moonslav59
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We gotta be co-faves with the Cubs now. We gave up no ML talent for two quality pitchers and are still under the spending limit. Brilliant moves by DD!
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Since the CWS did not get ML players in return, are they beginning a full rebuild era? If so, can we trade now JBJ, Pomeranz and Swihart for Quintana?
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I think if we subbed JBJ for Moncada, we may have had to give more.
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He was 10th on our opening day depth chart and ended up starting in early May. We got a great half season from our 6th starter, Wright, and we still ended up having to trade for a Pom Pom.
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So, is that it for trading prospects? Moncada Espinoza Margot Kopech Basabe Guerra Allen Wilkerson Diaz Rijo Acosta Basabe (the other one) Almonte Did I miss anyone?
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FanRag’s Jon Heyman tweets that Chicago asked Boston for Andrew Benintendi, but Boston strongly prefers to keep him. Chicago does like Jackie Bradley as well as a number of other young Boston pieces, though Bradley comes with four years of club control as opposed to Benintendi’s six.
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I think I soiled my pants.
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I suggested he be our closer before the Kimbrel deal last year. He could be the next Andrew Miller.
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As we stand right now, I can't see any of our out-of-options RP'ers making the 25 man roster. Time to make another trade? SP: Sale, Porcello, Price, ERod, Wright LR: Buch & Pom SR: Kimbrel, Thornburg, Kelly, Ross, Barnes When Smith comes back, there's not even room for one of these guys! Hembree, Abad and Elias should be traded, unless we trade someone from above.
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Since we traded no ML starter, I wonder if Buch is now on the market. By my calculations, Thornburg may cost $2.5M in arb and Sale is only at $6.5M for luxury tax purposes, so we're just under the luxury limit. Is it worth having Buch at $13.5M to be our 7th starter and pen force, or get something for him and then use the money for a Lh'd DH.
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Unreal. Sale and Thornburg in one day. I expected they'd want Moncada, and I hate to give up Kopech, but we still have JBJ, Devers and ERod- others rumored to be part of the package.
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His luxury cost is just $6.5M a year!!!! We're still under the cap. You can't pass on a chance to get an ace like this. I just hope his arm holds out for 3 more years!
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UN-BE- f***ing-Believable!!!!
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We lose Buch and Young next winter, and although that frees up $20M, we're going to need to replace them somehow. Hopefully, we can do so from within our system, but even if we can, we're going to have to start thinking about locking up our kids or signing some big players starting next winter. This really has to be the year we reset.
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3.7 career 3.4 2016 3.1 2015
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True: the Miley trade was 2 for 2. The Pom trade was 1 for 1. The Ziegler trade was 2 for 1 and the Aaron Hill trade was 2 for 1, but the 2nd player was not really significant.
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Here's what bothers me about going into a season at or near the limit: It seems like we do this every year and then a need pops up that forces us over the limit. Then we go all season jockeying the roster to (unsuccessfully) get under the limit again. That did seem to happen in 2006 and 2010, but I think we knew all along we'd be over this year. In hindisght, we just went over by a little...I think about $5M. Had we not signed Young or made a Thornburg like trade, instead of the Kimbrel trade, we'd be reset already with the tax and could go over this year. Oh well. I'm not saying that I'd give up a chance to sign Koji just to stay well under the limit. I wouldn't. I'm jus' sayin'... I think resetting the tax is a high priority. Next year's FA class is a good one, and we can't be at the highest tax rate next winter.
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Pablo will be given a long look at 3B, and if he struggles, Moncada could fill in, if he's ready. -
Not a bad option. He can play 1B (we just traded our back-up 1Bman), some OF as a last resort and DH vs RHPs as part of a platoon with Young. His numbers vs RHPs: Career: .258/.321/.457/.778 Pro-rated to a 650 PA sample size: .258 28 85 (28 DBLs) He sucked this year though: .221/.293/.407/700 vs RHPs with 17 HRs in 403 PAs. He's only 31, so maybe he can give us 2015 numbers vs RHPs: .294/.348/.528/.876 Pro-rated to 650: .294 33 119 (37 DBLs)
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I'd love to see us find a way to sign Uehara and acquire a cheap LH'd hitting corner IF/DH type and stay under the limit. It's a close squeeze, but just maybe...
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2016-2017 Offseason Trade Speculation Thread
moonslav59 replied to Dojji's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
I listed him on another thread as a possibility along with Lind, Alvarez and Morrison. -
We have Holt and Hernandez to back-up 3B. Both are probably as good as Shaw, especially vs LHPs- where Pablo struggles most. Who is our back-up 1Bman now? Maybe the next shoe that falls is us acquiring a LH'd hitting corner IF'er at a very low cost.
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I'm not sure why anyone is counting on Kelly to be a force. I'm one of the few guys that actually liked the Lackey trade, and I still think Kelly gives us high hopes, but to me, that's all it is right now: hope.
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12.1 K/9 this year stuff.
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I share your concern, but I really don't think Shaw was going to be a big part of our future. I think with Travis in the wings and Holt/Hernandez on the MLB roster, his playing time was going to diminish. I think Dubon was destined to be a utility IF'er, and Pennington was a long shot. Sure, giving up on 3 hopes might prove to be a mistake, if 2 do well, but I think Thornburg for three years makes too much sense to not pull the trigger on a deal like this.
