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  1. mvp 78
    Do they still play that at Fenway? I didn't hear it when I was there this year.
  2. mvp 78
    Eovaldi has only thrown 150+ innings 3 times in the 14 years he's been in MLB. He is a very high variance pitcher. It would be fun to have him back, but at some point he's going to really fall off due to health issues.
  3. mvp 78
    Better ERA, FIP, WHIP than Bello has ever had.
  4. mvp 78
    Nope, sorry. Only Bellhorn cast his vote appropriately. You can't swoop in later and claim victory on this.
  5. mvp 78
    Is that a line from the Dropkick's version of Tessie?
  6. mvp 78
    Seems like we've been able to find a few of them throughout the years! Why spend a lot of money when there's a Cody Ross in someone's couch cushions?
  7. mvp 78
    There always needs to be at least one dogpile each day here.
  8. mvp 78
    If they only had 20M to spend on pitching, I don't think they offer Pivetta a QO.
  9. mvp 78
    Ted Williams was a great baseball player and maybe one of the best hitters who ever lived. The Boston Red Sox didn't enter the modern era until the 1967 Impossible Dream team. Most Sox fans will admit that the organization was lost in the wilderness due to ownership mismanagement until 1967. The game is so far away from what it was prior to integration that it's hard to count any championships from before then. It's like football from before the Super Bowl, it existed but as something largely different. When Pesky held the ball, it was against all white players. Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in 1947. Pumpsie Green didn't start a game until 1959. When my son asked me last night how many World Series the Sox won, I said 9. We know only 4 of them really matter though. Nobody is strutting around about the first 5.
  10. mvp 78
    Winner winner chicken dinner! You have beaten the final boss of TalkSox.
  11. mvp 78
    Easy to play the hindsight game.
  12. mvp 78
    If they believe he'll turn down a QO, it's the exact reason they offer him one (except for the very last part which we all know won't happen).
  13. mvp 78
    Yes, it's hard to really comment until we fully know what the rotation looks like when they head to pitchers and catchers in Feb.
  14. mvp 78
    I think that AAV is too low to move on from the QO.
  15. mvp 78
    Unknown at this time. Too many variables at play.
  16. mvp 78
    IDK. We don't know if he'll even be good enough to make MLB as he's really early on in his career. However, he's very defensively challenged and not tall enough to be moved to 1B.
  17. mvp 78
    If they signed him for 3/36 or something, it would be ok with me. I think he'll test the market though.
  18. mvp 78
    It's fine. I wouldn't have done it, but he should provide about 20M in value. If it's the only pitcher "acquisition" this offseason, there's a problem. We just don't know the overall budget. Maybe they believe he'll turn it down? Maybe they aren't happy with their current depth or the FA crop and would rather keep Pivetta around after a year of working with him? Maybe they are sticking with Pivetta because they plan on spinning off one of their own pitchers in a deal this offseason?
  19. mvp 78
    This is what Mike Petriello says on MLB.com: O’Neill is a more interesting conundrum. On merit alone, his first year in Boston was excellent, thanks to 31 homers and a 132 OPS+. But if there’s anything Boston isn’t short on, it’s outfielders, especially if Ceddanne Rafaela plays more center and less shortstop in 2025 – and/or if Masataka Yoshida can’t be traded. On the other hand, entering his age-30 season and coming off a good year, might O’Neill prefer to find a multiyear deal somewhere now rather than risk trying next winter, given that his previous two seasons were injury-plagued and not nearly as productive? It’s probably worth the risk for Boston to think about this strongly. Predictions: Walker, Torres and Profar receive offers. Walker and Torres reject theirs, and Profar either accepts or signs a multiyear deal to remain with the Padres. In Petriello's prediction, he doesn't mention O'Neill, just the other candidates. We agree he's a "candidate" for a QO, just that he may not get one.
  20. mvp 78
    4pm!
  21. mvp 78
    Players have to decide by November 19th.
  22. mvp 78
    And which baseball journalists exactly? All the lists I've found or predictions have O'Neill as "quite the conundrum" and don't make a prediction (mlb.com), say it's a long shot and wouldn't do it (mlbtraderumors.com), or just say no to the QO. Who is saying he's getting a QO?
  23. mvp 78
    Yes, baseball journalists tend to be a hivemind of dumb.
  24. mvp 78
    If they traded Bello AND Whitlock, they'd get 13.8M in CBT relief. That's still 7M less than what they'd have to pay O'Neill.
  25. mvp 78
    How does that make the Sox better? Why extend a 4/5 starter like Crawford?
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