Nick

Posted earlier....Bloom can tweak it....lol SP1 Sale (>E Rod)(4 yrs team control) SP2 Eovaldi (1 yr team control) SP3 Piveta (3yrs team control) SP4 Whitlock (>Richards) (5 yrs team control) SP5 Houck/Perez (5/1 yrs team control) BP1 Sawamura (2yrs team control) BP2 Taylor (4 yrs team control) BP3 Darwinzon (4 yrs team control) BP4 Houck? (5 yrs team control) BP5 Seabold (6 yrs team control) BP6 Brasier (2 yrs team control) BP7 Bello (6 yrs team control) BP8 Ort (6 yrs team control) BP9 Bazardo (6 yrs team control) C_Vaz, backup 1B Dalbec/Cordero 2B Arroyo/Kike SS Xander/Arroyo 3B Devers/Dalbec LF Verdugo/Cordero CF Kike/Duran RF Renfroe/Verdugo DH JD If we go with 12 position players, I'd go to war with the group above (ok, a small war)....they'll score some runs....we've cut out $30M plus $14M for Pedey..... Houck/Seabold/Bello can all start. Maybe our most urgent need is a closer. (no way I pay anyone $18M per year though) I believe how many of the teams set up the bullpen. Young, hard throwers, some will be starter. Bloom's approach is always look at internal options, look for stop gap players on a short, reasonable contract.

Speaking Of Trevor Bauer, he signed for 3 years $102M. He has the option to opt out this year and next year. I like it that he went for a short term deal even though he's only 30 years old.

Trevor Bauer put on administrative leave “The Dodgers were made aware of the allegations against Trevor Bauer late this afternoon and immediately contacted Major League Baseball, which will be handling this matter. The Dodgers take any allegations of this nature very seriously, but will have no further comment at this time.” Placement on administrative leave is not a pronouncement of guilt. Bauer is under investigation following assault claims from a woman who alleges that the pitcher got physical with her during recent encounters. The Pasadena (Calif.) Police Department has opened a criminal investigation, and the alleged victim was granted a temporary ex parte restraining order. Looks like he may be out for while. Hearing is scheduled for July 23rd. 8-5 2.59 ERA 17 GS 107.2 IP 1.00 WHIP

Yep and I like it. It'll give us another year of draft picks to improve our minor league teams.....playing the way we did last year didn't hurt me none, especially with Sale not playing. To me, it will always be a cheap World Series ring.

I bet if you make the suspension for 1 year, no one would cheat.

It would be reasonable for the Sox to add another left handed bat to their roster, and his blazing speed would also be a plus That is all I'm saying.....make the roster little stronger....Hey he may not work out but at least give it a chance...

Not to get sentimental here but..... I came to this country in July of 1967. I didn't speak a word of English. But as an eleven year old, I played and loved baseball. Sadaharu Oh was my favorite and like 90% of baseball fans in Japan, Yomiuri Giants were my favorite team. Game of the Week on NBC was a must see TV. I could have easily been a Cardinals fan but... I thought the name Red Sox was too cool....Rico Petrocelli became my favorite player. I played shortstop. As we approach July 4th, becoming a US Citizen was a very special day. I love being here talking about the Red Sox. Have a great weekend. (I left around 12:30 am and arrived in San Franciso in the evening the day before....will I have cheated death by few hours?)

Well, I would prefer someone like deGrom, he can opt out after 2022, leaving $30.5M and $32.5M (club option) on the table. That would be a long shot. Reduced spin rate for some is concerning. (G Cole comes to mind) SP1 Sale (>E Rod) SP2 Eovaldi SP3 Piveta SP4 Whitlock (>Richards) SP5 Houck/Perez BP1 Sawamura BP2 Taylor BP3 Darwinzon BP4 Houck? BP5 Seabold BP6 Brasier BP7 Bello BP8 Ort BP9 Bazardo C_Vaz, backup 1B Dalbec/Cordero 2B Arroyo/Kike SS Xander/Arroyo 3B Devers/Dalbec LF Verdugo/Cordero CF Kike/Duran RF Renfroe/Verdugo DH JD If we go with 12 position players, I'd go to war with the group above (ok, a small war)....they'll score some runs....we've cut out $30M plus $14M for Pedey..... Houck/Seabold/Bello can all start. Maybe our most urgent need is a closer. (no way I pay anyone $18M per year though)

He may end up being our best acquisition.....

Yep, if he already has trouble 'crouching' what's going to happen in couple of years?

English will always be my second language......apparently.

I was an army brat.....my step dad was a band director in the army, fat, drunk and happy. He made me play trumpet....I hated it. Luckily my mother divorced him....playing football and being in the marching band was no no in high school. Band director would not allow it....lol. Marching Band people live in another planet.

Full Report per Fangraph... Davis is arguably the safest prospect in the draft because he plays a premium position, has impact raw power, and has no contact red flags. There are teams that are skeptical of his ability to catch but what it means to be a catcher will likely change by the time Davis reaches the big leagues (because of the looming electronic strike zones, which will make framing irrelevant) and put more emphasis on arm strength, which Davis has a plenty of. He does have defensive issues. Davis' size makes it hard for him to crouch like most catchers. He catches on one knee with the bases empty and fewer than two strikes, but when he's in a traditional crouch, he is so high that you could slide an ottoman right through his legs. He also has issues with lateral mobility, ball-blocking, and throwing accuracy. Those issues need considerable polish, but if they're remedied then we're probably talking about an All-Star, since Davis has rare offensive talent for a backstop. He has titanic, strength-driven power and has hit some epic, arching dingers off of scoreboards, and some lasers that get out on a line. Davis swung and missed just 63 times on film this year, according to Syngery Sports, which is a 7.6% swinging strike rate, comfortably better than the big league average of 11.5%. It feels like there's enough bat here to profile as a 1B/DH even if the catching piece doesn't work out, which is why Davis has a top-of-the-draft blend of ceiling and floor. I think we should draft a college pitcher......but catching does seem to be a premium position....this guy has offense but not sure about his D.....

Noah Song .....so, it appears flight school lasts 24 weeks and his start date of 3/17 takes him to about 9/3.... Anyone with military background, is this when he applies for deferment? I doubt the Sox drafted him with the thought of him spending 4-6 years in the military.

Nathan Eovaldi in two starts with Connor Wong as his catcher: 14.2 IP, 1 ER, 0 BB, 12 K. Let's not start this personal caddy s***...or we'll need 5 catchers..

Project for Moon because he's the man... Can you list the first 10 out on our 40 man roster at year end based on what you know today? Or the first 5.... 40 Danny Santana 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31

Cordero goes 2-5, his batting average is near .390. I really want to see him again while he's still hot. Add another left handed bat with power....move Kike to 2B with a righthander on the mound.

It's one thing to be 9 games behind the Sox, it's another to have two other teams in between. They have a mountain climb as intra-division games mount. Not sure they can dominate all three teams at the same time. If the situation was reversed, I'd hope we'd sell off every piece of lawn furniture not attached to youth movement....Barnes, Ottavino, Richards, E Rod, etc... GARAGE SALE TODAY ONLY, 4 JERSEY STREET

Boone thinks new rule has not affected his staff New York Post Article "The numbers seem to suggest otherwise. Before the June 3 memo went out, the Yankees had a team ERA of 3.16, which was second best in baseball. Since then, it is 5.26, 25th best. The biggest culprits have been ace Gerrit Cole and closer Aroldis Chapman, two pitchers paid to dominate. Both of them have seen significant decreases in their spin rates, believed to be a byproduct of doing away with the sticky substances. Dating to the date of the memo, Cole has a 4.65 ERA. The Yankees have lost three of his five starts in that span. He has failed to go beyond five innings twice and has allowed nine home runs — four more than he gave up in his first 11 starts, when he notched a microscopic 1.78 ERA. Chapman has been even worse. He has been scored upon in five of his last nine outings, allowing 11 earned runs in 5 ²/₃ innings. Chapman, who has blown two saves and taken losses two other times, also struck out just six while walking eight — at least two in each of his last three appearances. Wednesday night was rock bottom, when the lefty fireballer blew a four-run lead by allowing a grand slam after walking three hitters. Before the rough stretch, he had a 0.39 ERA. Since then, it is an astounding 17.47. But Boone doesn’t believe these issues are connected to not being able to use these foreign substances, and instead pointed to mechanical issues." “I do not think that’s part of his problem,” Boone said. “I feel strongly that’s not part of the problem.” Yeah lets hope it's just mechanical........

We'll have Big 8.....Big 9 if Vaz gets hot.

I doubt Cordero is fielding grounders at 1B without the direction from Bloom.

And we didn't have to pay him $24M over two years.......

Moving Devers to 1B has been discussed previously. It's also possible that Xander's range at SS will be so deficient that it may necessitate move to 3B.

I said assuming he hits the cover off....I'm trying figure out how to max out our offense. We can also move Xander to 3B, acquire a shortstop and have Devers play 1B. I also said it was a stupid idea #1.

I have some stupid ideas...here's one at the top of my list. I think Devers is athletic. Most of his issues defensively deals with his throwing. Is he agile enough to play 2B? Can he be taught to turn double play? With advent of defensive s***, modern day players are asked to stand away from their normal position. Obviously not as much 'travel' for 3B. Would shortening up his throws help him defensively? I remember thinking how great it was to have 'power' bat at 2B. Joe Morgan of Reds comes to my mind. Assuming Dalbec eventually tears cover off baseballs, we can get more offensive by having Devers play 2B, moving Dalbec to 3B. Offer him 12 year, $360M contract with delayed payouts and work the deal down to $25M luxury tax payroll amount. (it's never the cash, it's always the luxury tax implication that matters) With that contract, he can be convinced to play any position for the good of the team. Championship should be the only thing that would matter to him. What else is there to talk about? We're exceeding all expectations. 19 freaking games over .500. (we went 54-27, both halves in 2018)