moonslav59
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Most prepared. Most focused. Most determined. Most balanced (pitching, hitting, defense, running). Best team in MLB. Best Sox team I have seen.
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I know it's not much, but if baseball was losing money, shouldn't it be going down?
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Good point. Or, if Eovaldi gets the $60M/4 that MLBTR projects, we could maybe offer... $20M $20M $10M $10M Wecould probably trade him after year 2, unless like you said, thins go badly. Maybe some of the projected 3 year players might take 2 with an option: 3 year projected $48M Happ $36M W Ramos $33M Familia $33M Britton $33M Robertson $33M Ryu $30M Ottavino $30M Lowrie $27M A Miller
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After 2020, we will be facing serious decisions. Not only may we be facing our 4th straight season over the luxury tax and maybe 2 or 3 years over the max line. That's 2 years, not 3. One could argue we may look to reset the tax after 2019, but I doubt we will. As for "mortgaging the farm in 2004," are you claiming the Schilling trade (De la Rosa, Fossum and Lyons) compares to DD's multiple trades? de la Rosa was 3rd ranked on soxprospects.com. Theo later traded HRam and A Sanchez for the 2007 ring (Beckett & Lowell), but that was after 2005. The farm in 2004 had Lester & Youkilisto start the season, and also had HRam, Pedroia, Papelbon, A Sanchez, Shoppach, Brandon Moss, David Murphy & Manny Delcarmen. We were also able to add Ellsbury, Buchholz & Lowrie that summer, thanks to the generous comp pick rules that are no longer in place. It's wishful thinking to expect anything like that anymore. It's very hard to build a farm when you keep winning and the rules have changed to make it very hard for winners and big spenders to acquire prospects through the draft or international signing systems.
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I'm mildly surprised Pedey didn't win it.
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Where does Ian Kinsler rank in Red Sox infamy?
moonslav59 replied to StephenCurry30's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Yes. How many "mistakes" did Calvin make? Certainly many more than Buckner. -
Possible FAs to sign, if we are looking to reset in 2 years (2020): $16M x 2 Charlie Morton $12M x 2 Gio Gonzalez $11M x 2 Matt Harvey $11M x 2 Trevor Cahill $11M x 2 Anibal Sanchez (Nope) $10M x 2 Daniel Murphy $10M x 1 Brian Dozier $9M x 2 DJ LeMahieu $9M x 2 Joakim Soria $8M x 2 Mike Moustakas $8M x 2 Lance Lynn $8M x 2 Cody Allen $8M x 1 Kelvin Herrera $6M x 2 Bud Norris $6M x 2 Brad Brach $6M x 1 Ervin Santana $5M x 2 Garrett Richards $5M x 2 Jesse Chavez $4M x 2 Martin Maldanado or Kurt Suzuki ??? Steve Pearce
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I'd love to see them both back, but there are other players on the market and cost & years might be an issue.
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Maybe, if we are looking to reset after 2 years, we load up on 1-2 year deals: M Harvey Allen Herrera Pearce
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My thought is we may be looking to reset the luxury tax after 2020, and DD might avoid 3+ year contracts. If not, then Eovaldi and Kelly would be more than fine to me.
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Can't argue with anything here, but the farm is still desolate as we near a time when we may need it to do what we did to get the roster we have now.
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$15M Eovaldi 4 $8M Allen 2 $8M Herrera 1 Might keep us under the max tax line for 2019.
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Cody Allen and Herrera costs less than Kelly alone, and one drops off the budget after 1 year and the other after 2 years- no 3 year risk.
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Kelly's FB seems to be mostly straight and at times hittable. He has issues with control and consistency- like many pitchers. $9M x 3 might be too much for such a risk, but looking at those around his projection, I'm not sure we can do much better.
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I could see that, but the estimate is $15M x 4.
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MLBTR projects $9M x 3 for Kelly. Would you offer that? Others around that projection: $11M x 3: Z Britton & D Robertson $10M x 3: A Ottavino $9M x 3: A Miller & J Kelly $9M x 2 J Soria $8M x 2 C Allen $8M x 1 Herrera $6M x 2 B Brach
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..and Barnes was pretty close ... 1.5 Kimbrel 1.3 Barnes 0.7 Brasier (maybe prorate to 1.3, if he did what he did over a full season) 0.7 Kelly
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I think we add 2 pitchers: 1 from Kelly, Ottavino or Familai and 1 from Allen, Sipp or Herrera. Opening day 12 pitchers: Sale Price Porcello ERod Wright- 0 Johnson- 0 ______ ______ Barnes- 2 Brasier- 2 Hembree- 0 Workman- 0 DL: Thornburg (1 option) AAA: Velazquez, Poyner, Scott, Maddox, Walden, lakins, Shawaryn, Cuevas (0 options), Shepherd I could see us trying to unload 2 players with zero options for 1 player with or without an option- maybe Johnson and Swihart for a better starter or a solid, low-cost RP'er.
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I could see us signing Kelly, Ottavino or Familia and also someone like Cody Allen or Herrera, assuming we don't spend too much on a SP'er.
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Right you are, but there were several small sample sizes of struggles over the 2018 season-- too many for some of our likings. Yes, you called him being on the PO roster. You nailed it.
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These are the most absurd awards ever given. Jeter is maybe the worst defensive SS of our time, at least according to the metrics.
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I get that, and notice I said "some of us..." I was one who did not want him on the PO roster, and I'd be okay with us signing him to fight for the closer job with Brasier & Barnes (and longshot Thornburg). I would not anoint him the closer upon re-signing, however.
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Many of us didn't even want Kelly on the playoff roster. Now, some are wanting him as our new closer. How tiny sample sizes can change opinions never ceases to amaze me. (Also, Vaz is now apparently viewed as our FT catcher for 2019 and his hitting woes are behind him.)
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Well, the threshold and salaries are still going up. Maybe owners are making more off jerseys and memorabilia than before. TV contracts have been going up. I haven't noticed anyone getting less with new deals. Team values are sky-rocketing. Attendance and viewership are not causing any of these to go down-- so far.
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I don't know enough about other teams' 2Bmen. Kinsler is very good on defense.
