a700hitter
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Big trade.
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You are a great baseball fan, but such a business model would be improbable because executing it would require that the FO take action to tank the team's chances part way through a season. If they put together a roster that they thought would be competitive, those players will continue to try to win throughout a season. If they see that the team will finish out of the playoffs, the players will not stop trying because that would endanger their own careers and diminish their own market value. Such a strategy by the FO would require that the FO sabotage the team's chances. I don't see that as realistic. If the team finishes last, it will be because the FO built a last place team going into the season.
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I think he stays because he has options and he is cheap.
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Yep, that is s the reality.
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winning isn't the business model, but utilizing available resources to put out the most competitive team within their very ample budget is surely what they try to do.
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Agreed. Good post. With the resources at their disposal, they should field a competitive team every year.
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Yes, I am sure that the FO will adopt a business model where they don't care if they finish last if they can't make the post season. If Cherries proposed that at a meeting, he would be fired at that meeting.
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Has Franconia ever been accused of not being stupid? I don't think he could make that argument himself with a straight face.
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Fair enough. If you consider both the Division Championships and the last place finishes as aberrations, you are being consistent. I don't think either are aberrations. Our difference on this point is purely semantic. If we called the failures an aberration, but not the division championships that would be somewhat logically inconsistent.
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That's a good sign.
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Do you see this alignment as providing 300 to 400 ABs for Nava? I am not seeing that unless there is a lot of injuries to Hanley, Castillo, Betts and Victorino.
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Aberrations are very infrequent occurrences, not something that happens twice in three years. Two Division Championsips and Two last place finishes by this ownership. Are they aberrations or not?
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But other teams will not offer enough to be worth trading him, when the Red Sox can let him play everyday in Pawtucket while trying to learn to hit. His value is low right now. I don't see them selling low on him while he has options. -
How many ABs do you think Victorino gets?
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Do we really need another post mortem on 2012 and 2014. They finished last and they sucked. 2014 was a wire to wire boring disaster. The FO did a s***** job in both seasons. No excuses please.
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Two last place finishes in 3 years does not represent an aberration whether or not they win the next 2 seasons.
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If Castillo plays RF, it will be because Betts is playing CF.
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His value is so low that he is worth more to keep as AAA roster filler.
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Is there a fangraph for idiotic base running? The guy pulls rocks on the bases like crazy.
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Castillo is our long term center fielder. Bradley has no spot on this roster as a starter hitting .250.
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Ross is a fossil. It's time to move on.
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They didn't want to pay the guy. Other teams know that and the Rays lose leverage. I don't know about the prospect they got.
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drew Smyly is a good young starter. They also got a good young fly catcher who can steal bases.
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When you finish in last place twice in 3 years, that is not an aberration. It is more likely that the championship sandwiched between them was the aberration.
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Who would he platoon with in 2015?
