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  1. moonslav59
    I have no issues with anyone that thinks $35-40M is too much to pay anyone. I see the value in spreading the risk to 3-4 players. I'll be sad, if Betts leaves us, but I know we will spend the savings somewhere, and if Bloom is as good as it appears he is at finding lower cost gems, maybe you will be right. I'm not upset. I won't be upset, unless we make poor choices with the savings. That will be years from now.
  2. moonslav59
    I'm losing my math skills as I age.
  3. moonslav59
    Recency matters but maybe not as much as it does to many fans and posters.
  4. moonslav59
    Word around here was that Houston really wanted him but didn't want to go 4 years. Now, it's 3 years. They likely will want some money included or send back a salary they don't need (Reddick?) Would they trade Reddick straight up for Eovadi? The trade simulator says the Astros would say no.
  5. moonslav59
    Myers should play 1B for us. Maybe JBJ would just be dealt elsewhere.
  6. moonslav59
    MLBTRs suggested the padres might add a prospect or two to dump Myers.
  7. moonslav59
    Yes, but first he needs to create some space to do be able to work his magic.
  8. moonslav59
    Good points. I should know better to ever say "never."
  9. moonslav59
    If they all sold, today, this might be close to their profits: http://www.afootinthebox.com/peter/every-mlb-teams-purchase-price-and-value-today Henry would make more than $2 billion in less than 20 years on a $660M investment (a 300% profit).
  10. moonslav59
    $24M is $8M a year, so we'd still save a lot of money with the deal.
  11. moonslav59
    I'd do it. I think we save even more on the lux tax, right? Maybe SD would take JBJ and keep the $5M.
  12. moonslav59
    Okay, is that the only one out of hundreds of sales over the last century?
  13. moonslav59
    No. Stock value only counts when you sell. Plus, Henry has made mega bucks along the way. He will sell the Sox at a massive profit, IMO.
  14. moonslav59
    So, Price is a good deal going forward at $32M, but Betts is not worth $50M? I'll take Betts at $40M a year over Price + Eovaldi in a heartbeat ($59M/yr).
  15. moonslav59
    Yes, because Betts is easily better than $26%+ of our roster combined. We need to reset, so it's not $75M the first year.
  16. moonslav59
    A look at the farm... http://news.soxprospects.com/2019/12/fallwinter-league-roundup-rivera-gets.html?fbclid=IwAR2I_SJlR0XvtlsX6G8utvqL18mtDWn0hGo9UpD3uyNGsyUW0bURwSXFkVs
  17. moonslav59
    I like Marisnik. I've seen him play a lot. I think he's good for the clubhouse, too. This trade was approved by the trade simulator: JBJ, Eovaldi, Chavis, Walden & $3M for Marisnik, Matz & Jed Lowrie
  18. moonslav59
    No. I'm not a Wilson fan. His WHIP has been over 1.3 for the last couple years and over 1.29 for 4 straight. His K rate is good, but that's about it. I'm dealing JBJ to save almost the full $11M. I'm thinking, the more budget space we free up for bloom, the more opportunities he'll have to find those gems in the rough- multiple gems. I've been swinging towards trading more salary than I felt a while back. I'd look to trade Price, Eovaldi and JBJ this winter and look to trade Betts & JD at the deadline, assuming we are not in the race. With the money freed up, Bloom can try to find a few "keepers" that might help beyond 2020 and a few bridge players to carry us to the reset 2021 season, where hopefully JH will open the wallet again.
  19. moonslav59
    In the history of MLB, has any owner ever lost money when selling a team, even with adjusted dollars to inflation?
  20. moonslav59
    I doubt the Sox would take on more salary with the Eovaldi-Myers trade, despite it actually lowering the lux tax budget by $3.17M a year x 3. Maybe SD pitches in $5M a year to even out the trade, and we save $8.2M a year on the lux tax. Add that to JBJ's $11M, and we'll have about $22M to spend this winter and stay under. I wonder if SD would take price + $2M a year for Myers- making his net cost just $7M a year. We save $7M but $15M on the Lux Budget.
  21. moonslav59
    There has been some talk that SD is possibly looking to sign a SP'er, so maybe they can spend "the difference" on Price. They may not want Price, though.
  22. moonslav59
    Not much wiggle room, unless we dump Eovaldi or Price.
  23. moonslav59
    I heard the Mets.
  24. moonslav59
    It's about rectifying the bad (financial) moves made in the past. We threw money after money and thinking the solution is to keep throwing money seems a bit illogical. Standing pat neither gets us a ring nor budget relief. DD & Henry like maniacs (plus Ben with Pablo & HRam). We might not like to think about it, but a balance was always in the future. The future came quicker than we thought or hoped, but it's here. We can put it off another year, I suppose, and go for one last hurrah, but the balance will come.
  25. moonslav59
    There's not many CF'ers on the market, but for the same reasons I think trading JBJ is what's best for the team (mostly budget), I do wonder why other teams are so interested. I guess they may not have tight budgets.
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