Jump to content
Talk Sox
  • Create Account

moonslav59

Old-Timey Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    105,067

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    132

 Content Type 

Profiles

Boston Red Sox Videos

2026 Boston Red Sox Top Prospects Ranking

Boston Red Sox Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits

Guides & Resources

2025 Boston Red Sox Draft Pick Tracker

News

2026 Boston Red Sox Draft Pick Tracker

Forums

Blogs

Events

Store

Downloads

Gallery

Everything posted by moonslav59

  1. moonslav59
    Sounds about right. Both are too high for my liking, but $176M/7 would not bother me, at all. I think gets $200M/8 to $208M/8. He might get $220/9 from some desperate GM.
  2. moonslav59
    It's a lose-lose situation. I'd like to see Bogey back for the Sox, but if he gets more than $160M/6 somewhere else, I won't be upset, unless we don't spend the money on upgrades elsewhere as well as adding a decent SS to partially make up for the downgrade at SS. (Also, re-signing Bogey may end up being a downgrade at SS for the remainder of his deal, too. Maybe not.)
  3. moonslav59
    I wouldn't put Albies, Harris or Acuna in the same class as Bogey & Devers, just yet, either. There-in lies the rub. If you wait until they b ecome the next Bogey or Devers, you won't get them to sign for ... $100M/8 Acuna $72M/8 Harris $35M/7 Albies We took a chance on Whitlock. I like it.
  4. moonslav59
    But, but, but... I thought we didn't want to become Tampa Bay North!
  5. moonslav59
    Near Final Numbers (400+ PAs) OPS 6. Kavadas 1.025 (2nd with 500+ PAs) 23. E Valdez .931 (13th w 500+) 54. M Mayer .887 63. Rafaela .880 130. Abreu .834 143. Lugo .830 152. Paulino .827 BB 1. Abreu 114 5. Kavadas 102 9. Ferguson 96 17. Bonaci 89 (only 89 Ks!) SB/CS 5. Hamilton (70/8) 9. Ferguson (61/5) 82. Rosier (33/4) 102. Abreu (31/3) 130. Rafaela (28/7) 142. Paulino (27/5) 166. Meredith (25/0)
  6. moonslav59
    If they could kick out the most undeserving 10, or better yet 20, I'd be fine putting them all in.
  7. moonslav59
    The fact that he was basically underpaid for a few years makes it hard to consider paying him $5-7M more year and not improve the team from 2023 to 2024 and beyond. It's not his fault, but it's just a reality. Losing his skillset and opening up just $20M a year is not easy to deal with, either.
  8. moonslav59
    Okay. Pretty far from $141M/6 but not too far from $156M/6.
  9. moonslav59
    Sox bWAR Leaders (gms): 5.7 Bogey (138) 4.6 Devers (128) 2.5 Story (94) 2.1 Vaz (84) 1.2 Dugo (139) 1.1 Ref (50 WOW!) 0.9 McQuire (26 Double WOW!) 0.9 JD (126) 0.8 Kike (79) 0.6 Arroyo (79) 0.4 Pham (41) 0.2 Chang (3!!!) 0.2 Ja Davis (12) 0.1 Wong (17) 0.0 Hosmer (12) -0.1 Cordero (84), Almonte (5) and Duran (57) -0.2 Arauz (6) -0.3 casas (13) -0.4 JBJ (91) -0.5 Dalbec (111- OUCH!), Sanchez (14) -0.6 Downs 914) -0.7 Shaw (7) -1.1 Plawecki (60) Pitchers 3.9 Wacha 2.7 Pivetta 2.6 Schreiber 1.7 Whitlock 1.6 Houck 0.9 Nate 0.6 Sawamura (a strike against bWAR) 0.4 Strahm 0.3 Hill, Bello & Danish 0.2 Diekman (strike 2) and Kelly 0.1 Crawford 0.0 Bazardo, Sale, Feliz, German -0.1 P Valdez -0.2 Familia, Ort -0.3 Barnes, Wink -0.4 Davis -0.6 Seabold -0.8 Robles -0.9 DHern -1.1 Brasier
  10. moonslav59
    I've already stated I'd go $150M/6 and maybe a little more like a 7th year option for $20M with a $6M buyout, essentially making it a $156M/6 or $170M/7 deal. I don't think we can pay much more and still improve the team. I don't think $150M/6 is that far from the offer you thought would be an overpay. What's the most you might suggest we offer? (Mine is $156M/6 tops.)
  11. moonslav59
    They lost Freeman, but I like your point. Maybe we need to start signing guys way earlier, like maybe start with Whitlock, err... wait...
  12. moonslav59
    I'd say, before this year, they were both worth about the same- maybe JD more due to being younger. I think me saying he was worth $16-20M is pretty accurate. I don't think anyone would have paid him $22M/2, but I've been wrong before.
  13. moonslav59
    They don't usually talk up a guy they are about to low-ball, again. Who knows, maybe they offer him $1M more than Story ($141M/6) and let him decide. Some fans might be pissed, even if we offer him $200M/8, and he walks.
  14. moonslav59
    I don't think he was worth $22M, so I think we'd have had to include $2-7M to get a team to just take his contract. Maybe $6M was high, but I doubt anyone would have taken him ay $22M/1. Just my opinion.
  15. moonslav59
    But, how many posters suggested we do that after 2021 (or before?) We'd probably have had to include some money just to get nothing back, or give a prospect similar to the Ottavino & German for nothing deal. Would it have been worth trading JD + $6M for nothing, and then sign Schwarber? Even in hindsight, I'm not so sure. At any rate Sox Nation would have been irate!
  16. moonslav59
    I'm looking for someone we could sign, this winter. Are you saying he won't be offered arb and may be a FA?
  17. moonslav59
    I'd just like a name of someone we can get for next year for less than $10M, and who is as good or better than Kike. I'll be driving his bandwagon, too.
  18. moonslav59
    Abreu and Valdez were far from Houston's 39th and 40th prospects.
  19. moonslav59
    It's more than just this time. Almost anytime someone praises him, you throw shade on him. You have a right to your opinion, and I'm sure you are not the only one who doesn't like Kike as much as I do, but you just seem equally passionate as I am about his value and skillset. I don't see that on many other Sox players that people like or praise. I realize our roles are reversed on other players like Vaz, and maybe you wonder why I'm always throwing shade on him. Fair enough. That's part of what makes this place interesting.
  20. moonslav59
    He might even fall down with a heart attack.
  21. moonslav59
    Ahhh, I remember the specifics, now. Yes. BTW, for all we know, this contract he just signed might be a lifetime contract.
  22. moonslav59
    That goes for Betts, too, but I know your issue was about thye return not the idea of trading him. I agree, if we are sure we will not re-sign these stars, we should trade them before they are just rentals (some on the IL.)
  23. moonslav59
    My guess is he will make more than $10M/1 as a FA. BTW, here are his positional values on defense: -0.4 2B (14 DRS) 4402 innings +5.8 LF (8 DRS) in 830 innings -0.9 RF (0 DRS) in 313 innings -12.9 CF (0 DRS( in just 69 innings +5.6 3B (0 DRS) just 26 innings -197.8 (SS) just 25 innings Kike: +8.5 CF (20 DRS) in 2445 innings -5.7 2B (17 DRS) in 1668 innings +18 LF (15 DRS) in 603 innings +10.7 SS (8 DRS) in 602 innings (Could he be our next SS?) +11.9 RF (3 DRS) in 343 innings -28.4 3B (0 DRS) in 155 innings +17.4 1B (-1 DRS) in 89 innings OPS+ Career 98 Kike 99 AF 2018-2022 98 Kike 99 AF 2019-2022 93 Kike 96 AF 2020-2022 96 Kike 95 AF 2021-2022 98 Kike & AF Playoffs .900 Kike in 194 PAs n/a AF in 0 PAs)
  24. moonslav59
    Okay, but the question at hand was what CF'er is available for $10M or less than is a better choice than Kike. I'm okay with bringing up past signings, but not someone who cannot be a FT CF'er. Just my opinion.
  25. moonslav59
    I just don't think he'd be worth $18M in 2024. I will say that if the plan is to reset after 2024, and going over by a lot is okay in 2023, then these type of 1 year deals might be workable. (Yes, not at the expense of adding better pitching.) Piling up comp picks would be nice, too.
×
×
  • Create New...