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  1. moonslav59
    Agreed, but you had others on the list with little or no chance of us signing with BOS.
  2. moonslav59
    We could think about Suarez at 1B, if Bregman stays. He wont be getting a long term deal, so that improves the odds. He could back up 3B, filling another big need, and allowing Mayer and Story to play middle IF, only. No Polanco (2.6) or Torres (2.6)? I've been talking trades for a solid #2 SP'er, but maybe we trade for... 2B: Semien (2.1) B Donovan (2.9) or K Marte (4.6) 3B: Paredes (HOU will likely trade an IF'er.) 1B: Yandy Diaz (2.9) Soderstrom (3.4) C/DH (1B?) Sean Murphy (2.0)
  3. moonslav59
    Crystal ball, yes, keep Devers healthy at all costs, but I think 1B is pretty safe. The previous Devers injuries and defensive shortcomings had to do with his arm and shoulder. Casas gets hurt swinging a bat or running to 1B. His risk seemed far more probable. Maybe I'm too high on Casas' bat. I was almost as gah-gah on Dalbec, but Bobby D never came near the Casas MLB OBP. Casas averages about 33 HRs per 650 from 2023-2024 while still getting on base near 36% of the time. We needed Devers AND Casas to get the power we both wanted. We ended up with neither and it hurt us. Anthony gave us a boost, but not with power, and then he got hurt.
  4. moonslav59
    Well, when the league norm is .720, it's pretty close. BTW, I view SS as a much more impactful position than CF. When the league norm was .740, then .675 looked god-awful. Now, most teams have 2-3 batters under .675. .675 is the "new .700."
  5. moonslav59
    I'll use your argument: just because you don't want as many platoons that the Sox have used, very successfully I might add, doesn't mean it was the wrong move. BTW, this point I made is moving away from a platoon. Also, I don't want Romy as our FT 2Bman. I just said, I could see the bean counters justifying not adding someone to the 2B mix, because the stats and metrics show maybe Romy can do it just well enough FT. One more point, Casas got hurt in early May, Devers was traded in early June. Romy started playing near FT in mid July, mostly because he was hitting very well and was doing well even vs RHPs. (He kinda dropped off at the end.) They tried several players before Romy and added Lowe in August, which meant no Romy at 1B vs RHPs. Romy started playing 2B vs RHPs, because DHam sucked, not because of Casas. Yes, had Mayer stayed healthy, he may not have gotten a long look, but if Bregman bolts, we may see Mayer at 3B not 2B, so we're back to the same hole at 2B.
  6. moonslav59
    True on maybe Devers staying healthy as a factor, but I view Casas- a potential big bat we both think the teams needed sorely and still do, is the real China doll on teh team.
  7. moonslav59
    Show me where I said pampering didn't happen in all sports. I gave my opinion on how best I felt the defense and DH slot should be filled. I stated that one or a major reason many of these moves are not made is based on pampering high seniority players. Of course I know just because I have an opinion it has to be the right one.
  8. moonslav59
    They did make a lot. Agreed.
  9. moonslav59
    He basically played FT the whole second half of 2025- splitting time at 2B and 1B. He hit a near league average of .718 v RHPs and had 55 more PAs vs RHPs than LHPs (.978 OPS.) He hit over .800 at home and on the road. I would not bet on it, but these guys love themselves a bargain basement player.
  10. moonslav59
    Imagine going into 2026 with this.... 1. Anthony LF 2. Bregman 3B 3. Devers 1B 4. Alonso DH 5.Abreu RF 6. Story SS 7. Mayer 2B 8. Narvaez C 9. Rafaela CF (If somehow we keep Duran....)
  11. moonslav59
    Did our great defensive 1Bmen save an inordinate amount of bad throws this year? As in more than the league wide norm?
  12. moonslav59
    If he's as good on D as some seem to make him out to be, maybe a .675 OPS will be the bar for him.
  13. moonslav59
    I could see the Sox thinking Mayer is our FT 3Bman and Romy is our FT 2Bman going into 2026. DHam- Sogard-Campbell-Grissom would be the 2B depth....maybe just 2-3 will be on the 2026 40 man roster. Story stays at SS for one more year is the odds on bet. If they also put their hopes in Casas-Romy/Campbell at 1B, we'll know the sham is ongoing.
  14. moonslav59
    I think that is the likely scenario, if Breggie returns (new deal or no opt out.) Hoskin would help, but we'd really be putting all our eggs in the Anthony-Mayer basket. If we end up trading Duran or Abreu for pitching, one could argue our on paper offense got worse. The real possibilities happen, if Bregman opts out. The budget would allow for a significant upgrade for the offense, especially the power aspect of it, with his $32M AAV added to the winter budget, which looks to be close to $35-40M, already (no Lowe & Gio.)
  15. moonslav59
    I have no issues with your tone, Drew. I appreciate your insights. I think Devers was healthy enough to play 1B. Casas was an injury waiting to happen, but had .850 w 30 HR potential as our DH. I'm fine if you disagree, but I firmly believe the best line-up was Devers at 1B, Casas at DH, and Bregman at 3B. (Mayer at SS and Story at 2B might have been better than Campbell at 2B and Story at 2B, but we did make the playoffs.) I wonder if we'd moved Devers to 1B not DH, right off the bat, if he'd still be here. We'd be talking about adding one big bat- not two.
  16. moonslav59
    All true, but how well did that work out? Look at all the rings the Yanks got with a better defensive SS playing 3B. Just play your best batters at the positions that are best for the team and stop pampering your stars with the greatest seniority.
  17. moonslav59
    Although Sean Murphy is not the batter he used to be, I'd see him as a major upgrade over Wong as the #2 catcher and part time DH. He doesn't improve the power much, but maybe we can get him for Hicks, Mullins & Wong. Sign Alonso, Schwarber or Suarez to play 1B. Trade Duran and whatever for Joe Ryan or _____. I seriously doubt we do even this, so asking for a second big bat seems unrealistic. Bringing back Bregman (Mayer at SS and Story at 2B) would help, but would be very expensive. Adding Polanco or Torres at 2B with Mayer at SS and Story at 3B would also help. the offense. KMarte is likely a pipe dream, if we do even just some of this other stuff.
  18. moonslav59
    It's weird that the organization wanted Devers to play 3B, but the manger apparently never even hinted at it with Devers, let alone politely asked if he could even broach the subject. I think it's weird they did not view Devers as a better 1Bman than Casas- the worst on D in the history of MLB- maybe. I think it's weird and GM gets on a plane to speak to Devers, but apparently never asked him to play 1B, either. I do think Cora can think of several things over a winter and positional alignment is one, especially when you see how bad our D was in 2023 and 2024. The Yanks did not agonize over keeping Jeter at SS, but maybe they should have.
  19. moonslav59
    He had a great season, no doubt. I'm pumped up over our young pitching.
  20. moonslav59
    Good to see some velocity from Perales, but he still has a lot to prove.
  21. moonslav59
    I doubt we look to 2B for a big bat, too. I think we look at corner IF, first, I think Brez & Co alkready view Anthony as the second big bat "addition" despite the fact that he gave us 300 PAs in 2025, and we subtracted Devers, I don't like that idea, but I think it's reality. I also think they view mayer as the 3B or 2B solution- like it or not. They will probably run Yoshida back at DH for another season of powerless DH production. IMO, we simply have to make up for the lack of power at DH by looking beyond corner IF- like 2B or just add 2 power corner IF'ers and run it by with mayer and Story at middle IF and Yoshida/Romy at DH. Trade Duran plus___ for a solid arm and call it a winter. This is highly unlikely to happen, even if we don't go huge and just add Suarez and Hoskins.
  22. moonslav59
    I can totally see Drew's point. The first priority has to be adding a big bat. The second one could be either another big bat or a solid SP'er, but we really need all 3 about the same: 2 big bats and a big arm. I'm not sure I'd call Bregman a "big bat," but oif the other bat is Alonso or Schwarber, I'd be okay with Bregman, KMarte, Suarez or Polanco as the other one. I might think positions and defense matter more than Drew does, but I think we can do some things to improve what we already have- like Story to 2B, no Duran in the OF and more OF play from Abreu, Rafaela (no 2B/SS) and Anthony. (Jh Garcia is supposed to be pretty good on D, as well and has some power from the right side.) Alonso, Schwarber, Polanco, Bregman or Suarez do not make the D better. KMarte is better than what we had on D, this year, but I think he's about average. I think we can absorb the poor D, as long as the O gets helped enormously, and we still stay strong at the other slots. Some combo of those 5 players added to the IF would force Story to stay at SS or play 3B/2B with mayer at SS.
  23. moonslav59
    Exactly, and I often fall prey to the same habit. I assume the trends continue. I used to be strongly against the idea that the playoffs are more crapshoot than seeing skill- based results. I'm starting to swing more to the middle.
  24. moonslav59
    Polanco (actually has some power) and Torres for 2B? Trade for K Marte? Add a 3Bman and play Mayer at 2B? There are some options out there.
  25. moonslav59
    Because it's what they do, and it's worked so well, year after year.
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