Dipre
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I am, because there's plenty of evidence to suggest that inferior teams can make a run. (See: 2006 Cardinals, 2014 Giants, 2021 Braves, 2003 Marlins).
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This team could be competitive with very slight tweaks to the current roster. They just fumbled it.
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We know that. That's on Bloom for faulty roster construction.
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An article in The Athletic I just read says the earlier Story will be ready to play defense at SS is August.
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They don't have enough depth to pull that off in my opinion.
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Either 2017 or 208, two seasons where he had a sub .300 OBP and a terrible batting average too.
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...which is the reason why they're so intent in creating a strong farm system.
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.....the unmistakable sign of a bad team.
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Lots of excuses for 36 years of futility.
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Let me run it back so we understand each other. While there were fewer teams that made the playoffs, teams that had more money had a bigger advantage regardless. That's what I'm trying to say. You spent big, you won big.
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The 2004 Red Sox came back from a 3-0 deficit to win it all. Much more impressive than anything else ever done in baseball for that matter.
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Yes we can. There was no salary cap, and free access to international players. Even with the 5 team WC format "Large market teams" had a way bigger advantage then than they do now. And on another point, a lot of those Sox teams were just bad. If you put lipstick on a pig, it's still a pig.
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Surprisingly so. This isn't an offense that should be averaging less than 3R/G over such an extended period of time.
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Yeah, but they can easily go on a tear and even the season average out. That's why it's an average, which is my point.
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What? The higher resource teams had better teams, therefore made the playoffs ahead of team with less resources.
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IT didn't "just help". Lack of luxury tax and free-roam access to international players shaped the league for years. The Yankees built a dynasty off of it. Don't downplay this fact because it suits your argument. Sox fans have been whining about the "Evil Empire" because of their financial might for decades, now it's not that important? Come on.
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They are not all in on contending this year.
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The offense can rebound. But offenses always struggle. Are you telling me that an offense that averages 5 R/G scores 5 Runs every night?
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Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.
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Of course it did. The Yankees exploited that loophole for years, and got multiple championships and playoff berths out of it.
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Didn't Jeff Francoeur sustain that over almost a season at one point?
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So what's your point? If they were going to even out, it could also even out for the guys initially struggling. The guys streaking can slump, but the guys slumping can't streak? Also, using projections over a month's worth of PA's is an exercise in futility.
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And it didn't become a mainstream phenomenon until about the time they made Jerry captain. A Henry and co. PR cash cow.
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They also didn't have luxury tax, international players could be signed pretty much freely, and teams had a lot more control over their players. Let's not make excuses for crap teams.
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This is just not a well constructed roster. You can't win low scoring games consistently if you have terrible defense.
