Nick

It's unfortunate that in today's me first generation that one won't pitch the 8th inning no matter how much he's getting paid to do it.

There was a good article on how the spread between team revenue and luxury tax threashhold has widened over the last few years (obviously the TV revenue has skyrocketed). It's time to put the limit to around $230M so we can sign Encarnacion and Chapman without luxury tax implications.

Yep....that was a big miss, especially for an organization that signed Porcello to 4 year, $82M on potential.

From where I sit, that's a big freaking IF if there ever was one.....now that would be a bet I'd be more than happy to wager on.

Great to see that we have two 'work horse' starters in Price and Porcello (200+ innings). I'm hoping E Rod joins the two next year. He is maturing in front of our eyes.

I'm not disparaging Porcello at all when I say he's the safe pick in my opinion. His volume of work for 2016 is Cy Young worthy. I would be surprised if someone else wins it.

He's currently the highest paid at $11,325,000. Miller signed for 4 years @ $36M last year. $15M per year looks reasonable to me, especially for a reliever. I certainly wouldn't pay anymore for him. Not very many teams can afford him and that should work in Sox's favor.

You are correct. I was just throwing out names. I know that Moon has talked about Sox needing couple of relievers. We paid $13M for Koji and Tazawa. We need a bona fide left hander. Robbie Ross Jr and Robby Scott are decent #2 and #3 lefties. Why not just sign Chapman? That's who I would target. I guess my question is do we have enough money AND tie up capital for Chapman (4 years @ $60M) and Encarnacion (5 years @ $100M) with pending FA looming in couple of years?

I'm not sure if Detroit can overtake the Orioles, they are 1 1/2 games back. Orioles also won the season series so they are 2 1/2 games back? Detroit 4 vs Cleveland, 3 vs Atlanta Baltimore 3 vs Toronto, 3 vs Yankees

Or Moncada

Shaw simply has not hit since June. I think he is what he is doing right now. No more than a utility guy. He maybe of some value to a team like Oakland A's.

I can't disagree with you. I thought Wright was the worst choice to pinch run at the time.

It appears Wright won't be back. There's really not much to say about him right now as we approach the playoffs. I hope he recovers fully and gets back to 1st half performance next year. He really did struggle after the All Star break.

Kelly is beginning to impress me. In 9 games in September, he WHIP is below 1.00, he has not allowed a run, he has 15 K's to 3 BB's in 11+ innings.

Well there's actually no thread titled A Realistic View at 2017....there's been numerous discussions about next year's roster. You can always just ignore.

Bullpen for 2017 Craig Kimbrel Carson Smith Heath Hembre Joe Kelly Robbie Ross Jr Matt Barnes Fernando Abad Robby Scott good start

Barnes still sucks.....he started this mess....he just looks like a big pussy on the mound

Shaw looking good at the plate.....do we really want him as our full time starting 3B? He hasn't hit since May.

Few are suggesting we can compensate the loss internally. I doubt FO is penciling in Pablo as a replacement without a back up plan. You know, the great one that got beat out by Travis Shaw that's part of worst 'position' producer for current Sox.

The Marlins announced that starter Jose Fernandez was killed in a boating accident on Sunday morning, confirming multiple earlier reports. The news was originally reported by David Dwork of CBS Miami and confirmed soon after by Fox Sports' Ken Rosenthal. The U.S. Coast Guard said that Fernandez was one of three killed in the accident, according to the Associated Press. Sunday’s game between the Marlins and Braves has been canceled. The Miami Marlins organization is devastated by the tragic loss of Jose Fernandez. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family at this very difficult time. Today's game against the Atlanta Braves has been cancelled. The 24-year-old was in his fourth year at the major league level. He’s been with the Marlins for his entire baseball career and was a fan favorite on the team. He had defected from Cuba in 2008 to play baseball in the United States. Fernandez had posted a 2.29 FIP in 29 games this year, which leads MLB, and averaged 12.5 strikeouts per nine, one of the highest in baseball. The Coast Guard held a press conference at 10:30 a.m. ET, stating the 32-foot SeaVee boat was identified between 3 and 3:30 a.m. Initially, two divers found two bodies underneath the boat and a third was later found in the water on the south side of a jetty at the Port of Miami. Tragic......Sad day for baseball

FO was in full force at the trade deadline. Can you imagine this group sitting at a table and NOT one person bringing up the fact that our DH is not returning for 2017 season? It's DD's job to do everything he can to win the division again. It's silly to think we'll stand pat.

Beni did not start the night before in favor of Holt. Probably nothing.

Had Moncada been called up sooner, he would have just stood there instead of diving back to second and getting hurt. Stupid mental error by Wright.

Why are we resting 22 year old against a right handed pitcher....that's two straight games

So Moncada made one mental mistake or two and now he's vanished forever? This is why I hate JF. He has his favorites and he keeps couple of guys in his dog house. Of course no one else on this roster ever made running errors this season. And they were seasoned veterans. Good f***ing grief.