moonslav59
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Agreed, all around. I still think we'll trade for a top 2 slot pitcher and sign a couple lower to mid cost free agents that hopefully do better than Richards/Prerez/Andriese.
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You couldn't work "moon" unto that, somewhere?
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Like Seabold.
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Maybe one by trade and two by free agency, but the best one by trade.
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Thank God, you added "Kidding." I'm glad we didn't go $44M/4 for Matz, but I did like him more than when we re-signed Perez and signed Richards.
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Will they suspend the Rule 5, if there is a lock out?
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Cards paying $44M/4 with bonuses that could add $4M. MLBTR projected $27M/3. SEA & LAA looking at Gausman. I still think we'll get our best pitcher by trade.
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We're all hoping it will not be the Sox, right? I'm afraid, if we miss out on him, will we do worse?
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We will, too. BTW, we did sign Sawamura to a 2 year deal with a 3rd year team option. Big money, too!!!!
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Sonny Gray and john Means on the block. Word is an A's starter or two are as well. I'm sure there are more. Let's see if the Sox acquire a starter by trade.
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Kendall Graveman Signs with CWS. $24M/3 Seems like something I'd have been fine seeing the Sox do.
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He can probably play FT LF and not embarrass himself, especially with a team like the Sox, who play half their games in Fenway
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Marcel Ozuna is the only thing that can save me as a fan
moonslav59 replied to Swiharts Ghost's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
They must not be very good, or he has no savings. -
Marcel Ozuna is the only thing that can save me as a fan
moonslav59 replied to Swiharts Ghost's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
He can't even save himself. -
The Jimenez comment I made did warm up a few nights.
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I think I submitted the Seabold trade on BTV! They'd take my deal over Bello, straight up.
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Why can't we lock up our young studs like this? (Sarcasm alert.)
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Marcel Ozuna is the only thing that can save me as a fan
moonslav59 replied to Swiharts Ghost's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
This thread sounds a lot like the recent "know-it-all" thread claiming Correa is the the young ARod that can save the Sox, but dumb Bloom doesn't know how to convince Henry to let him spend more. -
If the guy can hit, and it seems like he can, he's an easy candidate for LF or DH not utility.
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I'd probably give Duran & Downs for the hope the new tacky ball will bring back some guys, like Means, that floundered late 2021. I'd do a thorough physical, too. Means can be an excellent pitcher. How many of those do we have coming up in our system?
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Perhaps "Protection Day" has become even more overrated than the Rule 5 Draft Day.
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Good stuff. It's interesting they were willing to basically see him have a third "missed year" out of 4 seasons in hopes that he comes through. I'm not sure anyone expected him to play much, let alone produce at the big league level, but he certainly seemed more capable of doing it than Jimenez is, right now.
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I think you are making a lot out of a pretty tame position I took. I never said I think a half dozen single A players will be taken, this Rule 5 draft. I said we "might" see more due to various situations, including the relatively new 26th slot in the ML roster. If none get drafted, I won't be surprised. My guess is 1-2 will be picked, and probably not Jimenez. Where we differ, I think, is that I would not be surprised if 3-5 get chosen. Is that position really worth pages and pages of debate? I don't think so, but hell, I'm bored, so I'll keep the ball rolling as long as someone is there to catch it.
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That wasn't my point. I never implied there was a difference in developmental time lost. (btw, some of these single A guys who might be drafted might start out in AA or be promoted tehre quickly, so the jump is just 2 or 3 levels. (AA to MLB is 2, A+ to MLB is 3 not 4.) My point was it looks like a lot of players barely missed a step after taking 2020 off. Did they improve while out? Highly doubtful. Did some or many regress? Certainly. Did the year off ruin their careers or stunt their growth so much so that they will never recover? I'll leave that one for you to answer. I'd like to add that 2 years off out of 3 is a lot worse than just one years off, but again, it's not like these guys will be sitting on a couch for 365 days. There is practice. There is spring training, including games played. There is Fall and winter ball. (A player selected in December could play winter ball this winter, ST'ing and fall & winter ball, next year. Sure, it's not the same as playing a full season in A+ or AA ball, but it's not nothing, either.
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I admit Jimenez is not the poster boy for my theory, but would anyone have named Baddoo as last year's poster boy?.
