moonslav59

Exactly. No Manny: no rings. No Lackey/Vic/Napoli: no ring. No JD/Price: no ring.

Why are TV ratings the only criteria you use?

Not adopted. Big mistakes.

LOL. Rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated.

I remember the Pirates did not even sell our their World Series home games back in the day. The nice stadium is not enough. It's a football town. Great place to live. s***** baseball team and management/ownership. If they could win, they might be able to sustain profits. TB should just move.

I've always felt it would be easier to get towards parity, if you penalized the low spending teams for not spending rather than the high spending ones for spending too much.

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.

Thanks

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.