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  1. a700hitter
    It was Ben's failure as GM if he couldn't convince his boss that a portion of his very large payroll should be allocated to top pitching. It is his job to identify the needs of the team and convince the owners of the strategy. The strategy was Ben's. If you are going to give him credit for holding onto the valuable kids, you can't cherry pick and exonerate him for not making top shelf starters a priority. It's BS.
  2. a700hitter
    Yet, he managed to spend $180 million on payroll in 2015 and without getting an ace?
  3. a700hitter
    Hopefully, Verducci is right.
  4. a700hitter
    You got that right.
  5. a700hitter
    Give away? That is an odd way of describing the offloading of a $70 million liability backed with a junk asset. There is nothing gift - like about that. Lol!
  6. a700hitter
    Is there anyone on the international market who DD might be considering to head up the rotation?
  7. a700hitter
    Good luck to him
  8. a700hitter
    Yeah, you have made that clear. I don't think anyone is confused about that. Others here think that it would be stupid.
  9. a700hitter
    And let's go with Closer by Committee too.
  10. a700hitter
    Give him away? I think they would be thrilled to be able to give him away. No one wants him even if we pay half his salary.
  11. a700hitter
    The longer he waits the higher the cost will be for a number 1. Hopefully, he gets it done early.
  12. a700hitter
    I would rather have to fill a spot in the pen if Kelly is forced to start and start the season with the strongest possible rotation.
  13. a700hitter
    A bad defensive first baseman can wreck a team.
  14. a700hitter
    I am shocked at this response from you. You should consider signing up for his course.
  15. a700hitter
    And Ben was so patient last year that one starting pitcher after another kept coming off the board to the point that none were left. His patience did not result in the market price coming down. The opposite happened. The price went up. A GM is not going to find a starting pitching bargain at the end of the off season. Supply and demand dictates that the price of good starting pitching goes up as less are available.
  16. a700hitter
    The notion of creating depth by putting ER in AAA is fallacious because it comes at the high price of weakening the major league rotation. The depth should come from Kelly starting the season in the bullpen. That will strengthen the pen, and he will be ready to step into the rotation if there is an injury or under performance.
  17. a700hitter
    I just don't know what to make of Buch anymore. Would a bounce back season for him be a good half season or a mediocre almost full season? I just don't know.
  18. a700hitter
    Per Cafardo: Ben's legacy -- three more years of Hanley.
  19. a700hitter
    The asking price for Chapman was reportedly higher than what we paid for Kimbrel. This is per Cafardo:
  20. a700hitter
    It wouldn't make sense to me either.
  21. a700hitter
    Not a chance that package gets done. Fernandez is already a top starter when healthy. Owens' doesn't have a ceiling close to Fernandez. Imo, this package is a nonstarter.
  22. a700hitter
    Bold prediction: DD will have an ace by the end of November-- first week of December.
  23. a700hitter
    But they don't have 90 loss seasons and very very rarely even finish with a less than .500 record. We don't need to win the division every year, but there is no reason why they shouldn't be able to field a competitive team every year. The last two seasons we haven't played a meaningful game after the trading deadline. In truth, the last time we played meaningful games was opening weekend 2014.
  24. a700hitter
    How about this? DD pitches 2020 for a completion of the rebuild and Henry can market that the team would have the chance to break the franchise record for last place finishes in a decade. They could break the 1920's mark when they sold all their players and played in a partially burned down Fenway park. I can see the 1920 Yearbook: "A Chance for Epic Suck not Seen In 100 Years." Now, i am just goofing around, but why can't a team like the Red Sox manage to be successful while building for the future? The Cardinals are very good at it.
  25. a700hitter
    I watch a lot of NL East games and I can tell you that Fernandez is a top shelf ace. It would be great to get him,but we would have to deal with Boras.
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