Bellhorn04
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Seems they're grooming him to be the Swiss Army Knife, but still see him doing some catching.
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This does help answer the question of why we haven't signed any dumpster dives yet.
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Ben was a quiet fellow. I think you'll be challenged to find very many meaty quotes from him about team-building. I think you're probably right, that he liked the long-term approach. I suspect he's more comfortable where he is now, in a more behind-the-scenes role.
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But he's catching in a lot of the spring training games.
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I don't necessarily disagree, but if we're holding Dombrowski to the same standard, he didn't do anything last year about the Pedroia insubordination either.
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They still have to prove it. Cessa, for one, hasn't put up good numbers at the big league level so far.
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Not now, obviously, considering his health status, so the question is kind of irrelevant.
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Yes, a range like that would suggest that when it comes to a player like Swihart, "Your guess is as good as mine".
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I give Ben a free pass for 2012 as well. I don't fault him that much for 2014 either. It was 2015 when I really questioned his acumen, especially with the pitching staff he rolled out there.
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Your offense looks sick, no question. I think our main hope for finishing ahead of you guys is that your rotation underperforms.
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So Ben had a different philosophy from Theo, since Theo signed Lester? Let's face it, Kimmi, we don't really know what Ben's philosophy was or is. It's all speculation.
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How come you're using conventional numbers instead of WAR? Seems to me you were using WAR for Porcello.
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I don't know what you mean about Lester. Ben was the GM when they failed to sign him to an extension. Ben was the GM when they failed to sign him as a free agent. How would Ben, or the Sox FO, not be held accountable for what he's been doing since then?
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Yes he did.
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Correct.
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If that was true, Sandy wouldn't be around any more.
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Like I said - no one gets a free pass.
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Sandy must have heard you. He took Happ deep twice today.
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I disagree that Ben was handed a s*** team. But I'm about 99.9 per cent sure it was Lucchino that hired Valentine, and that move, along with the residual sourness from 2011, ensured that 2012 would be a disaster.
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Many fans will say that, sure. But Belichick has been questioned pretty sharply about some things as well, the most recent being the benching of Butler in the Super Bowl. No one gets a free pass.
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Results-wise, Ben's run as GM was totally bizarre. A world championship-fantastic. A 93-loss season and a 91-loss season (the most losses for a Red Sox team since 1965)-horrific.
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Dickey threw 190 innings with a 4.26 ERA last year. That's pretty damn good for a dumpster dive. I'm surprised he's still out there.
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Anibal Sanchez was released by the Twins. Add another to the list of possible dumpster dives. And 3 of them are former Red Sox!
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3 years, 75 million for Arrieta.
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Interesting proposition, at least.
