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  1. moonslav59
    Bastards!
  2. moonslav59
    I've been slow jogging for a few months with my dogs in the early morning- sometimes before or as the sun is coming up. I wear shorts, unless it's under 40 or so but throw on a hoodie. My legs rarely feel cold. If I wear sweat pants, I sweat like a pig, no matter how cold it is. I hate letting the hood down in the cold, once I've started sweating.
  3. moonslav59
    I don't see the budget priority as having much leverage. We have numerous players we can deal and teams that may be interested. If we deal Price and JBJ, it will be because the team wants them. Yes, knowing we have to shed salary adds some leverage, but I doubt it's all that much. If we wait until July, it will be because we are making one final run at it with the idea that we may have a fire sale, if we are out of it in July. Maybe teams can take advantage of the desperate nature of that sale, but we will likely be selling way more players than needed to get under the tax line, so no single deal will be holding us to the fire.
  4. moonslav59
    Not many deals are made in March or April, and only a few in May. My guess is Price and JBJ are moved this winter. It's not so much about the return as it is about making budget space for Bloom to work his magic. We might get a useful piece or decent prospect or two, but I'm not counting on anything special.
  5. moonslav59
    That would be the ultimate worst case scenario.
  6. moonslav59
    I agree. I didn't mean my statement about Price's value possibly rising greatly with a good start to 2020 as a call to wait on trading him. To me, he should be the number 1 trade priority with JBJ close behind.
  7. moonslav59
    Jeff Gray was another sad story. DMac is a good choice.
  8. moonslav59
    Thanks for refreshing my memory. Sad.
  9. moonslav59
    Yes, and there is no guarantee he will start off strong. It would be nice to get back more for him, though, assuming he starts well. If we traded JBJ, now, and traded Price in June, we'd be under the tax line.
  10. moonslav59
    Esasky did have a great year, but it was sort of out of no where. I think he developed vertigo and was out of baseball shortly afterwards. Quintana was unsung. He started to improve, and then he got shot or something back in Venezuela. I think he tried a comeback but didn't make it.
  11. moonslav59
    BD was on my list.
  12. moonslav59
    While true, he had some great years before and after 2013.
  13. moonslav59
    I was going to mention him but felt he was not "under the radar."
  14. moonslav59
    She'll be travelling Mon-Thur and may not have to be in the NYC office most Fridays. They offered to pay the difference in flight cost to Houston, if she wants to come home for a 3 day weekend. She won't have a car. (Not sure about her boy friend.) She'll have an expense account Mon-Thur, so I'm not sure the high cost of living there will be a big burden.
  15. moonslav59
    Well, she'll be making close to the same my wife and I made combined in her first year,
  16. moonslav59
    Nietzche was a doer.
  17. moonslav59
    Bloom is no Nietzsche.
  18. moonslav59
    Brought back some memories. The Pilots moved to Milwaukee when I lived there. Tommy Harper was my favorite player, and when the Brewers traded him to Boston, I became a Sox fan.
  19. moonslav59
    Greenwell bugged the s*** out of me. Of this list, I like Valantin & Mueller. I'd add Naehring, Nava, Easler, Cecil Cooper, Daubach, Esasky, Reggie Smith, Ellis Burks, Troy O'Leary, Reggie Jefferson, Tom Brunansky, Carlos Quintana, Orlando Cepeda, Marty Barret, Luis Aparicio Bill Lee, Roger Moret, Oil Can Boyd, Tom Gordon, Tim Wakefield, ERod
  20. moonslav59
    I threw this one against the wall on the simulator site and got 8 likes to 2 dislikes. (It's hard to know if the likes are Sox or Dodger fans.) Betts, Price & $3M for Pollock, Maeda & Downs The money? Sox get: Pollock ($17M x 3 avg/ Lux $12M) Maeda ($3.1 x 4/ Lux $3.1) Total: $20.1M (+$1M we pay LAD x 3 yrs)= $21.1 LA gets: Price ($32M x 3/Lux $31M) Betts (~$28M/1) $3M cash (3 x 1) Total: $60M (-$1M x 3 yrs)= $59M We save $38M in 2020 and $43M on Lux tax. (In reality, the Dodgers would probably demand more money, but if you subtract Pollock from Price, they are basically getting Ptice for $15M x 3 years, so maybe not.)
  21. moonslav59
    The guy was so damn good, though. (Key word: was.) He'd fit right in between Price, Eovaldi and Sale.
  22. moonslav59
    Probably 1. Although it's not about rings, I think #1 provides a better chance.
  23. moonslav59
    I think the gift tells more about his wife, so I tried to refrain from commenting.
  24. moonslav59
    No debate, here.
  25. moonslav59
    Thanks for the insights. We plan on going to Maine again this summer and will stop in NYC to check it out. Her long time boy friend will be living with her, but the place still needs to be safe as the #1 priority. Cost is a priority, but they will be splitting the rent, so they can pay more than I'd think is fair.
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