moonslav59

If we spend close to $60M, this winter, we should be a playoff contender at best and a .500 team at worst.

Fair enough. Once we traded Betts and knew Sale was toast, the cliff arrived early.

Mock Drafts 2021 Bleacher Reports: 1. Kumar Rocker, RHP, Vanderbilt 2. Jack Leiter, RHP, Vanderbilt 3. Jud Fabian, OF, Florida 4. Matt McLain, SS, UCLA 5. Colton Cowser, OF, Sam Houston State 6. Brady House, RHP/IF, Winder-Barrow HS (Ga.) 7. Mike Vasil, RHP, Virginia 8. Adrian Del Castillo, C, Miami 9. Tommy Mace, RHP, Florida 10. Robby Martin, OF, Florida State MLB.com: 1. Kumar Rocker, RHP, Vanderbilt 2. Jack Leiter, RHP, Vanderbilt 3. Brady House, 3B/RHP, Winder-Barrow HS (Ga.) 4. Jud Fabian, OF, Florida 5. Christian Little, RHP, Christian Brothers HS (Mo.) 6. Braylon Bishop, OF, Arkansas HS (Ark.) 7. Matt McLain, SS/OF, UCLA 8. Luke Leto, SS/RHP, Portage Central HS (Mich.) 9. Adrian Del Castillo, C, Miami 10. Tyree Reed, OF, American Canyon HS (Calif.) Draftsite.com: 1 Arizona Kumar Rocker Right Handed Pitcher Vanderbilt 2 Atlanta Jack Leiter Right Handed Pitcher Vanderbilt 3 Baltimore Adrian Del Castillo Catcher Miami 4 Boston Jud Fabian Outfield Fueled by Sports: 1 Pittsburgh Pirates Kumar Rocker RHP 6'5" 250 Vanderbilt 2 Texas Rangers Jack Leiter RHP 6'1" 195 Vanderbilt 3 Detroit Tigers Luke Leto SS 6'2" 190 Portage Central HS (MI) 4 Boston Red Sox Colton Cowser OF 6'3" 190 Sam Houston State 5 Baltimore Orioles Jud Fabian OF 6'1" 180 Florida 6 Arizona Diamondbacks Matt McLain SS 5'10" 175 UCLA Prospects365.com 1. K Rocker 2. J Fabian 3. J Leiter

Or we just pay the $cash.

Nope

We might be $60M away from being not far away.

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Soxprospects.com top 20 prospects acquired by Bloom: 2. Jeter Downs (Betts trade) 11. Jeisson Rosario (Moreland trade) 12. Connor Seabold (Workman/Hembree trade) 13. Nick Yorke (drafted) 15. Hudson Potts (Moreland trade) 16. Blaza Jordan (drafted) 19. Connor Wong (Betts trade) 20. Jacob Wallace (Pillar trade) 30. Deivy Grullon (off waivers from Philly) N/R Jeremy Wu-Yelland (drafted) N/R Adenys Bautista (Leon trade) Significant Non Prospects acquired: Verdugo (Betts) Perez (FA signing) Pivetta (Workman/Hembree) Plawecki (FA signing) Munoz (minor league FA) Valdez (waivers from SEA) Puello (minor league FA) Mazza (Waivers from NYM) Peraza (FA signing) Pereda (Travis Lakins trade) Arauz (Rule 5) M Hall (Jhon Nunez trade) J Springs (Sam Travis trade) Moreland (traded away) Pillar (traded away) Osich (traded away)

We got Jacob Wallace for Pillar. Soxprospects.com has him ranked 20th. I think we are still owed a PTBL or cash from Philly for the Workman/Hembree trade. Did we ever get a PTBNL from the Cubs for Osich? I think not.

You forgot Beni. Here's how I would put it: 26 Man Roster Starters: Eovaldi Perez Pivetta Mazza> E-Rod (maybe available in May/June- Mazza to pen as long relief-Covey to AAA) Houck>Sale (maybe in June/July- Houck to pen to limit IP-Walden to AAA) (Mata/Seabold may join in late summer) Relievers: Barnes (closer) DHern Taylor Brasier Valdez Covey Walden Catchers: Vazquez Plawecki Infielders Devers Bogaerts Arroyo Dalbec Outfielders: Beni JBJ (re-signed- although I doubt he is.) (Wilson/Puello?) Verdugo DH: JDM Other Utility: Munoz (Downs may join in late summer) Chavis (Ockimey is a long shot) Puello (Duran may replace him by July/Aug)

If he pitches well next year, his deadline value may be higher than it is now. "May." I'm not against trading him, this winter, but as bad as he looked, this year and last, his numbers beat just about everyone else in the pen. Barnes, DHern, Valdez and Taylor seem like the best in-system bets to be helpful, next year.

Devers showed signs of vast improvement on defense, last year. They may feel he deserves a longer look. He's still younger than Dalbec. I'd be fine with shifting him to 1B and giving Dalbec a shot at 3B- maybe sign Turner to a 1-2 year deal. Devers at DH should not be considered for a few years.

Seems like a perfect fit. It would possibly allow us to not have to fill 2 other slots (2B, 1B and 4th OF'er). My guess is, we'll sign a CF'er, 4th OF'er and a guy like Miller (2B/1B) or we could sign a 2Bman and a 1B/OF type (like Miller).

Agreed. Maybe Covey is second.

I'm not sure trading Barnes, this winter, while his stock is low, makes sense. He may be a summer 2021 trade candidate. I can see us looking to deal Vaz, Beni & Chavis and non tendering a lot of players (Brice, Covey, Godley, Springs, Triggs, Hall, Kickham, Stock and Lin).

None of these guys would get big arb raises, but they can easily be replaced with min wage players, saving us a few hundreds of thousands on the budget.

Good to know. This will be our highest pick since the mid 60's.

I thought is was overly optimistic saying we had an equal chance at finishing 81-81 (50% winning %) as 62-100 (38% winning%). We finished with a 40% winning %.

Yes, Lin is out of options, but he is pre-arb, so they may keep him as a min wager on the 26 man opening day roster.

We bounced back at the end and avoided having one of the worst 9 Sox winning percentages of all time. .279 1932 .301 1926 .309 1925 .331 1927 .338 1930 .373 1928 .377 1929 (The worst 7 seasons were within 8 years 1925-1932 and the 1931 season was 12th worst at .408!) .383 1965 (makes the 1967 season all the more magical) .396 1922 .400 2020 .401 1923 .408 1931 .422 1960 .423 1933 .426 2012 .435 1924 .438 2014 .444 1964 .444 1966

Does anybody know, if we will have the 4th pick, or are they adjusting the order?

Here are the arbs for 2021 (2020 salary): ERod ($8.3M) 4 of 4 Barnes ($3M) 3 of 3 Peraza ($2.9M) 3 of 4 (non tendered?) Godley (min) 2 of 3 Plawecki ($900K) 3 of 4 Covey ($692K) 1 of 3 Devers (Min) 1 of 3 Pivetta (Min) 1 of 3 Brasier (Min) 1 of 3 Brice (Min) 1 of 3 (Non tendered?) Verdugo, Weber, Taylor, Walden, Brewer, D Hern & others are pre-arb

Final L-R Splits vs RHP .903 Dalbec .890 Devers .888 Munoz .876 Verdugo .865 Munoz .830 Plawecki .809 Vaz .800 Bogey .776 JBJ .680 JD .655 Peraza .650 Chavis .621 Arauz .456 Beni vs LHP 1.146 Dalbec 1.030 Bogey .927 Pillar .911 JBJ .900 Plawecki .798 Vaz .780 Verdugo .690 JD .676 Arauz .635 Chavis .611 Devers .589 Peraza .474 Arroyo .383 Lin .364 Beni

Last 28 Days Sox OPS: .991 JBJ .959 Vaz .918 Dalbec .877 Plawecki .851 Devers .844 Munoz .839 Verdugo .788 Bogey .736 Arroyo .687 JD .598 Arauz .400 Lin

The final 2 weeks of 2020: Team 7-5 3.57 Houck 3-0 0.53 (17 IP) Eovaldi 2-0 0.00 (11 IP) Pivetta 2-0 1.80 (10 IP) Mazza 0-1 2.70 (10 IP) Perez 0-1 5.40 (10 IP) Weber 0-1 0.00 (7 IP)/ 2.37 ERA in last 19 IP Barnes 0-0 2.08 (4.1 IP) 3 svs Stock 0-0 0.00 ( 4 IP) Tapia 0-0 0.00 (3.1 IP)