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  1. Bellhorn04
    Hanley is a very likable fellow who can rake when he's healthy and in the groove. That said, he had an fWAR of -0.4 last year. He has a cumulative fWAR of 0.6 in 3 years for us, and has been paid 66 million dollars. So certainly we have issues with him in terms of value and cost. Plus he's got that burdensome vesting option adding to the yuck factors.
  2. Bellhorn04
    Don't count him out yet. He's probably more motivated than ever. It's all up to medical science.
  3. Bellhorn04
    There are actually two pretty big ifs. Pitchers staying healthy and offensive players rebounding. And then there's the Yankees. Pythagoras says they were 7 games better than us last year, and they added this Stanton guy and they still have some money and prospects to add on with...
  4. Bellhorn04
    Yes, it'll work out in the end for someone, that's for sure. Hopefully it's us. I think JDM is a good bet to be good, personally.
  5. Bellhorn04
    Certainly true. But at issue is what other offers do the Red Sox have to beat? That's normally all that really matters.
  6. Bellhorn04
    I think your position is reasonable but debatable. Certainly when John Henry hired DD he was looking for an aggressive approach. At the end of the day I think the current position can be traced to Henry, Dombrowski, Lucchino, and Cherington all. They all played their roles. You'll never hear me say anything bad about Theo, though. He was great and they screwed up letting him go.
  7. Bellhorn04
    It's not just years that matter. Cain 5/80 JDM 5/125 Notice any difference there? Also worth noting is that Cain is a 'complete player'. JDM is a bad defensive player with a DH profile.
  8. Bellhorn04
    But does this mean that the Red Sox should quite literally outbid themselves if necessary?
  9. Bellhorn04
    This isn't like buying a car where you can walk away from one dealership and go to another one selling the identical vehicle for less. There's only one truly big bat available and it's JDM.
  10. Bellhorn04
    What's so unusual is that so many other players are still unsigned. We've never seen anything like this kind of stagnancy. On the other side of the coin, if the Red Sox primary focus is JDM, why should they move on to other less preferable options if it seems highly unlikely no other team is going to make a serious move on JDM? He's not going to hold out forever with $125 million or so sitting on the table.
  11. Bellhorn04
    And how would we look for 2018 without Sale and Kimbrel?
  12. Bellhorn04
    Apparently we had some discussions with the O's, but they were asking for a ton, and it was only for one season of him.
  13. Bellhorn04
    Machado isn't a Boras client at present.
  14. Bellhorn04
    Agreed.
  15. Bellhorn04
    Gotta hang in there a few more weeks and see what happens. I'm pretty sure DD will not go over 130 or 135 million for JDM.
  16. Bellhorn04
    Pure as Ivory Snow, just like Scott Boras's heart.
  17. Bellhorn04
    The dreaded fWAR-bWAR discrepancy strikes again! Cue Dewey with the condemnations of WAR.
  18. Bellhorn04
    If you're trying to plan around what other teams are doing you might as well give up. IMHO
  19. Bellhorn04
    Is it possible that all of Boras's fearsome foursome will still be unsigned on February 1?
  20. Bellhorn04
    I see nothing wrong with DD's strategy for 2016 or 2017 considering we won the division both years. What more can you ask? We gagged in the playoffs both years, of course, and that tends to put more of a negative spin on everything.
  21. Bellhorn04
    Maybe, but let's see some specifics as far as the alternative moves he could have made to upgrade the pitching.
  22. Bellhorn04
    moon won't rest until he unloads Hanley on somebody LOL
  23. Bellhorn04
    Although in fairness he was coming off a strong season (5.6 fWAR).
  24. Bellhorn04
    Well, I like the last sentence, anyway!
  25. Bellhorn04
    Braun is PED and character tainted big-time, unfortunately.
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