mvp 78
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Even if he's just more of a part time player next season, that bat is still really valuable. Sox should try to keep him around.
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Yup, that's what happens when you play some really terrible teams.
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Not cool to reference kimmi like this!
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Well, slasher never posts anymore, so there's not too much slung Cora's way except for all the Kiké playing time.
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Rays DFA'd Ronny Chirinos.
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That's why Bloom needs to be able to make decisions without Henry around. I feel like Henry should be an absentee owner. Just set a budget and go away.
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And instead of going over and trying to get into the playoffs, they went over, didn't improve their current roster and ended up under .500. Bloom whiffed. This year, the tradable assets are different. Sox will probably stand pat and it's fine.
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Not from the fans, but from the media. Henry didn't want to get dragged over the coals.
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2023 MLB Draft
mvp 78 replied to sk7326's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
@SPChrisHatfield I expect we'll get some official draftee signing news today, or at worst tomorrow. Four have been reported, plus 4th-rounder Matt Duffy and 11th-rounder Nelly Taylor are at the Complex. -
Not with the talent that currently existed on that team: Nate Xander Devers ERod JD Beni Vaz Just adding cheap defensive first players around them would get them to be .500 or better every year. It also took too long to get returns from the Mookie trade and the biggest prospect can't flame out.
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Not good enough to get under the cap or nobody would take on salary?
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His metrics in 2021 were pretty bad. Catchers can age really fast and his contract was higher than what I would have paid. Nice guy though.
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The WOO pitching staff stinks. We knew it wasn't going to be very good going into the year (and was only made worse by the ineffectiveness and injuries in the Sox rotation and bullpen). The strength right now starts in AA, where all the Bloom guys are. Drohan is in AAA, but they aren't going to rush him up for a start or two. These guys they are throwing to the wolves are just waiver wire journeymen.
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I think with 2022, Bloom saw that it wasn't working and tried to start trading off pieces. However, the negative reaction to the Vaz trade probably got ownership a little gun shy and forced Bloom to really half ass the trading deadline. If he could just work in a vacuum and run this team without outside distractions, we'd be in a better place. He's not the perfect CBO, but nobody is. DD had his faults. Ben had his. Theo had his share of mistakes too.
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If they didn't have Kluber or Kiké, they'd be about $35M under the CBT. I understand NOT spending on the available SS's (Turner, Swanson, Correa) since MIF is the strength of the farm system right now. Why not use the funds to give Eovaldi the contract they initially offered him and he came back to Sox and requested? Get local boy Hill back on a one year deal and you're still way under the cap. One year deal for Andrus to play SS and you've solved the Story injury. Those wouldn't have been sexy moves, but they would have been competent moves. This team would have been much better off for it. Whitlock or Houck could have been pushed to the pen.
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I think there's a difference between expecting dominance and expecting a team that is above .500. Bloom made roster construction mistakes in 2022 and even some in 2023 (SS/2B, injury prone SP's). I can't fault him for a dry pipeline or an ownership group that wouldn't let him deal off the high end talent at the trade deadline. I can fault him for a moribund team last season that limped its way through 162 games. The current squad seems to have better vibes and should at least end the year on the right side of .500 even if they don't make the playoffs. Seems like that's a better outcome for fans.
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Well, if Beckett doesn't give up 8 runs in Game 2 against the Rays in 08, maybe they get to another WS.
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You liked the team before the year started. Can't blame Cash. You liked the menu!
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Since Jun 1: 8 G, 36.2 IP, 1.25 WHIP, 1 QS, GSv2 51 It's fine? I'd still take those relief numbers over the starter numbers...
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I was surprised he didn't mention David Pauley.
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It was definitely an in between year. It also didn't help that the guy they acquired to lead their staff had a really bad first year in Boston. He settled down and pitched ok the next 5 years though.
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The only trade piece of value (that isn't projected to be on the roster next season) is Paxton. Sox may just want to keep him around for the QO, which I said a few months ago was a good problem to have.
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Nope, don't remember that one! All 3 starts were in September in a year they missed the playoffs. That's a blur.
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Sure, if he becomes a different pitcher THEN we can call him a #1. I just see a lot of people jumping the gun and proclaiming him a top of the rotation pitcher RIGHT NOW. His underlying metrics are middle of the road. He gets hit hard and doesn't miss bats. Since his BB rate is down, he's a very solid starter. It's just hard to say if his current success (ERA outpacing xFIP) is going to continue long term.
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Are people good with Casas now? @itsbrianbarrett Casas Since the start of June 128 PAs .283/.367/.531/.898 .248 ISO - 27th of 176 qualifiers 11.7% walk rate - 33rd Barrel percentage - 14.1% (23rd) Hard hit rate - 50.6% (32nd)
