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Even if he ends up getting DFA'd, we dumped Diekman's contract.
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Platoon- not FT. v RHP .754 2021 .974 2020 .781 2019 .829 2018 .939 2017 .783 from 2018-2022. .760 from 2020-2022 I'm not all gah gah over a .750 DH slot, but that's what we had this year. I'm not excited over a .750 1B, but it's better than .690- like we had this year. Until we add someone better v RHPs, I'm keeping the min wage player on the 26. BTW, our DH and 1B positions are both under .750, this year.
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I disagree. Except for reverse splits, this year, he has done very well vs RHPs, and I doubt we spend big on a DH. We have other LH'de bats that can platoon at DH with him, already in the system. I won't be surprised, if he's traded, but I don't think he will be DFA'd. We may trade Dalbec, and that would eliminate the RH'd competition for platoon DH and back-up 1Bman. We'd get more for Dalbec and Hosmer is as cheap as can be.
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Good comps. I'm confident that if Kike stays healthy, we'll be happy with him at $10M, whether he plays CF, 2B, SS or RF. I'm not a believer in clutch as a repeatable skillset, but he came through when it counted for the Sox in 2021.
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I only provide the current combo players we have at high need areas to help determine which areas are our highest needs and which might be determined as either "being good enough" or "we don't have enough budget space to fix, right now, and you look better than what we have over there."
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Hamilton started hitting much better, late in the year and had 70 SBs T3rd in minors. He may be a sleeper. ALL Minor League SB Leaders (Note the CS totals) 85-14 Ruiz 71-15 L Valdez 70-8 Hamilton 70-15 Nunez 70-16 de los Santos Other notables: 61-5 Ferguson 31-3 W Abreu 28-7 Rafaela 28-6 Bonaci 27-5 Paulino 25-0 Meredith 22-3 Chacon 22-2 Miller 21-2 A Lugo 21-5 McDonough 20-1 Sikes 20-7 M Lugo 20-8 de Leon 20-9 Jimenez 17-0 M Mayer
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At min wage and a LH'd bat, I think he makes the opening day roster as a back-up 1Bman and platoon DH. It's certainly not ideal, but we will likely have to go cheap, maybe here is that place.
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Would adding Nimmo for 2023 plus Story returning at 2B even out or exceed Renfroe in RF and Marwin & Co at 2B from 2021?
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Stuck in a time warp.
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I'm fine with this priority order.
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I'm co-piloting the Nimmowagon.
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Is Kike's arm good enough fro RF?
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600 innings is no joke, but personally, I'd prefer him in CF. Probably finding a good CF'er is easier and cheaper than a SS, but there are a lot of SS on the FA market, this year. Either way, we need a SS, 2Bman of CF'er depending on where Kike and Story play more than a closer, IMO. It's Arroyo at 2B vs Whitlock or Houck as closer, IMO. Now, if Whitlock starts and Houck is the se3t-up man, maybe Arroy is better than Schreiber as the closer. I get that.
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We can shuffle players around all we want, but we need 2 key players. SS and RF, IMO. 2B and RF, if we move Story to SS. CF and RF, if we move Kike to SS or 2B w Story playing the other position. The point I'm trying to make is whether a closer is a higher need than those 2 slots and SP'ing? Where does closer fit on everyone's ranked high need areas? Mine: The vital: 1. P (I think ace) 2. SS 3. P (I prefer a solid #2 SP over closer, but it's close and depends on where we put Houck & Whitlock are placed) 4. RF The near essential 5. P 6. 1B/DH or RF/DH (if we don't get a RF'er and keep Pham and Ref or get a platoon for Ref in RF) 7. P Would be nice, but doubtful: 8. P 9. C
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I think he's trying to get us fighting.
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I get that. If you think not replacing Bogey is less important than getting a closer, I would have to disagree, but if Arroyo can stay healthy and Story can play SS, it's not a dumb idea.
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I would not compare Swanson to Offerman. Swanson is almost top 10 in fWAR by everyday players at 6.2. One can argue that's a fluke as he was at 3.4. last year and barely over 2 the previous 2 seasons, including the shortened 2020 season. where his 2.2 might have projected to 5.7. Offerman was at 2.1, 1.4 and thyen 4.6 before his signing with the Sox. I'd be happy with Nimmo and Swanson, but I know many would not be. I think signing those two would allow us to spend more on pitching than going Bogey and Nimmo or Judge and Swanson/Anderson. I still think we'd need to trade for an ace, sign Swanson & Nimmo and spend the rest on pitching to come close to being a highly competitive team in 2023. That may be too much to ask.
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Okay, that may be true, but what does it matter, if he doesn't? Are we going to call for a new owner as essential to our further success? (To me, that sounds absurd.)
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I'm curious, looking at my list and adjusting Arroyo to 2B and Story to SS, as could happen, how would you rank our top priorities? One can just say "pitcher" rather than solid SP or RP to cover for the unknown choices on where Whitlock and Houck will be slotted. I'd think it might look like this: ( see 6 or 7 as essential, but maybe 4-5 are vital.) 1. P 2. SS/2B 3. P 4. P 5. RF (or RF/DH) 6. P 7. DH (or 1B/DH, if we get a legit RF'er) 8. Catcher 9. P or Utility 10. P
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Right. I was assuming we'll lose the rest of our games.
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No. I listed slots that are currently open for 2023. We could keep Bogey, Wacha, Nate, JD and others, if we AND they choose to stay. (Paxton or Pham?) Yes, we may shift some people around. If we move Houck or Whitlock to SP, then the Pen needs more help. I listed Arroy at SS, so it's pretty much the same as moving Story to SS and using Arroyo at 2B. Would you prefer that over a solid closer? I'm not saying every choice is a clear cut choice against a closer. I'm just saying, when we choose to spend big anywhere, it likely means we settle for what we already have at one or more of the positions I listed. (I did not even mention catcher and 4th OF'er (assuming we add a RF'er), where many might see a bigger need than I do..
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Nobody denies that fact. IMO, the problem is, if we spend on a closer, we don't spend somewhere else. What positions are weakest? Closer/solid set-up? Whitlock Houck Schreiber Barnes/Taylor SS Arroyo Downs RF Refsnyder (Dugo w Pham in LF? AT $12M???!!!???) DH Platoon: Hosmer v R & Dalbec/Pham/??? v L SP (after Pivetta & Bello) Sale ??? Paxton ??? Crawford Winckowski Mata/Walter/TWard/Seabold/Murphy/Santos Bottom of pen (after the 4-5 I mentioned above) Kelly Brasier Danish German/Bazardo/Ort/DHern or a converted SP'er like Wink/Crawford/Murphy To me, the glaring weaknesses are not the top of the pen, but that's not to say it is a strength.
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No, they don't. They HAD an owner that did outspend 80-90% of the teams. From 2019 until march, 2022, the Sox spending vs lost contracts has not been like years past.
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Thanks. It's an interesting list. I'd have Walter higher, and I think maybe this guy was wow'd by Bonaci's equal BBs and Ks. Murphy has really sucked for about a month.
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You think JH was okay going way over v just a little over? You may be right, but I can't imagine a GM being given the okay to spend $10-15M more and saying no.
