moonslav59

It seems to go in waves.

I'm not convinced this team has totally sworn off large and long deals, forever. I see the logic in that philosophy, but sometimes biting the bullet is needed. To me, if it's not for Devers, I can't see it being anyone else, at least for a while. I'm wondering if the Story deal is as large and long as they dare go.

We have too many ML bubble RPers to fill the 8 slots for the pen. At some point, Bloom will have to go with quality over the desire to keep as much quantity as possible. The returning IL pitchers will force his hand, and the return of Barnes might be the one that forces Bloom’s hand. I think Diekman goes. Unless someone else gets hurt we can’t have 3 of the 8 slots filled with Barnes, Davis and Diekman- all with no options. We already have Sawamura for low leverage situations.

Long awaited!

A blind man reading braille can see the light of day on Diekman.

Me, too. Coming after losing Betts & Bogey will compound my misery.

I was dead wrong on him, last deadline and last winter.

I've never wanted anyone DFA'd over one game, and I've suggested Diekman be DFA'd days and maybe weeks ago, but I'm done with that guy. I know we have a bunch of guys on the IL, but when one of these guys return, Diekman has to go. The sooner, the better.

Is it safe to say, Bello is demoted after, tonight to make room on the 26 for Sale?

It's easy to find out. Go to baseball reference and see he has 337 PAs, this year. Then, click splits 2022 and schroll to men on base: 168 PAs w men On. 168/337= 49.9% (64 of those 168 were with 2 or more men On) RISP: 97 97/337= 28.8%

I do, too. There is no reason to think injuries will continue.

Expand the roster to 30 and 50 and have no days off with doubleheaders every Sunday.

Okay with me, but only after we get robo umps! Lol

Some were upset about losing Ellsbury, especially to the Yanks, but they sure went quiet quickly. Agree on Manny. The only reason people got over losing Damon was the fact that we replaced him in kind. We may do okay replacing these 3, too.

Why trade the world to get him and then pay him what we wouldn’t pay Betts?

Well, a very low BA and OPS Against is one reason.

Many wanted Dalbec benched or worse, last April, May and June. Cora kept playing him. Renfroe sucked in April. Kept playing him. Kike at lead-off? This board lit up. Cora kept playing him and leading him off. There are some failure stories, too- like giving Marwin 250 PAs, but it has worked a lot.

Indeed, and we don't know what will be said about Betts, Bogey, Nate, JD and maybe Devers years and years after they walk.

Agreed. Those 10-12 games x 30 teams is worth more than they make with an extra round of playoffs, even if you make the first round 5 or 7 games.

That's 10 guys for 5 slots, without even mentioning Taylor, Barnes, Ort, German & Seabold. I think we will deal some of this excess off- not for anything special, but just to make room for the ones we view as keepers or longer term assets. Since Davis is out of options, I think we try to trade him. I can see us DFA'ing Diekman, if we can't deal some guys away. IMO, if healthy, these are the best 8: Houck Whitlock Schreiber (big gap) Taylor (in rehab) Strahm (struggling a bit) Winckowski Brasier Sawamura (Hill might beat out Brasier/Sawamura) Those with options can be demoted until Sept. Davis, Barnes and Diekman would be lesser pitchers kept just to keep as many options on the team, but they would weaken the staff in August. I keep returning to the winter 40 man roster crunch as a significant factor in what we might do at the deadline. We can't keep everyone for next year's 40 man, so make the choices, at the deadline, and trade some you feel won't b e around anyway, or better ones that will allow us to keep some promising borderline pitchers around longer. Look what keeping Schreiber around after acquiring him in Feb 21 did for us, although he was not added to the 40 until May '22.

It's not like the Sox of old, and even under Theo, did not let stars walk out the door- or deal them close to FA time. Then there was the Fisk debacle. Cooper Lynn Burly Boggs Pedro Manny Damon Ellsbury too many to mention them all.

Is Johnny from Burger King also on the radio talk shows?

I agree. 150 or 152. If the playoffs go to 8 teams, it is even more important to lessen the season length.

I think they handled it well, except for the "lowball" Bogey offer. I would not have extended Nate or traded him over the winter. JD's salary made any trade too narrow to have a chance at helping us now or in the extended future. I'm not sure what it would have taken to get Bogey to restructure his deal or sign an extension. We might have gotten some sort of Verdugo return for him, had we traded him, last winter, but I'm not thinking we should have. I think we have a decent shot, this year, especially if we make a few strategic moves at the deadline, and we'll be fine in 2023 and beyond- with our without these 3.

At least Ty Buttrey has come back down to earth.