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  1. moonslav59
    You add enough money towards Yoshida's contract to equal the savings they need. Word was they were going to pay half his contract to HOU. That's about $38M. We give them Yoshida + $16M and his contract costs $38M. They pay him $38M NOT the Sox. We pay for Arenado and $5M a year towards Yoshida. Like I said, I'm not sure I'm for this, because we are just swapping sunken contracts and taking on more cost, but at least we get a guy who can actually play a position well.
  2. moonslav59
    If they end up saving the amount of money they want to save, why wouldn't they take on Yoshida. They could just DFA him and save the amount they want. The really don't need a DH or weak defensive OF'er, but they could, in theory, trade him as a salary dump and save a few million more than they wanted, at the start.
  3. moonslav59
    Yes, they were in danger, because they were much better.
  4. moonslav59
    Well, if Pivetta gets $21.1M/1, that's about the same as Estevez and Minter got for 2 years.
  5. moonslav59
    We gave up Lugo, Kavadas & others for 2 months of Luis Garcia. Paulino and Coffey for 2 months of Danny Jansen. Portes for Sims. I liked those guys more than Zanetello & Jordan.
  6. moonslav59
    I'd give Zanetello, Jordan and Yoshida to someone willing to take on a big chunk of Yoshida;s contract. I'd expect nothing in return. If we could/would do this, we could afford to take on more of Arenado's deal, AND the roster bottleneck at 1B/DH would be eased by Yoshida's departure. The budget might come out close to even.
  7. moonslav59
    I might sign Arenado to $10M x 3, tops. I'm not giving anything for him at $19M x 3. I'd expect them to add a couple prospects or Helsley.
  8. moonslav59
    I can't see the Sox paying him that much, even for the much-prized 1 year deal. We passed on... $18 x 4 Scott $13 x 3 Holmes $11 x 3 Hoffman $11 x 2 Estevez & Minter $13M x 1 Yates $7.5M x 2 Y Garcia He might be better than some of these guys, but $15M to $21M?
  9. moonslav59
    The thing is, all teams have some big "what ifs." We may have more than our share, since we have so many players coming off recent injuries, including Giolito, Hendriks and Fulmer, who played zero games in '24, Sandoval, Whitlock and Murphy who will start the season on the IL and plenty of players who missed part of last year with injuries: Beuhler, Devers, Story, Casas, Slaten and Grissom. We have 3 top prospects, but they are question marks, as well. What I like about our situation vs some others, is that we might only need 60-70% of the big questions to be answered in a positive way, and not 80-90% like I feel the others do. I mean, aren't Rodon, Cole and Stanton big question marks, too?
  10. moonslav59
    At $15-21M?
  11. moonslav59
    The Rays almost always do better than they look, on paper, and they do not look bad on paper, either. I think we finish ahead of them. I think the Jays improved by more than us, over the winter, but returning players from injury and 3 top prospects gives us enough wild cards that I think we stay ahead of them, too. I think the Yanks & O's got slightly worse, but not by enough for us to pass them. I predict 3rd place, again. 83-86 wins.
  12. moonslav59
    Alonso signs with Mets for essentially $30M + option for $24M. (He can opt out.)
  13. moonslav59
    Agreed. If we can get Arenado at $5-7M x 3, they should get a prospect. At $9-10M, nada. At more, we get something else.
  14. moonslav59
    Tell that to the I Love Venezuela Foundation.
  15. moonslav59
    He's almost played as many games with them, as the Sox. LOL
  16. moonslav59
    Here is a list of system graduated prospects still on the 40 by date: '17 Devers (top rank was #1) '21 Houck (2) Whitlock (4) '22 Duran (3) Bello (3) Winckowski (9) Wong (11) Crawford (17) '23 Casas (1) Murphy (9) Kelly (23) Bernardino (NR) '24 Rafaela (3) Abreu (7) Slaten (12) DHam (19) Sogard (31) 17 Total, but some started in other systems. (Whitlock never pitched in our minors before MLB.)
  17. moonslav59
    Good stuff sk.
  18. moonslav59
    It would be nice to see plus-plus leftside D in 2025. It's the cost that bothers me.
  19. moonslav59
    So, July 13th.
  20. moonslav59
    His buddy, Contreras, comes with him!
  21. moonslav59
    Funny.
  22. moonslav59
    We could get/could have gotten a better FA for less than he is owed. The concept is relatable. I still think, if STL pays down zero, they need to give a prospect- not expect one. He has negative trade value. I would not expect to get anything for Yoshida, and would give some money for nothing back. I'd give Yoshida, Mullins and Sogard for nothing at all.
  23. moonslav59
    Who would ever choose to live near HOU? 🙃
  24. moonslav59
    I don't get it. You say he's worth $48M/3 but would give Mullins and Sogard for him at $60M+/3.
  25. moonslav59
    We better get a pick for Pivetta. Is it still a rule, that if he goes unsigned after opening day, we don't get a pick?
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