I think the RS ownership statement about targeting $208 million for 2020 tells you all you need to know about a couple players. No JBJr for $10m, no Mookie for $23million ( get 2 prospects), no Porcello, no Moreland or other $6M first baseman. If you like 4-9 today be ready for more of it next year. Cora will get buried by the sewage from the 2020 Red Sox. This trend should have become very clear at the trade deadline and the false bravado by the FO that we would compete with what we had before promptly dropping the next 8 games. DD got himself fired because he knew what the future was.