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  1. moonslav59
    He did just recently give Devers $300M/10, Bregman $40M AAV -both Sox records, plus a huge extensions to Crochet & Anthony and $21M for Buehler and $19M for Sandoval. I'm not predicting anything major, but we might sign one big deal and then go "affordable" on guys like Hoskins.
  2. moonslav59
    True: $40M x 6 might not be enough.
  3. moonslav59
    If we traded for Lodolo and signed Alonzo and nothing else, it might be enough.
  4. moonslav59
    Springer is the man.
  5. moonslav59
    We will likely have to go "large," but maybe not so long. We could do another Bregman type deal with someone trying to prove themselves worth more, or maybe taking a chance on older players who aren't being offers 3-4+ contracts by anybody. We could sign an older pitcher like Merrill Kelly on a shorter deal, then trade for a younger big bat, like maybe K Marte. We don't need 4-5 guys at $10M/1: we need 2 at about $25M AAV.
  6. moonslav59
    If Greene and Lodolo are as good as it seems, Abbot is even better?
  7. moonslav59
    Not even close. Why not Abbot, if Greene and Lodolo are for real. You are also losing Nick Martinez, so I'm not so sure you guys have talented pitchers to spare, despite your great need for O.
  8. moonslav59
    If Perales comes back strong, we could end up with a nice confluence of events.
  9. moonslav59
    I wonder why they don't trade Singer or Abbot.
  10. moonslav59
    So, maybe it takes more than Duran & Sandlin.
  11. moonslav59
    So, Duran & Sandlin for Lodolo, and then what? We have the only pitcher we need, in theory- maybe bring Matz back, too. I figure we have about $40-45M to spend and still reset the tax. We need 3B or 2B and a 1Bman. One has to be a big power RHB. Maybe: Suarez/Alonso or could we have enough to pull of a trade for K Marte, and then we sign a Hoskins/Naylor/Hearns for 1B?
  12. moonslav59
    Agreed. Lodolo is a good enough #2 for me, and if it's just Duran and maybe Sandlin, it seems like a much better deal that what was suggested for Joe Ryan.
  13. moonslav59
    I agree and would add Sandlin and maybe Mullins, too.
  14. moonslav59
    Well, notin thinks Greene is not a top 10 SP'er, so that's not close to Skenes talk. I'm sure they'll ask for Tolle or Early, but they may take all offense. You say Anthony, but maybe it could be Duran & Mayer with Garcia as a possible third. That would create a Sox need for 3B and 2B.
  15. moonslav59
    Okay. You think it takes way more than I do. I thought you were saying Duran, Garcia and Clarke was acceptable for Cincy, but you obviously were not.
  16. moonslav59
    They need offense, but they don't want to spend on FAs for offense.
  17. moonslav59
    I'm saying 3 players- one from each group listed. Close to your proposed offer.
  18. moonslav59
    Kirby vs Bieber. Go M's!!!
  19. moonslav59
    Refsnyder says he wants to play in 2026. The Sox have RHBs Jh Garcia and K Campbell waiting for a shot, so maybe we trade one of them or a LHB OF'er, or we just put it off for one more year by bringing everyone back. Ref has been one of the league's best batters vs LHPs for 3-4 years, and some of our LHBs struggle mightily vs LHPs, namely Duran, Abreu, DHam and Mayer. Since Rafaela has even and not so good splits, he's not an offensive boost vs lefties. I like the idea of offering Duran, Garcia and maybe Sandlin or Mullins for Greene. Then, hopefully JH allows enough money to be spent on 2 good bats (3B, 1B, 2B, DH.)
  20. moonslav59
    We'll need someone like Slaten to maybe make up for the expected drop by Chapman. We also have a lot of young pitchers and returning pitcher to help take up some slack, but I hate counting on injured players regaining their old form. We will also surely have new injuries or continuing old ones. I think our outlook is better than many teams, as most of our most important players are approaching prime and not on the other side on the way down. It's mostly speculative value, but we have a lot of it, while other teams have more needs to fill and less speculative value depth. Just my opinion.
  21. moonslav59
    It's really a decent strategy, IMO, as the return packages are usually cheaper over the winter. He made a lot of winter additions, and for the first time in a while, most worked out. That's not to say he's off the hook for not doing more at the deadline, but the team was much better this year and looks pretty solid, going forward. IMO, we are down to 3 major needs. I'd venture to say most top 10-12 teams have more winter needs than 3.
  22. moonslav59
    That's always a key factor. BTV has Duran valued more highly than most of us, do, but we need the right GM to value him just highly enough. Many felt Teel and Monty was too high a price for Crochet, while others felt they'd insist on Anthony, Mayer or Campbell plus one of them. We know very little.
  23. moonslav59
    Spotrac's Estimated AAV for FAs: 40 Tucker (zero chance for Sox) 33 Valdez (near 0%) 30 Bellinger (0) & Imanaga (0) conditional option 29 Alonso (maybe a slight chance/high on my list) 28 Bregman (maybe/not on my list at this price, unless 2-3 yrs) 27 Ranger Suarez (I like, but near 0 chance) 26 Cease (Please, GOD, NO!!!!) 25 Schwarber (only if we can dump Yoshida and some of his cost) 24 Bieber (doubtful) 23 Bichette (not high on my list) & M King (too much money) 20 Gio (maybe if deemed healthy) 18 Gallen (NO!!!!) 16 Eflin (maybe) & M Kelly (I'd like this at 2 yrs or $40M/3) 15 Bassitt (maybe) 14 Nick Martinez (Maybe), Torres (maybe), L Arraez (too much decline), Ozuna (???) 13 Realmuto (doubtful), Littell (maybe) 11 O'Hearn (maybe) or Josh Bell (doubtful) Willi Castro (???) 10 Rengifo (doubtful) 9 Scherzer (doubt it) 7 O'neill (doubtful) 6 Santana (doubt it)
  24. moonslav59
    To get to a top 4-5 team, IMO, we need: 1. Major power RHB (3B, 1B, DH or 2B) 2. Major SP'er (good #2 level at worst) 3. A decent bat (1B, 2B, 3B, DH) We can trade for one slot, but filling the other two with $40-45M may be very tough, and we are not even sure JH okay's that amount.
  25. moonslav59
    Probably not, but they really need offense, and 3 years of Duran + 5 years of Garcia is a lot of O. I am very high on Jh Garcia- maybe more than others, and Duran is highly valued by BTV, so between those two points, I think the offer is close to even. I'd add 2- maybe 3 from Sandlin, Mullins, Cespedes, castro and Bleis, as well.
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