Nick
-
Posts
8,596 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
2
Content Type
Profiles
Boston Red Sox Videos
2026 Boston Red Sox Top Prospects Ranking
Boston Red Sox Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits
Guides & Resources
2025 Boston Red Sox Draft Pick Tracker
News
Forums
Blogs
Events
Store
Downloads
Gallery
Everything posted by Nick
-
One world series title in last eight years for Dodgers who has made the playoffs every year. They are the Atlanta Braves of 1990's. I hope they never win another title as long as Betts is there. Yep, I said it. Hell we went further last year in the playoffs than the Dodgers who spent $302M to win 111 games. We spent measly $234M. Only one team will celebrate and as long as it's not the Yankees, I'm good.
-
Luckily we don't have enough good relievers to implement this tactic any time soon. lol
-
Dodgers with CBT payroll of $302M fail to reach NL championship series despite winning 111 games. They won the make belief 2020 championship.
-
Well he's in the starting line up when it counts so he's a regular. Kike will start so let's not waste anymore time. There's not 9 better position players than him so he's a regular. Move on to stuff that matters. We have catchers, 1B, 2B (when he's not injured), 3B, LF, CF (Kike). We should be talking about RF, SS and DH. Bigger conversation should be Starting Pitching. I have NOT seen big upgrade that Bloom has promised. We wait.
-
I will again sign up for the major league package next year. Best value buy in my opinion. I did not stop my subscription when Betts was traded. I won't stop if Xander doesn't come back. I'll enjoy watching Bello and Casas next year. I am a Red Sox fan and a fan of Sox players.
-
But he and super agent Scott Boras will want fair market value in free agency this offseason after signing a team-friendly contract in 2019. Fair Market Value is what the willing buyer (Sox) and the willing seller (Xander) agrees to. You can get million data on real estate transaction for a neighborhood but if the buyer is unwilling to meet the relative value of sold homes, then you have no deal. Stop, putting up what other shortstops received in the last 12 months. Sox has a price range as do Xander. Let's hope they overlap.
-
Nope, MVP is right......Dever's $16-$17M salary is already baked in through the arbitration raises. There's enough room to add another $13M to get him to $30M and stay under the cap. MVP's total is about $13M short of $95M that I suggested. MVP is a math genius.
-
Based on MLBtraderumor's anticipated arbitrations raises of $17M for Red Sox, it appears we have around $95M to spend. Pitching, Pitching, Pitching....short term deals... Or we can go big.... Judge $40M Xander $30M Devers $20M on top of $16M (or wait until 2024 and sign a starting pitcher for $20M) Hill $5M C McGuire/Wong 1B Casas/Dalbec/Hosmer 2B Story SS Xander 3B Devers LF Verdugo CF Kike RF Judge DH Casas/Hosmer/Dalbec Utility Arroyo, Chang, Refsnyder SP $20M man SP Sale SP Pivetta SP Bello SP Whitlock SP Crawford SP Hill RP Barnes RP Houck RP Schrieber RP Winckowski RP Kelly RP Ort RP Brasier RP German Don't criticize....just tell me how YOU would spend $95M....I need some concrete suggestions....put it on the line
-
I sure would be tempted to spend big on starters for short deals. Two or three years max.
-
Yes, but their 2023 numbers should be correct. Obviously they missed on the mutual option number for Pham. I like to use the site for team control, service years, etc. You definitely lose track of luxury tax final payroll for the current year by removing players that were traded.
-
No.... They are both under team control for another 6 years. I would extending both after the third year, before their first arbitration year. Buy out two years of arbitration. That gives the Sox 8 years of team control starting next year. We have Xander, Devers and starting pitchers to worry about.
-
I doubt they will keep him if it 'costs' Sox $5.8M on luxury tax line.
-
How to spend $118M? Devers....$10M raise Xander....say $30M That leaves us $78M for arbitration increases. Our infield is set, unless we upgrade our catching position. We'll need a right fielder assuming Verdugo in left and Kike in center. $10M guy? We'll need a DH unless we fill that with utility/starters. Another $10M guy? By miracle, Sale comes back to go along with Pivetta and Bello. We have approximately $50M left to address starters/bullpen. It could be $80M if we let Xander walk.
-
Anyone know why Cot's Baseball has Hosmer at net cost of $5.8M? ($18M less $12.28M) I thought our cost was the league minimum. Moon?
-
Many moaned and bitched about both of our catchers being let go. But they were replaced with cheaper and younger players. Thats what fans want. f*** the intangibles. Get me players that can produce.
-
Package deals are often overrated....only happens in NBA where players control the league.
-
Blue Jays losing the series after leading 8-1 was fun. They are a cocky bunch. Pitching, pitching, pitching. I think Bello has a floor of #4 starter. Who knows what the ceiling is for the guy. Pivetta is nothing more than an inning eater. At best, he does Porcello imitation well. Crawford and especially Winckowski should be in the pen. Next potential starter is Mata. He should be given a chance to start sometime in 2023 (after he's no longer eligible for major league experience). As I said before, he was the highest prospect before his surgery. He's still humming at 98 mph or so. Best scenario is for Bello and Mata to anchor our staff three years from now. If Whitlock is good enough to be #3, I'd say go for it. #1 Priority is Devers, Xander second. You're building a championship team anchored by Devers, not Xander.
-
That my friend would be the players.
-
One metric that may say it all Yankees 805 RS 563 RA Red Sox 729 RS 784 RA We have lot of work to do.... #1 #2 #3 #4 Pivetta #5 Bello Having five #4/#5 pitchers won't do.
-
It will be interesting to see how Mata progresses. I'm guessing he'll be called up sometime in 2023. He was rated ahead of everyone else before his surgery.
-
Kopech and Moncada yielded Chris Sale. That was a good trade. Evaluation of his last contract is still up in the air.
-
The 34-year-old Pham hasn’t had the best season (.700 OPS with Boston) and he plays only left field, decreasing Boston’s roster flexibility. But he has power, hits lefties especially well and the Red Sox will need a corner outfielder next year if the mutual option isn’t exercised. Pham has played a respectable left field for Boston and leads the majors with a career-high 15 outfield assists. Eight of those assists have come since being traded to Boston. It might be an overpay for Boston but that’s something a big-market team should be willing to do short-term to keep a player if it feels he’s a fit. Would the Rays do this? All the sudden we're paying Kike $10M, Pham $12M, what mediocre player is next?
-
We're just so far away, in my opinion from winning it all that I question extending Xander. If signing Xander and then our only other choice is to wait on the farm, then I'm not very optimistic about our future. If we don't have the issue of extending Devers, then I'd say go for it. I'm more worried about extending number of years than the money.
-
I understand your point. We are spending currently $31M on those two. We need $24M from NOT extending/signing/retirement of Price, JDM, Eovaldi, JBJ and Vaz. I honestly would look to see what we can get for Devers. No veteran is untouchable at this point. By the way, I believe the management made a BIG MISTAKE by not getting under the luxury tax limit. They overvalued their hand. We not only finished DEAD LAST but we stayed above the luxury tax limit. That may come back to haunt us if in fact we are forced to budget constraint due to it.
-
I do think we need some power, not just doubles. Look at Yankees and Jays. Rays are different, they have pitching, defense and speed. Question for you Moon. Would your rather spend, say $55M on Devers/Xander or $37.5M on Judge plus a defensive shortstop? You often stated, correctly, signing Xander won't make us any better. Are we better off using the delta, $17.5M to acquire another player to go along with Judge than keeping Devers/Xander?
