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  1. moonslav59
    It’s hard to determine what anyone “deserves.” We probably all have our own views.
  2. moonslav59
    I’m guessing this winter, but maybe next or the one after. JH rarely goes more than 3 years between sprees, and even this recent one should only be viewed as beginning after the Sale and Bogey extensions, and not the JD signing date.
  3. moonslav59
    I can see that view, but JH has gone through cycles of lower spending, before, and then turned on the monet faucet again and again. I think he waits until he thinks we are close enough to winning a ring to give the green light. The only exception to that was when he brought in DD to turn around a team that finished in last place 3 of 4 years, although one could argue the foundation was already set to give the green light to Ben, had he stayed.
  4. moonslav59
    OK. Got it. I'm a bit distracted, lately. I guess that distinction does not bother me, at all. Then, when you add the context of winning a ring 2 years prior to 2015 and 3 years after 2015, it's even easier for anyone to shrug off.
  5. moonslav59
    Nobody.
  6. moonslav59
    If I thought they'd listen I would. Don't they read all of our posts, anyway? LOL
  7. moonslav59
    Fair, inn terms of market value, yes, but that doesn't mean I'm on board with signing him to that. I would not be upset, if we did. I was for offering Betts whatever it took. I'm just not for trading even one top prospect for the right to sign someone to a high market value contract. It was why I was against trading several prospects for Kimbrel and his near market value remaining contract. (True, the market leaped past his numbers right after the signing, and I have admitted that changed that dynamic of the trade, in hindsight.)
  8. moonslav59
    I'm shocked!
  9. moonslav59
    Not according to some sources, and are we talking opening day payroll, end of year payroll and should it be both. This site has us 3rd in 2015, almost $90M from 1st: http://www.stevetheump.com/Payrolls.htm
  10. moonslav59
    This not the time of year for that
  11. moonslav59
    It would be a waste of time trying to find out he's slightly better than Cordero. Sure, maybe he surprises, butso might Casas in a cast.
  12. moonslav59
    Agreed. The thing is, I would not pay him $440M as a free agent, so why would I give up one top prospect to get to sign hin to that, let alone 3-4 top prospects?
  13. moonslav59
    I'd rather have Casas play with a cast on his ankle than get Smith.
  14. moonslav59
    I hope this is a lie or a smoke screen.
  15. moonslav59
    More extreme, IMO. If building back fan faith is the motive, getting Soto might convince the majority of fans we are back in top contention, but unless Henry is prepared to open his checkbook further and become the LAD East, getting Soto and paying him $440M or more would cripple the team's finances for over a decade. We'd be the LAA East, instead.
  16. moonslav59
    It would do the opposite, to me, in "restoring faith." I'd totally give up on any thinking that team management has a clue of how to do business and build consistently winning teams. Trading Betts for Verdugo and scraps and then trading 3-5 top prospects for Soto and then paying him 50% more than what we could have gotten Betts for is a major loss in cred, IMO.
  17. moonslav59
    You made the mistake of believing JD and assuming he tells truths. The Sox were #1 in payroll in 2018 & 2019, when we finished 1st and 3rd. That's it. We finished 2nd in spending in ... 2001-2002 2004-2007 2010 We finished in last place in... 1992 (unknown) 2012 (3rd in spending) 2014 (4th in spending) 2015 (3rd in spending) 2020 (3rd in spending)
  18. moonslav59
    For the same reason I would hope we don’t trade the world for Soto, then pay him 20+% of our payroll for 14 years, I hope the Yanks do trade for him. A dream not a nightmare.
  19. moonslav59
    The Bleacher Report graded all team drafts. https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10042696-2022-mlb-draft-results-grades-for-overall-team-by-team-results The worst: D LAD D TBR C- BOS C- MIL C+ HOU C+ CHC (BAL A, TOR B+, NYY
  20. moonslav59
    I'm not sure building bulky muscles is the solution for improving most players. If it was, we'd see it happening, everywhere.
  21. moonslav59
    When we got Renfroe, I thought we'd see Renfroe in LF and Verdugo in RF. I thought Dugo looked OK in RF. It seems obvious, Cora & Bloom do NOT want Dugo in RF. Zero innings, this year.
  22. moonslav59
    Same science: different government choices.
  23. moonslav59
    I don't believe that clutch is a repeatable skill, but there is no denying Bogey and JD have come up short with men on base and with RISP, this year. RISP PA/RBI 113/33 Bogey 4 HR 112/36 Verdugo 1 110/30 JD 3 99/46 Story 6 86/30 Devers 6 86/29 Vaz 2 Men on Base 193/43 Bogey 4 HRs 185/47 Verdugo 5 175/33 JD 4 171/51 Story 8 161/45 Devers 12 126/32 Vaz 2
  24. moonslav59
    We've seen "signs of life" often this year, only to see a reversal of fortunes to follow. The pattern seems to be a steady up and down trend. If we look good right after the ASB, I'm saying I might not feel like it will be a long lasting trend. I may feel more like I'm expecting a future let down- again. It's just a feel. It's not data based. I had the same feeling in 2019 and gave up on the team very early. Earlier than most. I'm not there yet, but I have deep reservations about this year's team. To me, we need almost all our horses to have a chance, and already it looks like Sale, Kike and Barnes are pretty much done for the majority of the second half of the season. Pivetta might just be going through his normal 2-4 game funk, and will come back. e should know that by the deadline. If he's not looking good, and Wacha, Hill and others on the short term IL are not looking good at the deadline, I'm thinking I'll be leaning towards us being sellers. I have not given up, yet, but I'm not far from that idea.
  25. moonslav59
    I'm not there yet, but I'm getting close to thinking even a sign of life might be a false flag, again. To me, the choice of buying or selling will depend mostly on the status of our injured players at deadline time. If they are not looking healthy, and guys like Pivetta, Strahm, Verdugo and Story are still struggling, I'm think the future becomes my higher priority. (I have no idea what Bloom might think.) Yes, this team has shown it can fight back, but it has also shown, more often and too often, that it can implode at any given moment.
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