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  1. moonslav59
    Sadly, we may back ourselves into such a dark corner that the only way out is to trade away the future and end up like 2020 in 2030, just to get a sniff at one ring before then.
  2. moonslav59
    I don't need to self flagellate. The Sox FO does a fine job by themselves. I'm tired or hearing, "but there is still ____ and ____ on the market." We keep missing out on the tippy top talent, and it's tippy top talent who wear the rings.
  3. moonslav59
    We need serious action- not dubious words.
  4. moonslav59
    I agree with this, but if you want to count guys like Cole coming back, we can say a lot about our returning players, too. None are like Cole, but the sheer number is daunting: Sandoval, Crawford, Dobbins, Slaten plus guys like Moran and rookies like Early, Tolle and maybe Perales and others. Anthony, Mayer, Casas, Yoshida, Abreu. Maybe Campbell busts out. I'd rather not rely on hopes for returning injured players to get back to form, quickly. We need to add healthy and high quality players. Players better than Bregman or two Bregmans.
  5. moonslav59
    It's not like Alonso was the next Soto, but it makes you think, if the offer to Soto was legit, why can't we afford Alonso?
  6. moonslav59
    I like Casas on offense a lot. I've been posting his numbers for weeks, but we can't put this window of opportunity on his shoulders, not have him share it with Anthony, Mayer and others. We also have to factor in new injuries and regressions from a few players. It happens every year. We expected more from Abreu, but got more from Story, instead. We expected more from Houck, but got shocked by Gio, instead. We were hopeful on DHam and or Campbell and then watched Romy steal the show. We ended up counting on Lowe, Romy, Matz, Early, Tolle and Weissert. Sure, there will be some upticks from guys like them, but we can't just run back the same team and expect better. It does happen, sometimes, but when you see a team like this- poised to explode, why not go a little overkill. Maybe not like DD did in 2018, but something to make us noticeably better. Please don't say Sonny Gray is going to lead us to the mountain top.
  7. moonslav59
    Of course- or 2-3 ...lol.
  8. moonslav59
    If all we do is sign Bregman and some mid level RP'er, I'm going to be super pissed off. I'd say I'll boycott games, but I haven't been in 2 years. I'd say I'll stop watching NESN, but I'm an addict needing my fix.
  9. moonslav59
    I found this with no mention of an earlier date: Only teams with available spots on their 40-man roster can participate in the Major League phase. I think we could have drafted, but traded for a Rule 5 guy instead.
  10. moonslav59
    It's not often players have great seasons after 32. Here is a list of top fWARs since 2016 by 34 or older players: 6.8 Goldschmidt 6.2 B Crawford 5.4 Kinsler 5.3 Posey 5.2 Beltre, Springer 5.1 Lowrie 4.7 Cruz, 4.6 Ortiz, 4.5 Cruz 3 @ 4.0, 3 @ 3.9, 4 @ 3.5-3.8 6 @ 3.0-3.4 15 @ 2.6-2.9 24 @ 2.0-2.4 That's 64 players at 2.0 plus in 10 years, or about 6-7 per season. 118 at 1.0 or more. That's not a lot. (12 per year.) Pitchers: 6 at 6.0+ 3 in the 5's 8 in the 4's 8 from 3.5 to 3.9 9 from 3.0 to 3,4 42 in the 2's That's 76 at 2.0 or more (7-8 per year) 155 at 1.0 or better (15-16 per year.)
  11. moonslav59
    Alonso will be 35 for his last season of this deal. That's to the midpoint of his 30's and no longer. I'd have been fine with a 6th yr added if it brought down the AAV a bit. Instead of $31M x 5, maybe $29M x 6. (He's make $21M in that extra year.)
  12. moonslav59
    We had a roster slot open and still do. (Grissom deal.)
  13. moonslav59
    There is "still time" and "plenty of talent out there," but there are plenty of teams looking more willing to ante up on the final asking price. We kinda lucked out that Bregman fell into our laps and we saw a resurgence by Gio and Story. We need to get bold before all that's left is mold.
  14. moonslav59
    The 10 year deal was basically "forvers," but that didn't last for any longer than the Gio deal.
  15. moonslav59
    If I had to guess, I'd say $150M/5 or $130M/4.
  16. moonslav59
    We seem to have mastered the trades for Rule 5 picks. So, that was the open slot on the 40- not ALONSO!
  17. moonslav59
    Well, $140M is pretty close to $155M. If it's 4 years, the AAV and tax hit would be higher.
  18. moonslav59
    Paez taken with second pick by CWS. No other Sox player drafted. Sox drafted nobody.
  19. moonslav59
    Paez taken second by CWS, and nobody else. No M & M. (Mullins & Monegro) No Song. No Dance.
  20. moonslav59
    The same position but an older Bregman who will take up a ton of budget space for many years to come. We need better than Bregman (Marte?) or Bregman plus another big bat. No, that big bat should not be counting on Casas or 300 more PAs from Anthony.
  21. moonslav59
    Bregman will cost close to what Alonso got, so I'm not so sure your first sentence lines up with the Breggie call.
  22. moonslav59
    Oh, just a couple letters off. LOL. (Just jivin' yah!)
  23. moonslav59
    We might settle on... Bregman and Hoskins Marte and Suarez Polanco and Paredes We're probably done with a search for a solid #2, although Brez refused to sat Gray was one.
  24. moonslav59
    You make some good points, but isn't the important thing to know is how many 30-32 year olds who are still FT'ers go on to play 2, 3, 4 or more productive seasons? I'm not sure comparing them to all those who never made it to 30 matters much. Age decline is real and very common. It's the norm not the exception. It's not always easy to judge who will age well. If someone could do that...
  25. moonslav59
    We also had a 35 point Home-Away OPS differential, so the offense was not really as good as the OPS showed. (We did score runs on the road more than we probably should have.) We also went from .759 to .724 first half>second half. I do think our offense will be near top 10 just brining back Bregman, but we need to strive for top 5 or 6, minimum.
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