Hugh2
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Paxton doesn’t stop you from getting 2 other pitchers. Actually I think you have too.
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Dodgers just signed Shelby Miller, Bloom must of infected the Dodgers somehow.
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I don’t mind your scenario and rolling the Dice with Verlander. Still have to resign Devers though, I think they may. Contrary to popular belief.
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Are we going for Verlander?
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They’re both fine at SS for a few more years, especially if they can hit. But Bogey will eventually have to move to 3B and Swanson to 2b
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Swanson has one of the weakest arms of all the short stops in baseball. He’s a second baseman in waiting.
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The thing is, they do sign stars, they’ll sign the prize star off the off-season and set the market, they just don’t do that every offseason
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Agreed, even the Dodgers don’t sign perineal mvp candidiases to play every position. People have equated the Sox poor financial decisions with a lack of desire to spend. This isn’t Tampa North
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Who says they can’t add more pitchers, including two starters?
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MVP makes a great point. Last weeks acquisition of Hoy Park illustrates it perfectly. 25 years ago nobody would even be taking about a guy who projects to sit on the AAA bench, but in 2022 there’s an article online about it and fans come foaming at the mouth about how Bloom is dumpster diving and use it to reinforce this belief that he’s turning us into Tampa North. Because Apparently big market teams aren’t supposed to field MiLB rosters
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Paxton is getting paid like a bench player, if he’s healthy the bar is insanely low for him to be worth that money. I’m fine that James exercises his option.
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I was going by MLBtraderumors projections, which aren’t that bad btw, they got Jose Abreus AAV of $20 spot on. Senga @15 Correa @32 Taillon @14 Brantley @12 I forget the rest, but it’s plausible
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That's my realistic wish list. My unrealistic wish list would be for Bogaerts/Judge/Contreras/Verlander/DeGrom Not that Bogaerts is unrealistic. But If I'm being realistically unrealistic then if I can spend big on Contreras/Judge lengthening the lineup elsewhere then I'm signing the homegrown talent to stay in Boston.
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Free agents, I would target: Correa/Brantley/Senga/Taillon/Jensen Line up VS RHP/LHP Brantley/Kike Correa/Correa Devers/Devers Casas/Story Hosmer/Casas Story/Verdugo Verdugo/Refsynder Kike/Dalbec McGuire/Wong Rotation: Sale. Senga. Taillon. Bello. Whitlock. Pivetta Bullpen: Paxton/Joley/Kelly/Barnes/Schreiber/Houck/Jensen. The above should keep you at around 88 million and allow you to reset the cap and net two picks. I suspect a pitcher or two isn't coming out of camp for one reason or another so I have Arroyo penciled in on the bench for the 26th man.
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Without a doubt Jose Abreu is going to steal two times the amount of bases in 2023 as he did in 2022.
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Given his age and his sharp decline on defense last year, one has to view him as a DH going forward. But he can still rake so that’s going to work out great for him. But given the way the roster is currently constructed I’d rather spend my beans on a position player who can hit
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Better not be the case is in, we failed to sign our top target? or better not be the case in....Why would Abreu be our #1 target?
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They'd have to be starting games to get there....which is why I said if those guys are getting more innings we are in trouble.
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This is my sentiment, all those signs either aren't that bad, too early to Judge (Story) or it's too early to tell. Paxton could easily make his contract worth it by having a decent 2023, doesn't even have to be great just good. Diekman sucked but we actually got something for him. Richards wasn't a great signing, but if ONLY he had signed Perez one year later.
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This is what I was thinking as I posted this. I could see one of those guys growing into a bullpen role, but in that scenario, I wouldn't envision them getting more innings. About the same or a little less. I don't think they're 8th 9th inning guys. I think they COULD be good 7th/6th inning arms.
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If we see more IP from Crawford or Winc it would be because one of them takes an unexpected leap forward or this team is in big trouble. But Whitlock, Houck, and Bello all have the chance to add more value in 2023 and if they can make a few good moves the pitching should be much better. Unfortunately, that shouldn't be too hard to do after 2022.
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It’s also a double whammy when the guys you did spend money on get hurt or underperform. It’s perfectly conceivable that a clean bill of health, some growth from the farm (Bello/Casas) and some good moves this off-season could quickly change things around. But one could be forgiven for being skeptical given the last few seasons.
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Exactly
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Yorke might still be on some peoples radar and top 100s. If he bounces back he’s easily a top 100 guy a lot of scouts still really believe in his bat
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So his “away from Coors field” OPS dropped 100 points, so obviously there’s a lot more than leaving Coors field going on here…..I dunno maybe he got off to a slow start and got injured? To me it’s blatantly obviously Story had a down year plagued by no offseason and injury. I don’t buy any other narrative. My only REAL concern is him not being past his injuries, continually being hurt, and being just as bad as last year. That’s a legit concern, and I see a decent chance of just that happening. Aside from the above, I expect Story to be much better in 2023….and better than Suzuki.