Jump to content
Talk Sox
  • Create Account

moonslav59

Old-Timey Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    103,987

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    129

 Content Type 

Profiles

Boston Red Sox Videos

2026 Boston Red Sox Top Prospects Ranking

Boston Red Sox Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits

Guides & Resources

2025 Boston Red Sox Draft Pick Tracker

News

2026 Boston Red Sox Draft Pick Tracker

Forums

Blogs

Events

Store

Downloads

Gallery

Everything posted by moonslav59

  1. moonslav59
    Johnson's okay and Wright is fine, if healthy (like hardly ever), but so many teams have better depth, especially in AAA.
  2. moonslav59
    I remember Manny being the ultimate "team player" and sitting out the last game to allow Mueller to win it.
  3. moonslav59
    Here are some names to ponder... Roger Moret Bernie Carbo Bill "Soup" Campbell Dick Drago Bob Watson Tom Burgmeier Oil Can Boyd Mike Easler Bill Buckner Ellis Burks Nick Esasky Carlos Quintana Danny Darwin Tim Naehring Troy O'Leary Reggie Jefferson Brian Daubech Rich "El Guapo" Garces Dante Bichete Kevin Millar Orlando Cabrera Scott Williamson Bill Hall DMac Cody Ross Scott Atchison Mike Carp Daniel Nava Koji Uehara Steve Pearce Nathan Eovaldi My top 10 in RED
  4. moonslav59
    Sox management could be such pricks back in those days.
  5. moonslav59
    Yes, counting the posting fee ($51M) for Dice-K and the 100% tax on Moncada ($31M) it was a whopper! We did save some market value on Sale's contract, but that pales against the total cost of those 3.
  6. moonslav59
    Hard to tell. We saved untold millions with the Dodger dump trade, and we won a 2013 ring with some of the money spent, but the rest was largely wasted. Maybe we can offer him a $300M over 60 years, so the AVV would just be $5M. (LOL)
  7. moonslav59
    Daniel Nava?
  8. moonslav59
    I'd guess we have one of the worst.
  9. moonslav59
    He's really missed in the area Theo and Ben did very well in- the international free agent market. Doubront Dice-K Okajima Tazawa Iggy Montas Bogey J Aro Lin Margot Espinoza Moncada Devers D Hernandez (5th ranked now) Guerra, Dubon, the Basabes and others used in trades to get key pieces. Now, DD inherited a season of being banned from signings, but he's still had two years and only has Hector Velazquez to show for it. True, The Flores death was horrible, and there are some promising, and mostly very young, prospects with the jury still out, but according to soxprospects.com, these are our top int'l prospects: 7) B Mata 19 8) A Flores 18 14) Danny Diaz 17 20) G Jimenez 18 Like I said, some promise, but it's a long way away, and a big gap between Devers and the next one. This is an example of how much harder the system has gotten, and why I don't think it will be as easy as some seem to think it will be to quickly rebuild the farm while we keep winning and spending large every year. It has been our savior for nearly a decade.
  10. moonslav59
    I think NO. The rotation and pen are very weak and there is no youth infusion on the horizon, except for maybe, and I stress the word maybe, Feltman. I also think keeping JD might mean saying good bye to Betts the following year, so signing guys for 2020 has to have 2021 and beyond in mind as well. (As I have said, 2021 looks like the cliff year to me, as i doubt we reset after 2019.) No Sale (the best starter we've had sine Pedro) No Porcello (the rock of our staff) No Kimbrel (the best closer in the last 6 years) No Kelly, Holt, Thornburg, Kinsler. No rings.
  11. moonslav59
    I think we'd all like to have Eovaldi & Kimbrel back, and I'm not saying the closer is not important, but if I had to choose, I'll take 150-200 IP from Eovaldi over 60-65 from Kimbrel. He's cheaper, too.
  12. moonslav59
    What makes you think we don't think about a drop off in our closer position? I do. I also know I was scared shitless the last few times Kimbrel came into a game.
  13. moonslav59
    It’s not a slavish devotion to Jamesian philosophy as much as it is a strong belief that Henry isn’t going to ignore economic realities, which he has shown in the very recent past he does not like to do. Not to mention the revised history that the Sox have ever gone into a season thinking “any schmuck can close” and been proven wrong. (The 2003 closer-by-committee experiment actually provided good results in ninth inning situations with only 3 lost leads in the ninth in a 54 game stretch, resulting in 2 losses). The 2013 season turned into a closer by committee out of injuries, and we all know how that one ended up. Hanrahan got injured early. Bailey sucked and got hurt. Tazawa got 8 save opporunities. There was talk of making Aceves the closer, but he sucked, too. Uehara became perhaps the best closer we ever had for a year or two.
  14. moonslav59
    Sox recent payrolls $156M 2014 $184M 2015 $198M 2016 $197M 2017 $234M 2018 I may be wrong, but I see 2018 as an outlier and not as a continuing trend to blow past the max penalty line and stay there for the remainder of a 4-5 year Kimbrel contract.
  15. moonslav59
    1. "Reasonable cost" is likely $18M x 5 years. We can afford that this year, but forget about Eovaldi, then. The real problem comes when we let Bogey or betts go, because we are paying Kimbrel. 2. Kimbrel is not a sure bet closer going forward, especially with a 4-5 year contract. Foulke gave us one year and then aged out (injury). 3. Yes, it's choice, but it is an either or choice that is no as simple as one isolated decision. We do have an ABSOLUTE NEED to create a hole somewhere, if not this year, then more holes for later.
  16. moonslav59
    Many felt like Bailey or Hanrahan was the answer. It turned out to be Uehara. Was that "going cheap?"
  17. moonslav59
    Foulke gave us one great year, then he sucked. Papelbon was a converted starter that worked like charm. Uehara was signed as a set guy. Kimbrel cost 4 prospects and a hefty salary (at the time). How do you "rinse and repeat" that? What's your plan?
  18. moonslav59
    Familia is a good pitcher. If Henry is is going to spend $250M this year and into the future, then sure, sign Kimbrel & Eovaldi. Hell, why stop there? Let's sign Harper and trade JBJ for another pitcher! We aren't signing Kimbrel and Eovaldi, so we better look at other options, lesser or "discount" out of necessity.
  19. moonslav59
    This from MLBTR on the Sox 2019 budget... ...The Red Sox will try to minimize their tax bill and ensure that they avoid hitting the $246 million threshold at which point their top draft pick is dropped 10 spots. It seems overwhelmingly likely that they will incur the 12 percent surtax for exceeding $226 million in luxury tax payroll, but, again, I expect that they will avoid the 42.5 percent surtax for exceeding $246 million in luxury tax payroll. Provided that they plan to leave a little space for in-season acquisitions, let’s peg them at a spending level that enables the club to replace Craig Kimbrel at the back of the bullpen without breaking the bank. Projected 2019 Payroll: $230 million cash ($232 million luxury tax) Projected 2019 Payroll Space: $15.8 million Read the full article here: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2018/11/red-sox-payroll-2019.html
  20. moonslav59
    Plus, Kela has closing experience- for what that's worth.
  21. moonslav59
    I'm thinking Familia or Ottavino might be better fits.
  22. moonslav59
    So true. You win by having good players. Good players get paid a lot and get raises. It's nearly impossible to keep all the good players without eventually spending through the roof. A team need periodic, low-cost youth infusion. The team we have now had those infusions 2-5 years ago in Betts, Bogey, JBJ, Barnes, Beni, Devers and others. Who is going to be our next Beni or Devers? Is anyone close to their skill level and close to ML ready right now? Filling key roles with players like Chavis, Shawaryn, Lakins and Lin is not likely going to lead to the same results as the infusion mentioned above.
  23. moonslav59
    Others might include... Keone Kela TX Joe Jimenez DET Amir Garrett CIN Drew Steckkender MIA
  24. moonslav59
    There is a players only meeting where all this is decided before the playoffs begin.
  25. moonslav59
    Eovaldi, Kimbrel and Kelly need to be replaced or re-signed. Guys like Johnson or Velazquez might have to be traded to fill some of those open slots.
×
×
  • Create New...