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  1. moonslav59
    He's a major plus over our 1B offense in 2024 and 2025. .734 in 2024 .691 in 2025 If we can fix 2B and not lose so much at 3B, we might be okay.
  2. moonslav59
    Gray has a $30M 2027 option w $5M buyout.
  3. moonslav59
    2022-2025 OPS Leaders Contreras is 31st at .817- ahead of Cal Raleigh, Lindor and Tatis. 45th in SLG .461- tied with Y Diaz & E Suarez (45th in ISO) 72nd in HRs w 77. 22nd in OBP at ,356- about tied with KMarte, Seager and J Ramirez
  4. moonslav59
    I think Fajardo will be more productive than Dobbins. Wow. 3 pitchers! I had a feeling we’d lessen the rotation logjams at a few levels
  5. moonslav59
    Contreras surprised people with his decent defense at1B in just a short time. He’s a good hitter but not much power. if we can add KMarte, I’d be okay with the winter moves. kinda surpyrised that Fajardo was included but the $8M might help us to afford one more addition.
  6. moonslav59
    Possible 1 or 2 year FA signings left... 3B/1B?: E Suarez 34, Moncada 31, Okamoto 30 2B: D Moore 33 1B: Hoskins 33, O'Hearn 32 SP: Bassitt 37, Corbin 36, Verlander 43, Scherzer 41, Eflin 32, Heany 35, Lorenzen 34, Monty 33 RP: Wilson 38, Newcomb 33, Junis 33 C: Realmuto 35, Caratini 32 DH: Ozuna 35
  7. moonslav59
    I see the point. Trading Duran takes away from the gain of adding KMarte.
  8. moonslav59
    I seriously doubt he could talk JH into spending more. He was nearly forced to trade Betts in 2019, but the team started winning. He failed to convince JH to spend on Kimbrel and Kelly or their replacements after 2018. I don't think it's tha simple.
  9. moonslav59
    What would DD do differently than Brez, with the Sox and the same limited budget? He might have done better than Buehler, but what about Bregman, Chapman, Wilson and the Crochet trade/extension. What if he has signed Burns or Snell?
  10. moonslav59
    I'm not saying I'd want to trade away this much of the future, but this could keep us under or near the tax line and significantly boost our chances. Trade Rafaela, Crawford & Harrison for K Marte Trade Duran for Lodolo Trade Dobbins & Mullins for Y Diaz Sign Wilson 1. L Anthony CF 2. S KMarte 2B 3. R YDiaz 1B 4. L Abreu RF 5. R Story SS 6. L Masa LF/R Campbell LF 7. L Casas/Masas DH/R Romy DH 8. R Narvaez C 9. L Mayer/R Romy 3B SP: Crochet, Lodolo, Gray, Bello, Sandoval/Crawford/Tolle/Early
  11. moonslav59
    I miss major FA additions.
  12. moonslav59
    Okay, but they cant be worse on D than Casas.
  13. moonslav59
    DD would not have much energy without some more JH cash.
  14. moonslav59
    To me, it's about his health, which is a major concern and might always be one. I agree that we need to add a more sure bet 1Bman, this winter, but to me 2B/3B is the biggest hole we have by position. A big bat (RH'd or a LHB with great splits) is actually the #1 need, but if he plays 2B or 3B, we'd be fine. If we won't sign a great bat who plays 2B or 3B, and I'm not sure Bregman & Bichette are big enough bats to work, and Suarez might offer more offense, but to me, K Marte is the best one player addition option. Two players could be: 2B/3B: Paredez, Bregman, Bichette, Suarez, Donovan 1B: Paredes, Suarez, YDiaz, Contreras
  15. moonslav59
    24 of 40 players on the 40 are pitchers.
  16. moonslav59
    Good point. Those teams did need at least one big FA to win the ring.
  17. moonslav59
    This is exactly why I have been suggesting a big trade or even two. I'm assuming JH will not be spending large and long.
  18. moonslav59
    I'm against continuing that trend- 100%. Even deals like Kluber, Richards and Buehler -apparently healthy- bug me.
  19. moonslav59
    Yes. Maybe as a DH.
  20. moonslav59
    I can't imagine us going through this winter without 1 or 2 significant FA signings. If we make a big trade or two, maybe not so many signings.
  21. moonslav59
    Highest paid FAs in $M last 5 years... 2025: Soto 765/15, Fried 218/8, Burns 210/6, Snell 182/5. WAdames 182/7, Bregma n 120/3, Santander 93/5 2024: Ohtani 700/10, Yamo 325/12, Nola 172/7, J-H Lee 113/6, Hader 95/5, Bellinger 80/3, ERod 80/4 2023: Judge 360/9, Turner 300/11, Bogey 280/11, Correa 200/6, deGrom 185/5, Swanson 177/7, Rodon 162/6, Nimmo 162/8, E Diaz 102/5, Yoshida 90/5. W contreras 88/5 2022: Seager 325/10, Bryant 182/7, Semien 175/7, Freeman 162/6, Story & Biaz 140/6, Scherzer 130/3, R Ray 115/5, Gausman 110/5, Correa 105/3, Castellanos 100/5 2021: Springer 150/6, Realmuto 115/5, Bauer 102/3, LeMahieu 90/6 How many of these are unqualified successes? How many are pretty good (so far)? How many are meh? How many are busts or look like busts, so far?
  22. moonslav59
    To talk about not "aging well" after one season kinda brushes by future results. 1. Priester's 4.01 FIP, which is pretty good, might hint that his 3.32 ERA might not be sustainable. 2. While the much-hyped prospect, Y-Rod, dropped in the rankings, John Holobetz looks pretty promising, so let's wait on the "aging well" point a few more years. That being said, the trade sucked for 2026. We coulda had him instead of Dustin May and other failed starters like Buehler, Newcomb and ...
  23. moonslav59
    I admit I'm not informed on other teams' top prospects. Are all these guys still prospects?
  24. moonslav59
    It's the way of the world. If this was any other business, not much would be talked about.
  25. moonslav59
    While the Sox have had a strong farm that is now adding high value to the team, we still need FA infusion (or trades like Crochet's) like this to make us top contenders. We may need less than years past, but still... Look at our ring years and bWAR from FAs 2004: 4.3 Damon, 4.3 Ortiz, 4.1 Manny, 3.5 Foulke, 2.8 Millar, 1.2 Mueller 2007: 6.4 Ortiz, 4.1 Dice-K, 2.1 JD Drew, 1.1 Manny 2013: 6.0 Vic, 4.4 Ortiz, 3.7 Napoli, 2.7 S Drew, 2.7 Lackey As strong as the homegrown talent was on the 2018 team (10.7 Betts, 4.9 Bogey, 4.8 Beni, 2.5 JBJ, none of our top 7 pitchers were homegrown) FAs: 6.7 JDM, 3,7 Price, 2.1 Kimbrel, 1.9 Moreland
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