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Right and if you can find another pitcher for that price and not give up the farm for it, it would work. I'm just not sure if that exists. More likely a flier like Cueto. I just would have gone for the pitcher first with the best trade chip in Kimbrel.

So then you are ok with not having any chance of trading for someone at the deadline?

Sorry, I fell for it again.

I believe it's 210 for the CBT. Which leaves them about 20. They need to save some for trade deadline acquisitions.

Yes. But how to have a well rounded team and stay under the CBT is the trick. Just because they need it doesn't mean they have the resources to get it. They needed to prioritize.

Wrong. That is just not realistic to think they would blow past the CBT.

Sure.instead of RF. There wasn't room for everyone to like them all I said it should have been pitching instead of RF.

Along with an acceptable RF and bullpen and 2B upgrades?

And with the budget at record highs and near the CBT you thought they would just spend like LA?

Wait. I thought some of the real needs were RF and backup catcher. People were screaming about how bad it was that he didn't get a RF. Now all of a sudden the real need is pitching?

I replied before you edited but the point remains. Even if the others aren't as far behind, you are trying to set yourself up for disappointment.

You mean very few pitchers who try throw hard all the time can avoid UCL reconstruction. We used to be able to avoid it for most pitchers.

Really? You are declaring disappointment before the season starts?

MLB has Moncada ranked as the #10, #1 prospect of all time. People expectation don't matter. Performance does.

Yes.

Not lucky. They knew how to mange that arm. He went to Boston and they let him do what he wanted.

He had 101 Ks on 94 innings last year so he must have something.

Why do people on the board hate Vaughn. He's 1-1.

Ok. Don't remember that part.

Makes sense.

Why? Did the players not like him?

No it more to his point that the Sox aren't building a team the way the Astros or Cubs did so it must be wrong. I just listed the current players and hiw they were acquired.

The Cubs spending money on Heyward should not be considered a positive. What is wrong with not spending big money on FA when the team has already spent much more than the Cubs did on their payroll. The Sox did it differently than the other 2 by spending big in international players, Abreu and Robert while also making good trades Giolito, Cease, Jimenez, Moncada Kopech and Pollock. They also spent money and gave big contracts to fill holes with Hendriks and Grandal. I fail to see why the fact that they didn't do it like everyone else did means they are a failure and can't get them to the next level.

If they didn't match up with Oakland for Manea they probably don't for Momtas either

So if you add Rodon at 22 million, if puts them over the CBT. So who isn't on the current team to save that 22 million?