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The sham could continue!

They had already let Kimbrell & Kelly go after 2018, and they did not replace them. They traded Betts and Price and did not replace them. They never replaced the $21M spent on Porcello, either (after 2020). JBJ, Moreland, Pearce & Brock were moderate/minor losses. We lost ERod & Ottavino after 2021. (Added Story) Bogey, JD & Nate after 2022- also Wacha, Hill & Strahm. (Added Masa.) We did not lose these guys all at once, but when you look at all together and try to offset them with Story & Masa, you have to think that even if Story & masa did great, we fell way short of replacing what we lost and let go. We'd have had to stay close to the LAD to keep a similar team as what we lost.

The point was that these guys did better than their rankings, and the farm was not as "bare" as many, including myself, thought it would be. Yes, the lack of more and better prospects being called up from 2017 to 2023is was a major reason the team model for continued success was not a success.

King re-signs with Padres at $75M/3 with opt outs after year 1 and 2.

It was a very nice departing gift from the wise one. He also left us Aldo Ramirez who netted us Schwarber, Beeks who netted us Nate, Buttrey for Kinsler and Scherff for Robles.

I'm not a Suarez fan, but no way we take on Marte's 5 years and then sign a FA to 4+ years. That's where Suarez comes into play.

We don't have Ref on the roster, and you are assuming a lot, even if all healthy. I see a much bigger loss- muchisimo!

I'm liking Okamoto more and more. The issue with not getting a 2nd bat makes trading Duran over Ceddanne very problematic for the offense. There would be enormous pressure on Anthony & Mayer (or Campbell) and or a great need for Casas, Masa or someone else to take a huge step up on offense. We'd basically be asking Okamoto and those I just mentioned to replace... .774 Duran 696 PAs .821 Bregman 495 .905 Devers 334 .838 Refsnyder 209 .790 Lowe 119 That's over 1800 PAs lost- or 3 FT bats. 600 Okamoto 300 more by Anthony 100 more by Abreu + 200 by Masa 600 by _____?

And being in the basement means we are sellers at the deadline.

PHI gives Brad Keller $22M/2. Kinda exposes the value or marginal pitchers, these days.

Don't hurt yourself!

Rafaela is nearing prime, and if improves on 2025, they will see results in 2026, too. The pitcher(s) we add can help in 2026, too.

There are a few things to have hope about- quite a few, and it seems that some are bound to come true. With so many players missing time, their return could be significant boosts to the team's production. I've mentioned the loss of about 1150 PAs from Bregman, Devers, Refsnyder and Lowe, who all combined for an OPS in the mid .800s, and we lost very little in terms of bad OPS guys on offense, but we can hope for... Anthony adding 300+ PAs. Mayer adding 300-400+ PAs. Casas adding 400-500+ Masa adding 300-400+ Abreu 100+ (more if he stops platooning) So far, we have made no outside additions to the offense. The pitching offers a greater chance of returning player infusion, but it might be harder to project the infusions will be pluses, mehs or negative values. We need to replace 26 GS by Gio, 10 by Fitts, 9 by Houck, 10 by Newcomb+May and 22 by Buehler. We also had 5 GS'd by openers or scrubs. That's over half our starts up for grabs by... New guys or those with 0 GS in '25: 25-30 Sonny Gray 10-30 by Sandoval, Oviedo, Crawford Returning pitchers 2-3 more from Bello (had 28) ??? Dobbins (11) Early (4) Tolle (3) Harrison (2) With the pen, we have some major IP shifts coming: 585 IP by 2025 RP'ers 72 Whitlock> same 67 Weissert> same 61 Chapman> same 35 Kelly> ??? 34 Slaten> +30 19 Hicks> ??? 4 Moran> ??? 0 Watson, Samaniego, Mullins>??? Converted SP'ers> ???? Lost 48 Bernardino + 48 Wilson 23 Matz, 19 Newcomb, 17 Guerrero, 16 Alcala, 14 Hendriks, 12 Wink, 11 Criswell plus lower IP like Burdi, Fulmer, Fitts, Campbell, May and more

I'd do it, since we'd still have an OF or Abreu, Anthony and Duran R to L.

2025 was post cliff. 2026 should be, and if it's not, it's a new cliff.

This is your wish list not your projection, right?

I've been saying Marte and Suarez/Polanco for a long time as maybe our best hope for JH to allow.

I put it at 99.9%, so yes.

The way 2B has looked for the last decade, he'd be better at age 46.

He'd have more value to another team as a CF'er in a trade.

They slotted Bennet right after #5 Valera and before #7 Gonzales. Updated Rankings: Gone: 4. Perales (Bennett) 6. Garcia (Oviedo & others) 8. Clarke (with Fitts for Gray) 20. Travieso (with Clarke for Oviedo & others) 21. Paez (Rule 5 loss) Added 6. Bennett (for Perales) 22. Ryan Watson (for Riemer) 30. Samaniego (w Oviedo & Guzman for Garcia & Travieso) 32. A, Guzman (see trade above) 33. L Heyman (obtained in Hoppe trade) Was ranked 34th before 50. I Jackson (Obtained in Grissom trade)

Myles Patton https://news.soxprospects.com/2025/12/red-sox-offer-all-you-can-ask-for-myles.html

Rafaela, Crawford, Phillips and Holobetz for Marte might get it done. Sign Okamoto for one more year than anyone else, and maybe the xtra year brings down the AAV by $2-3M and to a point JH can accept. I seriously doubt we do anything more than this, and this is probably a pipedream, too. I'd like a #2, but trading Mayer would mean we need Casas/Romy working ut at 1B. I doubt that happens. 1. L Anthony CF 2. S KMarte 2B 3. L Duran LF 4. R Okamoto 1B 5. L Abreu RF 6. R Story SS 7. L Masa/Casas/ R Campbell DH 8. R Narvaez C 9. L Mayer 3B/ R Romy 3B

I'm defending anything. We did not have to do it, but we did. I'm not saying anything more. I cannot make my position any clearer. It happened. it didn't need to, but it was predictable.