moonslav59
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Agreed. They did still need a 4th OF'er, but I think they hoped Duran would do better. He would not have helped the RH'd need, but Refsnyder ended up filling the 4th OF'er/RH'd bat pretty well, but kinda too late. Story filled the RH'd bat need in the line-up. Duran and later, Refsnyder were too little too late in the OF, and losing Kike almost the whole year was too much to overcome.
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I think the addition of the RH'd Story, which forced Kike to be the FT CF'er was how Bloom addressed the "RH'd hitting OF" gap. When Kike went on the IL, while JBJ was stinking up the place, then Story went out, the whole plan collapsed. It didn't help that 80% of our rotation went out around the same time, as well.
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I like them both, but I think their small MLB sample sizes were just enough to flip them. I still like German.
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It's also harder to build your farm with lower picks and bonus pool money, because to did not finish with a bottom 10 or 12, and if you overspend by too much and for too long, you make it even harder. All-in-all, I think we rebuilt the farm faster, deeper and stronger than I expected, although it is almost all speculation, at this point. Many of DD's farm additions are showing more immediate promise, while Bloom's offer mostly longer term promise. The budget is becoming more flexible, although needing to replace some longtime producers just about outweighs the loss of dead money. IMO, we are very close to the balance sought after, but a lot will depend on how well this winter's additions do for us, going forward. We can't have too many Richards, Paxtons, Marwins and JBJs. We need to score big on our major additions while also finding the next Wacha, Strahm, Schreiber and Refsnyder.
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Did they sign these guys to extensions while rookies?
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It's something most of us know, already, but I do think they and many of us felt like we had an opening day roster that could compete for a playoff slot that we ended up missing by 8 games. It was also obvious that this was not the year they chose to go "all in" or even nearly all in.
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Heard on Houston sports talk radio how Cole was complaining about having to pitch a warm up session at 10- bleeping- 40 in the morning, instead of being back home grilling with Mike Trout. More talk about the ace of the Yanks being the hardest job in MLB. lmao!
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I meant to highlight him in RED.
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Yes, I forgot him. He's apparently not Rule 5 but a minor league FA. I went back and added him.
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We'd likely have had to give up at least one from Mayer, Casas or Bello plus one from Bleis, Rafaela, Mata & Yorke- maybe 2.
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If we counted prospects who graduated, this year- Bello, Crawford, Winckowski & Duran- maybe this might be my end of season Top 40 Rankings: 1. Bello 2. Mayer 3. Casas 4. Bleis 5. Rafaela 6. Mata 7. Romero 8. Yorke 9. Walter 10. Paulino 11. Anthony 12. Perales 13. Wong 14. W Gonzalez 15. E Valdez 16. M Lugo 17. T Ward 18. B Jordan 19. B Bonaci 20. N Hickey 21. N Kavadas 22. C Murphy 23. W Abreu 24. C Crawford 25. C Murphy 26. E Rodriguez-Cruz 27. Z Kelly 28. F German 29. J Winckowski 30. J Duran 31. C Coffey 32. S Drohan 33. B Brannon 34. A Binelas 35. D Hamilton 36. R Hernandez 37. J Paez 38. E Bazardo 39. T Uberstine 40. Downs & Seabold
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The Rays did extend Longoria in April of his rookie year, but I'm not sure the Guardians signed young players that early.
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Sounds good, but most of the best of the best get 4+ years.
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The End of 2022 Forty Man Roster (Assuming no options, extensions or re-signings, but all arbs are listed) In order of seniority on 40 Man (Red=Bubble) Barnes Sale Devers (arb 3 of 3) Brasier (3 of 3) Taylor (2 of 4) DHern Dalbec Verdugo (2 of 3) Pivetta (2 of 3) Arroyo (2 of 3) Houck Mata Wong Seabold Whitlock Kike RHern Duran Crawford Downs Winckowski Bello Story Danish Cordero (2 of 3) Schreiber Refsnyder (2 of 3) Ort McGuire (1 of 3) Hosmer Kelly Bazardo Casas Almonte (1 of 3) Chang (1 of 3) German McGee That's 37 players plus maybe 4 Rule 5'ers... Rule 5: Wilyer Abreu Ceddanne Rafaela Brandon Walter Thaddeus Ward Enmanuel Valdez (Minor League FA) Not Likely to be protected or drafted: Murphy Hamilton Paulino Wikelman V Santos J Wallace Bonaci Cottam Granberg
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2023 Red Sox Projected Lux Tax Budget ($Millions)- Not counting Free Agents 25.6 Sale 23.3 Story 10.0 Kike 9.4 Barnes 4.7 Whitlock 73.0 TOTAL Under Contract Arbs (MLBTR Projections): 16.9 Devers 3rd or 3 6.9 Verdugo 2nd of 3 5.9 Pivetta 2nd of 3 2.3 Brasier 3rd of 3 (non tender?) 2.2 Arroyo 2nd of 4 1.6 Refsnyder 2nd of 3 1.5 Cordero 2nd of 3 (non tender?) 1.3 McGuire 2nd of 3 1.1 Taylor 2nd of 4 .90 Almonte 1st of 3 .90 Chang 1st of 3 ~41.0 TOTAL Arb Estimates (assuming no non tenders) TOTAL: $114M ~$2.3 40 Man Players in Minors ~$1.7 0-3 yr Bonus Pool ~$16 Player Benefits $134M Lux Tax Total Before any additions Lux Tax Line for 2023: $232M $98M remaining to spend to reach the Lux Tax line. Options/Buy Outs: $20M x 3 Bogey (Player Option) Will likely be offered a QO, if not extended. $13M x 2 Paxton (Paxton has $4M player option) no Buy Out. $12M Pham w $1.5M buyout $8M JBJ Buyout (does not count on ’23 tax line) Possible QO: Eovaldi (maybe), Wacha (not likely), JD (very unlikely)
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Woo did not have many base-stealers, but our system had some top SB players and several with great SB/CS ratios. 5. Hamilton 70 (8 CS) 9. Ferguson 61 (5) BOS & SDP 43. Rosier 40 (5) BOS & SDP 90. Abreu 31 (3) BOS & HOU 17-0 Mayer 20-1 Sikes 22-2 Tyler Miller 27-5 Paulino 28-6 Bonaci 28-7 Rafaela 21-5 McDonough 20-7 M Lugo 20-9 Jimenez
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Okay. Looks like we keep Hosmer or can trade him, easily.
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He did trade for Abreu and Ferguson- both walk a lot and steal bases. He traded for Hamilton, too. Our farm is about as fast as I ever remember it being. Minor League Leaderboards BB 2. Abreu 114 5. Kavadas 102 10. Ferguson 96 SB 5. Hamilton 70 (8 CS) 9. Ferguson 61 (5) 43. Rosier 40 (5) 90. Abreu 31 (3) All these guys were added in the last year.
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I would think we still pay the $8M buyout.
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I'm talking about the apparent $5.8M x 3 someone said we will be paying. If we trade him, no team would want that. It has nothing to do with the lux tax for most teams.
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I'm not sure cots can be trusted, anymore. Too bad. They has a good rep for a long time, I was under the impression Hosmer will cost the league min for the remainder of his contract, which I believe is 3 more years. If not, then we'd be on the hook for the difference, if we DFA him. I'm not sure anyone would take him at $5.8M x 3. I think many sites missed the Pham option fiasco, so cots may not be alone on that one. On your $118M number. I'm not sure where you got that amount. I have us near $60M to spend, after the Kike $10M signing, assuming we spend to just under the tax line.
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Certainly the drop in SLG is troublesome, but the whole league has declined- though not as much as he has. .418 in 2020 .411 in 2021 .395 in 2022 I wish they has a SLG+ stat, but here are Bogey's OPS+ numbers: 135 in '18 139 in '19 128 in '20 129 in '21 131 in '22 Remarkably consistent and very good.
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Agreed. Maybe one GM might go $160/6 or $175/7, but I think $150M/6 is about right.
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Most of us thought the opening day roster was competitive enough to make the playoffs, "while we were rebuilding." I agree, once it became clear that were were not going to win a ring, this year, and to me, it was a long shot to even make the playoffs before the deadline, we should have done, at minimum, just enough to reset the tax. Keeping the fans from becoming irate was the tightrope walk, but I think it was worth the try, and for me, this is NOT hindsight talk. Probably, trading everyone not nailed down was the best move. Bite the bullet on fan disgust, but then produce a winning team in 2023 and a system set up to keep winning, and the fans would shut up real quickly- like they did in 2013.
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I'm not looking to trade Bello, either.
