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Post by tookme55 on Aug 15, 2021 17:07:33 GMT -5
Sox drafted Schwarber's classmate at IU so they know him well.
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Post by tookme55 on Jul 25, 2021 15:39:41 GMT -5
I believe Houck sees himself as a starter no matter what anyone else here thinks.
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Post by tookme55 on Jul 15, 2021 12:06:57 GMT -5
ERod might be pitching for his trade value here. I can't imagine how this club would be in a position to trade a starting pitcher... I would prefer we sign E Rod to a team friendly deal. We can always trade him later if we have enough pitching options post 2021.
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Post by tookme55 on Jul 3, 2021 17:24:25 GMT -5
Cot's Baseball Contracts in my opinion is the gold standard of player payroll and luxury tax payroll.
We're current under $4.5M so in theory, we can acquire a player with $12M salary with no money exchanging hands. Said player's payroll cost to Red Sox would be 1/3 (approximately) of $12M or $4M. See how that works?
Only problem with Cot's number is they have no value assigned to Santana even though he signed for $1.75M.
I'll shoot him an e-mail. He actually responds. Maybe it'll get corrected. I'm wondering if there's confusion as to how much he is owed due to injury before the season.
I'll check the signing date and the injury date. Maybe that'll explain the issue.
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Post by tookme55 on Jun 7, 2021 6:20:24 GMT -5
That LaMahieu contract. Yeesh. Lol. NYY is collecting bad contracts: Stanton LaMahieu Hope they resign Judge Let’s not forget Ellsbury A-Rod LaMahieu has also turned into a singles hitter, not what you want from a 6 year, $90M guy. 7 more years of Stanton? Ouch. Yankees will not let Judge go and he will require mega dollars. No thanks.
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Post by tookme55 on Jun 3, 2021 6:08:21 GMT -5
Just what you want in your leadoff hitter. I think he leads the league in intangibles though. Best line I've heard in weeks... Cora declared to the world Kiké was his leadoff guy despite not having leadoff at all previously, oh wait, that's because he was a utility player for the Dodgers. Now Cora will not move Kiké down in batting order even though he's hurting the team by not doing so. Did Cora ever ask Kiké if Kiké was comfortable leading off?
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Post by tookme55 on May 30, 2021 23:57:16 GMT -5
David Ortiz was not getting the largest contract as a DH.
Rafael Devers will be the next prize free agent to be for Red Sox.
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Post by tookme55 on May 29, 2021 9:30:11 GMT -5
And don't forget the $15M tab picked up by the Dodgers for Price.
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Post by tookme55 on May 28, 2021 17:54:06 GMT -5
Looks like Fenway has about 20 minute window before rain sets in.....all night.
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Post by tookme55 on May 22, 2021 15:28:26 GMT -5
Nothing to do with the series but I thought Noah Song was graduating from flight school in May and was to re-apply for exemption from his military commitment. Has anyone have any updates on this pitcher?
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Post by tookme55 on Feb 11, 2021 13:27:28 GMT -5
Spending like a small market team?
Let's get to 40,000 ft. We have $53M in non productive payroll as we begin the season, that's 25% of our payroll (Pedey, Price and Sale).
It's unfair to put that on Bloom. He's doing a good job. We're rebuilding. He's trying to build a sustainable playoff contender.
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Post by tookme55 on Jun 9, 2019 11:35:32 GMT -5
JD will not opt out after 2019. He'll still be making $23.750M in 2020. In 2021, his salary drops to $19.375M. It seems more likely that he'll opt out after 2020.
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Post by tookme55 on Jun 9, 2019 11:30:44 GMT -5
Betts continues to disappoint. No one wants to talk about it. Good thing we didn't extend him. He is not a once a life time player like Mike Trout. At some point, JBJ needs to be evaluated for entire skill set and not just on defense. He's feeding off everyone else's offense. Each player has to be accountable and for an outfielder, that includes his offense.
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Post by tookme55 on Jun 9, 2019 11:26:56 GMT -5
Why the reluctance to start Mike Shawrayn? He's been called up for how many days? If I'm Sox, I'd see how many other 'chavis' spark is out there. Sox needs help. Quit starting mediocre retreads. Doing same thing over and over will not produce different outcome.
I'm glad to see Marco get the early opportunity. I think he's our 2B next year.
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Post by tookme55 on Apr 26, 2019 8:09:42 GMT -5
I'd like to see Chatham get some time in the OF. How do we position following players? Devers Chavis Chatham Dalbec SS is Xander's. I am intrigued by having a power bat play 2B. I think Chavis can be adequate 2B defensively. Gold Glover? Absolutely not. A guy with 30 HR pop at 2B is great upgrade. To me Dalbec at 3B and Devers to 1B make more sense. I'm guessing fielding is a draw at best but throwing across the diamond edge goes to Dalbec. With that, I would move Chatam to LF. Move Beni to CF and trade JBJ. He simply struggles too much at the plate. I’m curious as to what makes you think he can even play the outfield. Chatham is a shortstop. A reasonably good defensive one. I’m all for positional versatility, but the idea that you can just move anyone anywhere is ridiculous. I though I read somewhere he had played some OF. An athletic shortstop at 6-4 should be an adequate outfielder in my mind. You do know that Betts played 2B, no?
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Post by tookme55 on Apr 25, 2019 20:13:14 GMT -5
I'd like to see Chatham get some time in the OF.
How do we position following players?
Devers Chavis Chatham Dalbec
SS is Xander's.
I am intrigued by having a power bat play 2B. I think Chavis can be adequate 2B defensively. Gold Glover? Absolutely not. A guy with 30 HR pop at 2B is great upgrade.
To me Dalbec at 3B and Devers to 1B make more sense. I'm guessing fielding is a draw at best but throwing across the diamond edge goes to Dalbec.
With that, I would move Chatam to LF. Move Beni to CF and trade JBJ. He simply struggles too much at the plate.
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Post by tookme55 on Nov 17, 2018 7:09:47 GMT -5
That leaves the pitching.... if I knew their budget then it would be easier to know what they should do, but in my opinion what they need is the following: 1. Right handed starter who is legit mid rotation material with higher end upside. That basically leaves the options as Eovaldi, Morton, Cahill or trade. Either of the first 2 would work, with Eovaldi being the clear cut number 1 choice. The fact they can be a rover come October is a huge piece of it. 2. At least 2 power relievers who can pitch in high leverage situations. Would love 3 and would love to have one left handed, but 2 is realistic and as long as they can get both righties and lefties out it doesn’t much matter. Options are (Kimbrel, Kelly, Miller, Robertson, Ottavino, Familia and Britton). My ideal scenario would be Kelly, Miller and Robertson. I don’t trust Joe Kelly but it’s hard to walk away from what we just saw, because what we just saw is the best relief pitcher in baseball. It’s worth a shot since he’s not going to be paid like that guy. The risk is he’s going to get more money and years than he would ever be worth should be go back to being the same guy we are used to, but when you have deep pockets that is a chance worth taking. I'd be very surprised with "At least 2 power relievers", unless one of those is Kelly at a reasonable price. I don't see that happening either. I'd settle for one.
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Post by tookme55 on Nov 17, 2018 7:07:39 GMT -5
This is a really interesting offseason. Getting Pearce back is a good step and basically finalizes the position players. Nothing needs to be done on that side of the roster. They could do something, but I think it’s silly to. Donaldson doesn’t make sense to this roster as constructed. You’d have to give up on Devers, which is fairly stupid for a guy like Donaldson who could more easily turn into a shell than bounce back to close to his former self. You’d also be selling Devers low, another dumb move. The only way it makes the least bit of sense is if you don’t believe in him or some other team is so on love with him that they get stupid. Like Mete dealing DeGrom straight up for him. DeGrom for Devers......I was thinking the same thing. Now that I would go for.
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Post by tookme55 on Nov 17, 2018 6:15:35 GMT -5
He's a perfect guy for the Sox. Good teammate who can still play. It's just a one year deal. If he has a great year, then he'll get another 1 year deal. I can hear his wife telling him, "for God's sake, take the deal. It's $6M. And you're happy."
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Post by tookme55 on Nov 16, 2018 6:45:50 GMT -5
@chriscotillo Betts won MVP, Gold Glove, Silver Slugger and World Series. Only other major-leaguer to ever do that is Mike Schmidt in 1980. What's the record salary for a second year arbitration eligible player? Hard to imagine he doesn't top it. Not that I'm complaining, couldn't be happier that we get to watch him do all this amazing stuff. I'm guessing he'll be paid around $25M for his sixth season before becoming FA. That number is already baked into our budget. What's another $10M-$15M between friends? Pay the man his money. He earned it.
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Post by tookme55 on Nov 13, 2018 16:25:10 GMT -5
The recent surgery to Wright puts the pressure on to resign Eovaldi. There's no timetable for Wright's return and he could very well miss spring training rather easily. The Sox are not in a good position to trade Porcello now that Wright situation is unclear. I'm not sure that Wright can ever be depended on as any more of a bonus from here on out. I was hoping to extract some value from Porcello in a trade, but now I see a trade happening less and less moving forward in 2019. Yes on Eovaldi. We have chance to win it again. No reason not to go after someone like Eovaldi. Worst case scenario, one of our starters can close only for one year if Hector and Johnson become reliable fifth starter and no one emerges as a closer.
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Post by tookme55 on Nov 13, 2018 16:21:49 GMT -5
Good stuff. I would love to see an 'expanded' version which includes major leaguers not arbitratration eligible. Look at the Yankees. They are in bottom third. But they are getting 'penalized' for several young players playing in the majors. I would basically include players with less than 3 years experience that's not eligible for arbitration.
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Post by tookme55 on Nov 9, 2018 11:46:32 GMT -5
i don't really want to get in the middle of this lengthy catfight but c'mon umass, he obviously didn't mean this: "I don't know what to say if you don't buy those three made 30 plus starts on the best Red Sox team ever, they did. You gotta remeber that, its a huge fact." of course it's fact...he doesn't buy that just because the sox won 108 games with these guys making 30 plus starts last year, that the sox will be fine with the exact same thing happening next year. just like an argument that the sox don't need kimbrel next year because they won the world series with him sucking. i don't think your reading comprehension is really that bad, so are you just trying to piss the other guy off to keep this debate going??? Not at all, just pointing out that the Red Sox have great depth already and a guy like Pomeranz is all you really need. Saying we need Eovaldi and he's going to save our other pitchers is crazy. If you want him and feel he's legit and good long-term OK I can see that argument. Saying we have to have him, when we might have the best starting pitcher depth in the game without him is kinda crazy. Everyone wants a super team and now thinks we need that. I'm all for depth, but I see zero logic that we need Eovaldi when we have 4 of the top 40 starters in the game based on bwar. It would be more like a luxury item and heck if the owners will spend great. At the same time the guys is scary if the contract reports are right. I can see it being brillant, just OK or a disaster frankly. I'm not one for projections, yet I did find it crazy funny that Baseball Refrence has Eovaldi and Pomeranz having a crazy similar season next year. Which kinda highlights my points. Our top 4 starters, with Wright, Pomeranz, Johnson, and Velazquez is likely the top rotation in Baseball in terms of talent and depth. Don't like Pomeranz add in someone else like a Harvey. I just can't comprehend how big deals for relievers are a no go because we have to reset the tax, yet Eovaldi is a must resign. Resetting the tax is almost impossible keeping most of this team together, nevermind adding a guy long-term that projects to make around 17 to 18 million. Having a good debate is all part of Baseball. Nothing is clear cut and you can debate things like this in crazy depth unlike a lot of other sports. Debating about team building and how it should be done is half the fun in Baseball for me. Given the pages and pages on this thread already I think many people agree. We're already above the tax limit for 2019 so we won't reset prior to 2019. Signing Eovaldi is a hedge against both Sale and Porcello becoming FA after 2019. There's no assurance that either will return for 2020. Added bonus is that we'll be much stronger for 2019. I would not like the prospect of having Price (year older), E Rod, Wright, Hector and Johnson as starters for 2020. Did you just say we'll sign a starter for 2020? Why then not just sign a guy that helped us win the world series this winter instead of waiting until 2020?
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Post by tookme55 on Nov 1, 2018 9:28:58 GMT -5
Why did you post that in this thread? Sale is under contract next year. I'm not sure if he realized Sox had the team option to sign him for 2019. Maybe he thought he was a free agent.
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Post by tookme55 on Nov 1, 2018 9:26:16 GMT -5
I'd say go ahead and sign Pearce to 2 yr, $10M type deal. All position players will return.
Next focus on Eovaldi and a closer not named Kimbrel.
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