Nick

Why do all of you think small? It's not your money. I will spend $125 next year to watch Red Sox play on MLB Network. My guess is that Sox can spend $250M and my subscription fee will remain the same. So what if it goes up by $25 in 2019. If we want to win, we need impact power bat. Quit pussyfooting around.

Regardless of medical decisions this winter, Pedey will no longer be available for full season going foward. I will absolutely puke if Holt returns.

We went for two aces last two years. Shouldn't we do the same with position players?

too much infor....

Why is Yankee fan lecturing us on how to build a team?

Per Moon "You missed my point. I'm saying we have less money than you hinted at to be near the limit. My guess is, we go way over the limit but not enough to reach the second tier penalties. Those penalties are not really that awful, but I think we try to stay under it. On the luxury tax... The financial details of the surcharge thresholds were previously known. If a team spends above $217MM in 2018, it will receive an extra 12% tax in addition to the usual 20%, 30% or 50% luxury tax. If a team spends over $237MM, it will receive an extra 42.5% or 45% surcharge tax. Beginning in 2018, there will be an extra penalty for teams in that second category, Cooper notes. A team that spends above $237MM will also have its top draft pick lowered ten spots, unless that pick is in the top six, in which case the team’s second pick will be lowered ten spots. If we come in at about $197M before any signings (see A Realistic View at 2018: Part I), we'll have just under $40M to spend and not get the major penalty. That's enough to get JD Martinez, Duda and Nunez. Maybe we go large for just 2 guys. We coudl even go more than $40M over for just this one year and hope to go lower next year as several players come off the books, including maybe HRam." I believe Henry will go along with whatever is propsed by DD. Just my gut feeling.

So if Miami gave you a straight up deal you would refuse?

since you put it out there.....are we a better team with Betts or Stanton?

My guess is DD will go for broke.

(2) Base Tax Thresholds The Base Tax Threshold shall be $195 million in the 2017 Contract Year, $197 million in the 2018 Contract Year, $206 million in the 2019 Contract Year, $208 million in the 2020 Contract Year, and $210 million in the 2021 Contract Year. Directly Out of MLB CBA

You play to win the World Series. Not to be the next Atlanta Braves.

Go big or go home. You can always add supporting players to anchors, such as Stanton or Votto. What you can't do is keep adding supporting talent to mediocre group and expect great results. Yes, our offense right now is mediocre. Do we wait another year to confirm what we know to be true? Our offense sucks. No power in power league?

I make extreme comments to just get a rise out of people......... But if throat slashing was directed at JF for not starting game 1, then Hanley only needs to look at himself in the mirror. THAT was my real point. lol

Hanley has driven in 62 runs this year, tied for 5th in a 3 way. Only our catching and 3B positions have driven is less runs. He supports a .750 OPS. Is he that f***ING stupid? Stats don't lie. Everytime he swings and misses, I slash across MY THROAT towards the TV.

We were willing to live with Pablo at 3B. But Devers is not good enough for US? IDIOTIC. Focus guys, focus. We need a power bat at 1B.

You completely missed my point. I was responding and basically agreeing to Moon's revelation of where our position players rank in terms of WAR. Betts was the only Sox to finish in the top 10, as a RF. DH, 1B and 3B positions ranked near bottom in mlb. Then MVP butts in says we won 93 games. I pointed out it was mainly due to pitching and defense. "Look it up" Discussion was about how pathetic our position players did in comparison to others.

Our pitching saved us this year. Look it up.

But it does point out the fact that our current position players are OVERVALUED by Sox fans. I therefore snicker when we do our daily 'sky is falling' routine with so called pending cliff. They suck. With our resources, it can't really get that much worse. Go BIG or Go Home. Go get Stanton AND Votto.

I'd be curious to see where our 3B ranking would be if we projected Dever's production for 162 games. Basically we failed miserably at what I would call 3 power positions, DH, 1B and 3B. One top 10 out of 9 'positions' is horrendous. Upcoming cliff? HELL, LOOKS LIKE OUR POSITIONS PLAYERS ARE ALREADY DOWN IN GRAND CANYON RIGHT NOW. AND WE'RE WORRIED THAT WE MAY LOSE THESE FREAKING LOSERS?

I'd love to have Kimbrel back but it's always risky giving closers a long term deal. I'm obviously opposed to given him Chapman deal.

My ONLY criticism of JF is he is stubborn to 'come off' a player even when the said player is struggling mightily. Holt is having a bad year. His numbers tell you that he's having a bad year. Now he's doing the same thing with Young. He's having a horrible year. He needs not to be on the playoff roster. Quit beating a dead horse. Best thing we did was to call up Devers (instead of trading away prospects for overpriced veteran), picking up a 'hot' bat in Nunez who continued to stay hot and added bullpen depth with Reed. Not sure what kind of team this would have been without Kimbrel, Sale and Pomeranz. DD has delivered. Back to back Division titles. Now that we've reset the penalty rate for 2018, we can add that power bat. Wasn't that the plan all along when we signed Moreland to one year deal? We'll have close to $60M coming off the books after 2019 season (Porcello, Hanley and Pablo). Must signs are Pom (2019) and Sale (2020) and Betts (2020).

I think I'm just excited that Chris Sale is pitching game one and we certainly have a chance to pull ahead 1-0. Early run or two would help. I like him pitching with a 2 run lead.

Congrats to DD for Sox winning back to back Division titles for first time in franchise history.

I'm realistic. Hell I give up Beni and whatever they want in our minor league system for Stanton. A 60 homer guy. I'd do it in a heartbeat.

Yep....blaming it on hitting coach is asinine. He was good in 2016 but bad in 2017? Okay.