mvp 78
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Trading Mookie was the cliff.
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The real cliff was 2011!
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LOL, no.
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The Lindbergh baby deserved it.
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Just because he's rich, doesn't mean he's isn't dumb.
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If I'm Verlander, I'm holding out for guaranteed money.
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They declined so horribly that Betts went off and is a superstar in LA, Benintendi was an All Star in 2022, JD was an All Star in 2022 and Bogey is going to make $200M.
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I've seen better catches in the Little League World Series.
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Sale's injury and ERod's COVID diagnosis was preplanned?
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Is there a toll at the end of it?
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They were 13th in fWAR in 2018. Not exactly an amazing bullpen.
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Did the Phillies lose because of blown leads due to their bullpen? Maybe you could blame one loss on their pen, but hard to blame the Phillies pitching if the offense could only score 1 run that game. Combining the 4 Phillies losses in the World Series, they scored only 5 runs. Hard to blame the pen if the offense is averaging 1.25 runs each loss.
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Yes, sir.
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The only reason you think they shouldn't have been competitive is because you were endlessly banging the cliff narrative. The foundation of the team was still largely the same as the 2018 team. It had changed, but wasn't completely gutted. Post 2022, it now doesn't resemble 2018.
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The Sox have carried guys like Groome on the 40 man who had no shot of helping BOS that season. I'm kind of surprised they didn't select Wikelman unless they think he's trending away from being a starter, aren't convinced in his late season turnaround or just think it's going to take him too long to reach BOS. Wallace COULD make the bigs, but his ceiling is middle relief. You can't really protect every guy who profiles as a middle reliever. If that were the case, you wouldn't have enough room for incoming FA's. I'd be surprised if more than 2 Sox get selected. It's much more likely that only one guy is selected. If anything, Ward and Wikelman are selected and one gets returned in season. Sox could also select old friend Aldo Ramirez who the Cubs left off their 40 man roster.
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It's the Rule 5 draft. There is such a little risk in taking someone, you may as well grab him and see how it goes in Spring Training. You either flip him to another team or just send him back to BOS.
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Well, they said they would be competitive. If they thought that way, they shouldn't have been too surprised.
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Was it a big splash or did they think they were getting a little discount on Story as it was towards the end of the signing period and he was still unsigned?
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Reports are that Ward's "stuff" was down in the AFL. He got injured again down there and wasn't throwing his whole arsenal, just a FB/slider combo with reduced velo. Maybe the Sox have concerns about his medicals? I still would have held onto Ward instead of Hamilton and there's a high likelihood Ward is selected, but not Wikelman. We'll see if this move blows up in Bloom's face. If Ward becomes the next Whitlock pick, he'd really need to make up for it with his other offseason moves.
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I think a Houck/Whitlock/Schreiber/Barnes bullpen is better than what the Phillies put out there. Again, building an adequate bullpen was Desperate Dave's Achilles Heel.
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Pitching is of utmost importance, but they cannot go into next season without any offensive additions.
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I think they are fighting their way through some disfunction. I think they have some brilliant guys, but the owner is really getting in the way.
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A little louder for the people in the back...
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Shopping at Publix isn't getting any cheaper especially once they start putting in Pours, their new onsite bar, all over the place.
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BTV had it as an overpay...
