Not accusing you of gamethreading, it’s just a permeating sentiment around here lately. Twelve months ago, the Yankee fans here were talking long term and now they’re juggernauts? There’s a handful of guys that could have just have had their career years and come back down; just like ours guys did this season, yet still won 93 games. It’s not time to lament that some kind of window is closing. They need to figure out the financials, but the Sox don’t have a bunch of aging linchpins and they have salary space freeing up soon.
Well, a lot has changed in 12 months and I thought Yankee fans and FO were too pessimistic about 2017 chances anyways
Severino and Judge have shown they are for real after a disappointing 2016. Perhaps they were career years but even with a drop off they should be very good.
Gary Sanchez showed 2016 was no fluke. Defensively he needs work, but the bat makes up for it
Picking up Stanton for at least 3 years if not 10 at an AAV what Hanley and JDM gets for not very much is silly stuff
Bird and Monthomery showed they could be pretty good if healthy
Picking up Kahnle, D-Rob and the emegence of Chad Green to go with Betances and Chapman is more silly stuff
And 2 really good almost MLB ready and highly touted IFers in Andujar and Torres to step in at minimum salary to join a pretty good SS in Didi.
This does not consider Prospects like Frazier and Sheffield in a fairly well stocked farm system even after everyone is up at MLB
As important as the talent is, the financial flexibility with so many homegrown pre-arb players is , well, silly stuff
They can pretty much fill any hole that develops at the TD due to injury or bust with that farm and their financial flexibility.
Not to sell the Red Sox short, some luck with health and positive regression we are in this for 2018. But they are in better shape in the medium term.
Perhaps some bust out prospects DOTF and positive regression/breakouts at MLB level changes that perception in 12 months. We shall see.
JDM at least makes things look a bit rosier if he can handle Boston after what must have been a brutal offseason for him mentally and physically (had to be petrified every work out that he would injure himself)