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  1. moonslav59
    You are not much more optimistic about the farm than in 2019?
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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
  5. moonslav59
    Speaking of Story, is he coming back, this year?
  6. 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.
  7. 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.)
  8. 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.
  9. moonslav59
    So, should we trade Ref and Screib?
  10. 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!
  11. 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
  12. 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.
  13. moonslav59
    lmao!
  14. moonslav59
    Flashpoint 2023!
  15. 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)
  16. moonslav59
    My fellow Domer!
  17. moonslav59
    ...and then his 15th! Lugo has been finally showing some signs of life. Is it too late?
  18. moonslav59
    At least we can take some comfort in watching the Yankees go up in flames.
  19. moonslav59
    ERA is just some nerd's fabrication, as is BA.
  20. moonslav59
    Bello looked good in AAA. 4.1 IP, 4H, 1ER, 2BB and 5K
  21. moonslav59
    Of course, some luck is involved. Either way, the farm is often valuable for providing cost-controlled talent to the big clubs with limited budgets while also offering opportunities to use to trade for key veteran pieces, when needed. A healthy balance is the goal, which mean trying not to totally or nearly empty the farm, at any given time, even if it seems like a ring is just a key piece or two away. You strive for quality and quantity to maximize your chances more will rise to the top and b e helpful or alluring enough to trade for major help, when needed.
  22. moonslav59
    I hope I'm wrong. Maybe we keep him. I'm not sure I'm sold on him being SS for many more years or his highly-touted leadership skills. My guess is, the power numbers are down due to an unannounced injury.
  23. moonslav59
    What about the examples of not trading key farm pieces away? The fact that DD's prospects traded away did not amount to what was perhaps expected does not mean that is the winning formula every time. Should we have traded Betts, Bogey and others when they were just farm pieces? Should we trade away Mayer, casas, Bello, Bleis and others, because they might be the next Moncadas, Guerras and Allens? What if they turn into the next Betts, Bogey and Devers? It's not an easy question to answer, and yes, Bloom was brought in, like Ben, to build the farm, not to trade it away. It's obvious JH is in on that part of the plan. The losing now is up for debate.
  24. moonslav59
    God, I miss the days we "forgot" to send Fisk his contract on time.
  25. moonslav59
    MSGA! Make the Sox Great Again!
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