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  1. moonslav59
    They could give us their second Abreu ($5.9M.) Add Hicks for Javier and they save $2M this year and next.
  2. moonslav59
    He's under contract. If they get him for anything more than free (or for Masa + Hicks), I'll be joining you and Fred on the ledge.
  3. moonslav59
    Funny.
  4. moonslav59
    He also has an .891 OPS at Yankee Stadium. To those who believe clutch is a repeatable skill: .866 High Leverage .809 Medium .745 Low Leverage He hits lefties well (.824,) but he's no slouch vs RHPs (.781.) HRs per 650 PAs: 34 v R 35 v L
  5. moonslav59
    I'm not thrilled with the Ks and the horrific defense, but the guy hits bombs and usually has an OPS over .780. It might take 3 years to get him, or some sort of 2 year deal with a big buyout for year 3. $24M + $24M with $21M team option for year 3 with 6M buyout. That makes it $23M x 3 or $27M x 2: team choice. If that isn't enough, I don't see adding more money in the same light as for Bregman, as it's "just" 2 more year- not 5. I see us with a 5 year window or more.
  6. moonslav59
    I fully understand that, and I think $150M/5 was highly irrational. $165M was irrational enough. More was absurd. I've said I'd have offered Alonso $5M more, so it's not about unwillingness to overpay. It's about a certain level of irrationality and who you choose to do it for. I was also for signing Polanco for more than what was offered. That one could have back-fired. I'm hoping we overpay for Suarez, but it's not going to be by $30M more than he deserves AND 1 to 2 years too long.
  7. moonslav59
    So, we replace DHam with a free Arenado. Okay.
  8. moonslav59
    The problem is Mayer can't play 3B and 2B and Anthony can't play either one. 1st Priority: Big Bat 2nd: 3B (maybe 2B) 3rd: #2 SP 4th: RP (LH'd?) maybe 5th is Catcher. Knowing this FO, we'll be lucky to add two from my top 4 list, so I'm not seeing why we reach for our 5th or 6th priority.
  9. moonslav59
    This might surprise some people: Sox leading OPS guys vs RHPs: (Returning Players Only) .903 Anthony .852 Duran .808 Abreu .743 Story .739 Mayer .732 Yoshida .723 Narvaez .720 Rafaela (career reverse splits, too) .718 Romy (reverse splits) Not too bad. .658 Campbell .618 DHam .503 Wong
  10. moonslav59
    And no more Refsnyder!!!!
  11. moonslav59
    It's thin in the minors, yes, and we did add a few catchers down in the low minors. We have 4 in the top 33 and 5 in the top 45, but Jo Garcia tops the list at #26. I'm fine with Narvaez, Wong and emergency catcher Contreras. AAA Catcher, Jason Delay, can be added the 40 if we need a fill-in. We have bigger needs, like 3B, SP and RP than Catcher depth, IMO.
  12. moonslav59
    Sonny Gray >>> Gallen Best fWAR seasons since 2023: 5.4 Gray '23 5.2 Gallen '23 4.4 Valdez '23 4.0 Valdez '25 3.8 Gray '24 3.7 Valdez '24 3.6 Gray '25 2.8 Gallen '24 1.1 Gallen '25 I'm not sure why people think the 30.5 year old Gallen is going to age well. Now, Valdez> Gray, but he's had "issues" with the Astros and he might be the anti-Breg type guy for the clubhouse. I'd rather have Ranger or trade for a Lodolo type.
  13. moonslav59
    I'm not worried about Narvaez and opening day. We do have Contreras, who was reportedly going to play some catcher in 2026 for STL in 2026. He should not be the FT C, for sure.
  14. moonslav59
    Fangraphs has Paredes projected for 2.3 FWAR (.798 OPS.) I think he does much better and maybe even bust-out better. I'm not sure why BTV has his value at 11.6, and Crawford nearly double that. I'd trade Crawford straight up, yesterday! They have Abreu at 27.4, but he does have 4 years of control to 2 by Paredes. I might offer Abreu for Paredes and Brian King. (BTV accepts that trade along with catching prospect Janek worth 7!) I'd trade Crawford for Paredes and Sousa.
  15. moonslav59
    I don't get why we'd trade Duran for that either. Maybe I like Narvaez too much?
  16. moonslav59
    I think if we told team's they can have Yoshida for $4-5M a year (their cost) we might get a couple calls. $3M, maybe a half dozen calls or more.
  17. moonslav59
    I think Dave really wants to keep Painter. How about Harrison & YRod for Bohm?
  18. moonslav59
    I'd rather have Mayer/Romy/Eaton at 3B and Romy/DHam/Sogard at 2B than a no-cost Arenado. Correction: I'd prefer a min wage Arenado over DHam, Sogard or Eaton.
  19. moonslav59
    Arenado's AAV is $3M less than what Breggie got. It's hard to take this idea seriously, unless they take Yoshida & Hicks. Even then, the trade would put us almost over the tax line.
  20. moonslav59
    No, the weird part is we think our top 3 starters all gave us 26+ GS and 145+ IP, but two were not really our top 3.
  21. moonslav59
    Arenado is already at Yoshida dump level, except he can play defense. His OPS will be 100-150 below Masa's. Masa for Arenado, okay. I'd still want Paredes, too.
  22. moonslav59
    To me, we've needed a #2 all long, even after the Gray signing. The big bat is still #1 in my mind.
  23. moonslav59
    I'm fine with an overpay, when needed, and $165M/5 was a major overpay. I'd have given $5M more than BAL for Alonso, so I'm not against overpays- just gross ones. I'd have been okay with $165M/5, but that was already past what I'd have paid by a year and $3M AAV, so what is the limit? Had he signed with us for $170M/5 or even $175M/5, I'd be glad we kept him, but I also think JH will probably be stingy, going forward, and the signing would be prohibitive on future adds, It sucks he's gone, but if we trade Phillips and Sandlin for Paredes, I'll be happier than Bregman at $180M/5.
  24. moonslav59
    To me, Paredes is the guy to go after, since KMarte is too expensive. He's got 2 years of control. BTV accepts Campbell for Paredes and Sousa, but I'd probably do one for one, or add Mullins for the two. (Maybe upgrade from Sousa to King?)
  25. moonslav59
    I'd trade two Phillips for Paredes! Okay, how about Phillips & Eyanson or Phillps & Sandlin or Mullins. My call is Campbell for Paredes. HOU needs an OF'er. It's not a dump. but KC's AAV is $7.5M, so maybe that can be used to add a pitcher.
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