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It’s not about blowing past the tax line as much as it’s about being able to get under. Even LA resets, and I speculate they’re going to this year. That takes them out of the running for Correa I believe. Sox could hypothetically sign Correa, a pitcher, extend Devers, and reset next year. They do t have to this year, and they’ll have another 70 million to spend next year (minus contractual commitments taking them over this year)

Not that Henry wants too, but they could easily sign Correa and sign a pitcher and resign Raffy, and be in a position to STILL reset the luxury tax next year.

If you wanna see him hit

Maybe, but I think the Yankees will try to reset next year.

Well….there’s Correa. Plug up SS and the middle of your lineup. Conforto would be perfect if he was RH, still I like him better than Brantley on a 1 year deal

aside from a seismic shift in strategy, Devers is your LAD starting 3B in 2024.

I take this back, I was stuck on this years FA class and was thinking about Senga not Ohtani

My biggest knock on Swanson was his arm, but it's not like he can't pick it at SS. He's probably fine at SS for at least another couple years. I liked Correa/Bogaerts because I saw them as guys who could eventually move to third but Swanson could probably easily shift over to 2nd in a couple of years when we are ready to hand the keys over to Mayer. However there's only one problem here, the Sox are likely not signing Swanson. That's fine if they replace Bogey's bat elsewhere and get a stop gap SS in the mold of my above post. But with Xander gone there's so much pressure to resign Devers. If Bloom can't resign Devers, I think a WS berth is the only thing on earth that could keep him here in Boston.

Not signins Xander was a bummer, but before that....has it really been a bad offseason? Would like to see them add to the rotation and they probably will. I don't think the Sox go this route. But, if they ended up signing a starter and Correa or Swanson, how do we feel about his team after that? If they add Correa/Eovalid/Senga and look at the other additions wouldn't you feel a heck of a lot better going into 2023? Personally, I think they're going to go for Segura or Andrus to plus up SS for a few years until Mayer is ready, and use the rest of their AAV on a starter, and one of Brantley/Conforto. Would prefer a RHH but, unless you're going big at SS I don't see that happening. Brantley would give you a guy who could play some OF but will DH a lot and give you a high OBP, he can lead off if Yoshida struggles out the gate, and if Yoshida is the real deal you have a strong 1-2 high OBP at the top of your lineup. Something we haven't had in a while. But that lineup is going to struggle vs. LHP too. I think Bloom has a few more tricks up his sleeve. I'm not saying they're great tricks, but the offseason isn't over and he's going to plug the holes with something. Intriguing or garbage. A trade could shock us.

But we could overpay for other guys? I don't buy theres no chance the Sox land Ohtani, but....I don't think it's likely. maybe a 5-10% chance.

It’s not not a boras move. He the money early in his career for security. The opt out allowed to get him $280 million. That’s why the opt out was there, him and Boras ain’t dumb. Which is why I feel it was always a forgone conclusion he was going to FA. There no way he was resigning in Boston unless the paid the “buy now price” It’s a good strategy if you’re reading the market right. If the reports that Bogey would have taken $160/$170 from Boston a year ago are correct then Boston is wrong. They misread the market and totally effed this up.

I'm keeping Houk, we've seen what Bloom ad to spend to try and get this pen right, and he could have spent a lot more if he wanted to go after the premium closers. Houck may be a closer or set up man in waiting, and he's young and cost controlled. I'm keeping him.

I love it

Maybe, they're still going to spend 60 million and blow past it next year if they do.

That would be more delusional than Bogaerts offer.

SD got their guy, NY signed Judge, Philly and DD got their guy. and it's looking like LAD is going to reset the cap this year. Our biggest competition is the Twins. MAYBE Chicago. If we want in on the bidding for Correa. I'd imagine Minn already has a 10.300 on the table for him

Because they currently have about 60+ million AAV to spend before they're hitting the luxury tax line. That's a plausible 3. I could see them going Andrus on the cheap and getting a better pitching duo.

I didn't realize he was a conspiracy theorist. I'm going to have to look that up, trusting you're right here that is a hard pass for me.

Your last sentence was “all of them” That’s not all of them.

Nimmo was on my early offseason wish list, but the more I thought about it, the more I hated it. Not sure 168:8 gets it done. I’m not sure $6 million is enough to take him away from NY. We saw Judge leave $40 million on the table. Nimmo. Who is 30 next year, has played in over 100 games twice. He gets injured, and has a skill set that looks poised to age like Jacoby Ellsbury.

Breaking news. Scouts have different opinion on ball player.

Why stop at not keeping our home grown talent. We can start trading our future stars before they even reach the majors!!!!! Mayer, Bleis, Yorke, Rafaela, Mata. Ship em all out for Reynolds and Murphy, snd. #2. Hey. It be a decent team next yeat

I'm not 100% opposed to guys opting out at 30. Get them for 2-3 more years of their prime in their 30's and let someone else pay for their late 30's. of course, this would be fine if the Sox actually retained some talent, which they don't. And when they do, it's the wrong guy (lately)

If the Sox don’t plan on going big on a guy like Correa, they should prioritize a guy like Andrus for a 2 year stop gap at short stop. Invest in Brantley or Conforto for a OF\DH bat and add another starter. Not a bad off-season, but not lo king up Bogey stings.

The opt out might have been the only reason Bogey did the contract. There has to be two sides to an agreement. Look at what players are getting, sometimes guys are just dead set on going to the market, and we as fans somehow think the team can always stop that. If teams could do that, free agency would barely exist.