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Post by tookme55 on Apr 21, 2024 12:07:22 GMT -5
I am curious to see hiw Winckowski does today.
To date I don't believe he has pitched well. I would put brakes on extending him.
Extension talks should involve Kutter and Houck.
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Post by tookme55 on Apr 21, 2024 12:04:35 GMT -5
We are winning because of our starting pitching.
We give too much credit to Cora both for winning and losing.
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Post by tookme55 on Feb 13, 2024 8:52:42 GMT -5
Our OF looks set to me.
Same with our starting rotation. Just because the fans don't like it means nothing at this point.
I'm excited to watch all the new guys
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Post by tookme55 on Jan 22, 2024 17:23:40 GMT -5
81 I'm counting on energy from our young players.
I am okay with the wait and see.
Basically we have 4 players under contract for $75M going into 2025 season. Even with budget of $225M we have money to add. I strongly believe Sox are waiting to see which players are keepers this year.
It's unbelievable the years of team control we have on our players. 5 Wong 5 Casas 6 Grissom 5 Story 10 Devers 4 Yoshida 5 Duran 6 Abreu 6 Rafaela
At some point we will see our 3 studs
Then you have Bello 5 Kutter 5 Houck 4 Whitlock 6 Winckowski 5 Bernadino 6 The key for me is for the pitching staff to remain healthy from get go and see what we have. No more excuses for Whitlock.
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Post by tookme55 on Jan 21, 2024 15:52:09 GMT -5
2023 Budget $225M 2024 Budget said to be less than 2023
Please quit talking about Montgomery and Snell....pipedream.
Whitlock should be given another chance to start. My concern #1 is his health. If he breaks down then it's to the bullpen.
The poster that suggested Houck and Whitlock work their arm in AAA to start. Are you nuts?
Breslow has spoken. It's Bello, Giolito, Kutter, Pivetta and Houck/Crawford.
Move on.
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Post by tookme55 on Jan 17, 2024 2:50:05 GMT -5
A fun thing to do is to re-read the beginning of it. We were all so young then...
For the record, here's what I apparently wanted to do as of August 7th:
Yes, in the early days people expected that they would go up to the second threshold because... it's just money, no real cost at all! Now we are told to be grateful that they will go to the first tax line because everyone knows that's what they always do. Thanks John Henry!
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Post by tookme55 on Jan 11, 2024 14:55:23 GMT -5
My question is what am I to do? Quit being a Sox fan? I became a fa when I was 11.
Was it the Rangers just lost 100+ games 3 or 4 years ago? Things can change quickly.
I am excited for our young positional players. Maybe not all of them will succeed. So what? There aren't reinforcements?
If you can't build a winner with $225M then there's something wrong with baseball operations group.
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Post by tookme55 on Jan 11, 2024 8:32:59 GMT -5
See, this is why it's important for management to speak and answer questions, not just post happy talk on redsox.com. I don't know whether they've had a putrid off-season because I don't know what their goals were to start with. Maybe they are leaning heavily into '24 not being a GFIN season, so they're accumulating future assets and not tying up resources (money) that can be better spent once the team is ready to contend. I can see some wisdom in that. But I don't know if that's what they're doing. Winter Weekend is a chance to speak to the fans, just like a company's annual meeting is a chance to speak to the shareholders. CEOs don't check the stock price on the morning of the meeting and then decide not to show up to avoid guff. I don't think you can go out and say that it's a "non-competitive year" unless it is tanking levels of set in stone. Otherwise you risk impacting negotiations with free agents and team morale, and you also risk giving fans a reason to check out. And besides, I don't think that's been the plan any of the past few seasons, aside from perhaps 2020.
I don't think it's hard to understand what they're doing. It's been going on for five years now and has been discussed to death. This is basically the tail end of a big-market rebuild. We started off with a ton of dead money and negative-value contracts, a barren farm system, and and aging, mediocre team. The product has averaged out to pretty mediocre for the past four years, but now the farm system is really good and the roster has a lot more young guys with upside and many years of control left as a result. The payroll is much more efficient, which allows more more value at customary spending levels. (It would be a setback if Story and Yoshida don't produce this season, but they'll be the only could-be anchors left after this year when Sale's contract finally drops off.) All of these factors make it clear that the team is on the upswing. Breslow would basically have to commit general managerial malpractice for this team to not continue to improve over the next couple seasons at least.
Ideally there will never again be a full-send "GFIN" season or a non-competitive bust year. The goal (at least as stated throughout the rebuild under Bloom; I've heard nothing new since Breslow took over) is to be competitive year in and year out. That means maintaining a decent farm to keep up a steady influx of young talent, getting good value in free agency, and continuing to spend at least up to the tax line, and hopefully over 2 years out of 3 once the team is really good, as they've done in the past. It also means not pushing all your chips in just because of a few mediocre seasons and some antsy fans.
All we have to do is be patient and trust the process.
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Post by tookme55 on Jan 6, 2024 18:23:43 GMT -5
Little more patience is needed.
We are $45M under the cap and $33M if you want to use the $225M budget from last year.
Another starter will be added.
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Post by tookme55 on Jan 4, 2024 18:32:29 GMT -5
After winning the world series, the Braves have won close to 200 games but got knocked out twice in the playoffs.
They are looking for 'good Sale' to show up when it matters.
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Post by tookme55 on Jan 2, 2024 7:43:54 GMT -5
I don't think thinning out their bullpen is the best way to go. Houck, Winckowski, and Whitlock should be in the bullpen. We'll see which way they go. They've been in touch with Paxton, so he is certainly an option to come back, but they need somebody who can front the rotation for 170 innings or so. I wouldn't want to dip into Fitts or Criswell that quickly either. I hope you're wrong and the Sox are "buying" it. They need all the quality depth they can get. I'm with you that they need another top of the rotation guy who can give them ~170 innings. But I think Paxton is likely to get roughly $10 million/year, and I'm not convinced that he's any better than Pivetta or Crawford. Given that they have other options to start games in a pinch, I'm not sure I see the point of bringing him back. Breslow believes he is everyday 2B. I am in agreement with you.
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Post by tookme55 on Jul 3, 2023 8:49:32 GMT -5
To the poster wanting an upgrade in catching.
Wong is a good defender. He is under team control for 6 freakin years.
You really want to bench him?
Of all the needs we have, catching is not at the top of my list.
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Post by tookme55 on Jul 3, 2023 8:43:29 GMT -5
Again, not saying the Rangers would or should make that deal. I’m saying it’s the bar for what I would accept right now as the Sox. Asking if the Red Sox, winners of 4 World Series in the last 20 years and wanting to contend every year for the next 20 years, should/would trade prospects for a rental tells you nothing about what the Rangers should/would do. The Rangers (and the Senators) have never won a World Series. The Rangers are in first place and have a semi-huge payroll, and their third starter is Martin Perez. It makes sense for them to push in all their chips. To get a starter like Paxton, a LHP throwing up to 98, for his small pro-rated salary when they seem to be $6M under the tax limit (Cots), could be a great deal. The Padres have never won a World Series, and have been drunkenly spending money and assuring that their 2029 team will be eligible for Social Security, just to get a chance. It hasn't worked out yet, but you can understand why they were willing to do it.
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Post by tookme55 on Jul 3, 2023 8:38:03 GMT -5
For the Rangers Sox can sweeten the deal with Pivetta.
It's really too bad that Paxton won't get to pich vs the Rangers.
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Post by tookme55 on May 27, 2023 8:06:53 GMT -5
Cora loves Tapia. He will make it work
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Post by tookme55 on May 23, 2023 18:49:18 GMT -5
Bloom's not going to pay a utility player $20M, no way.
If he was in our future plans, we'd given him a multiple year deal. He's not in our 'core' group. He's a rental.
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Post by tookme55 on May 18, 2023 20:26:06 GMT -5
i do not want Bogaerts back either. Welcome to the board, Ben!
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Post by tookme55 on May 18, 2023 20:23:04 GMT -5
Speier says we sent the A's $75,000 for Pablo Reyes
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Post by tookme55 on Aug 21, 2022 10:46:14 GMT -5
I don’t get ESPN and won’t see this one. Does anyone know what this field looks like? Is it big, small? I worry a tiny bit about Pivetta and homers, so I hope it is a decent size.
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Post by tookme55 on Aug 21, 2022 10:19:11 GMT -5
"With the way Bogaerts season is going what are the odds he doesn’t opt out? I’d think it’s still likely he does, but I’m starting to think he’s not going to get much. At least nothing north of 200. Bogaerts could decline, or even be in it now but I think to some Extent this year is an anomaly. I believe he’s going to bounce back next year. He might be playing himself down to earning every penny of the contract he signs."
Finally someone with common sense. Some at 'other' sites have gone as far as $200M/6 year extension for Xander. He ranks 13th among SS with 9HR. He also ranks 10th in SS RBI with 49 despite hitting 3rd or 4th. I suggested he should be leading off with his high OBP.
We already have a $23M shortstop playing 2B. Spend $30M elsewhere. Add another $10M and sign Judge.
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Post by tookme55 on Aug 21, 2022 10:15:28 GMT -5
"I think Verdugo fits best in LF so they either trade him and extend Pham or they let Pham go, keep Verdugo in LF and get a badly needed power bat for RF."
Pham has a mutual option at $6M for 2023. I'm going to assume he wants to come back and Sox want him back. Buy out is $1.5M.
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Post by tookme55 on Jun 26, 2022 22:43:49 GMT -5
You are wrong my dear. If we finish 6th seed, we will play the #1 even if we win. You don't become the #3 by defeating the #3 seed. #4 or #5 seed will drop to #3 seed if Sox win as the #6 seed.
Google it. Memorize it.
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Post by tookme55 on Jun 26, 2022 22:42:00 GMT -5
3 1/2 up on 7 seed. I prefer 6th seed and get Central Champ. Then MFY’s. Instead of; Toronto, Houston and then MFY’s The 6th seed plays the Central Champ in the Wild Card round, but the winner of that round plays the #2 seed in the ALDS, which is likely Houston, not New York. If Toronto and TB takes the first and second wild card, they play each other in the wild card room and get the Yankees in the ALDS. So if the Sox get the #6 seed, they wouldn't face the Yankees until the ALCS. I'd rather see the Sox path of AL Central Champ/Houston/NYY to get to the Series as there's at least a chance the Yankees get knocked off by TB or Toronto prior to facing a Red Sox team that upsets Houston in the ALDS. I mean, if the Sox go down, I'd much rather it be at Houston's hands rather than the Yankees. If the Sox win, it's great to go through the Yankees to do it, but if the Yankees aren't involved, it's a lot less stress, and I can still enjoy championships that have nothing to do with the Yankees. 2007 and 2013 were still damn enjoyable.
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Post by tookme55 on Jun 25, 2022 14:42:58 GMT -5
Someone here is wrong on how playoff winners advance.
If Sox finish 6th, defeats the 3rd seed (Division winner with worst record), we do not become the third seed. We will still be the last seeded team and likely will face the Yankees.
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Post by tookme55 on May 22, 2022 10:19:59 GMT -5
Behind pay wall article states that Mata touched 100mph in recent throwing session (5/19/22). Sorry, no link. Good news though.
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