Nick

But the whole premise of acquiring a SP is that there's not a high priced FA available this winter. Only question is how much prospect talent are we willing to give up to acquire someone similar to Chris Sale in terms of ability and reasonable contract. In essence we are paying not with cash but with talent.

Moon I strongly disagree that we can't sign both Encarnacion and afford for a sold #2 SP.......what if its' Sales? He's only owed $12M in 2017. Buchholtz' salary would cover it. Why do you keep saying we can't afford both? We've also taken Castillo out of luxury tax computation and I would argue that Henry is considering that as a sunken cost. (yeah I get the cash flow issue, it's still money out of pocket.....I worked for a French company that revised budgets every quarter...DD is not on the hooks for Castillo, that's what I would be arguing if I'm DD). Ortiz, Koji, Buchholtz, Hanigan all all gone. That's about savings of $40M. The competitive balance limit will probably go as high as $210M; that's $21M increase. There's enough money to get both done.

Papi is 40

Wished the Sox would have been more aggressive when Miller was a FA prior to last season. It's my hope that we move away from Koji. Got to know when to cut ties. Sox would overpay him naturally. That's how we roll.

Napoli didn't hit when we needed him.......can't keep looking back. He'd suck again in Boston.

you pinch hit for Bryce but not for Hanigan?

what a bunch of f***ing losers....

We're front running offense....we score first, then pile on....pathetic offensive display against mediocre pitching staff..going 1-3 vs last place team is horrendous..

If Moncada fails, it's a huge mistake by Sox scouting department. You don't pay $60M to get blocked by Holt's of the world. He and Benintendi are blue bloods. Their hand eye coordination isn't going to go away suddenly.

Aaron Hill has been a big disappointment....he's not even hitting into bad luck....simply over matched so far at the plate

Orioles up 3-2 in top of 12th

I think Ziegler has done well.....in a night game, Betts may have caught the home run ball, and double play was a possibility on a grounder to Hanley.

Last place Angels look to be the better team....

Hannigan is sweating like a pig, squinting to see the knuckleball. The guy looks like he's 50. Hell he could be a cast member as a druggie in ''Shameless".

Can you throw a 14 hitter and win?

We destroy WEAK pitching in FENWAY. Our offense is very skewed.

Great offense....we better score at the top, bottom is awfully weak...

Aaron Hill is OVERMATCHED...guy sucks.

WOW...this usually happens to US

Hitters need to get their head out of their ass....

this

Moncada (2-for-2, 3B, 1B, 3 RS), Dubon (2-run HR), Benintendi (3-for-3, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 2B) Good start for our "CORE" today

Toronto ahead 2-0, Sanchez pitching....another loss for Orioles a big possibility....Toronto has the worst 1 run game record among playoff contenders, 11-18. Texas is best at 23-7. Toronto could have been running away with this.

Ranking positions with no concerns for 2017. 1 CF Bradley is outstanding CF. Great coverage, great arm. Adding slugging % to his offense was a big plus. 2 RF Betts has converted to RF seamlessly. Great jump on balls. Has pop on his bat. Good speed. 3 SS Xander has become adequate shortstop defensively. Hits for high average. I'd take Betts over him due to better power numbers. 4 2B Pedey simply needs to stay healthy. Can he do it for another 5 years? 5 1B Hanley would be rated higher if he could provide more power 6 3B Shaw has to learn to hit left handed pitching 7 C Sox currently own 5th best offensive output. Will have Vazquez to replace Hanigan. If Sandy comes down to earth, this position may become question mark. 8 LF Holt love fest continues but to me he's mediocre fielder and his bat does not justify full year start 9 DH Encarnacion or bust.....just refer back to last night's game So we can fix our biggest problem by signing a proven power hitter. Hitters are usually not at risky as pitchers, especially DH's. Sooner we find out about Benintendi and Moncada, better equipped Sox will be to get rid of redundancy/blocked players for needs.

Moon, I get it....but what will it take? I respect your opinion.