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I get the Miley and Porcello acquisitions. Rotations need innings eaters. I don't get the Masterson signing. He seems like damaged goods and his innings dropped off last year. Did they get him to be a rehab partner for Buch. As it stands now, this rotation will not scare anyone except Red Sox fans. More work needs to be done.
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They have picked up a 3,4 and 5 to go with a pair of 5's in Buchholz and Kelly. Even if one of this group steps up as a #2, it leaves this rotation as very average at best. Lineups will not fear coming to town to take their cuts at any of these guys. What I have read about Masterson is not good. HIs velocity is down. He is 29 and while that is not old he is not a young kid who is still developing. Article makes his acquisition sound like a Dumpster Dive.
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Can they do that with a Rule 5 player. I thought you had 3 options-- keep him on the ML Roster for the entire season, give him back to the team that you took him from or trade with the team you took him from to keep him if you send him to the minors.
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Miley, Porcello and Masterson. I don't know if this is a great strategy.
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I can bring the goods. I don't take you as sarcastic.
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Getting innings eaters may be as important as anything else when building a staff. If you can get 800 to 900 innings out of your starting 5, you will probably have a very successful season. Buch has been a make it or break it type guy for us in the last 3 years. He had 2 stinkers and we came in last place. When he came out of the blocks at 11-0 in 2013, we won a Championship. I'd roll the dice with him as a #4 or 5.
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Marlins are negotiating with Reds for Latos.
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Yep. They like to make a splash before the tickets go on sale.
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It's a nice comfort to have a big #1 at the top of your rotation. IT pretty much ensures against long damaging losing streaks. For years Pedro was the guy, then it was Pedro/Schilling and Schilling/Beckett. Going into 2013 there was no consensus that Lester was a stopper typ #1, but he emerged as such a pitcher. Maybe Miley can emerge as such guy. He had been a very big prospect a few years back and he has pitched well for a lousy team. Maybe if we addd another 200 inning guy below ace level we will be fine. Of course having an ace is more comforting.
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After adding innings eaters like Miley and Porcello, I don't see them going after Latos. They saved a lot of money losing out on Lester and signining 400 combined innings at an inexpensive cost. They have plenty of money to land a big fish like Scherzer or Shields.
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Detroit is rumored to be acquiring a REds pitcher for prospects. I will be pissed if they get Cueto and use the 2 guys that we send them for Porcello.
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Red Sox are sending 2 players to Detroit in addition to Cespedes. Have they been identified yet?
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Miley and Porcello have been good innings eaters although neither is an exceptional pitcher. Miley has better strikeout stuff. Porcello's strikeout totals are not impressive. I wonder how his stuff will play in a smaller ballpark.
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Miley for Rubby and Webster is a good deal, but we need a 1 and a 2.
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Unless they can use the $155 million saved on Lester to find a top of the rotation pitcher or 2, the $155 million can't pitch and it doesn't mean anything to me.
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I don't blame Lester at all. I look at our team and we don't have a #1 or 2. Arguably, we don't have a #3 either. There is a lot of work that needs to be done. Ben said that he had a list of 15 to 20 pitchers that he was exploring. Cross off Lester and Smardizjia. Cross off Sale. People think Scherzer is a pipe dream. Who are the remaining 11 to 16 pitchers that he is looking at?
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That may be the a silver lining. Theo's FA record does blow, so maybe Lester blows his arm out early. LOL!!!
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He is a $25 million pitcher as of today. That is what he got from a willing buyer, so that was his market value.
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We thought the Yankees would be in on Lester. Lefties make more sense in Yankee Stadium. The Yankees are the wild card. If they are in on Scherzer, the bidding will go very high. The Dodgers have kershaw and Greinke. Scherzer would be a huge expensive luxury as a #3. If they are in the bidding with the Yankees, the Red Sox shouldn't even bother trying. If the Dodgers and Yankees aren't in and the Cubs are out, it will not get to $200 million.
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There are probably more recent examples of teams extending their aces than letting them get to free agency.
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It depends on who is in on the bidding. If the Yankees or Dodgers don't join in, the bidding will not go that high with the Cubs out of the picture.
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Yep, $120 million in March would have been excessively high, which is why I said that he could have been wrapped up for $110. The FO should be able to look forward and figure out how a market will develop. That's their job and they failed miserably.
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If the Yankees and Dodgers don't pursue him, I don't think he will cost much more than Lester, especially with one of the big players, the Cubs out of the bidding.
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Latos is better than Leake.
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They would have wrapped him up with a bow and a smile in March for $120 and it would have been considered high. It would have saved him from the stress of having to perform in a contract year and risk injury. That would have gotten it done without any doubt. Is it conjecture on my part, yes, but in March such an offer would have been uniformly considered as extravagant. That would not have been a discount. The Sox let the market develop and grow and some seasons the market can get ridiculously high. This was one of those seasons.
