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  1. mvp 78
    There's no "fooling." I'm going to buy the product until they are deserving of me passing them over. I think many of us see that there is a long term play here, which is why they built up the farm system in the first place. Should they be going over the CBT every other year in the mean time? Yes. That was purely the fault of the CBO. Breslow at least spent roughly what Bloom did but had a team that was more entertaining to watch and ended the season at least in shouting distance of the playoffs.
  2. mvp 78
    Well, I highlighted the section I think is applicable.
  3. mvp 78
    That's what the adage "low risk, low reward" means.
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    #3 hitters last season: O'Neill 57 GS Refsnyder 26 GS Masa 17 GS Wong 16 GS Casas 16 GS (6 times after Devers was done for the year)* Abreu 16 GS Story 6 GS Devers 4 GS Romy 3 GS Dom 2 GS Garrett Friggin Cooper 1 GS *Casas hit 3rd 10 times in an order that went Duran/Abreu/Casas/Raffy. 🤨
  5. mvp 78
    If you look at his xSLG and his ISO, it shows he does "not have all that much power."
  6. mvp 78
    Nope, that's a secondary affect of what they are doing though.
  7. mvp 78
    Low risk, low reward with those three contracts.
  8. mvp 78
    They offered Imanaga a larger contract and he elected to sign with the Cubbies.
  9. mvp 78
    Also, with a looming lockout in 2027, I don't expect players to be getting mega deals next offseason.
  10. mvp 78
    Why would he opt out? Aging hitters aren't going to get more expensive in this day and age. Only pitchers in their 30's are retaining their value at the moment and that's because of scarcity. Bregman's production being replaced by Campbell in a year or two is harder to accomplish for pitchers.
  11. mvp 78
    Boras doesn't have his fastball anymore.
  12. mvp 78
    I don't want to get too worked up over k's. The Yankees only have one projected starter below 21% k rate: Oswaldo Cabrera.
  13. mvp 78
    Comparing the WAR of players from the past few seasons to when the Sox were year in/year out playoff threats is pretty sad.
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    They were comfortable on their valuations of David Price (a pitcher over 30!?!?!?), Trevor Story and Masataka Yoshida. They thought 300M to Mookie was an overpay a few years ago. They are both the interest kings and the kings of getting pie faced and ruining their once great legacy.
  16. mvp 78
    Ask Cora. Story hit behind Raffy in each start of 2024. That was supposed to be Story's return to form season and I think Cora had high hopes for him.
  17. mvp 78
    At the moment, they don't really care about losing a few fans. So far, Fenway keeps getting filled up with AWAY fans when Sox fans stay home. Not many people are going to forgo NESN because of one bad Sox season. The past few years haven't impacted their pockets and probably wouldn't for many years. It's "America's Most Beloved Ballpark!"
  18. mvp 78
    It'd have to be a very big move, not just signing Bregman.
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    Actually, they only bid on Soto to appease the fans and drive the price up. Ownership knew that they were never going to sign him. 🤑
  21. mvp 78
    Vegas isn't about realistic win/loss, but about what people will bet for/against. I think 85 seems right to me without further additions. I don't think I've projected them to be a 90 win team since 2019.
  22. mvp 78
    I don't think it has to do with Henry being cheap. I bet he lives a luxurious lifestyle and would pick up the tab if we all went out. I think he just wants to look smart and to do that he can't be uncouth and simply buy players by outspending everyone else. Winning is important, but he wants to be seen as the brainiac who won, rather than the billionaire who paid for a championship.
  23. mvp 78
    Also, per sabermetrics, it's better to put Casas at cleanup than hit him in the 3 hole. Story is the weakest hitter of the 4 and should bat third. I've been told that's how it should work these days.
  24. mvp 78
    Just looked at the SoxProspects forum and let's just say that we are more bearish on the Sox outlook this year than they are. There are quite a few posters over there projecting them at 90+ wins and the lowest win projection was 84. Honestly, I don't know how anyone could see this team as a 95 win team as presently constructed and I'm counting on big seasons from Story and Masa.
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    I don't think there's any chance that Cora rolls out a L/L/L batting order. It will most likely be Jarren/Raffy/Story/Casas at the top of the lineup, the way it was at the beginning of last season before Story got hurt. Guerrero makes more sense for this roster than an innings guy like Criswell. Since he has options, Criswell will start in AAA and stay stretched out. SoxProspects projects Austin Adams as making the team out of camp. He's had an interesting career with some really good years. He's very slider heavy and seems to fit what they were doing last season. Would I rather Adams or Kelly? I'd rather they had another FA acquisition TBH.
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