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  1. Word down here in HOU is that a trade is coming today- perhaps Jake Myers fo Bubic or Duran & Wong for Paredes & Walker Yanek
  2. I've never said Sandoval should be handed anything. I see him as ahead of all those who have to earn the 4 and 5 slots, including newly acquired Oviedo. If Sandoval looks equally as good as all the others in ST'ing. I think he'll get a slot. "I think" not know, not handed to him, not undeserved or unearned. If someone else earns it, I'd be happy for them (an us.)
  3. Teoscar is being mentioned. Duran, Harrison and Masa for Teoscar & Glasnow.
  4. Good to see Brez squeeze other GMs like DD used to be squeezed. Brez was probably squeezed on the Crochet trade, but who cares? (Same with many DD trades.)
  5. We just needed to play one more big game and lose to get in- like ALA, who jumps up with a loss. Granted, AL probably beats ND, and MIA already did, but who else did MIA beat?
  6. Don't worry Randy since the Sox will not consider a deal ANY LONGER THAN 3 YEARS AT MOST which likely takes us out of the running for KMarte. Think Polonco on a 1 yr deal or maybe Suarez if no-one else offers him 3 years or more. Haven't we seen this movie before. Interested in everyone but get no-one.
  7. Seager if the latest name.
  8. This is not the time to try and be cute. It's time to get bold and maybe brave. We built up the farm and can afford to trade some without blowing up the future, so let's get on the phones.
  9. That's pretty close to what I value Yoshida at- moneywise. $4-6M x 2 Agreed.
  10. I wouldn't pay this guy $7M x 2.
  11. You can choose to pick the best FA signing in hindsight, and say the Sale money saved helped pay for part of O'Neill's and then Chapman's deal. Or, you can say it helped JH be convinced to spend on Giolito (meh.) Or, we used the money to pay for JH's yacht crew.
  12. Word is that the Sox have not been aggressive on KMarte talks, and they want young pitchers, which we have. The whole world is checking in on KMarte. I've been high on him for a while, but the price will likely get too high for Brez to bite. I'm not high on Bregman or Bichette. To me, it has to be Alonso or K Marte. The next best option, to me is not Bregette, but rather two from this group: FA: Polonaco or Suarez Trade: Lodolo Instead, we'' probably sign Merrill Kelly and trade Duran & Harrison for Paredes. They'll be patting themselves and all 12 front office backs.
  13. I was thinking Matz might take $5-6M/1. Wow! $15M/2!
  14. Of course I don't set the market. My point is that I do not feel an 81 game stretch outweighs his 2 season decline, and he had a couple off seasons before that 3 year back good year. 117>113> 134>124>117 All it takes is one GM to get all jacked up over 81 games, and if we have to go too high to match or pass him, I'm fine with walking away. That's not to say, I want to walk away from everybody, but I would not pick Bregman or Bichette to break our streak of no long deals given out. Neither gives us the power we need. He's got a sub .800 OPS (123 OPS+) since 2020. That's good, but not great. Not $30M x 5 years great. Bichette is younger, but he has less power and even worse OPS numbers. (sub .800 and 119 OPS+ since 2020. (118 since 2022.) If some GM wants to go 5 years, have at him.
  15. Alonso should be a DH, but that's not how paying players works. 1Bmen do seem to get less, for the most part, but I think the ironman Alonso gets $30-31Mx 4 or $27-29M x 5. I doubt the Sox go 5, so they will need to max out the AAV on 4.
  16. I'd be sick to my stomach with just Suarez, Gray and Oviedo. (This from someone probably higher on Suarez than most.)
  17. Teams in on Schwarber are now looking at maximizing their Alonso offers.
  18. And you are giving them 1-2 more years, so they'll be just as old- and worse.
  19. I disagree, fully. Bregman's 128 OPS+ in just 114 games this year was only the second time he's been over a 122 OPS+ since 2020. 3 times in the last 6 years his OPS+ was 116 or 117. He was showing decline on offense until his half season of hitting well for BOS. .941 in 81 games from 4/3 to 8/26 (.490 in first 6 games and .571 in last 26 games.) Of course, I'd rather have Bregman than not, but we'll be lucky to get near that production for 2-3 more years, let alone 4-5 or even 6.
  20. Schwarber's better than those two. If they get more years, they get less AAV. Alonso $29M x 5, $27M x 6 or $25M x 7 Bregman $30M x 5 or $27.5M x 6 Maybe...
  21. Not even close to happening. If we only get one bat, especially if Suarez not Alonso, then we should not trade Duran but look to trade Rafaela and or Campbell, instead. Even then, our offense would still be worse than 2025.
  22. It does, right? He was added a month after Rafaela, DHam & Abreu were added to the 40 back in NOV '22. Right now, those 3 are tied for 10th on 40 Man Roster seniority! Mada is 13th!
  23. We can sign one and trade for one, but it's likely Duran will be part of the trade, so it will be giving up some O to get some O. If we trade Duran for a pitcher (Lodolo?) then adding even (just) Alonso is a net loss on offense. No 1200 PAs from Devers, Bregman, Refsnyder and Lowe. Alonso can make up for 650. Maybe Anthony makes up for 350, but we're short 200 PAs just to get back to even, and that assume everyone else does the same.
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