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  1. moonslav59
    I'm saving him as the throw-in for my next trade suggestion.
  2. moonslav59
    Price for Myers -save $18M on AVV JBJ (~$11.5M/1) & Eovaldi ($51M/3) and $7M a year x 3 yrs for Marisnik (~$3.2M/1) & Pressley ($24.5M/3 but just $6.8M lux tax) -save $11.5M on AVV (or $0M had we just non tendered JBJ)
  3. moonslav59
    I'd do that deal in a heartbeat and throw in Brian Johnson, too. If they want Hembree, him too.
  4. moonslav59
    I think Bloom will not decide on trading Betts until July. He will trade JBJ and non tender Leon & Hembree. He may try to trade Price or Eovaldi to get a little wiggle room to fill some gaps and see wharer we stand in July. At that point, he'll choose to shoot for one more ring or start a sell-off. Just my opinion as we wait and see what Bloom will end up doing.
  5. moonslav59
    Am I missing something? I'm not sure what this means. Trade Price to LAD? Sure. How much $$$ do we include?
  6. moonslav59
    True, but what is the precedent for projecting how unique and exceptional twitch reflexes age? We keep hearing how small and speedy players tend to age poorly, but how many of them his 30+ HRs routinely? Past precedent shows power ages well, but apparently some feel not for Betts. Look, I get it's a huge risk- very huge. It could go terribly wrong. I'm not anywhere near 100% sure $330/10 would be a plus deal for us. I'm also not so sure the Yanks would pay him more.
  7. moonslav59
    I think by the time Betts reaches year 6, contracts will be so high, $30M will not be a big overpay. The last 2-3 years might hurt, but the first 7-8 will mopre than make up for it, IMO. I think he's probably worth $50M x 4, so paying him $130M/7 for the remainder is not a gross overpay. I realize it's a gamble, but Betts is special. He's a freak with his off-the-charts twitch times.
  8. moonslav59
    Yes, or give an opt out with a heavily front loaded deal.
  9. moonslav59
    ...and it's not like we get Betts back or nothing at all. The $33M a year for Betts can get us some other very nice FAs.
  10. moonslav59
    Yes, but you said a 3 year opt out would go to age 32. It's 31. I actually don't think to age 37 is all that bad. 3 years in peak prime (29-31) 2 years in prime (32-33) 3 in post prime (34-35) 2 in past prime (36-37)
  11. moonslav59
    If we sign Betts after 2020, and he opts out after 3 years, we'd have him through age 31, not 32. 28 2020 last arb year 29 2021 yr 1 30 2022 yr 2 31 2023 yr 3 (He'd turn 32 Oct 7th.)
  12. moonslav59
    I think most of Red Sox nation was disgusted by 2019 and knows our pitchers are high injury risks and not likely to lead us to a ring in 2020. I may be wrong, and I don't live in New England anymore, but Sox fans aren't dumb, in general. Most might be fine with 2020 being viewed as a rebuild year, as long as they feel we'll be back in contention by 2021 or 2022. BTW, any trade of Betts that I would go along with would have to be for a decent return. To me, it doesn't have to be ML ready studs in return, as long as Bloom shows an over plan that gets us back to the top within 1-2 years. Also, I have said many times, if I trade Betts, I'm still going all out to re-sign him in 2021. To me, that would be the best of both worlds. Get something very good for him and then bring him back. (If we lose out on the bidding, let Bloom take the $30+M and spend on multiple lower cost bargain signings.)
  13. moonslav59
    I could see these type of deals maybe happening: Betts + Price or Eovaldi for scraps, then Bloom working his magic with lower cost signings and trades. Betts for a $10-13M cost decent player (to lessen the financial hit on the accepting team) plus better prospects due to less money cost of the deal. Betts for very good but far away prospects, then Bloom flips them for under-the-radar ML players.
  14. moonslav59
    I could see $120/3 with opt out plus $210/7 for the remainder. Total: $330M/10 getting the job done. If contracts keep going up and the new CBAn is more favorable to the players, Betts can opt out at a decent age to get one last big deal (bigger than $210/7).
  15. moonslav59
    I think we also got spoiled when we had a short period when a lot studs came up at the same time. We hard a lot of, "Don't worry, we'll rebuild the farm in no time."
  16. moonslav59
    You're forcing me to say it: how about a 3-way deal?
  17. moonslav59
    Betts & the Mets? Mets should trade for Mookie Betts or Francisco Lindor WWW.MLB.COM Nothing gets the rumor mill churning like talk of a superstar on the trade block -- and that's what's happening with Red Sox outfielder Mookie Betts and Guardians shortstop Francisco Lindor. Both players are approaching free agency -- Betts is one season away, Lindor two -- and they're only going
  18. moonslav59
    I think the rule states only Houston proper- not the burbs.
  19. moonslav59
    1) I said "arguably" ...the best. 2) Getting rid of CC alone for nothing made it a top 5 Sox trade. Beckett was apparently a cancer and went 8-14 in 2.3 yrs in LA. As it turned out, even the AGon part of the deal worked out for us. He ended up with a .793 OPS while making big money. 3) It wasn't ever about what we got back, although Webster and DLR were viewed as decent young pitcher. It was about freeing up budget space, and Ben spent wisely on Vic, Uehara, Napoli and Drew and there's no way we win the ring in 2013 without that trade and those signings. (True, we didn't trade for those guys, but the trade made their signings possible.) 4) I have no issue with calling the Pedro trade the best ever, and maybe even the Schilling trade second best, but I rank the Dodger dump an all time top 3 Sox deal with a significant case to be made it was number one.
  20. moonslav59
    I get the point, but Vic was signed while he was already in decline. Basically, we signed him to 3 years post prime and 0 years in prime. I'm not sure that sounds much better than signing a guy to 5 years prime and 5 years post-prime.
  21. moonslav59
    Yes, from their side, that's what it looks like, and from our side, Pearce is labelled "clutch."
  22. moonslav59
    Yes, it's all nonsense.
  23. moonslav59
    I don't see it that way. We're already looking for ways to cut salary. I was suggesting we might want to trade him before we even found out he declined the opt out. It's probably easier to trade him than Price or Eovalid. I also want to keep Betts beyond 2020. If bringing the budget down helps with that, then there's more reasons to trade JD. If this whole Pedey nonsense comes to fruition, where as he becomes the near FT DH, then to me, trading JD makes a hell of a lot of sense. His value as a DH to the CWS seems higher than to us as an Of'er. That lays the foundation for a trade. I also think it's better for the team and JD that he play almost exclusively DH. JD will likely opt out after 2020 and go for a bigger and longer deal. An injury would hurt his earning power immensely. An injury would hurt our chances at winning, as well. His defense would hurt our chances at winning. There may even be more reasons than these.
  24. moonslav59
    I don't see how Bloom shaking his bootie is going to help us at all, and certainly any November shaking will accomplish very little.
  25. moonslav59
    I'd trade him before I made him play more than a handful of games in the OF.
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