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  1. moonslav59
    I wanted to trade the FAs to be since last summer. Trading Devers after 5 bad games is laughable.
  2. moonslav59
    Yes, it's joo-lie or yu-lai in Spanish..
  3. moonslav59
    His D improved by leaps and bounds, last year. It just doesn't show, this year.
  4. moonslav59
    Devers is the player to build around, IMO. Keep Bogey and Sale, since we are not likely to get much for Sale, and Bogey only has prime years left on his deal. We aren't looking at a 5 year rebuild. No way. We should be able to turn this around by 2021 or 2022, especially if we go over the luxury tax line, next year. If anyone should be traded, it should be players that become FAs after this year or next. Those players are: After 2020: JBJ Pillar Workman After 2021: ERod (if we can't extend him) Barnes Hembree I'd even explore trading JD. He may not be much help on his last year of his deal in 2022. One could argue trading them for the best we can get, even if the return is not equal. Just get controllable- low cost players in return and strengthen the bottom of our 40 man roster and the farm.
  5. moonslav59
    Many people here are hung up on keeping people in one slot for comfort reasons. I've never bought into that. JBJ is known for epic hot streaks, and I mean white hot, and epic long a ice cold slumps. Why they don't use it when he's hot, I'll never know.
  6. moonslav59
    The "cliff" is here. Let's just hope it is short-lived.
  7. moonslav59
    Plus, the E's by Devers. Crappy loss to a crappy team. Nice to see JBJ get out of the gate quickly. I hope he can keep it up. We can't afford another 60 day slump to open the season, for that would be the whole season!
  8. moonslav59
    It does sound nice. Maybe Canada should create a CMLB.
  9. moonslav59
    This is the best way to look at what happened. I'm going to miss Mookie. He was the best all around Sox player I ever saw. (I missed Yaz in his prime, and Fred Lynn came close.)
  10. moonslav59
    ...and Eovaldi, JD, JBJ & Pillar!
  11. moonslav59
    Great game. I know this is just the O's, but it's always nice to get out of the gate with a monster win.
  12. moonslav59
    Nobody was ever going to pay $420M, covid or not. It was his first counter. We'll never know,now, but the speculation will go on for years.
  13. moonslav59
    I always thought a Florida team should move to Buffalo (or NC) and then the other should play half their home games at each city.
  14. moonslav59
    Under these new economic times, I'm not sure that $310M offer was still on the table, or would have been this winter, had Betts not signed. I agree, that offer was "serious" and maybe just a starting point, but times were different, then. My guess is, he'd have gotten more from the Dodgers had Covid not hit.
  15. moonslav59
    It shouldn't have been a cliff, but man, it felt like one.
  16. moonslav59
    I agree, but part of me thinks that our pitching is so bad, the season is hopeless, and in a way, our line-up is wasted. Sure, it will make watching the Sox way more fun, but in terms of our future, one can argue it's wasted by keeping players that will not be here in 1-2 years.
  17. moonslav59
    It's hard to know, but one thing is for sure. He wasn't set on going to free agency, as he stated he was. Now, maybe this whole covid uncertainty changed his mind, but you are probably right. LA might be more to his liking. I hate to see him go. I'm on record as saying I'd have offered more than he just signed for, and who knows if the Dodgers would have countered or if Betts would have still signed with LA, but to me, he's worth $31M x 12. In terms of revenue generating value, he's probably worth over $50M a year for several years. If his skill level drops more quickly than I expect, he'll likely still be a draw to fans with that smile and style. If his value ends up being something like this, he's worth it: By year $50, 50, 45, 45 ($190 the first 4 yrs) $40, 35, 30, 25 ($130 the middle 4 yrs) $20, 20, 10, 10 ($60M the last 4 yrs)
  18. moonslav59
    I'm sure he's better than 5 guys on our 40 man roster, and I never heard of him. LOL.
  19. moonslav59
    I admit, I've been out of touch with baseball, and I'm not really all that pumped up about 60 games with no fans and a likely under .500 team. I've actually been following basketball news more. (I'm a Bucks fan, so there is hope of a ring somewhere else, for me.)
  20. moonslav59
    I've been in the basement with Joe, no actually in my garage staining some outdoor wooden furniture we just bought for much of the afternoon. I missed the news of the signing, until now. WOW! I'm glad he's in the NL, but I sure wish he played his prime in Boston.
  21. moonslav59
    I'd have paid more than what the Dodgers paid, but who knows if he'd have taken $385M/13. Yes, the back end might hurt, but to me, he may be worth $50M a year for a few years, and if we front loaded the deal, trading him later would be made easier. $30M a year on the luxury tax is a lot for 13 years, but to me, he's the one guy worth it. I was clinging to slim hopes he may come back, but it was never meant to be. I hope we spend that $30M wisely x 13.
  22. moonslav59
    Exactly... Right after the cliff of 2019-2020 (hopefully not 2021).
  23. moonslav59
    That's assuming we even have a basket.
  24. moonslav59
    Front load the contract, so trading him, if he declines earlier than expected will not be that hard to do. Plus, in this economy, I'm not sure he's going to get the numbers we were throwing around, last winter. I'm not for paying him some absurd amount, but the guy is likely worth $50M a year (in 2019 dollars) for 2-4 years. Let's say he's worth $200M for the first 5 years, do you think paying him $120M for the last 7 years is going to cripple us? (This assuming $320M/12.)
  25. moonslav59
    Of course, any big contract restricts future spending, but Betts is the real deal. I hate seeing the team's best all around player ever, not finish up here in Boston.
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