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  1. moonslav59
    Very true, but had Anderson played a key roll in us winning a ring that year, we'd be looking at that trade a little differently. Remember the Curt Schilling & Brady Anderson for Mike Boddicker deal? At least Mike was signed for more than 2 months.
  2. moonslav59
    I usually hate the "spotlight" argument, like when it was used with Melancon and others, but didn't LaRussa or someone say he knew all along he'd wilt under the spotlight? No matter the reason, Renteria was a big let down and ended up costing us close to $40M for one year of play back in 2005, which is worth at least $50M in today's MLB dollars.
  3. moonslav59
    I totally agree. The new MLB schedule has more days off built into the schedule. They could have waited for Pom to get back to think about throwing a 6th starter into the mix for one game.
  4. moonslav59
    Except for Sale- the one guy who seemingly needs it the most.
  5. moonslav59
    You mentioned trading Betts, assuming we win a WS this year, and then spending large and long on Machado & Harper. That doesn't sound like you want Betts as much as some of us. Betts is the best fielding RF'er I've ever seen. In Fenway, that's a huge plus. I'll sign Betts over Harper, and my guess is Betts will take what Harper gets. No, you're not delusional to want Harper over Betts, but I'm going with Betts. No way am I paying Machado 33, Harper 33 and Price 31 and then scramble to hobble together the rest of the team by not going over the $40M mark. No Sale. It's a pipe dream thinking Pablo's money plus what Sale makes now is going to be available, and if it is, we'll have nobody left but scrub farm guys that are currently ranked very lowly. You really think it is prudent roster construction to spend $130M on 4 guys? You think Henry is going to pay a 50% tax for 4-5 years in a row? I don't. We are going to need players making mid-level money to have any chance to extend the window. Signing anyone to $30M might not even be in the plans, let alone 3 more.
  6. moonslav59
    Price and Thornburg look like his only two bad moves, but if we don't win a ring in the next 2-3 years, the Pom, Kimbrel and maybe other trades may be judged more harshly, especially of someone goes on to become Jeff Bagwell.
  7. moonslav59
    There was talk of injury, but the guy made 30 errors (more than his 2 previous years combined) along with being close to a dud on offense. He also sucked the last year of his 4 year deal while in Detroit. (BTW, I never said he was a worse signing than HRam & Pablito, but $40M back in 2005 was like $60M now.) My point was meant to show that we've made bad signings for years. Anyone who signs as many guts as we do, have plenty of busts.
  8. moonslav59
    He wasn't built for the spotlight of Boston. Plus, we got Coco Crisp via 2 trades.
  9. moonslav59
    I'm weeks and weeks away from even thinking about demoting Devers.
  10. moonslav59
    Exactly. While I do think Swihart has a chance to shine, the drying over him never getting a chance is bukk cah cah. We've given him more chances than his play has deserved. (He was .810 back in 2014, and some are gah-gah based on that?
  11. moonslav59
    We paid Renteria $40M for 1 year. It was worse than Horrid.
  12. moonslav59
    ...and teams that sign more free agents have more bad ones (and okay ones and good ones).
  13. moonslav59
    That was a horrible signing period. The Crawford and Renteria signings were horrid as well. Lugo, Offerman, Masterson...
  14. moonslav59
    I'm not for spending $30+M on Harper or Machado. I would pay Betts $30M x 10 this winter as an extension that begins after his control years end. (I'd pay him $18M for 2019 and $22M for 2020 to buy out his arb years). I'd try to keep Sale, too, but having 3 guys making over $30M is probably undo-able.
  15. moonslav59
    Do you remember Lester Lackey, Ellsbury, Damon, Pedro and lets add Beltre to the mix. You PAY Players who can perform here. I remember it was a great move not to re-sign Ellsbury, Damon and Pedro.
  16. moonslav59
    If Wight has put up good numbers this year, I'd be happy with him starting game 3 or 4 in the playoffs.
  17. moonslav59
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  18. moonslav59
    Yes, it's my opinion. I looked at our schedule and saw our NL games are spread out nicely- about every 4 weeks. I felt that was just about right, but I don't know what was promised to JD when we signed him.
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  20. moonslav59
    I never said Betts or nothing. My plan would be not to trade Betts. I'd try to sign him, but if he bolts, I'd take the comp pick and use the Betts money somewhere else. It's not complicated.
  21. moonslav59
    Castillo with a 2-run HR tonight. Shepherd 6 IP 0 ER Lin goes 2 for 4. Dalbec 2 for 4 with a double. Mata 5 IP 2 ER (4 BB).
  22. moonslav59
    He should have only played the OF in NL parks from day one. That's not hindsight on my behalf.
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  24. moonslav59
    Yes, singla A ball, and people are upset he's not great every month.
  25. moonslav59
    Just my opinion. I could end up being wrong. It wouldn't be the first time. I don't go by short sample sizes, sohim looking bad recently doesn't worry me too much. He's just a kid. He's 21 and has a career .752 OPS in about 450 PAs. I'm sticking with my projection of greatness, but that doesn't mean this year.
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