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Many prospects who beat up on A/AA and even AAA pitchers flame out in MLB. My guess is that there is a similar, if not a lesser flame out rate for foreign players who played several years in other countries. You rarely get a chance to sign some other team's minor league players putting up big numbers. It's much easier to gauge value of players in the minors vs college. I'm thinking it's easier to scout foreign players than HS or college players, because the competition is a little more known and consistent. The opponents HS and college players face are wildly sporadic and un-measurable.

1) You claimed the Tigers did not have a "big market payroll." They did and they still do (thanks to DD). 2) Why are you bringing up the fact that it's not my money? You brought up the money issue. 3) Our budget is not limitless, otherwise we would not have reset the tax this year, and we'd have traded for Verlander NOT the Astros. 4) CAPS IS YELLING not bold. My eyesight is poor, and the bold helps me catch spelling mistakes and typos. 5) Thanks for schooling me on how to reply to a post by modeling a premium post.

I'm hopeful DD and Cora develop a plan to not overuse our SP'ers. My projection is that Porcello will perform at a level close to the midway point between 2016 & 2017.

It's a very simple term for a very simple idea for a simple game.

DD gets a bad name for depleting the minors. While it may have hurt in Detroit where they dont win, and where they dont have big market payroll, in Boston....we have the monetary assets to make up for dealing prospects. DD spent like a maniac while in Detroit. Their budget has actually been higher than the Sox in 3 of the last 4 seasons. DD inherited a team that was spending about $50M a year and took it to ... $139M in '09 (Sox $140M under Theo) $136M in '10 (Sox $171M) $113M in '11 (Sox $174M) $141M in '12 (Sox $175M under Ben) $155M in '13 (Sox $176M) $173M in '14 (Sox $168M) $173M in '15 (Sox $186M) (DET spent $212M in 2016 and $200M in 2017) (BOS spent $204M in 2016 and $197M in 2017 under DD) The Tigers are no poor team, and their high payroll budget the last 2 years are a result of DD's wild spending, some of which are listed below... Miggy $248M/8 Fielder $214M/9 (traded for KinslerKinsler $75M/5 ) Verlander $180M/7 (since traded away) J Upton $132M/6 A Sanchez $80M/6 VMart $68M/4

Who could he possibly be misdirecting by saying nobody is going to have surgery this winter?

I'm actually surprised Owens lasted this long. I guess that's a statement against the depth and quality of rule 5 prospects we had this year.

and.... I guess if everyone from one race never met your standards, none ever will. Wow! BTW, many Japanese players far out earned their pay + posting cost.

I like Scott, and we have several RH'd RP'ers that do very well vs lefties.

I guess you feel this is close enough... 2016-2017 OPS .842 Santana (10th out of 22 first basemen with 1000+ PAs) .746 Moreland (22nd out of 22) wRC+ 124 124 Santana (10th) 93 Moreland (22/22) ISO .218 Santana (9th) .193 (17th) OBP .365 (10th) .313 (27th and hideous for a 1Bman) SLG .477 Santana (10th) .433 Moreland (19th) BAbip .272 Moreland (19) .266 Santana (22/22) UZR/150 +7.5 Moreland (2/32) +4.7 Santana (6/32) DRS 17 Moreland in 2251 innings (3/32) 11 Santana in 1782 innings (6/32)

Yes, I read that HRam is expected to be healthy enough to play 1B. Since we need a DH, we could sign a 1Bman and use HRam at DH. There has been no talk of using Devers at 1B next year by Sox management that I know of.

MLBTR suggested $7M x 3. I think we might have $38M or so to spend and stay below the second limit, so, if we sign JD and Shaw, we might not have enough for a quality SP'er and have a little left over for summer needs.

I have no idea how Cora will be as a manager, but I'm excited about what I've read, so far. I'm also thinking that we just needed a change to get players more aware of their own problem areas, such as excessive mental mistakes and blunders.

I'm not sure the Sox want to carry three 1B/DH types on the 25 man roster. HRam Adams Travis More likely, we play Adams or HRam at 1B and DH and use someone else to DH when one of them needs to sit or be platooned (Brentz? TBD?)

I wonder how much the owner made despite losing some fan viewership and attendance.

The overall evidence is inconclusive, but he does seem to struggle more with Vaz.... CERA 2015: 4.15 Hanigan (39 IP) 4.47 Swihart (107) 7.86 Leon (26) 2016: 2.52 Leon (107 IP) 3.45 Hanigan (16) 3.64 Vaz (94) 6.00 Swihart (6) 2017: 4.47 Leon (163) 5.36 Vaz (40) I'd be fine with giving Porcello to Leon, but we might need more offense when Porcello pitches.

We'll see.

If Vaz gets 120 games, I think Leon catches Sale and only Sale. Sale had a 2.63 ERA with Leon behind the plate. He pitched 209 out of 214.1 innings with Sandy.

The Angels sign Kebin Maitan & Livan Soto. So much for us swooping in on the best of the Braves mistakes.

Yes, that was Ben's downfall. He totally bombed out on free agent signings meant to keep us playoff competitive while the farm was built up to keep us winning for a long time. HRam & Porcello's good years came one year too late, but even if they had their 2016 seasons in 2015, we'd have still been ringless. On the payroll budgets-- not quite $200M... Red Sox: $175M in 2012 $156M in 2013 Champs $168M in 2014 $184M in 2015 (DD has been over $197M both years.) The Cubs spent $134M in 2011 thn went down every year to $92M in 2014 (The payroll has jumped to over $172M the last 2 years.) The Astros went totally over a cliff- on purpose. They went from $102M in 2009 to $77M by 2011 and a ghastly $26M by $2013. They've added almost $100M since then, and although that $124M is much less than the Sox, adding so much salary to a strong low paid core is a lot of money to spend in a short time. I doubt the Sox will ever adopt a strategy of such deep futility. This was not what I meant by a "cliff." I'm not sure what others feel about this. If Henry decides to keep the budget over $220M from 2020 to 2023 or 2024, then it is highly doubtful we finish in last place or that we will be viewed as total non competitors for consecutive seasons. I'll believe it when I see it.

Stanton is holding everything up. The FAs are waiting for the loser out of SF and STL to join in on the bidding for someone else (JD? Abreu?)

I'm ready to jump off a mole hill, if some big shoe doesn't drop soon. See, how I didn't mention the word associated with a sharp drop off of a land mass?

So, LT2EB. Sounds great!

Can we get JD, Cobb and Shaw and remain under the second penalty limit?

Too? I like what DD has done overall.