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  1. Hugh2
    Now do the other 29 teams, Sox offense is not good but there's a lot of s***** offenses out there.
  2. Hugh2
    So we are going to remain #3 in league projection. I still feel a lot better about this team and our chances in 2026 with Paredes.
  3. Hugh2
    There's your corresponding move for the Suarez deal.
  4. Hugh2
    Maybe, the Mets also recently put out a report that they're going to give Carson Benge every opportunity to earn a starting job in spring training. The kind of thing they might say if they're un-interested........also the type of thing they might say if they're actively in negotiations and posturing.
  5. Hugh2
    I think Toronto is done, but the Yankees might add Bellinger
  6. Hugh2
    Steamer projections now have the Sox with the #1 pitching staff in baseball, hitting not as good but they're still 7th overall. If Steamer projections came to fruition with 100% accuracy the Sox would be the 7th best team in all of baseball next year. The bad news is, there are 2 teams in the A.L. East still in front of them. If they make an honest move for an IF they will probably jump above the Yankees and slide in at 3 behind Toronto & LA
  7. Hugh2
    The Mets still may be looking to add more outfield help, after Soto and Robert in CF/RF Duran would still be a very big upgrade for them in LF
  8. Hugh2
    And Soxpayroll has them at $268.9. 3 conflicting reports, but they all seem to be hovering around that 270 mark so I think we can definitively say they're a few million above the 2nd threshold.
  9. Hugh2
    I think a better troll would have been to actually post the thread, because that's what this forum needs.......another thread talking about the same damn thing we talk about everywhere else. Side note, was looking up cash payrolls. Using spotrac.com, the Dodgers drop all the way down to #10 when it comes to cash payroll, behind the Chicago Cubs and the Boston Red Sox. FWIW the Sox as of right now will have the second highest cash payroll in 2030. Which I suppose just means we have more of our young talent locked up. If we wanted to have an actual conversation (cringe I know) on this forum about payroll and how it relates to Henry's "cheapness" Wouldn't we want to use Cash payroll (not LT payroll) BUT add in LT paid out? Honestly I don't care enough to do the math at the moment but I'd be willing to bet the Sox are still in that 8ish range. Although they might jump up if they make another signing (which I don't believe is coming)
  10. Hugh2
    This is the luxury tax thread. You want the "predicting C payroll" thread.
  11. Hugh2
    It's not like his .228/.298 when you add them in is too enticing. He literally does nothing else, he does the one thing everyone loves that comes with other good things 99% of the time. This is the exception. I'm not even sure why we are all talking about this. I think it's painstakingly obvious the Sox are done adding payroll. Suarez has the one skill teams vastly overpay for, I wouldn't be completely shocked if he gets 55/2 or 60/2 or something like that. Which is 30+12 minus draft picks for the Sox. That ain't happening.
  12. Hugh2
    Well the verdict is in, the Sox have spent and gone well above the first luxury tax threshold. Above the second luxury tax threshold actually.
  13. Hugh2
    A Moncada/Romy platoon would probably return similar value for a fraction of the cost. I still don't like it though
  14. Hugh2
    It literally makes zero sense at all. People just see that he hit a ton of home runs last year and that's it. It's like a horse race wearing his blinders that can't see anything else but that HR. HR are nice, and very important, but you have to see the forest for the trees as well.
  15. Hugh2
    Raffy is actually a great comp. He's Raffy but with even more swing and miss and less AVG/OBP. The only thing he has in common with Raffy is home runs and horrible defense.
  16. Hugh2
    Is he really that good though? I'm not saying he sucks he has amazing power but that's literally ALL he does. He hits home runs and that's it, and I think fans have a tendency to over value that. He's going to hit 30 HR's next year, that's like a home run once a week but he's going to be striking out every day and letting more balls through to his left every day. Sox went over the 2nd luxury tax threshold on pitching to go out and bring in a guy who has some of the leagues worse range at 3B???? we have a ground ball heavy staff. We can't ignore that his defense makes EVERY pitcher on our team just a little worse. I'd rather pay a much steeper premium and go for a bat that can also play defense or just go with Parades. I've been wrong before, but I do not believe the Sox invested $34 million on a ground ball pitcher to bring in a guy who is even older and among the worse at fielding ground balls.
  17. Hugh2
    not at all, I just wish more people understood this as you do, and that it comes from both sides.....as they say "it takes two to tango" working out trades isn't easy.
  18. Hugh2
    The problem could be us, some teams might be offering us a haul but we might not like those players.
  19. Hugh2
    E Suarez is probably by far the worse decision this team could make to fill in the infield hole.
  20. Hugh2
    Exactly...
  21. Hugh2
    The way I look at it is if we trade Duran we are likely upgrading our roster/defense but downgrading the lineup. It's not that Duran is bad at defense, it's just that the guys you mentioned are so good, and he would bring back value (Ideally) up the middle in the infield. But you're also subtracting him from a lineup that already needs addition not subtraction. Of course, this is all avoidable by just keeping him. It's perfectly plausible to DH him and/or rotate him between DH/OF and trade pitching for an infielder. This does create a roster dilema with Yoshida, but we are kind of there with him already so its like.....whatever. Despite the roster crunch, I kind of like the ideal of keeping all 4 outfielders. The concept of trading a 4-5 War outfielder for a 2-3 war infielder doesn't sit well with me, even if that means we should command more than just a Paredes (type) in a trade. It might make sense, to trade Duran for prospects, and put together an entirely different package for an infielder (assuming you still need to move an OF),
  22. Hugh2
    I mean, the Dodgers picked up guys we DFA'd back when we sucked.
  23. Hugh2
    The Dodgers will spend more money in payroll taxes next year than at least 12 MLB teams actual payrolls.
  24. Hugh2
    To be fair, we are 6th in payroll. I'm glad to see them go over, it would be silly not to this year as the luxury tax is almost certain to reset for all teams next year.
  25. Hugh2
    Yeah, I mean I get it, people want the big names, but the reality is they're pretty much going to LA or NY and that's it. But I think it's about how they spend it. The Dodgers might go out and get the nice shiny toy everyone wants for $50 million, while the Red Sox will go out and get two $20 million dollar men instead. When one of those guys falters....it looks bad. But calling them cheap is just a lazy argument. I can't throw too much shade, as I've been very critical of the front office at various times this offseasons. To SOME extent I think that's just the length of the mlb offseason. It's absurdly slow, much unlike the other sports where free agency is pretty much one week. MLB should try to do the same thing. But if they go out and add a good infielder, I'd have a hard time criticizing this offseason.
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