moonslav59

Bust it wide open, JD!

Who said we had a weak bottom of the order? Was it Satan? (No, I think it was Jacko.)

Dalbec up to a .179 BA, but his hits all have seemed to count.

Bobby, too!

Good eye, Bobby!

There are some decent ones already in MLB. Maybe try that.

"Sister Christian Oh the time has come And you know that you're the only one"

Okajima and Tazawa did well for us, way back.

2 left side IF throwing errors. Ughhhhh- Leeeeee!

Nice to see Dalbec come through. Now, the pen need to hold 'em. I get the feeling was can score, again.

HUNTER! Bam!

Yes, he hasn't been bad, so far, this year and could be solid #5.

Yes, agreed. I go back about 50 years.

If several younger players come through, then we could need less than 5 players as "high need." I'm pretty sure we'll need 4 solid pitchers: 2 SP'ers, a set up man and a closer. (2 could be ERod and Barnes returning.) Even if Perez, Ottavino and Richards do well or very well, I still think we can do better for 2022 (or bring 1-2 back and add another top pitcher).

We have a lot of one year signings and a few options for the second year, plus some free-agents-to be. We are currently testing Dalbec and Cordero as possible longer term solutions at 1B and CF/LF. We are also testing, or will again, Houck and a few other RP'ers as well as Pivetta. We may end up testing Arauz, Downs, Duran, Casas, Seabold and others, this summer. We could have __ open slots next year or up to ___ open slots. That will go a long way in determining if we spend large on player or 8+. (I do think we spend large, this winter, no matter what. Just my opinion.) C- Vaz & Plawecki (Hernandez & Wong) No open slot here, but Vaz & Plaw are both FAs after '22. 1B- Dalbec or __FA____ (Devers from 3B? Casas? Chavis- outside chance?) 2B- EHern, Arroyo, Downs, Arauz, Chavis (I doubt we go outside the system for a 2Bman, this winter) 3B- Devers (to 1B?), Dalbec? or __FA___? (not 1B & 3B) SS- Bogey (Arroyo) (May opt out after '22, so could be a worry) LF- Cordero? (CF?), Renfroe (Chavis?) I doubt we sign a FA here. CF- Cordero? (LF?), Duran? or ___FA___? (maybe just a 4th OF'er/CF'er) RF- Verdugo (solid) No FA, here. DH- JD (FA after '22/ trade at deadline. if out of it?), Dalbec/Casas? SP-Richards and Perez have options and ERod is a FA. Eovaldi is a FA after '22. ____FA___ (ace type) and ____FA____ (4th starter type) are likely RP- Barnes and Ottavino are FAs. This is an extreme high need area. Andriese has an option. ___FA___ (closer), ___FA___ (top set up) and ___FA___ (depth) I see 5-8 high need areas, depending on what we find out this season. If it's 5 (hopefully), we can go pretty large at each slot and have a very competitive team in 2022. If we need 8, we might struggle to be highly competitive, but we should still get way better. Some of the departing players will be hard to replace (ERod, Barnes & Ottavino), but some are not (Pedey, Marwin and maybe option players like Richards, Perez and Andriese.) If we have $80+M to spend, it shouldn't be that hard to improve on what we lose, and we may bring ERod & Barnes back.

Good points. Had we had a top 2 pick, I think it would be easy. It seems wide open at #4.

One would think it should be on Wednesday- not "get away day" on Thursday.

I do agree with this, and for the older people, I think it's because they still know they have more rings than anyone else, by far. ("Scoreboard!") I think Sox fans are pretty (comparatively) reserved as winners, perhaps because they know they went decade after decade without winning a ring.

One wonders, if he might stay with us, past the date, in the minors due to recovering from the injury.

It's hard to know what Bloom will do. His MO in TB may not be relevant, since he had to draft players with their signability and bonus money in mind- not so much after the slot money system was created, but still... He'll take the best talent available, but who he thinks is the best may differ from what we think or what the "experts" think. He's not alone: there are often several "surprise picks" early in every draft.

The Yankee fans I know and knew were insufferable- when winning or losing or in between. Just about all of 'em.

Exactly, Nick. This team will spend large, again, when the time is right, although we are still spending large as we speak. The thing to watch for is how we spend large. Let's say we spend $80M, this winter. Will it be 5 guys at $3OM + $20M + $10M +$10M +$10M or 8 guys at about $10M each? Or, somewhere in between? I could see $25M, $20M, $15M and then $5-10M on 3-4 players. A lot depends on how many slots are filler within our own system, and how many are open or in need of support.

I'm fine with venting. I do it myself, often. I was the first to jump ship in 2019. Hyper criticism over every small thing gets to me, at times, and that in itself is bitching about something, too.

I already admitted I misread your post. My eyes are worse than I thought. Again, "my bad."

Indeed. My bad.