Bellhorn04
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Of course Pedro was unethical. He threw at guys all the time.
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I agree with you, and I don't like Boras. It must be inferred, though, that whatever ethical infractions he has committed, he has not crossed the line into illegality, or we would know about it.
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Boar'sAss - that's the best one yet, I think.
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I think we did need Sale, yes. And he was arguably a great value acquisition because of his low AAV contract. We did paid a high price in prospects for him, certainly.
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I understand that line of thinking. But it seems like whenever we've signed a guy who had any sort of character/personality issues attached to him, it hasn't worked out very well. Maybe it's because of that old adage about Boston being a tough place to play. But acquiring Machado would make me very nervous.
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Larry Lucchino is hardly the only baseball executive who has had issues with Boras. If it was just Lucchino you might have a point.
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Let's be clear though. The claims about Machado being a punk are mainly to do with some arguably dirty plays he has made.
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Boras has a reputation of getting the most money for his clients, that's a little different from having an excellent reputation for being an ethical dealer. He seems to have done some questionable stuff over the years, based on the stories that have come out. The Johnny Damon negotiations being just one example. (The Red Sox claimed that Boras told them he would give them a chance to match the Yankees best offer, then didn't make the call.) But he has obviously done very well overall to be where he is today.
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I won't argue about the overpaid part, that's probably fair. But I don't see how he overdid it on the pitching. You have said yourself that we still need another #2 type starter.
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Not really a 'label', the comment was half in jest and part of a profile that was very favorable to Pedroia.
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If there were better offers Boras just might pass that info on to us...
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A 37.5 mill AAV really chews up a lot of payroll room LOL
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Scherzer would have been a better acquisition, obviously. Have to blame Henry on that one, I think.
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When you don't have any pitching you have to get it from trades or free agency. Dombrowski did both and has been lambasted in some quarters for virtually every big-ticket move.
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The Miami sale was actually $1.2 billion. That's what us accounting types call transposed numbers - they can be deadly. Still, $1.2 billion is an amazing amount for a crap franchise. But I have to ask, where does all the money keep coming from? If subscription TV viewership drops significantly, there's no way that doesn't start to push the needle in the other direction at some point. Revenue has to come from somewhere, the pockets of the fans.
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MLB has to approve all contracts, of course.
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Yankee Stadium has the crazy short porch in right, but it's deep in left and centre.
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The bottom line is, there are a lot more doubles hit at Fenway than at other parks, on average. There are also fewer home runs hit at Fenway than average. The doubles increase is more pronounced than the home run reduction, and therefore it's a hitter's park in general. But the misconception has often been that it's a hitter's park because of balls going over the wall. It's actually all the balls that go off the wall.
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It's a doubles park for RH hitters who hit mostly line drives. It's also a good hitting park for lefty hitters who can go to the opposite field.
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Overall it's not an HR park but it can be for a RH power hitter who hits fly balls more than line drives.
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Archer's 2017 differential is monstrous - 3.4 WAR. I have seen some other large ones too. Check out Buchholz in 2014. According to FG he was +1.6, according to B-R he was -1.6. So there's a 3.2 spread. Porcello is another one who seems to score better on FG. Interesting statistical oddities, if nothing else, I guess.
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Before 2004 I had a huge success void that needed to be filled by the Red Sox finally winning it.
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You are a good sport about it. Have you ever had one of your favorite sports teams win it all?
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And that, of course, is in addition to the Mariners being one of the only MLB teams to have never played in the World Series. Sorry, harmony.
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With pitchers there are. Look at Chris Archer 2016-2017 for example.
