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  1. moonslav59
    ...and they happened to be some of our better players. The GM was also a clown. Not sending a contract to Fisk in time, so he became a FA. That's worse PR than trading him for Stan Papi. He traded Lynn, Burleson, Cooper and others, too, but he did get some decent returns on some of those moves.
  2. moonslav59
    They weren't even that smart. I think they got a utility IF'er for him.
  3. moonslav59
    So, GMs should make all choices based on the average Joe fan's beliefs? LMAO!. Every decent GM values the farm immensely, even if just as trade pieces. Keeping the farm strong is essential to winning. Even the mega budget Dodgers strive to keep their farm strong and deep.
  4. moonslav59
    The Sox get bashed for holding off promotions for too long. They get bashed for giving young players too short a look or too long a look. On Duran, his defense was exactly what many of us feared and pointed out it would be. His bat has looked worse than many of us expected, but he only has about 300 PAs. His splits point to some slight hope he may be able to be a decent platoon bat, and maybe his D can be hidden in Fenway's LF, but I don't see counting on him for anything except possible minor league depth with some potential to improve. I think going into 2023 planning on a Pham-Duran LF platoon is a waste of a roster spot, but if we upgrade at all the other key positions, I think that might end up being a possible solution. I just hope it is not our winter plan for LF. I'd prefer we use Dugo in LF and add a CF'er and RF'er with ref as the 4th OF'er.
  5. moonslav59
    Useless to you, maybe, because you want to avoid headaches, but to others the 4 stats you choose create headaches of their own, as no stat is perfect or a true reflection of the whole value of a player. Is one of your 4 stats- chosen a fielding one? If not, isn't that missing a significant part of a player's true or comparative value? I don't mean to give you a headache over this, but even errors are scored by a human just like the UZR/150 observers and DRS metric nerds are doing, but in a more in-depth manner. BA & HRs are park influenced, strength of opponent influenced and more. RBIs are largely a product or how many runners were on base or in scoring position for one guy vs another. Sometimes, those factor disparities are great. Does it give you a headache trying to make those adjustments in your head, or do you just count Ruths HRs in left-friendly Yankees Stadium exactly the same as Williams'?
  6. moonslav59
    That's what I was asking. I always thought "eye test" meant actual observations- live or on TV. If it means looking at box scores, I don't see that as being much different than looking at data or metric spreadsheets.
  7. moonslav59
    He had nerves of steal, and was the master at bearing down, when it mattered. Lots of GBs led to lots of DPs, too. I was a huge Lee fan, and the way they dumped him pissed me off, big time.
  8. moonslav59
    I get it, too. For those who feel the playoffs are a crapshoot, which I am not a member of that group, maybe we were 2 key additions away from making the playoffs, but it seems obvious to me, we were NOT winning it all. The Bloom bashers think this team is worse than I do, so I fail to see how they can think we were a Renfroe and a couple deadline moves away from a ring. Either we are not as bad as they think or say we are, of they are dreaming. (No disrespect intended.)
  9. moonslav59
    He deconstructed Richards, Ottavino, Perez, Marwin, Andriese and Santana? Sure, keeping rentals like Schwarber, Iggy, Robles and Shaw made some sense, but at what cost, and even Schwarber has not really earned his keep. I guess the term reconstruction applies to Renfroe- someone he stole at $3.1M signing in 2021. (No credit ever given for obtaining him in the first place.) Farm rebuilding is not "natural." Ask DD.
  10. moonslav59
    You are not much more optimistic about the farm than in 2019?
  11. moonslav59
    I "came aboard" in 1972, as well, the only year a team was allowed to miss the playoffs by a half game. I cried in '75. I swore in '78. I wallowed in the misery of '86. I wondered how long the pain would go on in '03. I guess I assumed all older Sox fans learned humility. 2004 was magical and cathartic. 2007 was astounding. 2013 was Boston Strong! 2018 was near perfection. Before each of these wonderful seasons, sacrifices were made. I'm hopeful, that is what we are going through now, but maybe I'm just being naive or overly optimistic. I can understand the frustration, impatience and even the anger and need to assign blame by many fans. No doubt- this sucks! I don't think blowing up the "plan" is the solution. Bringing in someone who empties the farm to win now, will only lead to another period like we are going through, now. I'm in this for the long haul. My Dad just turned a healthy 95, and I hope I'm around to watch my Sox win for another 30+ years.
  12. moonslav59
    I also think many of the so-called Bloom supporters recognize he has made several mistakes and don't blindly defend everything he has done. All GMs make mistakes. The list of the highest paid FAs is a testament to that fact. Often, those countering extreme bashing Bloom posts are just offering context or non-hindsight reasoning for the event being bashed, and not saying the move worked or was successful.
  13. moonslav59
    Good post. One surprise I think Bloom will create is to trade away a big prospect or 2-3 moderately big ones to fill a high need with a cost-effective, multiple years of control player. (I also think Ben was about to do that before he left.) If I had to guess, I doubt he resigns Bogey or goes mega splash with Judge or the select few other blue chippers, but I do think he signs 2-4 guys in the contract range around the Story deal ($17-25M a year x 4-6 years.) Maybe 2-4 from: C: Narvaez 2B: K Wong SS: Swanson/Anderson (Maybe Bogey, if he signs for Story-like money) CF: Nimmo RF: Haniger SP: Kershaw If we only sign 2 from the above group, maybe we also sign 2-3 from this 3rd tier group ($10-20M/yr) Closer: Diaz SP: Nate (QO?)/ Wacha (QO?)/ Bassitt/Morton/SGray CF: Kike 1B/DH: Rizzo/Abreu/Brantley/Mancini/Bell
  14. moonslav59
    Speaking of Story, is he coming back, this year?
  15. moonslav59
    Agreed, but we did carry a pretty much DH only player for 4 years, and there is now an opening at DH. I'm not saying Kavadas is ML ready, now, but it's easy to find a 1 year DH placeholder.
  16. moonslav59
    Again, it seems like the biggest 2022 Sox bashers are the ones who seemingly wanted us to go all in on such a "crappy team." So, the their plan was to sacrifice the future to make the 2022 team less crappy and a little more enjoyable to watch. JH was NOT going all in, this year. They can wish he would have and turn that into "Bloom could have convince Henry to spend more," or "Bloom is trying to turn the Sox into the Rays North," but teh reality is, the b udget was too restricted to add enough pieces to be highly competitive. That being said, Bloom was handed a budget, this past winter that had he spent perfectly, we'd have maybe been a playoff team, but I seriously doubt this team was a move or two away from a ring. (Just my opinion, of course.)
  17. moonslav59
    Nate returned July 15. Schreiber returned July 23. Hill returned August 3. Barnes returned August 4. Wacha returned August 14, Strahm returned August 19. Chris Sale was scheduled to come back but broke his wrist in mid August.
  18. moonslav59
    So, should we trade Ref and Screib?
  19. moonslav59
    The pitching does fine, and the bats never show up. The batters go bananas, and the staff implodes. The pen looks great- the pen sucks. Crawford gets our hopes up, then dashes them. Wacha is back! Then, so what? This season has been one swirling mega mess!
  20. moonslav59
    When we signed Story, I felt that sealed Bogey's fate as becoming an ex-Sox player. It won't cost as much to add a solid 2Bman than a SS, and move Story back to SS. That will leave more budget space for CF, Pitching and maybe upgrades ate 2-3 of these slots: RF 1B DH C more pitching
  21. moonslav59
    I have about $80-85M in winter spending, including estimated arb raises and taking Pham & Paxton's option. I see us signing a 2Bman like Wong. I see us signing a CF'er like Nimmo or maybe bring Kike back, if he looks healthy finishing the season. (Maybe trade for one.) I think we add a solid number 1 or 2 SP'er via trade. I think we go a little heavier in pen building but not much more than we did, this year. I see us leaving 1B/DH to Hosmer, Casas and Dalbec (maybe E Valdez competes for DH or 2B) I see us maybe leaving catcher to McGuire, Wong & RHern (maybe adding a cheap vet) I see us leaving RF to Dugo & Ref and LF to Pham & Duran, but this is one area we may upgrade, too. Probably more likely we add someone significant to one of these 3 above positions (C, RF, 1B/DH) We'll spend enough to stay under by $4-6M, which will allow us to add players at the deadline, if needed. Just my opinions.
  22. moonslav59
    lmao!
  23. moonslav59
    Flashpoint 2023!
  24. moonslav59
    It would be nice to think we have another good RP'er option going into 2023. Plus, we need some dead money coming back to life, at some point. 25.6 Sale (When is he not hurt?) 23.3 Story (Still out) 22.0 JD (new sport: Cliff diving) 20.0 Bogey (power outage) 17.0 Nate (when healthy, hit or miss) 16.0 Price (about to finally lose this abyss) 11.2 Devers (August swoon) 10.0 Paxton (a planned outage) 9.4 Barnes (finally, a hint of smoking driftwood) 7.0 Kike (out most of the season) 7.0 Wacha (finally back)
  25. moonslav59
    My fellow Domer!
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