Bellhorn04
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Yeah, they might go with bullpen games every 5th day.
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Is it possible that JDM reads the writing on the wall and opts out, knowing he might do no better than break even, but wanting some say over where he plays next year?
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One big question is how do they replace Porcello in the rotation on the cheap?
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Also worth nothing is that Werner backpedalled a bit on the tax reset, saying that's the goal right now, but they might choose not to do it, depending on circumstances.
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As Jerry Seinfeld put it, 'We're cheering for laundry!' -
The piece about the Sox re-setting next year includes this statement, BTW. Strictly to placate the fans or dead serious? So, does that mean Betts is destined to depart? Not at all, per the organizational leadership. Though Betts has made clear time and time again that he’s not interested in an extension, Werner says the team intends to actively pursue further extension talks this winter — and has already reached out to Betts’s agent to get the ball rolling.
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There must have been some players you didn't feel that way about. Yaz maybe?
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Yeah, except for the 119 wins and parade in his rookie season, it's been a disaster. How's the heroin BTW?
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That would be a monster raise for E-Rod. Not that he doesn't deserve it, but that seems a little disproportionate. They only gave him 4.3 mill after a pretty good 2018 season.
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Well, there you go. You're on a good roll with your predictions. Now don't get all swell-headed about it like our loquacious Yankee fan member here.
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Yep, it's #3 we'll miss.
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No one knows with certainty and no one will. I've said it before, the Red Sox organization has been like the Mafia through all the controversies of this regime. Not much gets out.
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Sale and Price were the make or break guys, though. And they were down 80 innings between them. They only combined for 254 innings. Our team had very little starting pitching depth, and an average bullpen at best, so we needed those two to have strong, healthy seasons. Neither one did.
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Porcello is most likely gone. I do think there will be more than one occasion next year when people lament him being gone.
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The money is the only real reason. Any team would be happy to have him as a #4/5 starter.
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It would be nice to see Eovaldi finish the season on a positive note, at least, to give us some hope for next year. As fans, let's not finish the season like a bunch of sad sacks.
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9/26 SOX @ Texas 2:05PM EST
Bellhorn04 replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
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What the Yankees did this year overcoming injuries was extremely unusual. They had much better depth and some pretty amazing luck with replacements. We lost significant time from Sale, Price and Eovaldi. Of course that had an impact.
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The thing we don't know much about is the issues with DD's 'management style'. Shaughnessy signaled the firing weeks before it happened, saying DD seemed to have penned himself off from the rest of the organization except for his 'trusted lieutenants'. I don't know how much of that is true and how much is idle speculation, of course.
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OK, well played.
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Maybe there will be some changes in approach. I would point out, though, that in 2018 our pitching, with virtually the same personnel, was pretty damn good. Baseball is just a tough game to figure out sometimes.
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There was reason if they thought doing it before the season was their one chance to retain Sale at a discounted price. The mystery continues to be exactly what was, and is, the condition of Sale's arm and how it's been so hard to diagnose.
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Even Cashner?
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Because it's got the pungent aroma of controversy and finger-pointing. Like chicken and beer. That stuff always has legs.
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That was good stuff when you did that. Sometimes the only way to analyze things is to go through every damn game log.
