Bellhorn04
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That's fair, but the fact is that Dombrowski had no choice but to trade prospects for pitching, yet he gets bashed for it. And he also gets bashed for going the other route and forking out the big dollars for Price. In a sense, he was put into a no-win situation, just like Bloom was this year.
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That may be a proper rule, but sometimes you have to make exceptions. Bloom walked into a hilariously bad state of affairs. No manager, no Sale, no E-Rod, no farm, told to cut payroll, not add it. Forced to trade the team's best player for whatever he could get. Sometimes circumstances have to be looked at.
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That's pretty unfair IMHO. Too much credit to Ben. He left the team with little pitching and some horrible contracts. He was no Theo.
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Spaceman was traded because of a personal vendetta of Don Zimmer's. The team was winning at the time and Bill was coming off a decent season. It was just one of the team's epically stupid moves of the 70's.
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Must be a bullpen game though.
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Best game thread ever!
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Brasier is pitching pretty well lately.
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Chances are less than zero.
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There's no chance we're going to shift to a Rays-level payroll. Zero. It surprises me that anyone thinks Henry would actually go in that direction. He has spent on the team from Day One. He knows who his customers are.
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Probably not, but it depends on the alternatives, too.
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And I think that would have been a disastrously short-sighted approach. And trading him to the Dodgers with thoughts of re-signing him would have been especially foolish.
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I doubt the Dodgers would have much interest in Chavis.
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I totally get that. To me it's all about his health. If I knew he was 100% healthy I'd say it's a reasonable signing. All a moot point anyway, of course.
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It's not a real season. It's 60 games, tops. Some teams won't even play 60. Players have opted out or are missing time because of the pandemic. That's not a real season. If it was a real season, the Red Sox might be more motivated to not suck as much.
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From their inception in 1998 to 2007, it was 10 years of pure unadulterated suck. But from 2008 to 2020, 13 seasons, they will have 6 playoff appearances, assuming they hold on this year. Plus 2 other seasons where they won 90 games but missed the playoffs. I think that's pretty impressive considering their payroll and the fact they're in the same division with the Yankees and Red Sox.
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It's not just wishful thinking. The Rays have been very successful these last few years on a tiny budget. That's a fact.
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Position, yes. Pitchers are riskier. And we needed a pitcher. So it's not really apples to apples.
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That is debatable, of course. Any player can cease to be productive in a heartbeat. It's also a real possibility that the Red Sox believed Mookie would get more than the $365 million. The pandemic may have shaved 10% or so.
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The current state of the team can be blamed on DD, Henry, and Ben. Ben left the team with very little pitching, that was his main contribution.
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It all comes down to the definition of "afford", of course. Having enough money available to buy something doesn't mean you can afford it.
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But you have strongly argued that a 12 years, $365 commitment is simply insane. So why isn't it enough of a reason?
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Jeez, the guy's name is not that difficult LOL
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But he did want that GM in 2015...
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It's not just the 30 million a year. It's the risk that the player will get injured or decline but still be paid the 30 million for years, which would cripple a small market team.
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All I have really been saying is that the primary reason Mookie was traded is that they didn't want to give him the contract he wanted. To me that's all the reason they needed. Do you strongly disagree with that?
