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  1. moonslav59
    How many Wacha types get offered a QO and how many
  2. moonslav59
    A lot of time on that one, too- just spread out more.
  3. moonslav59
    I was thinking the same thing. The QO- taken- would help to reset, in 2024, but if Wacha is the real deal, now, keeping him makes a lot of sense. I'm not even sure about offering Nate a QO, but apparently many feel it's a 100% certain. (I'm fine with it, but I'd rather we spend elsewhere.) $10M Kike $18M Wacha $18M Nate That's $46M out of the $70-80 I think we will have to spend, and we haven't done anything to change the team, and we still need a SS, DH, (maybe RF) P, P, P...
  4. moonslav59
    It's funny how some don't even want us to offer him one.
  5. moonslav59
    I've already answered this, and that's assuming he thinks he can get a $40M/3 offer. Most pitchers have a very high belief in themselves. They would not have made it this far without that. Yes, they listen to their agents- well, most of them do, but if he puts up another good year, he can make much more next winter. Think of it this way, assume he can get a $40M/3 offer. What you are basically saying is he has to think he can't get a $13M/2 offer after 2023's season at $18M is over. Hell, he made $7M/1 after a few pretty "off years" in a row.
  6. moonslav59
    The way I see it, JBJ + Binelas for nothing would have still been a bad trade for us- even at the time of the deal. That leaves Hamilton for Renfroe, an even worse deal. It's just bad, bad, bad.
  7. moonslav59
    Why not PH Bogey? (I know why.)
  8. moonslav59
    I said "per year."
  9. moonslav59
    $8M vs 12, okay, not too close, but add what we spent in 2022 for JBJ vs Reenfore's arb cots and we're close to one year of Rusney. (But then you could try to add Renfroe's 2023 arb, assuming we didn't trade him, again, in theory.)
  10. moonslav59
    Wrong choice to add to the budget. Like Wacha's $7M was a good choice of spending money. I see your point, though. He didn't guess wrong, but the budget gamble failed just as the skills.production gambles failed.
  11. moonslav59
    Yes, and I added a fourth- the budget. (I'm okay with people just thinking it's 3.)
  12. moonslav59
    It's almost what Rusney got per year.
  13. moonslav59
    For some reason, and Cora is not the only one believing this, a day off means a full day off- no ifs, ands or buts. Like a PH is going to exhaust Devers (or Bogey).
  14. moonslav59
    It is most important but that $8M is not irrelevant. $8M is a lot. It might not mean JH will shy away from spending $8M more in 2023, but it might mean he spends $3-6M less than he would have without the JBJ buyout. Maybe all 8, maybe no affect.
  15. moonslav59
    4 fronts- the budget was harmed, too.
  16. moonslav59
    Not really. 1. Renfroe has one more arb year. We could have had him in 2023. 2. We pay an $8M buy out for JBJ for '22, and although it does not count on the tax line, it may keep JH from forking over $8M more to Bloom.
  17. moonslav59
    If the Twins play .450 v the Yanks going forward, that is regressing to the mean.
  18. moonslav59
    Bloom either terribly misguessed JBJ's projected offense or fell in love with Binelas & Hamilton. I also think Cora might have asked they trade Renfroe, due to his lack of defense.
  19. moonslav59
    Maybe. The point is, they knew he was bad on defense when they called him up.
  20. moonslav59
    You should know about defense before the bigs. To me, they knew. That's why it took so long to call him up. I don't even trust the guy in Fenway's LF.
  21. moonslav59
    I doubt any of these guys take a 1 year deal, so yes, if we want to reset in 2024, signing Verlander, Scherzer or Kershaw for $35M x 2 would not work.
  22. moonslav59
    I was the original head-scratcher. BTW, most of his winter & deadline moves did work out: + Wacha Strahm Schreiber Refsnyder McGuire Pham ??? Story Hosmer Ja. Davis - JBJ Diekmnan (but he dumped his '24 salary and got McGuire for him) Hill (not horrific for $5M, until recently) The team got worse, more as a result of returning vets declining and injuries than "all the moves he made."
  23. moonslav59
    If we are reluctant to make large and long deals, maybe try short and large.
  24. moonslav59
    I hated the trade from day one, even if the money was even. That being said, I think the thoughts were that renfroe might decline and JBJ might return closer to his .700ish norm. The prospects were supposed to even out any shortcomings. What bothers me most about this trade is that many fans act like this was the only move Bloom made, or that it outweighs all the other ones, including getting Renfroe at just $3.2M, the season prior.
  25. moonslav59
    I am all for continuous building of the farm, but every now and then, one trade is needed. I'm not sure if Sox brass sees 2023 as "that year," but I think fans are getting antsy. I'd prefer trading Casas to Mayer, since the upside is so much higher on the latter, but I'm not against it, if we get back a better pitcher than Casas would have gotten us.
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