moonslav59
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I'm sure all GMs have plans- long and short term. Most are likely just trying to incrementally improve the current team and/or the longer term outlook. I'm happy we have Bloom, and I think he's on the right track.
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I'm hopeful we can compete for a wildcard in 2021 and maybe the whole thing by 2022 or 2023. I've given credit to DD for drafting better than I expected with such low picks. He kept Devers- clearly the best of all the prospects he had (in hindsight and foresight.) I wish he'd done better with IFA's. Let's hope Bloom drafts well with these better picks and works his magic with low key signings. I've never said I thought the "cliff" would be long.
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It was a wonderful season and the end of a very nice 3 year run. I know it sounds like I'm "crying" or complaining about the cliff, but really, I do not see it that way. I was fine with the trade off, the sacrifice, the consequences. The 2018 ring made it all more than worth it.
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None of DD's trades look like the Bagwell or Danny Cater deals. Taken by themselves none look horrific or even all that bad. Like I have said, I'm happy we got that ring in 2018. It justified everything- even the cliff that was sure to follow. If we did not win in 2018, I'm pretty sure much of this board, including myself, would be singing different tunes.
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I was never for keeping all the kids. On Margot vs JBJ, keeping MM did not mean JBJ would be gone. We could have had Moncada at 2B, 1B or DH and Devers, too. The Beeks for Eovaldi trade was a great one. Same with the Pearce deal. Funny how those two seemed to matter more than the big headliner trades.
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True. My bad.
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I think it's 98 to 99.5%. I neglected to round up to 100%.
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Likely on the 40 man roster: Yoan Moncada Manuel Margot Ty Buttrey Logan Allen Jalen Beeks Mauricio Dubon Michael Kopech Noe Ramirez Saun Anderson Travis Lakins Travis Shaw (team control ended) Likely still on the farm, but not on 40 man roster: (not a complete list) L Basabe A Espinoza G Bautista
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Another one would be to rank and rate the chances we'd have won a ring in 2018 with or without each trade: Eovaldi: maybe 80% chance we don't win in 2018. Pearce: maybe 75% chance we don't win in 2018. Sale: maybe 75% chance we don't win in 2018. Kimbrel: 40% Pomeranz: 5% Thornburg: 0% (Note: I did not put too much thought into this. It is meant as a way to start a discussion.)
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90-99%, yes.
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You haven't been reading many posts. Several posters have discussed how little help any of the players DD traded would have been to the Sox- some still think they'd barely make us better, even now. I'll leave it to them to say what they have been saying again and again. (Note: you just responded to one. )
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Yes, indeed!
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I'm no DD hater. I'm glad he got us a ring, but I'm not going to sugarcoat the consequences. It's ok to "defend DD" and "hold him accountable, at the same time. I don't get the feeling many are doing the same- not that I claim to have the only right position.
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No doubt, and the pitching we apparently had in the minors was too far away (Kopech, Allen, and especially Espinoza)
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Yes, someone bitches about our current situation- sometimes blaming Bloom, and people bring up DD. Many remember all the "thanks Ben" posts and are retaliating. This is true.
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My guess is we sign at least 4 from the top 50 list (another SP'er and RP'er). 5 seems right. Maybe: Quintana K Wong Desclafani plus maybe: $14M/1 Marcus Semien $10M/1 Jamess Paxton $16M/2 Taijuan Walker $12M/2 Corey Kluber $8M/1 Charlie Morton $6M/1 Robbie Ray or JA Happ $5M/1 Drew Smyly or Rick Porcello $4M/1 Chris Archer $14M/2 Brad Hand, Trevor May or Trevor Rosenthal (Blake Treinen?) $6M/1 Alez Colome $4M/1 Mark Melancon $5M/1 Kirby Yates $20M/2 James McCann (Trade Vaz?) $10M/1 Yadier Molina
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1. Usually in response to somebody praising DD or blasting Bloom for the situation we're in, now. 2. Was the farm not "decimated" or nearly decimated? (We kept Beni & Devers and a couple far away guys that look better, now.) 3. We keep hearing, "only one player he traded has registered a season with an fWAR higher than 2.1." over and over, as well. 4. Yes, the "can" was never closed, but it's a two-way street, as the can is opened on both ends.
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The Sox prospects DD traded away were much higher ranked than that, and all I hear is none have amounted to squat. "None would have helped us win in 2019 or 2020." Some of the same people on that bandwagon, now want us to feel great about the chances of #11 through #20 prospects.
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It's certainly a close call.
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That's $21M on the luxury tax budget- keeping us well below line one. With no Perez, we can do more, or save some for the deadline.
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I was a big Quintana fan at the time of the Kimbrel and Sale deals. I had once argued maybe we could have gotten both had we not made the Kimbrel deal. (Quinatan has one more year of team control than Sale and Kimbrel.) Quintana was a let down, so what do I know? (DON"T ANSWER THAT!)
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Yes, it is different, because time has elapsed on many the DD trades, and some he has traded away are known to be busts, however, with Daniel Bard's return- never say never. I just see a bit of a contradiction when a few people poo-poo the prospects we traded away and have great hopes for those we acquire. Don't get me wrong, I love the deals Bloom made. I also think the choices DD made were not just trade prospects vs keeping them, it involves how many were traded and could we have traded for different players with longer team control. I'm not trying to open that can of worms again. The subject has been beaten to death several times over. I'm hopeful and confident several of the prospects Bloom acquired will be meaningful additions to our roster.
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Better press this way.
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Same with many of the guys DD traded- the jury is still out.
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To use the criteria some have used for the DD trades, what have any of these guys done for us already?
