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  1. mvp 78
    I'm fine with it.
  2. mvp 78
    Right now, the starters in April are: ERod Eovaldi Houck Pivetta Mazza I think Seabold gives them a little depth and we'll probably see Mata at some point this year. They will probably still sign another SP or two, so I'm not super concerned at the moment. Of the 55 SP free agents and QO's, only 8 have signed. I think they should re-sign Perez and Lester on one year deals. They will be able to throw a lot of innings and shouldn't break the bank. My Opening Day rotation would be: Lester (have him pitch home opener) Eovaldi Perez Pivetta Houck ERod can ease his way back into the rotation and you can cycle Pivetta and Houck out once Sale is ready.
  3. mvp 78
    There just has to be major injury concerns/question marks when 3 of your top starters are Eovaldi, Price and Sale. Maybe Price is finally past that? IDK. Sale and Eovaldi will be annual question marks here on out. It's more of a problem with roster creation than lineup creation. That falls on the gm, not the manager.
  4. mvp 78
    I think #4 is a given. I think we may see Sale earlier than expected, but just in an opener role. He could have a higher GS total than expected, but much less innings pitched.
  5. mvp 78
    Even if they are in contention, I don't want to rush him back. He's the best arm they have and they can't treat him like a 92 Corolla.
  6. mvp 78
    So, we'd go over the lux tax. Not even get a guy that can play CF or 2B and we'd piecemeal the relief corps again just to get Wheeler? That doesn't sound like a Red Sox move to me.
  7. mvp 78
    The real rumor is that they need a f'n GM.
  8. mvp 78
    I'm not sure if Wheeler was on the market this year that they'd sign him for 4/94M. Wheeler is only a year younger than Sale, so he's not as young as most people think he is. I think it depends on how much the Phillies would cover, but I don't see the Sox making that type of deal right now.
  9. mvp 78
    Those kind of spicy posts we save for TalkSox After Dark.
  10. mvp 78
    Honestly, I still don't have a problem with restgate. Sale was injured in the prior year and wasn't 100% that April. Price wasn't exactly the picture of health even though he had a magical elbow that could heal itself. ERod still pitched a career high 200 innnings after restgate. Eovaldi has always had the injury bug and his heroics during the World Series made me want to put the kid golves on him too. Porcello has been a workhorse whose performance has been very up and down. I don't think I can really blame his bad 2019 and 2020 on starting off the season slower. Yes, it may have cost the Sox a few games in 2019. Maybe they win 5 more games? That still leaves them out of the playoff picture. Did it cost them 10 games? I doubt it. It was just post a WS hangover.
  11. mvp 78
    And he bounced around from team to team for the rest of his career. He was great for 2004 and that’s all that matters. Sox would’ve still won it if Pokey played SS for the rest of the year. With Nomar, it was addition by subtraction. Guy went from legend to “remember that guy” overnight.
  12. mvp 78
    Never heard that. Heard Manny’s wife forced him to quit on the team because he knocked up a waitress.
  13. mvp 78
    I’ve never heard these Nomar rumors. Probably not legit.
  14. mvp 78
    Marcel gets sent to the wall.
  15. mvp 78
    And even if he did, it doesn't prove that to be the case. It's not like Maury would hand a paternity test to Pedro and say "Yup, they are your father!"
  16. mvp 78
    Take upside over a guy you just drafted in the 12th round. It's not like Colorado struggles to find bats.
  17. mvp 78
    Or what he didn't see in Koss. Koss was a midseason All Star, post season All Star and Player of the Month in July in his only pro season.
  18. mvp 78
    Koss: "A sure handed shortstop with good range" "A plus glove" Played SS/2B/3B “He has a short, compact swing, drives the ball to right-center field and he’s got an advanced approach at this level.” Show surprising oppo power. Older than Arauz. Has Star Wars tattoos.
  19. mvp 78
    He's definitely a guy with limited upside, but maybe they can get him on the right deal. It's not like the farm is bursting with OF talent.
  20. mvp 78
    @MattRyCollins Red Sox reportedly showing interest in outfielder Eddie Rosario They'd be moving Beni to either another team or to CF then?
  21. mvp 78
    Those are just delightful.
  22. mvp 78
    1. @jeff_wax Red Sox are great at “checking in on” available players and not signing them. Nobody does it better. 2. @SPChrisHatfield Another favorite, the "the Red Sox aren't one of the 6 or 7 teams to sign a free agent so far, and therefore the GM isn't doing his job" early offseason tweet. Friend, 11 guys have signed, and like 5 or 6 of consequence. Be patient. There's another 3.5 months or so left.
  23. mvp 78
    That playing at the Trop is so depressing that opposing teams just don't feel like hitting there?
  24. mvp 78
    Every offseason is slower than expected. I remember a former hewhomustnotbenamed poster who would go on and on that no moves had been made by Thanksgiving. The winter meetings just aren't that important in the age of texting.
  25. mvp 78
    But because he's a guy who isn't good enough to get 600 AB's, he'll never get to 30 in a season for real.
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