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  1. Hugh2
    O'Neill likely accepts.
  2. Hugh2
    In another world perhaps, but this team is obviously operating on some kind of budget. And 21 million to O'Neill is a lot of money when the pitching staff needed more help and the outfield was presumably set.
  3. Hugh2
    People forget how good Dan Duquette was (the original DD). He largely assembled that 2004 team, and if it wasn't for MLB they probably would have won sooner. In 1994 Duquette had all of Sammy Sosa, John Wetteland, and Kevin Appier signed but MLB nixed those deals. Without those deals that team finished 1st the next year. With them, they had a better chance in 95 and 98 to bring titles to Boston. Dan tried to win.
  4. Hugh2
    Yes, they're willing to pay down his contract, because they're going to maximize salary relief, making a trade for Yoshida highly unlikely. Two teams looking for a salary dump is not a great fit.
  5. Hugh2
    The problem is their reasoning for trading Arenado is shedding payroll. Taking back Yoshida pretty much nullifies this.
  6. Hugh2
    agreed.
  7. Hugh2
    yes
  8. Hugh2
    At the end of the day what's done is done. If you could remove Raffy from 3B and replace him with a gold glove caliber defender, would you not? because the Sox are allegedly front runners to sign such player.
  9. Hugh2
    Right, and that projection is based off of how those 162 games play out. So arguing about how those 162 games might actually play out is 100% the argument.
  10. Hugh2
    Fwar projections are based off of what a guy will have accumulated by seasons end. lol
  11. Hugh2
    I also wouldn't be surprised if Casas morphed into an above average defender at 1b. He's also going to be happier not moved. I know what was said, but I think would play out a lot less ugly if you're moving Devers to DH over Casas. He's fighting for a future payday, while Devers is already locked up. I'd place my money on Casas putting the work in there to improve and Devers putting the work in to be an elite hitter at DH.
  12. Hugh2
    How can you have a snapshot about "projected war" in a snapshot of time? Fwar is accumulated over the course of a season.
  13. Hugh2
    By all accounts Casas was a good prospect who profiled to have good defense at first, then struggles in his limited time in the majors and he’s been demoted to not only never going to get better, but some guy who’s never played the position is going to be better than you in two weeks? sorry, I don’t most people are going to buy that. let Raffy focus on hitting, he’s already paid. Let the youngster learn his craft.
  14. Hugh2
    No offense, but that's a pretty far out assumption. By all accounts Casas should be able to get better. He's young, and a student of the game. People assume anyone can learn first base but you're taking a guy who has never done it and assuming he will be better in a few weeks? I don't think so. I'd put more money on Casas improving than Devers learning in a couple weeks. I don't subscribe to the whole babying of players. If Devers couldn't hit as good at DH because of the phycology of not playing the field and having his feelings hurt he never should have been extended. I actually think most MLbers are not like that at all.
  15. Hugh2
    Something tells me they won't. All hints point to him at 2nd base. But the team is much better if they explore dumping Yoshida and moving Devers to DH and plug Bregman in at 3B. Breaking up is hard to do.
  16. Hugh2
    Yes but realistically there's going to be a bottom of the roster that does throughout the season as guys add their war over 162 games not day 1. If the first guy off the roster is a net positive, he'll be one of the first ones up with better depth anyways. I don't think it's as simple as saying Romy Gonzalez gets the boot and he plays zero games and adds no value. He's projected to get 288 at bats. Whether or not he starts the year in Boston might not have much of an effect on that.
  17. Hugh2
    Sox also had 8 position players in 2024 who had negative WAR. Having more up the middle guys and better depth should mean at least one less of those guys.
  18. Hugh2
    IF the Sox end up signing Bregman it will certainly be interesting. I wonder how much more value he adds to the team playing 3B moving Devers to DH than he does just playing 2nd?
  19. Hugh2
    The Dodgers are trying to win like a cop tries to take out a bad guy by pumping em full with 567 bullets
  20. Hugh2
    I know, which is why I said "IF" I'm just purely going on their floor/ceiling grades. Soto is the 5th prospect in the system to have 7 grade on the ceiling. Now he can obviously climb a lot or fall based on how he performs this year....and next.
  21. Hugh2
    Except they did sign Soto
  22. Hugh2
    ALLEGEDLY they outbid LA for Scott but Tanner chose LA. Some might say that's what the front office is leaking to save face. I dunno, I'm not sure what they're saving from whom at this point. The common denominator is the same. Boston is no longer a destination place to sign for a lot of players. John Henry's apathy to winning and spending money has done horrible damage to the franchise in recent years. There's real value in winning, even if you don't have the best team in baseball. The thing that sucks, is even if we are lucky enough to build back and lets say we're blessed with a 2028 world series team. What are the odds John Henry rips apart that team too?
  23. Hugh2
    They have Soto at 30th
  24. Hugh2
    No he shouldn't, but Prices contract with inflation would be 255 million. While the truth is still cloudy, its' implied that Bregmans market is thin and he's probably going to be one of those guys who should have taken the extension. Even if that's not 100% accurate I doubt he's getting anything close to $255 million, I doubt he even comes very close to $200. Breslow knows the only other bidders out there are Detroit and Toronto. No one wants to go to Toronto, and Detroit is probably the worse ballpark for his bat. With Campbell waiting in the wings and other depth options such as Grissom, Hamilton, Rafaela, and Mayer I highly doubt Boston is going to bid against themselves. I'm not saying Boston is going to sign Bregman, but I feel fairly confident that if they do, it will be for significantly less than 200 million. Call it something in the 100-140 range.
  25. Hugh2
    their rankings, or most peoples rankings aren't exactly power rankings. I understand why a lot of people have a very hard time ranking anyone so young and unchallenged by any kind of pro ball so high. But I also get that some people may weigh upside more than others. If it was purely a ranking based on ceiling, one could extrapolate that Soto could be as high as 5th in the Sox system.
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