Nick

This is a crazy discussion for Moon. We're at $205,466.167 luxury tax payroll wise, about $4.5M below the threashhold. Here's a scenario. Beni ($2.8M), Pedey ($13.75M), Ottavino ($7.15M), Richards ($10M), E Rod (8.3M), Perez ($5M), Barnes ($4.5M), Renfroe ($3.1M), Andriese ($1.85M) and Kike ($3M, Sox eat $4M). That totals $60.6M coming off the books. Richards and Perez are sign and trade candidates. With $4.5 under cap, our payroll can be $149.4M for 2022, starting point. Sign both Verlander and Syndergaard, for whatever money, work a deal to bring their luxury tax payroll to $25M each. Sign both Barnes and Ottavino, $15M and $8M. Arbitration raises of another $15M. That brings the total starting point at $237.4M. Price and Eovaldi money comes off at end of 2022. saving of another $33M. Starting Rotation Sale, Verlander, Syndergaard, Eovaldi, Whitlock, Houck, Seabold Bullpen Barnes, Ottavino, Sawamura, Taylor, Darwinzon, Whitlock, Houck, Seabold, couple of more young guns Position Players 1-Duran CF 2-Verdugo RF 3 JD DH 4 Xander SS 5 Devers 3B 6 Arroyo 2B 7 Chavis LF 7 8 Dalbec 1B 9 Vaz C I'd go with that lineup for the playoff chase....

Sox are doing well. Rays are just unbelievable at the moment. It's hard for me to think they will keep up their recent pace. That said.... "We lead the league in runs scored average, don't worry about it" "Our top group will continue with their OPS" Most people knew it wouldn't last. We're good hitting team but there are better hitting teams. We can't expect four players to carry us the entire year. What's amazing is we've been able to win some close games where we've really not hit well. We will go on the road where we've done pretty well. We don't dominate at home for sure. We're still not out of winning the division. Overall, the team has played well.

76 pitches after 6 innings....that's all you need to know.

In six losses in June, 5-1, 7-1, 6-1, 4-3, 5-2 and 6-4......Hits-Runs.

Kike puts up some bad at bats. I don't have the stats in front of me but I don't see many hard contacts.

Last 3 games, 8, 5, 6 hits. Luckily we scored 6 runs on 8 hits.

I still think we'll see improvement out of E Rod. He's not quite himself yet.

All extra innings start with runner on second and no outs. Sox also starts the home games behind at least 0-2 and with one out when they come to bat.

Stephen Gonsalves was a one-time top prospect, but injuries and control issues resulted in him jumping from team to team. It’s great to see his strikeout rate back above 30%, but it’s come with only a 13.6% SwStk%, and a ton of walks. That 18.1% walk rate is absurd and likely means he won’t see the Majors anytime soon unless he improves that control....Per Fangraph G IP W L S ERA H R ER HR BB K G/F WHIP AVG OPS 2021 Wor 6 29.1 2 1 0 3.38 18 11 11 4 23 44 0.86 1.40 0.178 0.673 Summation: Needs to be able to stay healthy and limit the walks. Profiles as emergency rotation depth with a back-of-the-rotation ceiling. Well, maybe we need that "emergency rotation depth".

He's Baaaaack! As the Red Sox transaction wheel turns, the club has designated Ryan Weber for assignment and recalled Michael Chavis Per Sox Prospects. I wonder if he'll lead off. Moon this opens up a spot on the 40 man roster. Who could be added? Indeed. Who?

Without any evidence, he accuses the ENTIRE rotation of cheating. I would never give him an interview again. Unbelievable.

On Josh Taylor’s unlikely path to a late-inning role http://https://www.overthemonster.com/2021/6/14/22533152/boston-red-sox-bullpen-josh-taylor-slider-whiff-rate-fastball-splits Good analytics on Josh Taylor.

With all the movements in OF, I'm thinking it's better to go to OF category for someone like Verdugo.

#4 pick hopefully doesn't come around too often. I look at this year's draft somewhat different than others.

Yeah, I was thinking about high school pitchers. Sox do absolutely nothing with them the year they are drafted. They come back as a nineteen year old, not having pitched against anything other than high school hitters. Just seem like a long road. I want someone that may reach the majors by 2024, not 2028.

I just can't get excited about a high school player. No offense but this board thinks 24 year olds are too inexperienced. How did Ball and Groome work out, so far?

Looking at Mets roster... I didn't realize how bad Francisco Lindor is playing, BA .220, OPS .667. He's only paid $22M this year. 10 Year, $341M deal starts in 2022. Ugh. Also why is Cano not playing and forfeiting is 2021 salary?

Bloom has good idea his 1-4 choices. Lets look at it on the bright side. Earlier, they were going to combine records for two years and determine the draft order. That made absolutely no sense because teams were 'rewarded' already for their 2019 record.

Give kudos to Weber. He took one for the team. I don't know he'll ever recover from today's outing. He was going to throw 100 pitches today, no matter how many homers he gave up.

We're probably incapable of containing Houston and Toronto offense in Fenway. We're playing much better on the road. Only entertainment today aside from two homers, was to watch Marwin throw his moonball at 49 MPH and his two seamer at 89 MPH.

Not true, they're old, but they're household names.

He's only had 44 AB and probably not fair to judge him, I just feel bad for Santana. He hit .150 in May but he's hitting .083 in June. Not sure what you do with him. Marwin already plays multiple positions so having Santana for his speed makes no sense. Remember, 2021 was year of discovery. Santana was never going to be long term solution. If he's not helping he needs to go.

I was just thinking how to pay for a $30M pitcher. E Rod and Pedey adds to $22M. More than likely E Rod will cost us at least $15M-$18M so the $30M is covered.

Moving on.... Recent starting pitching is exactly why you need a shut down ace in your rotation. Maybe that'll be Chris Sale. Richards, $10M, E Rod, $8.3M, Pedey, $13M.....That'll take care of the ace. Move Whitlock/Houck to starting rotation. Then after 2022, Eovaldi's $17M and Price's $16M comes off the books.

I doubt any manager or GM says every player has chance to be great. We're splitting hair here Moon. Can you quote Bloom saying another minor leaguer with 'Great'? Show me the quote. I can show you his quote about Duran.