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  1. mvp 78
    In my argument, it didn't matter if the players were acquired by FA or trading, it was just that they weren't generally hoarded prospects.
  2. mvp 78
    Boy does he ever!
  3. mvp 78
    They had a strong homestand before the break. I hope they keep up the good work.
  4. mvp 78
    Was Espinoza a high draft pick? Would you be opposed to trading a high draft pick like Trey Ball? Why haven't the Sox been able to create a decent pipeline of starters? Other competitive teams have regardless of their MLB standings.
  5. mvp 78
    Don't you say that about my favorite web tribune! It's from God's fingertips to my screen!
  6. mvp 78
    And we all would have bitched and moaned about the move, but when it worked out we would have just shrugged our shoulders after the fact. The Pats draft and develop players well. The Pats also know which veterans to bring in as role players. It's not completely analogous, but the Pats are a much better run organization, imo. I believe that's because there are fewer voices making the moves. When the Sox have gotten into trouble, it's when there are too many cooks in the kitchen. Frankly, if Dombrowski is calling the shots and making all final decisions, the Sox will be better for it than if we still had Theo and Larry and John Henry and Werner and whoever else feeding the monster.
  7. mvp 78
    Yet, they have struggled to develop legitimate starters except for Lester for the majority of my lifetime. So I guess the Sox would do better not to hoard prospects?
  8. mvp 78
    Also, if the Red Sox want to be the Pats, they need the best pitcher in baseball and the best manager in baseball. They don't have either. The Pats also make shrewd moves and let veterans go before they expire. The Pats would trade Pedey without second guessing.
  9. mvp 78
    I'm not worried about dying either. However, I am worried about the performances I see daily on NESN.
  10. mvp 78
    I'd rather have Xander at SS and the ring. The Sox didn't lose anything with that trade when they had a better SS on their roster.
  11. mvp 78
    Some might call this a challenge trade: you give me the guy I want, I’ll give you the guy you want and we’ll see who’s right. But Dombrowski actually would have preferred giving up a group of lesser prospects had that been on the table. “I’d rather trade three other type guys than Anderson, but that wasn’t appealing to San Diego,” Dombrowski said. The only way to get a good starter was giving up a good piece.
  12. mvp 78
    Well, even Soxprospects hasn't said they were fleeced. Given the team they have right now, especially on offense, and the lack of starting pitching options both at the big league level and in the high minors, the opportunity to acquire a 27-year-old pitcher who has shown the ability to be an impact starter and has two more years of team control was likely too good to pass up. Our team was already s*** in 2012, 2014 and 2015. Might as well try for the rings when you can.
  13. mvp 78
    My first reaction was that it was an overpay. After sleeping on it, I feel a little better. I'm always amused by the "well they shoulda grabbed this other guy" or "they shoulda just given worse prospects for this guy" crowd. We'll never really know what was available and who the other teams want. At the end of the day, you either want to upgrade your starting rotation or you don't.
  14. mvp 78
    Objectively, we're not in last place this year which is a large step up from 2014 and 2015.
  15. mvp 78
    They kept their best prospects. Aces take a larger haul than what we gave up. Guerra is also well out of the top 50 at this point.
  16. mvp 78
    http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/drew-pomeranz-on-his-knuckle-curve/ Click if you want to see a GIF of Pomeranz making Ortiz look silly.
  17. mvp 78
    Lester was a very minor role in 2007. They certainly could have won without him. Also, Lester was already an MLB fixture by 2007. Espinoza is still years and years away.
  18. mvp 78
    I've heard this as well.
  19. mvp 78
    But I thought Kelly and Buchholz were quality arms, no?
  20. mvp 78
    You do know that he signed yesterday?
  21. mvp 78
    I never said he wasn't a valuable pitcher.
  22. mvp 78
    I never said we gave up blue chip prospects (though we did for 2007). My point was that the staff construction wasn't based on homegrown talent.
  23. mvp 78
    I love it when posters think they know everything about a prospect when they get their news from Soxprospects.com. I follow Soxprospects and will continue to listen to the podcast. However, you have to take a lot of what they say with a grain of salt.
  24. mvp 78
    The job of the GM is to trade away the right prospects. Holding onto every prospect is bad business. You need to put trust in the scouts that say whether a deal is good or not. I understand that there is concern for the future, I feel the same way, but the farm system hasn't been gutted. We held onto our 3 best prospects and acquired a #2.
  25. mvp 78
    For everyone worrying that Pomeranz only has 2 pitches: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/drew-pomeranz-now-with-50-more-pitches/
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