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Yep....need to keep the eye on the big picture....world championship. Sale has brought us that much closer.
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Looks like we can go with 4 starters for while, assuming pitching every 5th day
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That's the problem with fat knuckleball pitchers.....oops did I say that?
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Revenue $380M...40 man payroll $200M....I agree with you that money paid in penalty won't hurt Henry, but losing ability to draft players? That's why this all matters.
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Henry can live with 'monetary' penalties but loss of draft picks, etc, he can't buy his way out of. Our top line is growing to $380M, yet the luxury tax will remain relatively stable at around $200M for 4 years.
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Don't speak ill of our wonder boy Theo....he never made a mistake.
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Our SS depth is better than our OF depth. Have you seen what we have in OF? Betts has peaked? What about Xander's 2nd half performance? He was pretty much mediocre the last couple of months. I will take Betts over Xander every day. At best, he's still just an average defensive SS. I will take Betts/Hernandez combo over YOUR Xander/sox outfiled prospect.
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It's way early to speculate, but my guess as of now is we let Porcello go and maybe even lose Bogey to free agency. Moon Bingo......call me crazy but I have Xander below Betts, Sale, Bradley Jr and Porcello. I also think Borass will ask for the moon.
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I'm just trying to figure out his market value........SS seems to be a saturated position. Would he be in demand? Who would want him?
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What can we expect to get for Xander at year end if he has a repeat of last year?
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+1000 You can't continue to add multiple year, high value contracts. We really don't have much wiggle room. Our big drop off comes after 2019 when Porcello ($20M), Sale ($12.5M), Hanley ($22M), Pablo ($19M) and Bogaertz (Maybe $12-14M?). We can hope Groome can replace Porcello/Sale and retain Xander. We have close to $90M to retain Sale/Porcello/Xander. BUT, big BUT, Betts and JBJ become FA a year later.
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I agree......but Sox needs some cost controlled, league minimum guys to offset highly paid guys.
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DD sent a clear signal to EE's agent when DD told him no multiple year contract was available from Sox. DD wants to make sure Sam Travis is 100% healthy. He'll be called up by mid season. He's in the mold of Beni, pure swing.
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Looking at projected opening day roster for all of our teams, yep our OF depth is almost non existent.
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I'm anxious to see what Thornburg does (and Carson Smith when he returns). Many ifs in the bullpen but this could be a pretty good group.
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My priority is 1) Keeping starting pitching in tact 2) Lock up Betts 3) Keep our OF together That will get us close to the tax limit. I would love to recycle Pablo out of here but highly unlikely. Has to be Ben's worst signing.
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Interesting that so many pitchers struggle initially for the Sox. I thought Scott did just fine when he was called up. I guess there's a comfort in numbers. Have about dozen relievers ready for the bullpen.
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Hard to believe we're only 4 games better than Tampa.
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#11 Devers now ahead of #17 Moncada... I hated to see Kopech and Diaz go..
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And JF for leading us to last place finishes...got Beni and Groome.
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Thanks Ben
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Interesting that #2-#4 are all shortstops. There's glut of good SS right now. No one is going to pay $30M unless there's power....30 HR's.
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With NO EVIDENCE, I have high hopes for Dalbec......pure power guy. Can he DH and come in as a closer? We can all dream, right?
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Keith Law calls Devers the forgotten man of the farm system, but says that he’s “a true third baseman with an exceptional ability to hit and huge raw power he’s just beginning to display in games.” Remember that David Ortiz guy? Well, we might not be without a big lefty bat for long, Law writes: And there is big power to come -- Devers can already put the ball out to dead center on a line, so it’s a matter of some physical maturity and maintaining that hard-contact approach rather than becoming too pull-oriented. [...] Moving Moncada clears a path for Devers to take over at the hot corner in Fenway sometime in late 2018. Even average defense at third would make him an All-Star given how much I expect him to hit for power.
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Keith Law writes that Groome has “one of the best curveballs I’ve ever seen from a high schooler,” though he suspects the Red Sox will ask him to work on his changeup in A-ball this year. Here’s Law’s hammer: His arm works well, and he has the size to work downhill with his fastball, one of the aspects lacking from his game at the moment. He’s still relatively unpolished, and probably four years away from the majors, so there’s a higher flameout or injury risk -- maybe 30 percent or so -- than there is for other arms in this region of the rankings. I’ll still take a big lefty with an out pitch curveball and potential for a grade 55 or better fastball any day of the week.
