Bellhorn04
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Because the Sox are suckers and Atlanta was happy to take advantage?
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The Yankees have a lot of issues right now. But sometimes just when you think they're dead they get re-animated, so I never take anything for granted. I'm sure they want to keep Soto, but they have other needs as well, and Hal already said they can't keep spending at this level. Will be interesting to watch.
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Don't take everything literally though.
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Absolutely incredible how the two teams have reversed course since the Verdugo Game.
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This is an interesting one - based on my cursory research it appears that at one time it could be done, and I can't find much clear info on when the rule was changed, if it was.
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He has changed his mind many times.
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Max does say some remarkably indefensible things.
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And then you have poor Kenny Lofton, whose teams did this in a 3 year stretch: 2002 Giants - blew 3-2 lead in WS 2003 Cubs - blew 3-1 lead in NLCS 2004 Yankees - blew 3-0 lead in ALCS And just for good measure: 2007 Guardians - blew 3-1 lead in ALCS
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Romy has of course played VASTLY better than Grissom...
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Henry generously donated Lester to the Cubs to help them break a 108-year title drought, and he donated Betts to the Dodgers to help them break a 32-year drought.
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Valdez hasn't played the last 2 games. But as we've been talking about here lately, Cora uses everybody, and Valdez was pretty hot with the bat for a while, and Hamilton was slumping. Hamilton, however, has been by far the better player over Valdez this year.
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The signing of Giolito was actually announced the day before the Sale trade was announced. Looks like they were probably both in the works at the same time.
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Grissom was about half a win below replacement level in 2023 by both fWAR and bWAR. Doesn't really sound like a guy you expect to plug and play.
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And Grissom absolutely stunk in all areas in his limited MLB time in 2023.
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I'm not sure what it is you don't get. The theory is pretty simple: -Henry's role in this was limited to giving Breslow the budget. The budget was low throttle. -Breslow wanted to sign Giolito and make some other acquisitions. -He didn't have enough room in the budget to sign Giolito and make those other acquisitions without cutting payroll somewhere else. -Trading Sale cut 10 million. All very simple stuff.
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Read somewhere that Bello threw some four-seamers last night for the first time in a number of games. They're working with him on his pitch mix.
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Understandable. He has to prove it.
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I have a gut feeling that Bello is going to be okay because I think he's in good hands.
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Plus there's a new report about how wondrously deep in middle infield prospects the Sox are. Seems like if the Sox had a need at second base this year, a stopgap would have made more sense than another prospect like Grissom. But the stopgap might have cost a few bucks, so it's that damn budget again.
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Bill James blasts current day baseball statisticians
Bellhorn04 replied to jung's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Bill is sounding kind of bitter these days. He made a crack in spring training about the Red Sox roster, saying they only needed to upgrade about 18-19 spots or something like that. -
Yep. Of course it's my theory that JH's low throttle budget had a lot to do with Breslow trading Sale. Nobody gets a pass for this. Breslow may still end up looking good in spite of it.
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Well, the impact of DD's guys should be here quite a long time. Bello Casas Crawford Duran Houck Rafaela
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fWAR went from 3.0 to 3.3.
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Last night was a good night for these extensions.
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Bill James blasts current day baseball statisticians
Bellhorn04 replied to jung's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
I'm not really clear what these "large-scale issues" Bill is referring to are supposed to be.
