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  1. moonslav59
    I'm thinking OF is easier to grow old in. Maybe he moves to LF in Fenway at age 39.
  2. moonslav59
    How about trading Chavis, Johnson and Swihart for a pre-arb better 5th starter or pen arm? You know a lot of players from other teams. Who can we get for that trio?
  3. moonslav59
    I'd see that as a nightmare. JD would get hurt tripping over himself. Betts would get spiked by Machado the Yankee, and Beltre would need micro surgery on his knee.
  4. moonslav59
    Trading Chavis would unblock him.
  5. moonslav59
    I believe it's $15M: $13.5M plus $1.5m for finishing in the top 3 of Cy Young recently. That adds some to the budget, but I counted him at $15M on my chart.
  6. moonslav59
    Yes, he was paid $18.5M a year plus the $1M a year for the buyout spread over the 5 year deal (minus the $500K SF pays him). You are right. We were charged $19M a year x 5 for tax purposes, and the $5M in 2020 does not count against the tax. My bad.
  7. moonslav59
    Cots has the $5M buyout listed but not on the tax page. #
  8. moonslav59
    Was I adamant? Was there a dominating pitcher that did more than JBJ? If so, I'll listen. Maybe I missed something and was blinded by my JBJ man crush.
  9. moonslav59
    Good point, you commie bastahd!
  10. moonslav59
    Hid biggest deals all look good, now: Price, Sale & JD. They certainly blow HRam & Pablito away, but it's the in-season under the radar deals that I'd like to see DD do more of. Beeks for Eovaldi Espinal for Pearce The Brasier signing in March. The Nunez, Fister, Abad and Reed deals last year.
  11. moonslav59
    I have always felt his bat will be 5 star. I'm thrilled to see the improved defense.
  12. moonslav59
    Agreed, all the more reason for Nunez to fix the knee, so he can play 2B more often.
  13. moonslav59
    We just have to have JD change his name to "Bartinez", Devers to "Bevers" and maybe Chris Sale to Chris "Bale."
  14. moonslav59
    Again, I'm not trying to slight what Pearce did. It's not his fault he was able to do what he did in just 16 PAs, but to me, the 41 outs Price got holds more value than the 4 hits and 4 walks Pearce got. It's a close call, and co-winners made the most sense, bit if it was up to me, and I had to pick just one, my vote goes... 1) Price 2) Pearce 3) Eovaldi (without Kinsler's error, he might be higher) 4) Kelly
  15. moonslav59
    Yes, and that goes down to $5M in 2020, but to reset the tax in 2020 or 2021 would mean drastic changes to our roster.
  16. moonslav59
    I wouldn't trade Porcello, so we can keep Kimbrel, and if we weren't looking at an open window for 1-2 more years, I'd like the trade idea more.
  17. moonslav59
    Henry would have to okay spending $15-20M more this year and pay the increased tax rate for not only going over the $40M mark, but for being over the luxury tax limit for another consecutive year. Maybe, it's not impossible, if the plan is to totally reset after 2019 or 2020, but that would mean blowing the team up and more cliff talk.
  18. moonslav59
    He was able to hide his gimpiness at 3b better than 2B. We could really use him more at 2B next year, assuming Devers is the FT 3Bman going forward and Holt is not up to the task as a FT 2Bman. (And, Pedey does not return.)
  19. moonslav59
    Well, if we trade him with others for a (better) starting pitcher, then there's no need to wait.
  20. moonslav59
    It's a matter of degree of domination. Pedro's non MVP year was sick. He blew away the next best pitcher in MLB and was historically better than the league norm. Pearce did very well, but he had just over half the ABs as Betts and 2/3rds of JD's. I'm fine with giving the MVP to an ever day player with 650 PAs over a pitcher with 850 PAs, but 54 to 16 is too much to overlook, to me.
  21. moonslav59
    How about, "The Killer Beans?"
  22. moonslav59
    I'm wondering, if DD is looking at one from this group to step up and win the 1B job by 2020. If yes, maybe he won't go all out and acquire a 1Bman with 2+ years of team control. Chavis (Might be the closest of these 4 to being able to significantly contribute in 2019.) Ockimey (The only one from this group that bats LH'd and might platoon well with Pearce, once Moreland's deal is up.) Dalbec (If his defense at 3B is better than Devers, then maybe Devers goes to 1B) Travis (his ship has probably already sailed.) (Maybe Devers to 1B is still a thought)
  23. moonslav59
    That's the main reason, I'm thinking trading him makes sense.
  24. moonslav59
    Ideally, you find some non closer and work some magic to create a top closer. Many teams find their closers that way, including us with Uehara, who was our 3rd or 4th string closer in 2013. Closer costs have sky-rocketed at a much higher pace than starters, so I think your guideline might be a bit outdated. Some of the marginal names you mentioned as possible closers for us in 2019 might be good ideas. maybe signing 2 of the guys you listed, instead of Kimbrel and Kelly might get the job done. Is it me, of does it seem like July deals look better than ever before. We got Eovaldi and Pearce for peanuts, although one could argue E-O's numbers were not all that great before the trade (or even after).
  25. moonslav59
    Our farm, alone, was loaded with players other teams were drooling over. Had Porcello won the Cy Young a year earlier, and HRam hit like 2017 in Ben's final year here, Ben might still be the GM.
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