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Logan Morrison did not receive a QO. Any Sox interest? The only players to receive QO's were: Jake Arrieta, SP, Cubs - no interest Lorenzo Cain, OF, Royals - sign if they trade JBJ? Alex Cobb, SP, Rays - maybe? Wade Davis, RP, Cubs - probably not needed Greg Holland, RP, Rockies - no interest Eric Hosmer, 1B, Royals - Sox might want him, but I don't Lance Lynn, SP, Cardinals - nope Mike Moustakas, 3B, Royals - Devers is better Carlos Santana, 1B, Guardians - DH if they don't sign JD Martinez?

He'd have to become a below average fielder first. His fielding woes are overstated. http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=12161&position=SS

I sort of agree. Henry era: 2002 - gets a pass as he took over during the offseason 2003 - great team 2004 - great team 2005 - team was obviously taking a step back with the starting pitchers being Arroyo, Wakefield, Miller, Wells and Clement, still competitive but WOOOF, also Rentawreck 2006 - results weren't as good as 2005, but the team was in a much better position after adding Beckett and Lowell 2007 - great team 2008 - great team 2009 - good team that overachieved while inserting young players 2010 - good team, but OF became a mess after the Ellsbury injury and Pedroia only played 75 games, can't complain about 89 wins but it really felt like a lost season at the time 2011 - good team that died at the end and became a mess of clubhouse drama 2012 - ugh, by adding BV and going with the same clubhouse as the prior year, they were courting disaster and it came 2013 - great team that saw FA players having career years 2014 - offseason acquisition was AJ Pierzynski, basically counted on having to duplicate the 2013 seasons from aging players and hoping younger guys stepped up, did not work at all 2015 - replaced Lester and Lackey with Porcello and Miley (5 ACES LOL), added Pablo and Hanley, also did not work but younger positional players were maturing and there was hope for the future 2016 - good team, added Price to calm down the rotation, traded for Kimbrel, Mookie became MVP caliber 2017 - good team, Sale was an ok pickup I guess I think the only years I really have a bone to pick with were 2005, 2012 and 2014. It makes sense that there would be a let down no matter what in 2005, but that rotation was really bad. They should have made more of an effort in 2012 to remove some of the clubhouse stink and BV shouldn't have been allowed through the door. 2014 was similar to 2005, but it really felt like just throwing s*** at the wall and hoping every young player worked out. That was the year Xander was moved to 3b, brought in Rusney, and Middlebrooks was given his last chance. The opening day roster included Pierzynski, Nava, Grady Sizemore, Mike Carp and Jake Peavy. There's no way that would work long term.

You have a better chance of winning a WS if you are consistently in the playoffs. Riding a rollercoaster from last place to first place to last place is probably the worst way to achieve postseason success as it limits the opportunities to make a postseason run.

It was obvious, but some posters had it as a topic of discussion a few weeks ago.

https://www.amazon.com/Cooperstown-Casebook-Baseball-Should-Plaques/dp/1250071216 I just started reading this last week. The Hall of Fame is basically a s*** show.

There have been numerous different committees that have voted players and executives in. Guys like Ron Santo have been voted in posthumously. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veterans_Committee

http://m.mlb.com/glossary/transactions/qualifying-offer Three tiers of Draft pick forfeiture -- which are based on the financial status of the signing team -- are in place to serve as a penalty for signing a player who rejected a qualifying offer: • A team that exceeded the luxury tax in the preceding season will lose its second- and fifth-highest selections in the following year's Draft as well $1 million from its international bonus pool. If such a team signs multiple qualifying offer free agents, it will forfeit its third- and sixth-highest remaining picks as well. Examples: A team with one pick in each round of the 2018 Rule 4 Draft would lose its second- and fifth-round picks. A team with two first-round picks and one pick in each subsequent round would lose its second-highest first-round pick and its fourth-round pick. • A team that receives revenue sharing will lose its third-highest selection in the following year's Draft. If it signs two such players, it will also forfeit its fourth-highest remaining pick. Examples: A team with one pick in each round of the 2018 Rule 4 Draft would lose its third-round pick. A team with two first-round picks and one pick in each subsequent round would lose its second-round pick. • A team that neither exceeded the luxury tax in the preceding season nor receives revenue sharing will lose its second-highest selection in the following year's Draft as well as $500,000 from its international bonus pool. If it signs two such players, it will also forfeit its third-highest remaining pick.

Napoli's 2018 option was declined.

QO's for Cain, Santana, Moustakas, Hosmer and Cobb.

No QO for Cozart

http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2017/11/06/the-veterans-committee-modern-baseball-hall-of-fame-ballot-is-out/ Modern Baseball Era Committee has released the 10 names they are considering: Steve Garvey Tommy John Don Mattingly Marvin Miller Jack Morris Dale Murphy Dave Parker Ted Simmons Luis Tiant Alan Trammell Trammell deserves to be in. Marvin Miller, the long time MLBPA Executive Director, probably should be in. Maybe Tiant? I don't think any of the other guys are really deserving. The fact that Bobby Grich and Lou Whitaker isn't on this list is a travesty. They are far more deserving than Parker, Murphy, Morris, Mattingly or Garvey.

@redsoxstats Houston had 55 first pitch homers and 62 2B+3B. Sox 17 and 34. Best and worst in MLB.

@redsoxstats Cora just talked about hunting first pitches to do damage with. Might have mentioned that a time or ten this year. SWOOOOON

The US treats PR like a colony. I'm not surprised when Puerto Ricans feel like outsiders.

And Benny screwed the pooch by f***ing around with the international FA rules which caused the Sox to lose 2 years worth of guys. It's kind of a big deal.

@SPChrisHatfield Last week, D. Marrero and S. Travis left Dominican winter lg due to injury. Now, not sure why, but Blake Swihart not active this week.

@PeteAbe Red Sox stayed under the MLB luxury tax in 2017, resetting the penalties. “No,” said Dombrowski when asked if they would stay under again

2012 bad draft 2013 bad draft 2014 good draft 2015 bad draft

So, 2 legit major leaguers and a whole lot of blah? Ok.

And all I said was that Moncada has a high k rate and sucks defensively. Not sure what the problem is.

So your argument is that he's better than two s***** players? That's some high praise!

No, Ben just didn't add a lick to Theo's farm which left the Sox in a bad position.

So 4 more important issues, but the Devers defense issue is still not minor? This team must be really hurting right now.

The SoxProspects podcast is funded by the Russian oligarchy! Sad!