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  1. mvp 78
    It takes a unique mental outlook to live everyday down here.
  2. mvp 78
    I'm thinking more towards the '25 crop of Teel/Mayer/Anthoney/Yorke or whoever doesn't get traded.
  3. mvp 78
    Don't let them come any further south.
  4. mvp 78
    I don't care. It's not an award for who got the most fWAR. At some point, there are lots of stats to look at and determining "better season" can come down to personal opinion especially when bWAR and fWAR don't play nicely with each other.
  5. mvp 78
    And constantly pushing their pitching picks to the 4th round has given them what? Matt Duffy, last year's pitchability pick is currently unranked on SoxProspects. Anyone excited about Dalton Rogers or Noah Dean from 2022? Drafting guys with the ceiling of "emergency back end starters" isn't great for that pitching pipeline IMO.
  6. mvp 78
    You can't prove they are good at if they don't try. The first 2-3 rounds are usually the GM picks.
  7. mvp 78
    Not much grumbling from what I remember, at least nothing like now. It was just "how do they replace ERod?"
  8. mvp 78
    Steele threw less innings and had less k's. Gallen pitching two extra starts for a Cindarella playoff team gets him in over Wheeler, but they were pretty similar.
  9. mvp 78
    What trade offers reported at that time would you have rather had? Cal Quantrill and Capusano?
  10. mvp 78
    I don't remember there being pressure that offseason? They were coming off an ALCS run and that Story move came from out of nowhere at the end of the offseason.
  11. mvp 78
    I think that was probably told to him in the interview process. When you compare the Dodgers received to the Padres offers, the Verdugo trade was still the better one. Should have just taken Brusdar.
  12. mvp 78
    Whether he did it to himself or his shoes were tied together by ownership, we won't know until the Speier 300 page book.
  13. mvp 78
    Snell: 2.25 ERA, 3.62 xFIP, .256 BABIP (second lowest BABIP in the top 20) Both times that Snell won the CY he had career low BABIPs: .256 and .241.
  14. mvp 78
    Strider pitched more innings, had a higher k/9, lower bb/9, 20 WINS!, better FIP. Aside from ERA, everything about Strider's season was better AND he played on a team that was competitive and got to the playoffs. I would have went Strider > Gallen > Snell.
  15. mvp 78
    Also, there is a much longer answer about ownership giving Bloom leeway for not entirely handling the '22 deadline well. Bloom then has a pretty terrible offseason (in part due to him having to reset the CBT), which includes a very ugly performance at the Winter Weekend where the crowd lustfully boos him. He turtles during the '23 deadline and the team completely falls apart with lots of conversation around the team feeling like they were just left out to dry and not given help from the FO. Bloom made several missteps, but the biggest one was the '22 deadline and not trading JD which would have put the team under the CBT (better comp picks, better '23 offseason).
  16. mvp 78
    The prospects will have to hit the ground running the way the O's prospects have done.
  17. mvp 78
    I think they are getting close to stumbling into a roaring fire. They generated a lot of goodwill, but really have a had some bad looks the past few years. I think Sox fans still want their owners to show them that they care as much as the fans do.
  18. mvp 78
    Public pressure is what got them to re-sign Devers.
  19. mvp 78
    He shouldn't have won the second CY anyway.
  20. mvp 78
    They wanted to see if he could pull '23 off. He may have kept his job if he had re-signed Wacha and went for another cheapo like Miley, instead of Kluber.
  21. mvp 78
    '23 FAs: Heyward 720k, 2.2 fWAR G Sanchez 1M, 1.7 fWAR W Smith 1.4M, 1.1 fWAR A Chapman 3.5M, 1.8 fWAR Wacha 6.5M, 2.6 fWAR Duvall 7M, 1.9 fWAR You can find good players without having to overpay. It just becomes more of a crapshoot.
  22. mvp 78
    He does generate a lot of swing and miss (98th percentile whiff rate), which is something Crag want to focus on.
  23. mvp 78
    The signing doesn't have to be sexy to work. About 50% of all FA signings look ugly at the end of the next season. Crag just has to find the guys that will be effective. There will be a few below market FA's that succeed this year. Will they find them? Is it important enough to Crag to sell it to the fans? Maybe as an ex-ballplayer he doesn't really care about the PR side? Take a hit now, but build a good team. I think we'd all be happy with this offseason if they are playing meaningful games in September with Crag signings that are working out and a retooled pitching program that is finally showing signs of life.
  24. mvp 78
    That is the decision that cost Bloom his job.
  25. mvp 78
    I think everyone can see that. I think in '22 the Pads were even talking about moving him out of the rotation at one point.
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