Bellhorn04
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That's at least the second time I've effed up his name.
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I think we may have been over this before LOL Ask Theo Epstein or Chris Young - they're the ones who gave up a lot for Chapman. I think they have pretty good baseball minds.
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Well yeah, but the IP tend to be critical ones, and that's exactly why closers have landed such big returns at the deadline.
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They need help in both areas.
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They might need another reliever now just as much, with Smith and Slaten on the IL.
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Yes, but you would need some kind of crystal ball to project 2023 Ragans's numbers with the Rangers, where he'd been moved to the bullpen, to his numbers with the Royals - and it happened almost literally overnight. Normally in a deal like this you don't get such immediate help in return.
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It's no simple question or answer. In hindsight the trade of Ragans for Chapman was sheer madness on the part of the Rangers. But Ragans's numbers with the Rangers were not good, and I have to assume their internal evaluation of him had slipped for some reason. The 2023 Royals had no shot at the playoffs, so this isn't a parallel situation with trading Jansen. My answer would be no for 2 reasons: 1) trading Jansen would infuriate Red Sox players and fans alike for good reason; 2) it's extremely unlikely the next Ragans is out there - we might not see such a lopsided deadline trade for a long time.
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I strongly dispute that Price and Sale were "stupid acquisitions". I think they were acquisitions that were absolutely necessary at the time - assuming that the Red Sox were actually interested in things like, you know, winning games, making the playoffs, winning the World Series. Henry obviously believes there is a better way than throwing piles of money at starting pitchers. I understand that, but we have yet to see if the new approach will actually pay off.
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MADSTORK is the board's resident troll. He's so much of a troll that he won't even disclose who his team is.
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How quickly the value of player assets can depreciate-or appreciate. If Montgomery returned from the IL and pitched 2 good games in a row, his value would shoot right back up.
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But Sale's recent history when he signed the extension after 2018 was clearly concerning. He pitched 158 innings in 2018 compared to 214 the year before and was on and off the IL, and not really himself in the 2018 postseason. I think you nailed it when you said DD likely expected Sale to only pitch 4 out of the 5 years in the extension, and this was reflected in the pricing.
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Some of it can be chalked up to luck. But the failure to do anything about replacing Giolito can only be chalked up to the same penny-pinching approach we've seen since Bloom was hired.
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Nothing that Grissom says pisses me off. What pisses me off is that we let go of a pitcher that might have helped the 2024 team, and we did very little else to upgrade the rotation, and I think all that is going to end up costing the 2024 team's chances. It's as simple as that. My issue with acquiring Grissom is that it turns out he was no more than an "OK prospect", as mvp put it. Him being only an OK prospect really makes the rationale behind this move questionable.
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Slaten to IL with elbow inflammation. Ugh.
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Triton: a Greek god of the sea, the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite. Triton lived with his parents in a golden palace on the bottom of the sea. Later he is often depicted as having a conch shell he would blow like a trumpet. (Wikipedia)
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We're 754 vs RHP/716 vs LHP MLB averages 705/714 So yes, it's a weakness.
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We shall judge him by his actions, not his jargon. And judge we shall.
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Personally I can't rule out the possibility that he was also getting confused messages from his bosses. We've seen they can be pretty good at those.
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So far he's been very adequate. Not sure they can trade for anyone guaranteed to do better. Not sure this needs to be a priority.
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He's gone on record in clear words about picking a lane. And he can see the flowers that were left for Bloom at the fatal third fork in the road.
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You could probably call him adequate at least. I can't see them giving up much to upgrade the position at the deadline. I assume if they do buy it'll be pitching.
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Hamilton has a bWAR of 1.6 and fWAR of 1.1 in about i/3 of a season's work, so he really hasn't been bad.
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Yes, they've won 4 rings with extremely productive DH's.
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Can't we let the guy bask in the glory of that home run against the Yanks for just a few days?
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He had that big year in 1980.
