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  1. moonslav59
    We spent a lot of money back in some of those years, but mostly on big power hitters. It seemed like every fan knew the reason we never won was due to lack of better pitching. Even guys like Tiant we largely lucky acquisitions that didn't cost a lot. We did go out and get the Mike Torrez's and Mike Boddickers here and there, but always just one. We didn't win until we added Schilling to Pedro. We didn't win once we lost Pedro, until we added Beckett. We didn;t win with just Lester, until we added Lackey. We didn't win with just Price, until we added Sale (and Porcello).
  2. moonslav59
    Yes, sending his contract a day late was a total travesty. Luis Tiant was great and deserved a ring, but sadly, we had little so little behind him. It's no coincidence that we never won a ring until we had 2 aces and more pitching depth than any teams in the 70's, 80's and 90's.
  3. moonslav59
    I meant that was the break even point on Cano alone. Now, add what Diaz is worth minus his expected contract cost. If that is worth $5-10M more a year vs market cost of a FA, then deduct that from what the M's should need to pay.
  4. moonslav59
    If after you deduct the lost cost of Bruce, Cano only costs the Mets $5-10M a year, then getting Diaz with cano is not bad at all, but let's wait and see how the money all shakes out.
  5. moonslav59
    Fisk did have a some pretty good talent around him, but the pitching staffs were never quite good enough or deep enough to get us over the hump.
  6. moonslav59
    As much as I want Eovaldi, I'd like to keep Porcello and maybe Sale, too, depending on how his durability looks in 2019.
  7. moonslav59
    You are right, he didn't fall fast and hard right after the signing like my statement implied.
  8. moonslav59
    Exactly. The system is now set up to really hurt the winning and big spending teams, and we are both. We got spoiled by the old system that actually helped the teams like us with comp picks and drafts where (good) prospects wanting big money fell to the bottom of the order. We also really struck gold on international signings for many years. That is much harder to do, now. I don't want to come off as a pessimist. Usually, posters criticize me for being too optimistic, but I just don't get how some can be so optimistic about our chances at rebuilding our farm into something close to what it used to be. It may not be impossible, but several decks are stacked against us.
  9. moonslav59
    I really like Eovaldi, but the point about him helping us in case "we lose Sale or Porcello" is a bit more complex. Signing him to more than 2 years may very well cause us to lose Sale or Porcello due to his added contract and our possible desire to re-set the tax in a year or two.
  10. moonslav59
    He sure did. He was a salary dump in the Beckett trade. Yes, he fell fast and hard after the re-signing.
  11. moonslav59
    The guy had four 900+ OPS years with Boston and three more over .800. He was pretty good on defense and handling pitchers, too.
  12. moonslav59
    DD seems to be better at evaluating ML talent over young prospects. He's drafted 3 cycles. Usually, you start seeing results or at least some nationally recognized prospects emerge by now. This next draft will be his lowest picks ever. I'm trying to stay hopeful, but I don't see much evidence to be optimistic on this front.
  13. moonslav59
    He has better control than most other options.... Career K/9 and BB/9 and 2018 K/9 & BB/9 Herrera 8.8/ 2.7 7.7/ 2.0 Familia 9.4/ 3.6 10.4/3.5 Ottavino 10.1/ 3.8 13.0/4.2 Kimbrel 14.7/3.5 13.9/4.5 Kelly 7.2/3.7 9.3/4.4
  14. moonslav59
    Eovaldi is from the Houston area, but I'm hoping the love he felt from his teammates and the joy he felt from winning a ring with and for us will tilt the balance to Boston. I'm hoping it's not a 4 year deal, but I know that is likely what is needed to get him to choose the Sox.
  15. moonslav59
    Also, I have every ticket stub of every game I went to.
  16. moonslav59
    I'd have added Johnson and/or Chavis with Swihart, though.
  17. moonslav59
    I loved VTek and was always a big fan (and defender at times). I'm not sure we win in 2004 or 2007 without him.
  18. moonslav59
    I have a David Ortiz jersey, a bunch of T-shirts (only one with a name on the back- "Beckett") I have a Wally plush toy and a Sox beer mug. I have a WS baseball from SI. I have lots of Sox books. I have a tin pennant thingy but it doesn't have the 2018 update. I have a couple caps. I have a nice collar shirt just like the one Papi wore after winning the 2013 ring. It's getting worn out.
  19. moonslav59
    The M's do hold the record for most wins in a season (216 in 2001), but no ring- no glory.
  20. moonslav59
    How much money will they end up saving? This looks like another example of the one of the biggest contracts in history being a flop.
  21. moonslav59
    Which might mean we didn't have what it took to get him, or we felt like he wasn't as good as the return might have been.
  22. moonslav59
    Could be. We may never know if or if he didn't ever make a call.
  23. moonslav59
    I know. If the reason to make the deal is to dump money, why pay most of it?
  24. moonslav59
    MLBT reports... Craig Kimbrel Reportedly Seeking Six-Year Contract By Steve Adams | November 30, 2018 at 11:51am CDT Teams that have spoken to Craig Kimbrel’s camp early in the offseason have been told that the right-hander “is looking for a six-year deal,” tweets ESPN’s Buster Olney. It’s likely that there’s some degree of tactical negotiating at play here; free agents will always set out seeking a sum larger than the one they perhaps hope to find, and a six-year pact for Kimbrel would be precedent-setting.
  25. moonslav59
    Colome is off the market. The Mariners announced Friday that they’ve traded reliever Alex Colome to the White Sox in exchange for catcher Omar Narvaez. I guess they liked him more than Swihart (assuming we offered him). I wonder if they'd have taken Swihart plus Johnson or Hembree (or maybe Chavis).
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