moonslav59
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I'm worried about Kimbrel's impending decline that may have already started. He will also get more years and more money, and I'm of the mind we will be resetting the luxury tax in a couple years, so anyone signed beyond 2 years, the amount of money is crucial to keeping our best players. Again, I realize I might be wrong about when and if we ever reset the tax, but that's my thinking.
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I'd love to have Kimbrel back, and I've made that point known, but he will cost to much and get too many years. It's true I'm not big on spending large for any closer, so it's nothing personal against Kimbrel. Would you rather have Kimbrel at $90M/5 or Eovaldi at $60M/4?
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The Rays are famous for signing guys who go on to have a one season, career-high year. Maybe, they think Chron had a fluke year and will find the next one somewhere else at $1-2M.
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I think we can afford Eovaldi at $15M and still have enough to sign Familia or Ottavino or perhaps Allen and a lesser known set-up man to stay below the $40M mark.
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I was talking to those who claimed the farm would be quickly rebuilt as far back as 2016. Those predictions have fallen far short. On your point, I'm not sure why it will be any easier to do it starting last month. We will have the lowest pick we've ever had, and it might be 10 picks lower, if we ended up over the $40M line this year. Our international pool will be very low as well. I haven't given up hope, but that's all it is right now-- HOPE!
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I'd like to talk about Brian Johnson for a second
moonslav59 replied to Dojji's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
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It would be a gamble, but making Eovaldi a closer might lessen the chances of injury that you have been very vocal about. I'd rather have Eovaldi as a closer than Kimbrel, and as you pointed out, he'd cost less. All in all, I'd prefer Eovaldi as a starter and Familia, Ottavino or Allen as our closer.
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Our RHPs do very well vs lefties. I'm not sure it matters much.
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Then, by all means, sign Eovaldi!
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Like from within the system? Like Ockimey vs Jake Cosart? Or like a FA signing? Don't teams usually protect 40 and then deal with who to cut or trade after they make or sign a deal for someone?
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It seems weird that so many reports claimed we cut Cuevas and demoted Maddox to make room for Brewer and the rule 5 guys, but in reality, there was room to keep one (and cut them later, once we sign someone).
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Eovaldi for 2 years would be fantastic. I'm not high on Keuchel or Morton. I don't see any other starters that match with us that are not big gambles, so if we don't get Eovaldi, I'm thinking 2 solid pen arms instead.
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We could really use a big jump by someone. Nobody really did this year. I'm looking at Mata and D Hernandez as one to add to your list.
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I liked Dubon a lot. I was not high on Shaw at all. I liked the trade, because Thornburg looked awesome. The weird injury was hard to foresee. I wish we had Dubon now, and Shaw is playing 2B for MIL, so he could help us there, but I'm not going to be hard on DD for this trade, since I liked it at the time, and we have a ring, now.
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Now, I hear SD might get Seguro & Mike Leake with Wil Myers going to SEA.
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Maybe my love affair with Marco Hernandez is about to come to an end.
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Daalbec has a better chance than Felton, but there's no hurry to add either.
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Makes me think a signing is imminent. They just didn't want to string Ockimey along. One would think, if they had a trade lined up for Ockimey, they'd have added him today and traded him soon.
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FBS Playoff Rankings 1. Alabama 2. Clemson 3. Notre Dame 4. Michigan 5. Georgia 6. Oklahoma 7. LSU 8. Wash St 9. UCF 10 Ohio St
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Moreland/Pearce platoon (JD Martinez?) Swihart Holt AAA Travis Chavis Dalbec (not on 40 man roster, yet)
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I think we're at 39 now, but if we need to boot (or trade) someone, this is my list... 1) Marco Hernandez 2) Chandler Shepherd 3) Robby Scott 4) Blake Swihart (out of options) 5) Sam Travis 6) Thornburg (doubtful)
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I'd like to talk about Brian Johnson for a second
moonslav59 replied to Dojji's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
I set the filter to SP'ers, so the 30 IP did not incluse RP'ers. I lowered the IP to 30, to see if any starters had a higher fWAR than Johnson, even with less IP, and there were quite a few. They may be higher rated than Johnson for next year. They may not be. Why set the IP at just 60 IP, just because that is exactly what Johnson had? Is that the magic number for you to call him a legitimate SP'er, and 50, 40 or 30 is not? Stick to 60 IP, if you want, and Johnson placed 150th in fWAR. That's dead last out of 150 (30 teams x 5 starters). BTW, I don't view Johnson as 150th, and the bWAR shows him to be much better, but I'm not cherry-picking fWAR. I never use BWAR. Ever. I like Johnson, but there is no way, after 13 decent starts, I'm ready to anoint him a top 6 fifth starter in MLB. -
I'd like to talk about Brian Johnson for a second
moonslav59 replied to Dojji's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Maybe I'm in a minority, but 13 starts is a teenie tiny sample size. And, yes, 180-200 PAs is tiny, too. I'm not down on Johnson, but he was not and is not a top 5th starter in MLB, IMO. He might become one, and I'm not giving up on him after a decent season, but I hope we don't plan on him for 24+ starts next year. -
I'd like to talk about Brian Johnson for a second
moonslav59 replied to Dojji's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Come on. Johnson and Gabbard's sample sizes are/were puny. To give Johnson extra points for consistency because he came up for very short stays of 4.1 IP one year and 27 IP another- both with WHIP's over 1.48 is not really fair. True, Gabbard's 66.2 IP should not have been a projection of what was to come, but that's kind of the point I'm making about Johnson. He certainly may end up better than Gabbard did, but I remember a few Sox fans lovin' on Kason, too. -
The Current 40 Man Roster: Red: Bubble Roster or trade candidate Pitchers: Sale, Price, Porcello, ERod, Wright, Johnson, Velazquez, D Hernandez, Shepherd, D Reyes Barnes, Brasier, Hembree, Workman, Brewer, Poyner, Thornburg, Walden, Scott, Taylor, Lakins Catchers: Vazquez, Leon, Swihart 1B: Moreland, Pearce, Travis 2B: Pedroia (DL?), Holt, M Hernandez 3B: Devers, Nunez, Chavis SS: Bogaerts, Lin LF: Benintendi CF: Bradley RF: Betts DH: Martinez I count 39. Am I missing someone, or do we just have 39 right now?
