Bellhorn04
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I think the Yanks are recovering most of Ellsbury's pay through insurance as long as he 'can't play'. So that significantly reduces their financial incentive to move him.
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I blame medical science. It's obviously overrated.
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Seriously.
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He's a fine pitcher, and he's going to get a contract that someone will deeply regret in a few years.
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Playing Red Sox GM: salary dump time!
Bellhorn04 replied to VJCPatriot's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Yep, that sort of mucho dinero in sweetners. -
Tampa gave them a tough series, because Tampa is a good team. But the Astros beat them 6-1 in the deciding game. Not luck.
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Playing Red Sox GM: salary dump time!
Bellhorn04 replied to VJCPatriot's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
"We might need to throw in sweetners to move price and eovaldi" That's funny stuff. -
I'm sure there was debate. I think if there was no extension and Sale went out and had a strong season, he would be looking at something like $200 million in free agency. What he agreed to was about $128 million, in present value dollars, based on the calcs done for his AAV. It all keeps coming back to how the problems in his arm could be missed in a high-tech medical exam.
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I'm not sure how anyone could have ignored Sale's issues last year, including Henry.
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I caution against reading too much into any of it. Henry did approve the trade for Cashner, which was overlooked because it happened early and because he pitched like s***. Also, I doubt that Henry disagreed with DD about everything after the WS. Maybe just about the overall philosophy DD was espousing. And Henry certainly can't disown the Sale extension. He went on record about how they didn't want to make the same mistake they made with Lester et cetera.
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John Henry is a smart man and he understands very well the balances between the short-term and long-term, and between making money and putting a team on the field that keeps fans interested.
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cp, a lot of fans love the blame game, and it's not just DD who has had the finger pointed at him for this year's failures. Cora has been raked on the coals pretty good for the spring training program and other issues. A few here have called for him to be fired too. And our pitching coaches have already been canned.
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Well said.
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Any chances the Red Sox have to contend in 2020 depend heavily on the questionable health and effectiveness of SPE. (Might as well start using an acronym for Sale, Price and Eovaldi.)
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1) moon's statement was sarcasm. 2) Please see this thread I started on the topic. https://www.talksox.com/forum/threads/19588-Are-the-playoffs-really-a-crapshoot
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We know that the Red Sox are totally overhauling their pitching management, that was started before Bloom was hired. I must point out though, that our pitching, while awful in 2019, served us pretty well in 2018, including Price, obviously.
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Yep, awesome decisions can be made in hindsight.
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Yep, screw the titles.
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So why wouldn't he stick around now that Dave is gone? Another logic fail, Larry.
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You're a brutal man, Larry. First of all, JD was a great signing by DD-not just the player but the contract structure. Secondly, it was obviously an organizational decision not to go into sell mode last July.
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JD has done nothing to hurt his value salary-wise, but as you say, he's gotten 2 years older, and age/contract length are the real issues.
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The Bloom is off the rose.
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Blooming idiot.
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Frankly, teams shouldn't be giving 10 year deals to anyone. But someone will always be willing to do it, as we saw with Harper and Machado.
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Friedman?
