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  1. moonslav59
    I don't. I get the argument that by adding him to the 40 man roster the luxury tax will be less than signing a FA like Young, but the 2 big flaws outweigh the possible plus. 1) He may not be as good as Young, or whoever we might have signed or even a cheaper Brentz. 2) Once we re-add him to the 40 man roster, his $11M AVV will count against our luxury tax budget for the remainder of his contract, even if we send him back down or remove him from the 40 man roster. That's 3 more years of taxes that could be 20%, then 30% then 50%. That's an "extra" tax of about $11M, which is close to what we paid Young for 2 years combined, or is the equivalent of a decent RP'er for 3 years.
  2. moonslav59
    We could use Holt as the 4th OF'er, but if we sign Nunez, he could play LF. I don't see Lin in the picture, unless someone gets hurt. I see Hernandez as our utility IF'er over Holt, Lin and Marrero. It all depends on who we sign. My guess is, we'll sign a 1Bman, and if we get one who can also play LF, maybe we can do without a true 4th OF'er, especially if Holt is still around. Signing an OF'er who can DH makes less sense to me. Trading for Dozier or signing Nunez makes more sense as well. There just are not that many great FA options out there this year that meet our biggest needs: Power clean-up hitter Shorter term contract
  3. moonslav59
    It depends on the prospects.
  4. moonslav59
    Fair enough. I'm a huge Wright fan, by the way. I had him as our #4 this year.
  5. moonslav59
    His D was what was holding him back, and he's made a few errors already, but the kid has some range.
  6. moonslav59
    40HR Dozier or 25 HR Dozier. I think your idea has merit. 25-30 HRs is better than Moreland's 15-18, but at what cost?
  7. moonslav59
    When you have an almost 100% DH in Papi, it did help having extra versatility, but I always thought it was over-rated. He's never been a real plus defender at any position, and defense is usually what you want from your subs. His .700+ OPS might be slightly better than most IF subs, but it was never good enough to make up for the mediocre, at best, defense.
  8. moonslav59
    That time was long ago.
  9. moonslav59
    How Soon Is Now?
  10. moonslav59
    I doubt Lin continues at .739, but he can't do much worse than .537. Neither should play much anyways.
  11. moonslav59
    I thought of him minutes after posting my response. Who-da-thunk-it?
  12. moonslav59
    We keep waiting for Betts and Bogey to catch fire. It's been a long wait. I know JF will never do it, but maybe we need to open with... 1) Nunez 2) Beni 3) Devers
  13. moonslav59
    Just finished watching tonight's game. I know we have no real clean-up hitter, but to see Moreland back in the 4 hole was disappointing. Will Devers be in the 4 slot soon?
  14. moonslav59
    Thanks. We will have a 4th OF'er slot open next year, but my guess is JF's love child, Holt, has the inside edge on that opening. We may just let Brentz become a FA, but I don't see how it would hurt to DFA Selsky and add Brentz to the 40 man roster. Bring BB up in September and take a long look at him in ST'ing. Maybe we can even trade him, if we can't find room on the 25 man roster. We won't get much in trade.
  15. moonslav59
    I don't know about his options. My guess is, if we add him to the 40 man roster, he may become a rule 5 player.
  16. moonslav59
    Yes, I doubt Betts takes a home discount extension, but they do offer security against injury or serious decline before reaching free agency. What an extension can do, is provide that security and some more up-front money, so players and their families can enjoy the MEGA rich life earlier. Instead of giving Betts $50M/3 + $110M/3 ($160M/6 total), you structure it something like this: $20M, $22M, $24M, $28M, $32M, $34M or $66M/3 + $94M/3 The player can invest the early money and end up making more than a back-ended contract worth less overall money.
  17. moonslav59
    Swihart did catch a significant amount of time in the Sox system. He caught over 335 games on the farm and got 78 games at the big league level. That's not a whole lot, but I got the feeling Sox brass did not like his progression in these hard-to-measure areas.
  18. moonslav59
    Updated Sox OPS leaders (PAs noted if under 215) 1.054 Nunez (67) .977 Devers (64) .806 Beni .804 Betts .784 Pedey DL .775 Travis (50) .773 HRam .757 JBJ .747 Moreland .744 Young .739 Lin .726 Bogey .700 Vaz .672 Leon .629 Hernandez DL (60) .622 Pablo (108) .576 Marrero (166) .558 Rutledge (118) .537 Holt (83)
  19. moonslav59
    It's weird how 3 people get 3 very different take-aways from that one plate appearance. No way am I saying mine is right, but I just didn't like the vibe HRam was sending to the rookie coming up.
  20. moonslav59
    Remember, any extension now would include 3 arb years, where Betts might make $45-50M, so if you are talking $180M/6, you're really giving him an extension of about $130M/3 or about $43M a year x 3.
  21. moonslav59
    You mean he accidentally did something right this year?
  22. moonslav59
    At one point the word was HRam was going to DH the rest of the year. That's how bad his injury looked at one time.
  23. moonslav59
    As great as our pen has been, other than Kimbrel, who can we really trust?
  24. moonslav59
    He is NOT on the 40 man roster right now. If we add him, he won't become a minor league FA. (I got that wrong before.) He's not rule 5 eligible, so that the 25 man roster thing you are talking about does not apply. He's been in our system since 2010. From soxprospects.com... The following players will become minor league free agents in November 2017 unless they are added to the 40-man roster or re-signed. Jeremy Barfield, Brian Bogusevic, Bryce Brentz, Dan Butler, Ryan Court, Jacob Dahlstrand, Matt Dominguez, Conrad Gregor, Shawn Haviland, Williams Jerez, Kyle Kendrick, Deiner Lopez, Heiker Meneses, Edgar Olmos, Mike Olt, Mitchell Osnowitz, Tim Roberson, Jose Sermo, Aneury Tavarez, Herny Urrutia, Elih Villaneuva, Marcus Walden, Jordan Weems
  25. moonslav59
    I read it differently, but you could be right.
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