moonslav59

We can tell. ;)

Mayer and Harrison for K Marte? KC, Arias & Harrison? Arias, Witherspoon, Garcia & Clarke?

Not sure what Corbin's BTV is but Marte is 61. 56 Mayer 50 Duran 31 Early & Rafaela 26 Abreu 24 KC 23 Tolle 22 Crawford & Arias 18 Witherspoon 16 Garcia & Clarke 14 Casas 12 Perales & Romy 10 Harrison I can't find Anthony or Corbin, since I'm not a member

Have you read some posts, here?

It could be one of those situations where this guy gets DFA'd 2-3 times before opening day.

It only goes up in Sept and dblhrds, right?

I just saw that. I don't see the purpose, especially if we add a big bat 1Bman, later. So, no Alonso?

Looks like we will be protecting 2 Rule 5 guys.

Add Mayer and they still likely say no.

I thought I was asking for a lot with my "two big bopper" talk.

I hear you, but I'd go 3 at $100M. If I go 4, it drops the AAV out of reach for Breggie to accept- something like $112M/4.

I would bet a lot against the idea we add two big bats and a solid # this winter, but to me, it is what we need. Some thought DD went for overkill in building the 2018 roster, but I'd rather get too much than too little, and I do not think 2 big bats and 1 live arm is "overkill." I'm not thinking one will be Alonso, KMarte by trade or Schwarber, so me 2 from this group is the minimum for me to get thrilled: Bregman (3B) or Suarez (3B or 1B) Bichette (2B) or Polanco (2B) I'm not even sure we get one from these 4. I could see Suarez or Polanco plus Hoskins or Bell. Maybe a trade for B Lowe.

Anybody interested in soon to be 33 year old Kodai Senga? NYM reportably are shopping him.

I'm not sure I'd be all that bothered, if someone took him. I see 5-6 guys I'd rather be starting at WOO than him, but maybe he'll pull a Priester on us.

Another question is who gets traded or DFA'd to add 1-2 players? An out-of-options player? Criswell was just signed. Wink or Moran? (Trade?) Lowe (non tender?) Grissom Players with options? Sogard or Eaton? (Probably not if Grissom goes.) Kelly or Murphy (likely not DFA'd) My guess: Lowe (non tender) for Sandlin If we protect a second, it might be Grissom traded or DFA'd.

It's not uncommon to hear different names from different people and sources. Haven't heard much of Drohan. Nothing on Bleis or Hickey- for good reason. Teams passed on Guerrero, already, so he's a no go. So, Sandlin... Borderlines: Mullins, Monegro, Drohan & maybe Rivera or Song?

Yup. Increasing the 40 man would be a major "get" for the players (union.)

That's what I've heard, but I'm not sure I believe it without some context. They might have said Harrison and Bello for Devers or you can have Tibbs and Hicks, too. Brez said, "We like Hicks."

Nobody. We like out-of-options guys like Criswell, Wink and Moran too much to make room for one.

It was to me, but Buehler was 5-6 years younger than Kluber and 2-3 younger than Richards- maybe 50 years younger than Hill. They were all significantly long removed from greatness and had a major injury/surgery not long before the signing. I do think they viewed Buehler as better, based on his double AAV as compared to Kluber and Richards and even Sandoval's AAV. Other than Gio's AAV, Buehler's deal seemed like a step up, at the time, but again it was just a 1 year deal and another can kicked down the road.

Good points by all the last few posts. As much as I try to avoid the blame game, it's part of human nature and a big part of our culture. Mistakes were made by many, and some were mistakes of omission. regardless of who was most or least to blame, I do feel it reached the point where the trade needed to happen. I wish we'd not taken Hicks, but maybe we'd have had to add someone else valuable or not gotten Harrison.

I'd like to see a 27 man active roster and a 42 man roster. Maybe the players get that as a payback for some sort of soft cap added after 2026.

It does seem like every team used that extra roster spot for a pitcher. Teams used to carry 11 or 12 pitchers, and when they added the slot, one expected 12 or 13 pitchers, but it's almost always 13. It seems like many posters want 9 everyday FT players who are good enough to not need to be PH for or replaced on defense later in games. If that were true, we wouldn't need a 5 man bench, but it's rarely true. The Sox has true tremendous batters vs LHPs, who had massive splits. We also had more than 2 guys who his lefties very poorly. It made a lot of sense to platoon, and we used 2 slots for platoon- Abreu w Ref and 1B/2B w Romy. Some argued Duran should be platooned, too, but we didn't have 2 Refs, and Cora seemed to be against the idea of Duran platooning. Now that Ref may be gone, Abrue improved vs LHPs and Romy did okay vs RHPs. maybe we will move away from that model. A lot depends on who we add. Alonso at 1B will not be platooned with Romy. Romy could platoon with Mayer or Masa, so that might not go away. I doubt we add Campbell or Garcia to the 26 as a strict, short-side platoon, so maybe that platoon ends in '26. I'm not sure we need DHam and Sogard or Ref and Eaton. 3 catchers doesn't make sense, unless one can play elsewhere well enough. It doesn't seem like 13 pitchers helps limit overwork and injuries, though.

There are significant drop offs after the top 6 budgets, so I'd say top 6 would be nice but maybe not essential. Top 8 is likely needed. Top 5-6 in offense- measured by non park-influenced stats. Top 5-6 in pitching. Top 1o on defense would be nice but top 15 might be okay, if we are top 6 in pitching and batting.

He did seem like there was more hope than guys like Perez, Kluber, Richards, Paxton and others, but no high hopes.