Bellhorn04
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But even having 'good, cheap players' from the farm has a pretty short window now. It does if it's a really top player, at least. Mookie will end up getting paid about 60 million for his 3 arb years. That's not exactly cheap.
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I call it the economics of modern baseball. Even the richest teams can only afford to keep a very small number of elite players.
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No idea.
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Looks that way, doesn't it?
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No one can predict what will happen in a single game.
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I think devastating is hyperbole. Do we have our work cut out to field a contending team next year or in 2021? Absolutely.
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Depleted, hopefully back on the rise per Baseball America's promoting it to #22.
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And I don't think the trades of Espinoza and Beeks devastated anything.
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I would say Dombrowski UTILIZED the farm, or EXPLOITED the farm, to get us 3 division titles and a championship. And no, I'm not complaining about it. Which doesn't mean I'm unaware of the importance of the farm or that it needs improvement.
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So you're saying you're not complaining about what DD did with the farm? You're not complaining about the Kimbrel trade?
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And the Guardians won 93 and didn't even make the Wild Card game.
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Very possible.
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So what would you like Henry to do? He fired DD, in case you didn't notice. Want him to sell the team too?
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'Trade JBJ' threads use his batting average. It's his defenders that use WAR.
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Henry did say there were differences with Dombrowski that started right after winning the World Series in 2018. How specific do we really expect him to be? It's a no-win situation. If Henry starts enumerating all the things DD did that he disagreed with, does that make anything better?
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Red Sox fans used to whine because they couldn't win the World Series. Now they whine because although they won the World Series, they spent too much money doing it, or traded too many prospects. (A post specifically designed to stir up trouble. )
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And Theo did his part when he traded Torres for a rental of Chapman in an arguably even bigger overpay. So the Yankees, Dodgers and Rockies can blame DD and Theo for getting hosed by Chapman, Jansen and Davis. Sound right?
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With Mookie, there is one slightly chilling scenario, which is that his intention is to go somewhere else no matter how much the Red Sox are willing to pay.
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I can't see it being Bogey vs. Betts. Bogey got 120 mill. Betts must be thinking 300 mill or more - 2.5 times as much.
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The Bogaerts extension looks like a pretty good deal.
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I'm not ignoring the prospects. My sole point is that the contract on its own was a favorable one. FanGraphs says he was worth $46.1 million for the 3 years, compared to the $37.5 million he was paid.
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Compared to a free agent contract for a top closer, it was a good contract.
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He can opt out after next year too...
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FIRE DANA LEVANGIE or say he's retiring NOW !!!!!
Bellhorn04 replied to Swiharts Ghost's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
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If he does opt out, don't forget, they also get whacked for a bigger tax bill for 2018.
