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  1. notin
    The Dodger argument of “any team can do what we’re doing” isn’t really true. It’s a safe bet the Pirates TV deal is a tad short of $8.35 billion…
  2. notin
    Gavin Lux!!
  3. notin
    Start by disallowing deferred money on the luxury tax. I don’t get MLB logic. Team: We are signing this 31yo player to an 11 year deal at $30mill per. MLB: No you’re not. That’s a clear attempt to get out of the luxury tax. No team would pay a 42yo player $30mill. Team: Ok then. We are going to restructure it so that we only pay him $5mill per year and defer payments on the rest and avoid the tax altogether while the interest on the deferred payments grows slower than the rate of MLB inflation. MLB: Oh. Ok. That’s different. I don’t see a problem…
  4. notin
    So the Sox and Mariners got shut out…
  5. notin
    Lose their inexplicable deferment rules and maybe the Dodgers will stop spending at some point. We really shouldn’t have a situation where the Dodgers have more money committed to 2033 than the Pirates have committed today…
  6. notin
    you’re not looking solely at his time as the closer. Once he replaced Bednar, he converted 10 of 11 save opportunities. You’re counting blown saves that were hold opportunities…
  7. notin
    So you’re saying he wasn’t a bargain basement pickup when he was released by the A’s?
  8. notin
    They’re not forced to do it; it’s a choice. Last year, they started Betts at SS over fielding metrics God Miguel Rojas. Why? To put Jason Hayward’s “bat” in the lineup?
  9. notin
    Chapman was a closer in 2024, too. He took over once Bednar lost the job…
  10. notin
    Even with Dave Robert’s working overtime to take them down from the inside!
  11. notin
    What is a “real closer”? And we need a definition that includes Yates and Estevez but not Chapman and Hendriks…
  12. notin
    Scott was my biggest (realistic) target going into the off-season. Estevez is acceptable. Pass on Yates hard. Kyle Finnegan, John Brebbia, and Ryne Stanek are all acceptable targets as well. Maybe Paul Sewald, too. Reportedly they talked to Phil Maton, on whom I have no opinion…
  13. notin
    Look at any other metric for any other season, preferably one where he played more than 73 games…
  14. notin
    Maybe the Sox are not so influenced by the Recency Effect. Yates turns 38 shortly and has pitched for 10 years and accumulated 9.0 bWAR in that time, 3.3 of which came in 2024. Estevez is younger (30) but 2.1 of his career 4.8 bWAR came in 2024. Scott, whom I have openly advocated for, has earned 7.4 of his career 8.1 bWAR recently, but at least it’s been across the last two seasons. Also he is the youngest of the three…
  15. notin
    You do realize the Dodgers are bigger bargain basement hunters than the Sox, right? A $300mill roster and they still have Max Muncy playing 3b?
  16. notin
    Over last year’s bullpen?
  17. notin
    Hopefully the Red Sox are not so stupid as to define a player’s role by his contract…
  18. notin
    Would a lineup containing C - Wong 1b - Casas 2b - Campbell 3b - Devers SS - Story LF - Anthony CF - Duran RF - Abreu/Rafaela DH - Yoshida/Refsnyder be a step up, down or lateral?
  19. notin
    They’ve added 6 relievers. Granted that is counting Whitlock and Crawford. But not Guerrero. If Anthony and/or Campbell sign extensions, I would suspect that puts them in Boston immediately…
  20. notin
    Or Anthony…
  21. notin
    Crochet was a huge move, the likes of which we have not seen since Chris Sale was acquired…
  22. notin
    Casas should also be considered a step up over new Yankee Dom Smith. But only at the plate. Not on the mound…
  23. notin
    Honestly, if Anthony and Campbell did start out, it’s probably not a bad thing. The two bats they’d hopefully be replacing are Rafaela and Hamilton/Grissom/Romy. Step up? Down? Or lateral?
  24. notin
    Not to mention, the pitching staff, particularly the rotation, is vastly improved. Cooper Criswell was 5th on the Sox in games started last year. Right now he’s somewhere in the 7-10 range on the SP depth chart. And maybe even lower. For all of the “we lost Jansen and Martin and didn’t replace them” panic, the Sox bullpen has added (or will see the return of) Hendriks, Whitlock, Fulmer, Chapman, and Wilson. And will probably see Kutter Crawford as well. The only pitcher from last year’s opening who will (barring injuries) be in this year’s opening day bullpen is Justin Slaten. Relief pitchers the Sox relied on last year like Bernardino, Weissert, and Kelly are very likely depth starting out in Worcester. But yes, they didn’t replace O’Neill. Well, maybe with Story…
  25. notin
    It’s also only January 17th and many top free agents and trade targets are still available…
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