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but if we're blaming breslow i dont want to get too greedy

See, I still dont think this was the team that Breslow intended to build. I still think its a team full of fall backs from failed moves. I think he intended to fix the OF logjam, keep Bregman and not sign 57 starting pitchers. But he cant execute. Had the heat in his hand but he couldnt shoot.

We cant take Juan Soto, even if we can get the mets to trade him for IKF and eat 50% his contract because we already have Masa!

We still play half the games on the road and unless we get the 1 seed are going to need to win some road playoff games at some point. I can give you having a team built bad for Fenway as A problem but I cant give you THE problem

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But I do appreciate how you didnt go harder against what this was responding to.

Elly De La Cruz, Oneill Cruz....A few other Cruz's that dont play the positions you list. Jordan Walker was almost a 3b. Would you trade IKF for JDub right now if you could only play Jdub at 3b? Chasing ideal defensive alignment is how you wing up needing a big bat but only being able to choose between Paredes and Durbin.

Good question, usually when I get called out for not listening , Ive stopped within the last 3 minutes, but what I dont get credit for is the 20 minutes of solid listening I was doing before that and the effort that took. It comes down to a negotiation over when I stopped listening. ANd how much time I owe her back.

My only concern with roster makeover is that Breslow should go first. And I understand a "but maybe the next guy will be worse" ....But Im pretty sure the next guy will be fully capable of matching Breslows last place results

One less noodle bat lying around.

I agree and also crying about Grissom is more of this "we have to be so efficient and suck every WAR out of every $$ to compete" philosophy. Its all built on faulty assumptions. Like okay, great, you have a very efficient roster and have plenty of payroll space.....Hooray Soto is a FA, do you really think that his options are going to be limited to the most efficiently built rosters? No, somebody who wants to win more than you is going to outbid you and just not care. There isnt an overflowing supply of great players that are gettable for market value rates. What we need to do is get away from the max efficiency models and the everything has to fit around what we already have fallacy. Start over. Get great players.

Its hard for me to blame fan expectations when its been objectively 'rough'

Just ditch Breslow before you "blow it up" otherwise we will be moving Yoshida/Story/Duran for pitchers and signing 3 more this offseason

The RS offer was $100/yr or thereabouts or are we drifting from conversing in good faith?

Ask for a top MLB prospect for Chapman. If we dont get it fine, still plenty of time. But maybe you get a fish.