2 more and use the rest as most teams use them: mop up or low leverage RP'er. Barnes or Taylor, plus guys like Danish, German and failed starters might be those guys, or they might rise up and take the place of someone ahead of them.
  4. moonslav59
    Max, it seems most don't want to here this, or just chalk it up as excuse-making. It is a fact that most of our past GMs inherited dead money, too, but not to this extent, and not with so little influx from their inherited farm, at the same time. Then, add to these two aspects the fact that the budget was slashed massively, year one, and extremely tight year two, and somehow a GM was supposed to succeed more than 50-50 (2021 good year: 2022 bad year)? Recognizing the context is not ignoring reality and also not making excuses.
  5. moonslav59
    Pure conjecture, here.
  6. moonslav59
    Exactly. It's more about DD players being paid while not even on the roster or having major decline seasons in 2022. The only real awful move Bloom made, this past winter was the JBJ trade. The Story signing did not help much for 2022, but at least he drove in some runs. The Dieman signing sucked, but he ended up getting McGuire for him. We can complain about non-moves all day, but with a limited budget, you have to nix one done deal to make a suggested one. Bloom added Wacha, Refsnyder, Schreiber, Strahm and Hill on a shoestring budget (until the Story signing). He certainly made mistakes, like expecting an .800 batter, like Dalbec, to be able to hi .700, this year. Like planning for 4 SP'er to get hurt at the same time and have capable pitchers way down the depth chart on min wage.
  7. moonslav59
    How many times do I have to say we won't win. We aren't going 12-12, twice. My point was that it's not about having 4 teams ahead of us.
  8. moonslav59
    Play all bubble roster players to get a better read on who to keep and who to boot.
  9. moonslav59
    When you have a restricted winter spending budget and a dozen or more holes to fill, the dumpster is where you have to shop for some slots. This was the first winter Bloom had money to spend without a ton of slots to fill, although he still had at least a half dozen. In hindsight, he could have spread Stroy's money around and got slightly better odds on who he added, but hindsight is always better, isn't it? The JBJ deal was the cruncher, because it also meant we had to spend less, elsewhere, and that $8M buyout still looms, this winter, despite it not counting non the 2023 tax line. Mistakes were made, but not on a big chunk of the moves made. Wacha Schreiber Refsnyder Strahm Deadline deals: McGuire, Pham and maybe Hosmer plus some promising prospects. The Meh: Story Hill The Bad: JBJ Diekman, although, somehow he was able to dump him for a decent catcher.
  10. moonslav59
    I guess we should throw Schreiber, Arroyo & Refsnyder out on the next trash day.
  11. moonslav59
    My point is not that we will make the playoffs, but it is in our hands. We don't have to "hope" the teams in front of us lose- we just have to beat them.
  12. moonslav59
    As soon as we sign him and he goes on the IL, you'll be laughing at us.
  13. moonslav59
    Barnes will be back, but I'd only count on having 4 quality slots carry over. Taylor and barnes can fight over the 4th slot. We should plan accordingly, which to me, means adding 2 solid pen arms and not 2 Diekman's. Strahm worked our okay, but Im hoping for better than 2 Strahms, too.
  14. moonslav59
    That would likely be Frank German from the Ottavino deal, but he's struggled the last week.
  15. moonslav59
    Maybe one last look. One last chance. I don't expect him back, next year.
  16. moonslav59
    All three seem equally deserving. He's getting paid more than Sawamura and Davis and will be up for his last arb, next season. I'm guessing he'll be non-tendered.
  17. moonslav59
    An interesting point on Sawamura that shows how stats can be deceiving. Here were the top OPS Against numbers before today's game (170+ PAs): .539 Schreiber .588 Whitlock .605 Wacha .608 Houck .634 Sawamura .710 Pivetta .742 Davis .744 Diekman .752 R Hill .774 Eovaldi .783 Crawford .846 Brasier .859 Winckowski 25-170 PAs Against .584 Sale .589 Valdez .664 Strahm .665 Danish .678 Barnes .678 Familia .831 Robles .930 Ort .955 Bello 1.296 Seabold 1.376 DHern
  18. moonslav59
    MLBTR reports... Sawamura’s contract came with a split option for 2023, with various escalators in play. MLBTR’s Anthony Franco recently looked at that option, noting that the club option had already increase to $3.6MM. Since that writing, it has ticked up to $3.7MM and still had room to climb. If the club had declined that option, Sawamura would have had the ability to trigger a player option, which had reached $1.9MM as of today and could still have grown further. It seems the Red Sox didn’t intend to trigger their end of the deal and are cutting Sawamura loose.
  19. moonslav59
    Okay, Ort and Kelly are called up, and Kelly was added to the 40. Who gets added to the other 40 man slot? Tristan Casas? Frank German? Enmanuel Valdez? Chris Murphy?
  20. moonslav59
    Good points. We obviously need to make serious additions to next year's pen, but I'd feel fine pencilling him in to a high leverage slot on the off season charts. We just need others added. Houck, Whitlock, Schreiber is a nice core to build on. If Taylor can get healthy, maybe we have 4. Perhaps someone like German, Crawford, Winckowski or Murphy can give us a surprise boost from the farm, but we should not count on more than 4 from what we carry over from 2022.
  21. moonslav59
    Unless traded, these players will be back, next year: Barnes Sale Devers Taylor (assuming healthy) Verdugo Pivetta Arroyo Houck Mata Wong Whitlock RHernandez Crawford Winckowski Bello Paxton (option) Story Schreiber Refsnyder McGuire Pham (option) Hosmer Casas (Rule 5) German (Rule 5) Gonzalez (Rule 5) Murphy (Rule 5) Paulino (Rule 5) Rafaela (Rule 5) Walter (Rule 5) E Valdez (MiFA) That's only 30 out of 40 needed. Possible Returnees, Traded or DFA'd? DHern Dalbec Seabold Downs Duran Danish Cordero Ort Ja Davis Borderline Rule 5 Protectees/Lost to Rule 5 (likely will not be selected.) WAbreu BBonaci KCottam DFeltman DGranberg DHamilton GJimenez CKoss NNorthcut VSantos NSogard NSong JThompson JWallace TWard
  22. moonslav59
    There is room for both Whitlock and Schreiber to be "relief aces," next year. Neither can pitch everyday, especially when going more than 1 IP, sometimes. Houck can be the traditional closer. Whitlock and Schreiber can be the 1-2 IP guys who come in when needed most- not always always the 8th inning.
  23. moonslav59
    He hasn't just made up his nasty stuff out of thin air, or has he?
  24. moonslav59
    The pen might be fine...
  25. moonslav59
    Kelly and Ort will not make a difference.
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