Bellhorn04
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But you're just the man to do it.
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JDM actually has a higher OPS and OPS+ in a Boston uniform than Papi did. That's pretty impressive...
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The problem is you have, for example, Sizemore and Sandoval in the same basket. Both were flops, but one was insignificant and one was a disaster.
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And how have those teams done in comparison to the ones who haven't? My postseason standings thread clearly shows it's the higher spending teams who have been more successful.
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The thing is, the Red Sox have absorbed all those free agent busts and succeeded despite them. The busts have engendered endless moaning and groaning, of course, but that just comes with the territory. Is John Henry impoverished because of all the money wasted on Pablo, Hanley and Rusney? All you can really say is that the money could have been spent better, which is Thanks Captain Obvious stuff.
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I said many, not most. The Sox have been employing this strategy in a big way since the day they signed Manny. So about 20 years. There were others before that, certainly, going back to Mike Torrez, but the sums of money were relatively small compared to the last 20 years. And Torrez was actually pretty good, other than that one pitch...
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I guess Marisnick won't be playing for us in 2020 after all. The Mets just traded for him.
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And he is arguably the best. You could probably make a case for Friedman, but Theo has him on rings, 3 to zip.
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I believe Theo Epstein himself said way back when that if you have a success rate of 50% on your free agent picks, you're doing great - words to that effect anyway. Theo has always made use of free agency and always been realistic about it.
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I just thought it was a good opportunity too use that quote from Yoda. I'm a big Yoda fan.
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It's hit or miss. So is the draft. What strategy isn't? I keep coming back to the same thing: the Red Sox are, arguably, the most successful team since Henry bought the team, depending on how much weight you give to titles. And they have used free agency basically to the limit. And in spite of all the busts, many of those free agents have paid off hugely and can be linked directly to the titles.
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Do, or do not. There is no try.
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I couldn't disagree more. You can call it lazy or PR oriented or whatever you want. But please don't try to tell me a free agent signing like J. D. Martinez doesn't help you achieve the ultimate goal of winning titles. The trick, obviously, as with most things, is to use it judiciously.
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The Astros have their own saying: 'Hitting is all about knowing what's coming.'
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And the Committee of Four has its own problem. They've been having a lot of 2-2 deadlocks when they vote. They've decided they need to add a fifth member so it will be like the Supreme Court. But it's been taking some time finding a suitable candidate.
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Things are moving slow because Bloom has to run all his ideas past the Committee of Four first. And if he gets past them, he has to deal with Sammy 'the Lip' Lucchino.
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See any Kafka landmarks in Prague?
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Bloomer needs to trade Price or Eovaldi. That's starting to look mandatory.
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Anyone run the Bundy trade through the simulator?
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Well, you've got me convinced, FWIW
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Wheeler's 5/118 is only slightly less than Sale's extension, which is 5/128 in present value dollars.
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Don't forget Kimbrel.
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Exactly.
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We shall see, Swami, we shall see.
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Don't trade him, and in fact stop talking about trading him and wasting your time and everyone else's with a jillion proposals run through the Trade Simulator. That's my simple solution.
