jacksonianmarch

Comp picks still exist, but they are rare. And if you are over the lux tax, the comp pick you'd get for a rejected QO player is after the 4th round, not after the 1st. Huge difference. They killed what Theo regularly used to build his teams while being successful

Nobody wants to admit this. Everyone is saying sox fans need to "hope" Sale and Price are healthy. That isn't a good business model. Heck, you had a healthy Sale and Price for the first half and you weren't making the POs with them. What makes you think they can make the POs potentially without them?

Eovaldi's season is exactly what I expected. I've watched him as a Yankee and this is what he was. Dominant for stretches, maddeningly hittable for others, on the shelf for most

And your next year's success will directly be linked to the play of the Yanks and Rays. The sox no longer have the most talent or the deepest squad. So they need to get their house right AND have another house fold. That isn't a good measure for success

Might be time to close this thread

Exactly. Now, as an employer, one must guard against ruining your employee's future employment. You can no longer stick a dagger in a fired employee's back on the way out or you'll get sued. Henry handled it the only way he could. No comment on the why. Thank him for his record as GM. On to the next GM

Nope. It’s usually a fastball thrown directly downward with almost no lateral movement with a high spin rate which slows its usual downward descent due to gravity

I’m surprised he still roams the dugout. He better have his resume ready

exactly. It is an optical illusion. Your eyes expect the ball to fall at a certain rate. When it doesn't fall at that rate, your brain makes it appear as if it is rising when it is in fact still falling

Specific specialty relievers will be things of the past. Next year, a new pitcher must face 3 batters barring injury. I think expanding to 26 with 13 pitchers and 13 position players would be important. With the way the game has gone, far more pitchers are occupying 25 man slots than position players with most teams employing 13 pitchers. Some teams will carry 14 for a short period of time, especially in the NL where you only have to put 8 position players into a lineup. What has happened is the specialization of the utility player. Having a guy occupying one of your 3 bench spots who can cover both infield and outfield makes his versatility far more important than his abilities. Adding an extra would allow teams to employ their best options for IF and OF on the bench rather than having a single guy capable of playing everywhere

I can say from personal experience that I know what he is talking about with a rising fastball. We had a kid on our AAU squad who ended up being the ace at Hartford U for 4 years. The kid threw hard as a 16 yr old (85mph) and when you faced him, his ball seemed to rise. I saw it a few more times later in my career, but I distinctly remember facing his and wondering what the hell he was throwing. He was a small kid but had an incredible arm and actually generated a significant amount of spin on his fastball. This spin kept the ball from falling as much as one would expect and created an optical illusion for the hitter who's eyes expected the ball to fall further. It looked like it was rising

If you keep the band together and continue to try and win a title through the next 12-24 months, you wont win a title and you will essentially curse the next 5 years

Winning teams want it. Winning teams put in the work. I’ve been on some very good teams and the great teams wanted it more than the others. Preparation is paramount. I’ve been on two teams in my life that should have won local or regional titles but didn’t. And it was because we assumed a trip to the POs was a given

This is the problem. Eventually, you have to reset. Eventually, it isn't profitable. And while fans don't care about their team's profitability, it will show in the prices of their tickets. Mookie is gonna start at an Arenado contract.

I'd deal Workman in November. No way you hang onto him if you're rebuilding. He is almost a FA and no way he replicates this year. Barnes I hold onto. I put him in a middle relief role, never escalate him to closer, rarely throw him back to back days and hope he puts up 2018 level numbers. Then I move him at the deadline

If you wait to rebuild until after 2020, you’ll lose your best chance to restock your farm by dealing Betts and dealing ERod with two years of control left

DD had total control and the champagne taste was not a distant memory. Henry allowed DD to take him on a nostalgia tour and it bit him in the ass. Down to business Henry is back.

I honestly believe that Henry sees the writing on the wall. Even when Sale and Price stayed healthy, the Sox weren’t winning s***. Sale went down with the Sox down 6 in the WC and 16 out in the division. Price went down in a similar fashion. Now they’ll be a year older and possibly post procedure. What will you expect then? And now, you’ve got to fill a rotation spot vacated by Porcello. I also think the biggest factor is the division. The Sox are clearly third in the division. Clearly. They’d need significant improvements to change that. Henry is all about timing. He isn’t going to add more dollars to this bloated whale.

That’s the rub, IMO. DD isn’t the guy who breaks down a former title winner. He’s a builder not a rebuilder. Listen, DD didn’t go empty handed. He got paid for the last 2 months of 2019 and for the entirety of the baseball year of 2020. (Baseball year begins in November). DD saw the writing on the wall and didn’t want to waste his time. He is likely done as a GM. Dinosaurs like him don’t function well in this new age unless you want to win right now and spend a s*** ton doing it

And the way around that is by picking AAA players who are blocked and underrated and trading for them. Also, dealing off your own blocked prospects for more IFA money and signing great talents with the bigger pool. There are ways to improve your depth beyond draft slot. DD didnt seem to give a s***

Remember, 8WAR players are MVP level players not named Mike Trout. It’s not like I’m damning him with faint praise here. He’s an elite player. And yes, he’ll be 27 next year. He hits FA as a 28 yr old. He’s gonna get a 10 year deal. He’ll be worth the money in years 1-4 or 5. He’ll be worth well less the final 5

That’s the issue. Rebuilding your farm when successful isn’t as easy as it used to be. That being said, DD flubbed a couple drafts, did nothing on the IFA front and traded away anything with a pulse. There’s a reason why the Sox farm is 30th and the quote I saw printed was “there’s a wide gulf between 30 and 29”. And yes, you do have limits. Henry could spend and spend and spend, but Fa ranks are meant to supplement, not build since you’re typically not going to get great value the entire deal. You build from within now

Here’s what you want. You want another window where you have a legit chance over a stretch to win a title. You don’t want to have a playoff caliber team if all breaks right but not a title contending team. You want to build a sustainable team. You do that by getting out of cap hell and replenishing your farm. All the teams that are making the playoffs did so by using their farm systems and ALL of these teams were top 10 in farm system rankings within the last 3 years.

I think he’s got another few 8 WAR seasons in him. I do. But to get to 10, he has to hit .370 again on balls in play plus see a spike in power again. Plus steal more bases. Plus be a major contributor on defense. Eventually, the smaller guys break down. Eventually, speed slows down. And his speed is what separates him from an 8 WAR player. His ability to steal bases and play GG defense in the OF is directly tied to his speed. Speed fades the fastest. Hence, he’s got maybe another 4 years to have another 10 WAR season. What are the chances in the next four years he loses no steps in the speed game, muscles up and drills 30+ bombs again and has a .370 BABIP again? Pretty damn low. That’s all I’m saying. He is a perennial 25-25 guy with almost an automatic .290-.300 BA. He’s a great, great player. I also have touted the size as a big issue long term. Small guys fall off cliffs. They don’t age well. It’s because they cannot rely on their frames to be great, it’s all quick twitch movement that makes them great and that goes quickly. If I’m the sox GM and I look around at the league then I look at my squad, I deal him as soon as the league year restarts 5 days after the WS ends. I also don’t re-sign him after he hits the market. Remember his five years in boston fondly but don’t pay for past performance and don’t pay for a small player into his late 30s

Not trolling, why don't you respond to the actual post.