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Makes me chuckle too. If he wins the CY this year, the Yanks will have lost the division most likely.

He has a strong, but erratic arm.

https://www.elnuevodia.com/deportes/beisbol/nota/pacientesalexcoraylosmediasrojasdeboston-2384997/ Poor translation: “Right now we are still in the process (of finding hitters). Part of the reason for the lull is that there is no deadline (for signing hitters) and the market has been extremely slow. It looks like January has become the new December in terms of signings and changes. But we are approaching the temporary lull with patience,” Boston’s new manager said, who stressed that the club has some options. Also mentions he wants JD.

If they re-sign Buchholz, it will break me.

Your eyes are untrained and biased. I trust the stats more than I trust TS posters yelling about how JBJ is the greatest CFer they ever saw.

They are also a very biased source.

Isn't that what all the veteran's committee ******** is? They went years and years without electing anyone. Back in the day, players just selected their buddies for the HOF.

I can envision all of that, but probably not at the same time. Would be nice.

He's about top 10 defensive CF per metrics. Bad bat. They should just keep him around because I don't think he'll get a crazy FA offer.

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WHIP in a pitcher’s park in the NL East. He’s probably a fine 4th starter.

4.26 ERA in the NL East? Let’s dump the farm for him!

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I agree with this too.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/baseballs-rainmaker-forced-out-after-alleged-misconduct-1513882805?mod=e2tw Major League Baseball forced out the architect of its multibillion-dollar digital-media business last month, after years of troubling workplace behavior that former baseball executives were said to be made aware of at least a decade ago. Other forces were at work, people familiar with the situation say. Bowman verbally abused a coworker in October, prompting Manfred to push him out, these people say. That was preceded by a July incident in which Bowman allegedly shoved an executive with the group that owns the Boston Red Sox. People familiar with Bowman say he engaged in a pattern of behavior that included propositioning female colleagues, allegedly conducting consensual relationships with subordinate coworkers and cultivating a culture of partying and heavy drinking with employees outside the office. At least 10 years ago, former MLB president and chief operating officer Bob DuPuy was told of concerns about Bowman’s behavior by BAM employees and raised them with former MLB commissioner Bud Selig, according to people familiar with the situation. DuPuy would not comment and referred questions to MLB. “What he gave in heartburn was always overshadowed by what he gave in money,” said a former high-ranking baseball official. This person said DuPuy raised longstanding concerns about Bowman but, “Bud had no interest in dealing with it.” During the week of the All-Star Game in July 2016 in San Diego, MLB Advanced Media hosted a party at which women were allegedly hired to entertain attendees, according to two people who attended. These people said the women, who arrived at the party by bus, were widely believed by attendees to be escorts. Some of them were heard encouraging attendees to leave to have sex quickly so that they could return to solicit another attendee before the party was over, according to one person who was there. Manfred said he had no knowledge of the alleged escorts. But he felt MLB Advanced Media’s parties were inappropriate and, after the one in 2016, he said, he adopted a policy that MLB Advanced Media would not host any parties independent of the league office. In the early 2000s, Bowman was standing with two female subordinates in BAM’s offices, a person familiar with Bowman said. To the women’s faces and within earshot of other BAM employees, Bowman referred to the women as “c___s.” Under Bowman’s leadership, MLB Advanced Media grew into one of baseball’s biggest success stories. The company operates MLB’s website and popular mobile app as well the league’s online streaming service, MLB.tv. In early 2010 Bowman considered running for governor of Michigan. In mid-February of that year he said he’d decided against it, saying, “for many reasons I am just not able to commit to run at this time,” according to the Associated Press.

Batted 4th and 5th all year??? http://www.fangraphs.com/statsd.aspx?playerid=8001&position=SS Seems like he definitely played himself into a 7 spot in the order towards the end of the season when he was either 6th or later 10 times after August 28.

There's no log jam. If they sign JD, Hanley is being waived.

Boggs hated it.

Stanton didn't want to come here so it doesn't matter.

Yes, when the Sox got more home run hitters more home runs were hit at Fenway. Good analysis.

When I've looked into it, almost everyone on TS hated or didn't understand the Pablo signing.

Huh? If his elbow is that bad, he's not opting out tho?

Bogey was injured most of the season. He should be more like 2016 going forward when healthy. Hanley is a big question mark due to his ongoing shoulder injury. JBJ is just a guy who is has one very hot 30 day period each year and then hits worse the rest of the year.

Nobody thought Pablo or Hanley would be big draws except for the Sox FO. Maybe they though they'd sell enough panda hats?

Where have you seen that they definitely do not? I couldn't find anything conclusive.