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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.
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Package deals are often overrated....only happens in NBA where players control the league.
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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.
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That my friend would be the players.
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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.
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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.
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Kopech and Moncada yielded Chris Sale. That was a good trade. Evaluation of his last contract is still up in the air.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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?
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“The effort is there. The results are not there,” Cora said. “We show up tomorrow and I would never doubt the way we prepare, the way we go about it. Right now, they’re playing better than us.” We expect "effort" from professional athletes. I expect "effort" from my high school team. Effort is requirement, not asked. It's a bottom line game at the professional level. WE SUCKED! WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TO FIX IT? MR. KENNEDY IS AMAZED SOME FANS THINK WE ARE CHEAP. I GOT A MESSAGE FOR YOU MR. KENNEDY. WE'RE NOT CHEAP. BUT WE SURE SPEND MONEY UNWISELY. HOW ABOUT GETTING VALUE IN RETURN? At the end of the day, I don't want us to sign Xander for f***ing sentimentality. Sign him to whatever if he's worth it. f*** the intangibles. That's what losers say. Hey have a nice Sunday everybody.
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We all know our pitching situation. But our offense looks tired and old to me. Sure looks like we're staring at the sky climbing out of basement.
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Pham and or Ref as DH definitely does not make me excited. Not the path to "we're going to be way better".
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Well said....we're looking for high ceiling kids, not a utility player.
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Sure thing for 2023, Position players. 1. By now I'm guessing Bloom is happy with the catching tandem of McGuire/Wong. We got younger and cheaper. Typical Bloom. 2. By just staying healthier, Story will be better in 2023. 3. Devers, has chance to improve as he will be playing for mega contract. 4. Casas, sure looks like an upgrade from 2022. No doubt he and Hosmer are better defensive 1B. 5. Verdugo, management hopes he continues improve 6. Kike, not sure we get "much better" with him returning. 7. SS 8. DH 9. RH....sure could use a big bat in this spot.
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yep Fixing 20-46 record vs AL East won't be easy without infusion of new talent.
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You may end up being right. I'm willing to give him couple of more years. But I will hold him to his statement told to Kike, "the team will be MUCH better". This will be an interesting off season. I appreciate that organizational depth MAY and PROBABLY HAS improved. As a coach, I'm looking for high ceiling kids that are impact players. My own personal experience tells me that bunch of average players will not lead to championships. What young talent do we actually have? I see Bello as one and Casas maybe another. Perhaps Whitlock and Houck will get there. (We will get the answer in 2023 for them). I'm hopeful that Mata will get there. But the Seabolds of the world doesn't impress me.
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Sure thing for 2023. SP1 SP2 SP3 Pivetta SP4 SP5 Bello others; Sale, Paxton(?), Winckowski, Cutter, Seabold Closer Houck RP 1 Barnes RP 2 Whitlock RP 3 Schreiber RP 4 RP 5 RP 6 RP 7 others; Brasier, Ort, Kelly, Bazardo, German, C McGuire 1B Casas 2B Story SS 3B Devers LF Pham CF Kike RF Verdugo DH Utility Wong, Arroyo, Chang, Dalbec, Refsnyder, Hosmer Need an ace type to go along with Wacha/Eovaldi. This looks the same team to me. Need couple of big free agent signings outside of Xander/Wacha.
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https://www.masslive.com/redsox/2022/09/red-soxs-christian-vazquez-trade-was-unpopular-but-replacement-reese-mcguire-may-be-longterm-answer.html Good read on our catcher Reese McGuire. I like it that he's a left handed hitting catcher. He's under team control for three more years and he's only 27 (Vaz turned 32 recently). Getting rid of "I just can't throw strikes Dieckman" and getting in return McGuire goes into Bloom's win column.
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Tell me again how ownership group "held those teams back" with Yaz, Williams and others? I didn't realize owners could buy free agents back then. I see how easy it is to change history.
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Trevor Story ‘would love’ Red Sox to sign Xander Bogaerts longterm; ‘I want to play with him for a long, long time’ I don't doubt Xander's durability, not sure about Story.
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Yeah, I just disagree with Moon on this.... There would have been a one year overlap with JD who is making $22M this year vs Schwarber's $19.75M. Sox could have traded JD at some point. Would it be horrible not to be saddled with Story's contract?
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Don't we already have enough 'if's' in Sale and Paxton? That's $32M in dead money along with Price's $16M this year.
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I still lament the fact we did not sign Schwarber. He's hit 40 HR, 85 RBI and his OPS is .796. What's more amazing is 32 of his homers came as a leadoff hitter, along with 68 RBI. Sure would have been nice to have him hit 4th in the Sox lineup, behind Devers and Xander.
