Bellhorn04
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There's just no valid comparison between Sale and Perez. Sale has been one of the most talented pitchers in the game for a long time. Perez had one nice run of 1.5 years or whatever it was.
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His absences in the 2019-2023 years were clearly a problem. As for 2024, he was potentially either one. Cutting him loose didn't do anything to resolve the problem, did it? And with the wisdom of hindsight, keeping him would have alleviated the problem for this year at least.
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Terrible but funny.
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Yes I know. I'm just an inherently philosophical type who is fascinated by the quirks of human behavior and sees underlying connections between a lot of things. The connection I see here is "not caring if anyone is offended by what you say or not". To me that applies to Duran's "f*** 'Em" shirt too. I'm most certainly not saying it's as bad as using a homophobic slur in public.
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Hugh gave a pretty extensive statement back in post #90, Den, no?
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I know, the structure of the contract kind of sucked in itself.
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Sure, if Texas kicks in half it would be worth considering. Not that the Sox would. They are rather risk averse these days.
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To me the bottom line is that they shouldn't have traded from the area they were most needy in. Not unless they had a firm plan to make a couple of big additions, which they obviously didn't.
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The hitters definitely adjusted, you can take that much to the bank. In retrospect it was kind of funny how heavily publicized Bailey's approach was early in the year. Much detail was given.
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That's a whole pile more money. Size matters. The Braves are only at risk for $21 million with Sale. That's about 1/6 of the deGrom number.
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Yes, I agree. But a lot of people are offended by that kind of profanity too. And no one seems to give a s*** about that any more. It's just an observation.
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What strikes me as a little weird or amusing or ironic or whatever is that everyone seemed to think the "f*** 'em" stuff with Duran was just swell. And of course there was Big Papi's famous use of profanity in 2013. It's like we're desensitized to some things now, but hypersensitive to others.
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Yes, him and Houck. And before this incident, everyone loved Houck and Duran this year and thought they were wonderful examples of players blossoming after working their asses off.
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As they say, there's a first time for everything...
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Well, it sure seemed like you were questioning the ability part by suggesting he had no games like last night since 2019.
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Red did mention Duran calling a fan a "bitch" a few times here. You saw that right?
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Sale's Game Score last night was 83, his best of the season. He did have an 80 last year. He had a 3 game stretch in 2023 where he pitched 21 innings with 27 K's and 3 BB's. The flashes of dominance were still there. Otherwise the Braves would likely not have been interested.
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It's one thing to be negative, but can you at least wait until it happens?
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If I was Duran's lawyer I would argue that was a vague question. Maybe "About what, specifically?" would be a better response.
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It does seem like the Sox specialize in bizarreness.
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Craig Breslow hired as Head Of Baseball Operations
Bellhorn04 replied to Tedballgame's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
"Very possible" - yikes! Nobody knows what would have happened in a do-over. I do agree though that Millar and Mueller should get just about as much credit. That was a team run. -
Craig Breslow hired as Head Of Baseball Operations
Bellhorn04 replied to Tedballgame's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
The Pedro trade was mammoth not just for 2004. Pedro gave a huge jolt of energy to the franchise and he was one of the guys they built a championship team around. -
Craig Breslow hired as Head Of Baseball Operations
Bellhorn04 replied to Tedballgame's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
It was very close, and a very clutch call by the ump. 2004 saw the umps finally pay back the Sox for Ed Armbrister LOL -
That's some serious in-depth analysis of his performance!
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Things are more hopeful, but there's still room for a lot of angst about the pitching. They still haven't shown they're prepared to do anything big about it. And they keep making blunders with the moves they do make.
