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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Looking ahead to actually compete again in the AL East, would it be too lofty a goal this offseason to prepare an entire roster of big leaguers to travel to Toronto in 2023?
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The Red Sox starting outfield this year has 18 HRs... total.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Conforto has more to prove, but you're right; he may have to accept less to do it -- which may make him more attractive to the Boston spenders this winter.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    A professional hitter once coveted by Boston, still getting it done... it would be worth it, not to have to watch him crush Red Sox pitchers any more.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    One ex-player turned media member (cough, Merloni) says the Sox should target these guys: Cron or Abreu for RH DH/1B, Conforto and/or Nimmo (depending whether Pham returns), Rodon for top of the rotation, get a closer, and keep X and Raffy, of course. If you're already over the tax limit, might as well be good.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... or Hamilton or Binelas? When can a trade be definitively evaluated as bad or good? When all the players exchanged have retired, so we can compare their final stats? The discussion was about how brutal the Renfroe trade was this year, and I added that we've had twice as long to reflect on the players exchanged in the Benintendi trade (and we're talking actual bodies, not how the savings on his albatross $3M was subsequently reinvested, whether it was on office supplies or grooming for Wally). A lot of fans view the Mookie trade less favorably after watching Jeter Downs completely flail in his big league debut this summer. But did you see the assist Connor Wong had the other night to cut down a runner at the plate on a wild pitch? It was an amazing 50-foot back-hand line drive toss to Strahm covering. Wong could very well split catching duties for the '23 Sox, then we'd have two regulars in the line-up from the same trade.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If you're going to argue that, then Binelas and Hamilton have 12 years left combined, right?
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    And yet, the Benintendi trade is overlooked by some as what it is: an abject failure (remember, this discussion is about the players exchanged in trades). if you look at the return for Beni -- so far, because there are minor leaguers who haven't made it yet, just like in the JBJ deal... ... the two guys who have made the majors, Cordero and Winckowski, are both negative WAR players -- or by definition, below the value of replacement players. There's Franchy, -0.7 in '21 and -0.3 in '22 for the Sox, and Josh, -0.3 in '22. Posters can argue that Beni was worthless in his last 14-game summer in Boston... but not worth less, since he was only -0.1 in 2020. Since then, Beni has made an All-Star team, won a Gold Glove and posted 3.0 POSITIVE WAR. It doesn't matter if you liked Andrew or not, that trade was also a flop.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You're right; no one should make the majors if he can't play major league defense. But I'm beginning to think that most posters who were willing to give Duran a chance were old guys like me, who grew up assuming every kid dreamed of being a big leaguer, and at least played every day, all summer... and got kazillion reps on basic fundamentals -- like judging a ball in the air. But we know that's not true anymore, not this century, or even in the 90s and 80s. Question is: do all modern organizations struggle promoting not-ready-for-D-time minor leaguers like Franchy or Duran? Not-an-Answer: at least Cordero sacrificed himself running into a wall, instead of Duran staring at the wall -- which he will never live down in Boston... and probably needs to be traded for his own sake.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    He was voted top defensive first baseman in the IL this year.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    These guys should be first on Bloom's list of offseason acquisitions. Didn't he have a three-year waiting period for recruiting other Rays' employees when Tampa agreed to let the Sox hire him? Time's up, get the people in place first for the rebuild... And Henry should be able to buy them all, since no exec salaries factor into the tax threshold!
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'd keep Casas and Rafaela. Defense is the first way back to respectability, and both are highly-regarded defenders who could be regulars in Boston a year from now. Reynolds can rake, but is also a below-average centerfielder; we've seen enough of that -- but he'd have to move to left in Fenway. Here's an alternative (also accepted) for Reynolds: Crawford, Duran, Houck and Yorke. That's a pretty good prospect haul for the Pirates for one decent bat.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Wacha will get multi-year offers because he's not an ace; he'll be an attractive alternative to teams that don't want to spend $20+ million AAV on a starter. But for a guy over 30 with recent injury history, taking a QO of $18M for one year instead of say, accepting double that for three, defies logic. Wacha may never again have the earning power he has this winter, which will set up him and his family for life. Turn down $35 to $40 million dollars when another nagging injury could appear at any time? This is not some postadolescent stud like Soto or Tatis... Eovaldi is in a similar situation, but with a worse injury history. Someone is bound to still offer him a two-year deal. If Bloom is only offering QOs, it may affect the number of suitors because of clubs averse to losing a draft pick, but they're both good enough to sign multi-years somewhere... ... which leaves Boston in need of three new starting pitchers for next year, as stated in today's Boston Globe (or in a previous post here last week: in search of #1, #2, #3, to go with Bello and Pivetta).
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I keep thinking back on your Rule 5 eligibles, guys that won't be added to the 40.... move them or you lose them.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Regarding Wacha -- the past three years he took one-year contracts for three different teams, and this season finally set himself up for longterm stability somewhere. 1) Why would he'd accept a QO, when a big league club somewhere will undoubtedly offer him a multi-year? 2) The only reason the Sox would offer him a QO is to get a draft pick when he signs elsewhere, unless they really only want him for one more year... but 3). Isn't Wacha the type of established starter Bloom would covet for rotation stability to help right the ship, say for the next three seasons: 30 years old with a market value less than top-of-the-rotation-starters?
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Are fans not standing for it what makes them crybabies in others' eyes? Fans will still go to games, but if the product on the field sucks, we have every right to boo, leave early, and certainly call talkshows to whine, and type complaints to online reports, articles and on forums. Writers, columnists and talking heads, in turn, echo the general feelings of the fanbase, and generate their own gripes if the team they're covering blows. Posters here realize that we're not average fans. The average Sox fan doesn't dissect the Mookie trade every month for the past three years, but still views it as a crime against Red Sox Nation. The average fan just sees that he's still great, LA's in first again, and Boston is dead last again. The average fan may still take the family to an annual game at Fenway, but nobody except a diehard watches NESN when the Red Sox are in the cellar in September. Even some of us tune out -- or just go to sleep -- half-way through bad games.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But that also shows you how much LA valued and wanted Mookie. Might as well tack on the $48 to his longterm contract that they obviously had every intention of offering him... and make it a $400+ million dollar investment. A club willing to go that all in on one player wouldn't eventually cave to complete the trade and throw in one pitching prospect?
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Either combo presents an outfield to play a big league game. But neither completes a World Series contender. Who is going to hit 30 home runs? The Red Sox need a serious upgrade in the batting order, especially without replacing Renfroe or Schwarber (Story isn't as good as both combined), and the real-time/impending loss of JD's power bat. And since most of us suspect Bloom won't be spending big for a full-time DH, somewhere in the outfield seems like the place to add that production.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If not, it's on somebody's clipboard. It would be irresponsible and unbelievable if a front office just built teams year to year and didn't consider who was projected to join a roster and even start in the near future... especially with an eye on the budget. As many posters continually point out here, GMs can't just throw bundles of cash at players every time they need to fill positions... particularly not if there's a cheaper alternative coming soon. The Sox re-signed Kike for just one more year. Does that in any way imply he'll be part of Bloom's "core of sustained contenders?" Or might he be using Kike to keep the position warm for Cedanne Rafaela?
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You don't think the front office has whiteboards in their conference room with projected starting line-ups for the next five years? That doesn't mean they won't maybe trade Mayer in a package for Tatis, with the intent of moving him back to shortstop for the next decade, as long as he agrees to a contract amendment not to ride dirt bikes when infected with ringworm. But I hope not.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    1. Story's staying at second. If Bogey leaves, it doesn't make sense for a guy like Bloom to pay big money for a new shortstop, when his top prospect can be a minimum wage fixture there in a year or two. Stop-gaps will be used in the meantime: Kike, Arroyo ("his bat plays"), Iglesias, etc... It's just like first base and Casas. Young player, minimum wage. How many times does Bloom have to say any moves "have to make cents for the franchise." 2. Verdugo stays in RF, unless Henry sells a fleet of yachts and signs Judge. Verdugo has proven he has the arm and can play RF in Fenway. A free agent power hitter can learn the Wall in LF.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Mmmm... wondering if Kike is also SS insurance if X opts out and leaves. Cora has played both Kike and Arroyo at short -- and not Story -- when Bogey rested. With Kike in CF and Verdugo in RF, the free agent budget could also be used for two more bats -- LF and DH. Then the rest of the spending can be devoted to pitching, pitching, pitching. Two reasonably priced candidates may be Brantley and Haniger. Mancini, as a RH-hitting 1B option, as well as part-time LF, more-time DH, would be ideal... except his price tag may be a lot higher, and it's doubtful Houston would let two starters go to Boston.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    And he might get more. No posters establish the market. Remember when some here were convinced there was "no way possible" Bradley could ever make what the Sox paid him in free agency? And then Milwaukee paid him more.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Current market value. I didn't create Spotrac, just citing it. I'm not saying I agree with all their numbers: Verlander and deGromm over $40 AAV, Wainwright over $35, Kershaw and Rodon $31 AAV. A sustained contender might like to add Eovaldi to its staff -- an All-Star last year who led the league in FIP, and knocked off the Yankees in two different postseasons.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Sounds great for Wacha, but where does that leave Eovaldi on the market? At a couple years older, can he realistically expect at least his previous AAV of $17M... say 3 for $51? Gotta expect any good agent to ask 3 for $60, right? At what point does Bloom walk away -- or has he already (remember, he didn't trade Nate at the deadline)? edit: Bassitt is actually older than Eovaldi, and Spotrac's 2023 MLB Free Agent Tracker projects his AAV at just over $20, with Nate just under $20
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