Bellhorn04
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Including yesterday's completed suspended game, the Sox have held their opponents to less than 4 runs 5 times in the last 38 games.
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As you might say, there's a better chance of them signing you and me than signing both Burnes and Fried.
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But not immediately before it. They had given us some more flickers of hope by going 4-3 against Baltimore and Houston on the road. Then the road warriors turned back into home patsies.
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It's a full-on implosion of the pitching staff. Starters wearing down, having shorter starts, a lot of terrible performances by relievers who have to be pulled, you reach a point that all you can do is grab another warm body and send them to the mound. It ain't pretty to watch, that's for sure.
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I don't know, but it's almost something to root for at this point. -
Is Clemens rehabbing his Red Sox image?
Bellhorn04 replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
He seems to have tried to rehab it, and I guess he succeeded with some. I don't spend much mental energy thinking about him, honestly. Hell of a pitcher, hell of a liar. Just not a good guy. Respect to moon for not letting us forget about what he did to that girl. -
I'm picturing Sam Kennedy working on new explanations for failure, reassurances about the future, and admonishments to us entitled, whiny fans.
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The similarities between (or among) the 2022, 2023 and 2024 Sox seasons are pretty insane. Including the offseasons that preceded them and the trade deadlines. It's like being on a hamster wheel.
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Brutal times, folks.
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"The way things are going, I wouldn't rule out the possibility of Jansen getting hurt before the game and missing his chance at history." - Eeyore.
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Well, all we can do is speculate, moon, so we might as well leave it there.
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The epic pitching meltdown of '24 marches on.
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How exactly was he that much better than Story? Some numbers please!
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That's correct. By the time the 6/162 offer came from the Sox, Boras was reportedly already fielding 200 million + offers. Story got 140 million, Bogaerts got 280 million. That obviously makes no sense and was a product of temporary insanity in the market. Bogaerts got a lot more than Snell, Montgomery, Chapman and Bellinger got in total just one year later! Xander would have to be Nostradamus and Edgar Cayce rolled into one to see he had a 280 million payday coming.
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The parallels between the Lester *negotiations* and the Bogaerts *negotiations* are embarrassingly similar, and suggest that the CBO's had little to do with them. They have Henry's pawprints all over them.
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I think it was reported shortly after Bogaerts signed with San Diego. Not sure by who.
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Hey, they picked a lane. Just so happens it was the Tank Lane...
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True that!
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It hasn't really been established as a myth.
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I think there's a plausible argument that Bogaerts would have stayed with the Sox for the 6/162 he was finally offered by them, if they went to him around the time Story was signed. The main reason I think this is Story's contract of 6/140. When we signed Story we did some statistical comparisons, and Story was just slightly behind Bogaerts in fWAR per games played. Very close. A 6/162 offer would have represented 15% more than Story got. Also, even though Boras was Bogey's agent, Bogey's previous extension was clearly a team-friendly one. Finally, Bogey seemed to really like playing for the Sox. No one will ever know if the 6/162 would have gotten it done, but at the time that would have been a very legit offer. The contract Bogey got was quite possibly the most bonkers contract ever handed out. It was just pure happenstance, I think. Just look at what happened with the other big Boras clients this past offseason. When it's all said and done, the Sox are probably better off they didn't retain Bogey. Out of the big 3, it was Betts and Devers they really needed to keep.
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Max, you seem unfamiliar with the concept of signing a player to an extension before he becomes a free agent.
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They didn't make him a real extension offer, so we'll never know if he would have accepted it or not.
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More than likely he'd opt out. And it was a 2 year guarantee for Giolito, so now we pay double. I'm not a fan of the deal at all.
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Couple other things though: -Giolito pitched to a 7 ERA his last 2 months of action, and we really have no clue why. -If Giolito was healthy and pitching well, folks would be bitching about the fact he'd likely opt out at the end of the season. It was a questionable signing/contract for various reasons.
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You also have to include the extension for Cora in the spending. Plus the money they've invested in pitching development people etc. Stuff we don't see in Cot's Contracts. Henry is still spending, I have to agree. It's just frustrating to see the team continue to have such middling results on the field. And some of the decisions about the rotation are just baffling-like thinking that swapping Sale for Giolito was all that needed to be done.
