Bellhorn04
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Moving him to closer should only be a last resort.
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Peak Sale for me.
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Relax. You're guessing, same as us. I highly doubt Mookie told them he had no interest in ever signing a long-term deal with Boston. That would have been dumb. Who the hell ever thought David Price would want to play 7 years in Boston? The 217 million did the trick, not his love of the city.
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Who knows? He certainly did the next year.
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That's partially but not completely true. Eovaldi's 2018 regular season fWAR was 2.2, which had a dollar value of $17.5 million. His injury history was obviously a big concern, but he had proven to be a good pitcher when healthy. He also had a 3.3 fWAR in 2014 and a 3.2 fWAR in 2015.
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The thing about Price was, we were in desperate need of a starting pitcher. The main alternatives that year were Greinke, who got a similar deal to Price, and Cueto, who got "only" 130 million, but has missed even more time than Price. Not sure what DD was supposed to do that would have been clearly better.
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One correction - Betts will be 28 when his new contract begins next year.
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Yes, Henry has always spent on the team. He knows that's part of the deal when you own the Red Sox. That's why I like him.
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The answer is simple - personal philosophies and feelings. We all have different ones.
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I am a big John Henry fan (as far as you can be a fan of a billionaire owner). I've been a Red Sox fan since 1969. Pre-Henry 1969-2001 33 years no rings Post-Henry 2002-2020 19 years 4 rings
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The 4 biggest free agent starters that offseason were: Price 7/217 million Greinke 6/206.5 million Cueto 6/130 million J Zimmerman 5/110 million
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But the question is what were the alternatives that year. We had to upgrade the starting pitching significantly, and the only options were free agency or trade.
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Price's 217 million was a huge risk, of course. Mookie's ask of 420 million was virtually double that. Or it was Price's 217 million plus another 203 million on top of that.
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How about names that you get mixed up? Here's a pair for me: Tanner Roark Tanner Houck
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Well, there was that tweet with the re-set button.
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Middy gave us all a serious phobia about hitters of his breed, and Chavis has made it worse.
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Some of us are weird and get our jollies letting our imaginations run wild.
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Not bad!
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It's quite possible that when Mookie's contract was discussed by Sox brass, they decided they would be better off sinking the $350-400 million into pitching.
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5 dingers in his first 35 PA's. It'll be a tough pace to maintain.
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Where anybody with an ERA below 6 is an upgrade...
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The low bar effect.
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On the Yankee fan forum, they were talking about Cashman addressing the team, and one guy says "Someone needs to address Cashman."
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His strikeout rate has plummeted though.
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9/08 SOX @ Phillies
Bellhorn04 replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
D'oh! I am losing touch.
