moonslav59

I agree a big slugger is our number one priority. First base is the opening we have, and it is known for slugging, but unfortunately, there are not really any great slugging 1Bmen on the FA market this winter. Speaking of medical staffs, I'm wonder if they feel HRam will be able to play 1B FT next year. If so, then we can sign an OF'er to DH and cover the 4th OF'er (JD Martinez/Upton/Bruce) opening at the same time, or we could just sign a DH only type player (Duda?). If we only have about $40M to spend to get just below the second panlty luxury limit point, then it may be very hard to get a great slugger and rock solid SP'er through free agency. That's where trading Bogey (or JBJ) might be our only other option.

Good luck, Alex. I hope this board goes easy on you.

Fire Theo!

Apparently, his arm is held together by a thread or something, so says the medical experts on this board. (I'm not doubting their veracity, but I do feel Price could start 33 games next year or 3.) ERod may not pitch at all in 2018. Maybe late June is the earliest we can hope for. Wright may take time to get back to form, and we're not sure yet what his true form is. Porcello is a huge question mark and should be counted on as nothing more than a 4/5 starter in 2018. Pom has looked solid, but he's had injury histories as well. (Most pitchers do.) That leaves our true ace Chris Sale, who has a history of fading every month of the year and dropping steeply in September-October, so maybe we need to limit his activity during the regular season. All of these factor point towards us needing at least one solid starter and maybe two, or at least one and then a couple Doug Fister types as depth.

I'm not doubting your statement, but where do you find the amount of money teams have in their international signing pool? I know both the Sox and Yanks have made trades for additional pool money.

They thought JF was a bad communicator. This guy hasn't said a word to the players!

I like the signing, but I admit, I don't know much about AC as a manager. I wish we could have kept JF as our pitching coach. \It doesn't work that way: I know.

That was 97th at mid season. He didn't have 31 Hrs then.

The national pundits don't seem to like Chavis as much as his numbers should suggest. He's been hurt and came on strong after the mid season rankings came out, so let's wait and see how the national pundits view him now.

Holt's arb is estimated at $2M. My guess is, we let him go or trade him. Hernandez, Lin, Swihart and Marrero might fight for the last 3 slots on the 25 man roster. I don't think Hembree is good enough to make the 25 man roster, if all pitchers are healthy, but I agree, we keep him as long as possible. I want to try to make room for Johnson, even if to just give him one last try.

Certainly, we are much worse off than a year or two ago, but we do have some very young promising prospects that might rise quickly next year. True MLB ready or near ready prospects are rather thin and weak, granted: Maddox 26 Velazquez 28 Travis 24 Johnson 26 Brentz 28 Taylor 24 Beeks 24 Chavis 22 Shawaryn 23

It's not too long for the time to add rule 5 players to the 40 man roster or risk losing them to the draft. (The team drafting a player must keep the player on the 25 man roster for 90 days.) Here's the list: Jalen Beeks Danny Mars Jeremy Barfield Jake Cosart Justin Haley Kyle Martin Jordan Procyshen Victor Acosta Jake Romanski Chandler Shepherd Teddy Stankiewicz Yoan Aybar Trey Ball Ty Buttrey Rusney Castillo Jantzen Witte Kevin McAvoy Danny Bethea Jordan Betts Harrison Cooney Enmanuel De Jesus Jhonathan Diaz Willis Figueroa Pat Goetze Daniel Gonzalez Juan Hernandez Bryan Hudson Dedgar Jimenez Raiwinson Lameda Deiner Lopez Isaias Lucena Algenis Martinez Daniel McGrath Ritzi Mendoza Mike Meyers Mike Miller Samuel Miranda Joseph Monge Jhon Nunez Justin Pacchioli Yankory Pimentel Hildemaro Requena Jeremy Rivera Fernando Rodriguez Josh Smith Cole Sturgeon Carlos Tovar Jordan Weems I see maybe 4 or 5 players that should be, or are close to being, good enough to protect. Now, how many roster spots can we open up? (Not counting the slot(s) to be taken by signing free agents.) The 26 sure keepers unless traded: Betts Benintendi Devers Sale Bogaerts Bradley Kimbrel Pomeranz Rodriguez (place on 60 day DL?) Pedey Vazquez Smith Kelly Maddox Wright (place on 60 day DL?) Thornburg (place on 60 day DL?) Workman Barnes Travis Velazquez Scott Ross (place on 60 day DL?) Leon Porcello Price HRam 4 bubble players with options remaining M Hernandez Tzu-Wei Lin Brock Holt Ben Taylor 4 bubble players with no options remaining (DFA, trade or non-tender): Marrero Hembree Johnson Swihart Gone: Owens Rutledge Elias If we keep all the bubble players, we're at 34 and can protect 6 rule 5 players. I'm not sure, but I think you can't have players on the 60 man DL during the rule 5 period. Assuming we get rid of Owens, Rutledge and Elias, I'm not sure we can keep all 34 players later on, since so the 4 no-option players will not all make the 25 man roster, unless we have several players on the DL. We could just decide now, who to let go and perhaps keep 1-2 more rule 5 guys, at least until we sign a FA or two and are forced to make further choices. I don't really see a major dilemma this year, but some choices might be tough. Your thoughts?

Soxprospects.com recently posted it's Fall Rankings. http://soxprospects.com/index.html Some significant changes.... 1. Groome 19 2. Chavis 22 3. Mata 18 4. Houck 21 5. Flores 17 6. Travis 24 7. Ockimey 22 8. Brannen 19 9. Shawaryn 23 10. Scherff 19 11. Beeks 24 12. Johnson 26 13. Chatham 21 14. Dalbec 22 15. D Hernandez 20 16. Raudes 19 17. Thompson 23 18. D Diaz 16 19. Lin 23 20. Lakins 23 21. Maddox 26 22. Velazquez 28 23. Brentz 28 24. Netzer 21 25. Taylor 24 I'd move Maddox up, despite being 26 y/o. I'd move Travis to number 10 or 11.

I might be way off base, but I'm not so sure the Marlins are going to get as much as some of the propositions I've seen here. It could turn into a bidding war and get out of hand, but the Marlins really need to trade him. They can't afford him. Everyone knows it. Only about a handful of teams will take that sort of contract. I say we trade Bogey to AZ. AZ sends a couple top prospects to MIA. We throw in Groome, Flores and Shawaryn and see what they say. We then sign Cozart to $45M/3 and Cobb for whatever it takes. 1. Pedey 2. Betts 3. Beni 4. Stanton DH 5. Cozart 6. Devers 7. HRam 1B 8. JBJ 9. Vaz Bench: Leon, 3 from- Hernandez, Travis, Swihart, Marrero, Holt, Mars and Lin SP Sale, Price, Cobb, Pom, Porcello, Wright-ERod RP Kimbrel, Smith, Kelly, Barnes, Maddox, Workman, Hembree-Scott-Thornburg

Was Scott scheduled to pitch?

I thought WAR was your steady criteria. Bogey placed 8th in SS WAR at +3.2. He places 4th in 3 year SS WAR at + 12.4, behind only Lindor, Seager and Correo.

fangraphs has Pedey ranked on their "value" page as such... http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=2b&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=400&type=6&season=2017&month=0&season1=2017&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&sort=3,d 34 2Bmen with 400+ PAs (they put just about anyone who played 2B on the list) Pedey placed: 18th in batting 33rd in baserunning (5th in fielding) go to 450 PAs and the sample size goes to 28 players: 15 in batting +1.3 27 in running -4.7 (4th on D at +6.1) Other numbers (out of 28 second basemen): 15th in wRC+ at 102 15th in wOBA .331

I think they [NYY] don't go after him [stanton] and full speed ahead for Otani, Tanaka already talking to him. It doesn't have to be either-or. There's a limit on how much a team can give Otani. There's enough money for both. The Yanks also have a ton of good prospects Miami will be interested in. It's just a matter of the Yanks really wanting him or not. The ball is in their court, as much as I hate to admit it.

The other big advantage is that Stanton's luxury tax hit is just $25M a year for the remainder- assuming no opt-out. If Harper hits bigger money, and Stanton has a big 2018, he may look to opt out.

Easy to forget. Thanks for the correction.

I've sung the praises of Sonny Gray and stated we should have gone for him. I thought you gave a lot for him, but he's an ace, when healthy, and it was an underpay for that many years of control. I was skeptical of Kahle (sp?), but you pen has always looked solid on paper. You guys went for it this year. You picked up 3 guys for every one we did during the season.

We made the bed, so we better sleep in it. We need to win a ring in 2-3 years to make trading much of the future away worth it. Playing it halfway is the worst strategy.

lmao!

I just want him to swing enough to keep the pitchers "honest". I don't really want to mess up his approach. It's worked for years. I'm also afraid that maybe his approach has caused some of his teammates to emulate his approach to their detriment.

Watching the Yankees shut down the 4th best offensive team since 1901 makes me realize just how much a crap shoot the playoffs are. There are no guarantees for anyone. Even with a great offense, there is no sure thing- not even close. I'm not one to easily change my view based on one game or one series, but I am swinging a little more to the camp that values striving for playoff appearances more than seeking more but sporadic rings. Just get to the dance. That being said, I'm still thinking we can greatly improve our odds by acquiring one gigantic power bat or two very good ones.