Bellhorn04
-
Posts
54,875 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
76
Content Type
Profiles
Boston Red Sox Videos
2026 Boston Red Sox Top Prospects Ranking
Boston Red Sox Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits
Guides & Resources
2025 Boston Red Sox Draft Pick Tracker
News
2026 Boston Red Sox Draft Pick Tracker
Forums
Blogs
Events
Store
Downloads
Gallery
Everything posted by Bellhorn04
-
And you're the one who said the Sox could upgrade there. You've indicated on several occasions that you're interested in upgrading there, I think. The question is how much of a priority is it to upgrade there given the overall strength of the team and our 'capital constraints'. I can't see it as much of a priority at all for 2019. Maybe in 2020 or 2021 it would make more sense as other things change. I think the main point of interest right now at the position is whether DD going to trade one of them.
-
Well, it's possible you could make a trade for a good cost-controlled reliever. That was the idea behind the trades for Thornburg and Smith, which of course didn't work out too well because of injuries, and stupidity in one case.
-
I'm largely in agreement with you about the catcher position. I don't even give it much thought, because it's just not a problem area that anything needs to be done about.
-
But what would be the point of replacing them with equal players?
-
They might be a strength when you factor in their actual cost and control years, though, and when you factor in the cost of upgrading.
-
Forgetting his past MO, I think what he did here was what he had to do. That's my point.
-
This is headed toward here we go round the mulberry bush territory. But when Dombrowski came in we needed pitching desperately. The major league pitching staff was extremely weak and there was none in the system anywhere near MLB-ready. So he traded for some pitchers. He also made a bunch of deadline trades. He did not make one single trade of any significance for a position player.
-
Why are you distinguishing between prospects he inherited and prospects he didn't inherit? The prospects he traded were generally ones he inherited, weren't they? That's what he keeps getting criticized for. But you're saying that inherited prospects he didn't trade don't enter into the equation? I guess I need some guidelines here on what counts and what doesn't.
-
He didn't trade Benintendi either.
-
Are you saying you would rather have the Dodgers or Braves record and farm system over ours? Would you give up the 2013 and 2018 rings in exchange? Because it sounds like that's what you're saying.
-
Sure, let's moan and groan about not being the Dodgers or the Braves. Even though their last championships were 1988 and 1995, respectively.
-
Wow, one exception. There usually is at least one exception to the norm.
-
He hasn't depended on Benintendi or Devers?
-
His guesses are as valid as any of ours.
-
And the Braves won their division in 2018, yes, but that followed seasons of 67-95, 68-94 and 72-90. A wee bit of a tank job there, too.
-
As a PITCHER for the Boston Red Sox, Babe won 89 games with a 2.19 ERA. So maybe, just maybe, he was a pretty decent all-around athlete, huh, Ottavino, you f'king clown?
-
Seriously, Ottavino has to be a pinhead to make a statement like that.
-
Let's not forget that Houston's blueprint for success was a total tank job.
-
moon pretty much said Keith Law's statement was full of crap.
-
I don't think meals allowances count as payroll for luxury tax purposes though.
-
Rich Garces might also be interested in a comeback. He might not even want money, just meals paid for.
-
Cora selected Vazquez as his main man at a point in the postseason, so that certainly means something.
-
I know it seems incredible, but I actually had a dream this morning that baseball was going to give a new name to high leverage late innings, somewhat similar to the NFL's Red Zone nonsense. It was going to be called the Cliff Zone. This proves conclusively that I spend too much time here.
-
It's silly. Babe was a beast compared to his contemporaries and that's all that matters. The rest is time travel fantasy s***...entertaining in books by H G Wells and Vonnegut and Stephen King, but useless in reality.
-
Seriously. I think according to MLBTR the poor guy should be heading into the second year of his 4 year, 60 million deal right now...
