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  1. Nick
    I believe Moon suggested we may want to trade Crawford. The upside may be great for this newly formed rotation but I would caution against trading anyone at this point. No one has confirmed that Giolito will be ready to go on day 1. Too many fragile arms to worry about thinning out the ranks. Based on innings pitched history along with lengthy injury report on this group, it would seem we should consider a six man rotation. That maybe what's coming down the load.
  2. Nick
    Cot's now has the Sox $36M below the luxury tax payroll limit. Sign a big right handed bat and then move on? We'll have $51M coming off the books after 2025 so we can continue to add one year 'rehab' contracts while we look for another diamond in the rough starting pitcher off of our minor league teams.
  3. Nick
    I can't tell you how disgusted I am with this. What's the upside for paying almost $20M for this guy? You mean to tell me we couldn't have added another high level bullpen guy for 2 years at $20M? Bres can go to hell.
  4. Nick
    Yankees at $260M and still looking to add. Sox are at $176M, trying to eek out $3M-$5M wins on 6 figure contracts for FA.
  5. Nick
    I thought the goal was to win the Division. Signing Bregman and Burnes would go long ways in making the Sox faithful back in the fold. Do it John. We'll be right at they cusp of the luxury tax payroll with these two signings. Just week ago JH was going to throw $700M at Soto. All of the sudden, we're done after dishing out $10M to Chapman? Unfreaking real.
  6. Nick
    Let's hope Sox don't stop playing ball this winter. Crochet is a start. We need to see a right handed bat, a reliever and maybe another starter.
  7. Nick
    Only thing I can figure out about the Orioles is that they will have 16 arbitration eligible players at the end of 2025. They have about 10 this year. Are they afraid that payroll is going to get hit with higher arb numbers in two years?
  8. Nick
    I like to see us go ahead and sign Bregman. Then wait out the Mariners and get one of their young pitchers. It may take Casas plus Abreu. It just brings clarity into our future. Want to improve defense? Move Devers to 1B or to DH. That opens up spot in the OF for Anthony. Keep good defensive centerfielder in Rafaela. Campbell should be our future 2B. I'd even think about adding another right handed bat with some power. We'd still have Mayer as a backup at short for our injury prone Story. Add another bullpen help. Wong, Campbell, Hamilton, Mayer, Devers, Rafaela, Anthony and Duran all with at least 4 years of team control. We're still $65M under the cap.
  9. Nick
    Does that mean we get Bregman? Looks like Houston received a 3B in exchange.
  10. Nick
    Anthony, Campbell and Mayer are all expected to 'arrive for mlb' sometime during 2025. I hope to see both Anthony and Campbell in early May. Think about that. We have Rafaela under team control for 7 years, Abreu and Hamilton for 5 years and Duran, Wong and Casas for 4 years. That's in addition to our top 3 prospects who will have 6+ years control left if brought up sometime in May. Some of you are worried that we gave away 4 prospects to get a possible #1 starter? I really don't understand that logic.
  11. Nick
    The bottom line is much analysis went into making the trade for Crochet, giving up 4 prospects including Teel. It would be difficult for me to believe NOW the FO is cautious about extending this guy. As far as I'm concerned, JH jumped in with both feet when the trade happened. I would hope that we extend the guy. Obviously there's never a sure thing but by trading away 4 good prospects, our front office has shown its hand.
  12. Nick
    I hope we don't half ass this..........we're so close now. It just takes willingness to spend some money like they said they would....we'll see.
  13. Nick
    Crochet is estimated to add only $3M to our payroll. John Henry is probably doing backflips. The key is not to slow down. We're still close to $65M under the cap. There were indications that we didn't mind going over the first luxury tax hurdle. We need to improve our defense and add right handed bat(s). The lineup you've outlined above would be great. I love having Anthony and Campbell in the mix already. You then have Mayer as a backup to Story. Rafaela becomes the super sub. Playing many games without having a starting position. Add a bullpen help and this looks like a playoff contender. (and more importantly a team that I would watch)
  14. Nick
    GIVE THE MAN HIS MONEY! HE WON FAIR AND SQUARE.
  15. Nick
    Well he does remind me of a quarterback that won't get down. He insists on putting his shoulder to the tackler when running. It's just a matter of time before he's hurt again. Count on it.
  16. Nick
    We should assign fWAR to the ownership group each year based on signings and trades. John Henry's numbers have come down recently. No longer in consideration for Hall of Fame.
  17. Nick
    This winter is much more interesting than last winter......it appears Sox have decided "it's go time, NOW."
  18. Nick
    Will any of this matter if the Mets owner is willing to say "we'll top any offer by $50M?" Perhaps Soto will figure out that $50M over 14 years isn't a big deal if he really wants to play elsewhere. What I hope is No to Dodgers and the Yankees, they already have plethora of stars. No to the Blue Jays. Who wants to play in Hockey country? No to the Mets. They will always be second fiddle to the Yankees, soon or later.
  19. Nick
    I think it's incredible that we picked up Roman Anthony and Kristian Campbell from the supplemental draft when both Eovaldi and Xander became free agents and moved on. I would bet that both Anthony and Campbell will surpass Eovaldi and Xander in any common metrics you come up with over the course of their careers starting in 2023. I jumped the gun and said "what the hell?" when Pivetta was offered the qualifying option. Considering what we gave up in exchange to acquire Pivetta and that we only paid him accumulatively $16M for his 107 starts, we gotta pretty good return on the investment. You throw in the supplemental draft pick, Pivetta was a good investment.
  20. Nick
    I'd fire Bres.
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  22. Nick
    Getting back to Casas. I would wait another year to trade Casas, if at all. We'd be trading Casas at lower value than same time last year. I would expect him to have much better year in 2025. At the conclusion of 2025, he's still be under team control for 3 years. That's enough time to get back a decent starter, again assuming he has a break out year. Why is everyone so low on him?
  23. Nick
    I'm wondering why we haven't moved others to middle of the rubber. Surely an analysis exists to extrapolate success/failure rate for each pitcher if they change their release point relative to the rubber.
  24. Nick
    Five more years of team control on Justin Slaten. I hope he can continue his success. Always a crap shoot with relievers.
  25. Nick
    Maybe we should consider this 2024 3.3M 41, 527 per game 2023 3.1 M 37, 686 per game 2022 2.3M 28,108 per game 2024 1.5M 18,715 per game The attendance has increased steadily over his 4 years. From 2007 to 2013, Phillies drew 3M+ fans. They had 5 first place finishes from 2007-2011.
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