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  1. Dipre
    Preach, brother, preach!
  2. Dipre
    But he has been developed by Bloom. When a certain subsect of prospects all have certain tools that have outperformed their initial projections, it speaks to a solid development system.
  3. Dipre
    You hit the nail in the head. It just doesn't make sense to, A) Spend money on big contracts with high risk, and Spend money on big contracts with aging rosters that don't have the pipeline ready to feed them new players as the roster ages and declines. Look, it's really not a "them being cheap" issue. It's a common sense issue. The league has advanced past the "buying your way to a championship" stage. Why wouldn't the Red Sox adopt the model of the teams that are consistently winning? I just don't want them, personally, to win a couple of years then suck for four or five. I like the work they're doing with the farm, and only want them to spend big money on either elite, or high-upside controllable talent. The Mets, Padres , Yankees and Angels are a mess because they keep handing out big contracts and trading away young talent. Look at where that got them.
  4. Dipre
    John Henry and to a lesser extent, Sam Kennedy have final say on whatever the team does. That's absolutely true. That's how a corporate structure works. We're not reinventing the wheel here.
  5. Dipre
    The way their drafting strategy is being executed, I think there's evidence to this being the exact case. They're drafting athletes with profiles that would allow them to play in up-the-middle positions and whose tools have mostly outperformed their initial scouting reports (Mayer's ability to hit the other way with authority, Rafaela's defensive profile and arm, Yorke's HIT tool profiling as elite). They're doing a ton of work on these kids, and I've even seen it recognized from people who work with young baseball prospects here in DR, who think the Sox will be very good for years if they keep the course. Not industry opinions, but they have some value.
  6. Dipre
    Devers is half a season into a massive contract and has recovered nicely from a brutal stretch. In a couple of years, his contract will look like a bargain, even if he has to be moved off of 3B, because of his offensive profile.
  7. Dipre
    You are my spirit animal.
  8. Dipre
    The Story signin is my one true gripe with this regime. And we can't be sure it wasn't ownership mandated to "keep the product relevant". But Bloom has demonstrated weak aptitude filling the edges of the roster through FA, and it makes sense, since that wasn't his MO with the Rays anyway.
  9. Dipre
    There's about a quintet of people here on TalkSox that are already raising the sea levels.
  10. Dipre
    Yamamoto.
  11. Dipre
    Bloom is staying, and they won't spend until they're sure that they can sustain a winner over a long period of time, like the Dodgers and Astros. Everyone can cry until their tears flood the world like the tale of Noah's Ark, but that's what's going to happen.
  12. Dipre
    Much more tact and cleaner language, but same point, yes.
  13. Dipre
    The Red Sox have not beaten the level of competition that they should. That is an absolute death sentence for a team.
  14. Dipre
    Got me right in my bone of shame.
  15. Dipre
    The contract for Bogaerts was not a good one. I love X, but that contract will be an albatross soon, and you all know it.
  16. Dipre
    You don't have to be a completely insufferable *******. I'll take slav's posts and overall demeanor promoting analysis and discourse on the site over your bs every day of the week. You've insulted multiple posters in the span of 5-10 posts, and the shots were uncalled for. You can f*** right off.
  17. Dipre
    iortiz, Elktonnick and a700 are always dissatisfied with the FO though. Taking half measures is definitely BS though, they should've blown this up since before last year's TDL.
  18. Dipre
    What's sad to me is he gets lambasted because Bloom built a flawed roster, but he can't go out and tell the fans that Kike at SS can f*** right off. He has to hold the company line. He should be criticized for his own faults, not deficiencies in the roster.
  19. Dipre
    Dude, what did you want him to say? He has to hold the company line.
  20. Dipre
    You mean that because they're trying not to spend stupidly, they've lost interest in the Red Sox? Give me the last large contract they've doled out that hasn't been a sunk cost? That's just not how you build a sustainable contender anymore. The point is to create a talent pipeline and supplement it with large contracts on elite talent. The fact that y'all want them to spend like drunken sailors is one thing, but that just doesn't work in this league anymore.
  21. Dipre
    I mean he's pretty good, don't sell him short.
  22. Dipre
    This is all baseless conjecture. It's obvious how?
  23. Dipre
    Oh but he will be. I know it's not the point, just an example of the fact that pitchers are a gamble.
  24. Dipre
    I'd keep Dugo, Duran, Casas, Yoshida, Devers, and the catcher tandem for next year's team for sure.
  25. Dipre
    A former Mets ace says hi.....
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