Bellhorn04
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You'e 100% full of s*** with this. Over and over I have conceded the injury risk with Sale, never once denied it. Go ahead and check my posting history. But you have that straw man built and you're not letting it go. Pathetic.
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They had a clear shot at signing Imanaga. All they had to beat was 4/53. And they were reportedly very interested. They decided to add to their growing legacy as Interest Kings.
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Do we have more depth without him?
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If they had signed Giolito AND another legit starter, trading Sale would make more sense, because the numbers would have become unwieldy. I thought that's what they were going to do. But they didn't sign one even after Giolito got injured. That tells you it's all about the budget.
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So it's time for the real ******** to start.
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Moving on from Sale would have made sense if they had a surplus in starting pitching. But of course they don't.
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As with every player in the game.
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It can fall off rapidly and without warning at any age...
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Explain the pertinence of the question.
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Of course not. Team options are advantageous to the team precisely because they can take a wait and see approach.
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Exactly my point, Hugh. You hope and you cross your fingers.
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You're just hammering away at the same basic point, which has already been conceded many times over. What about the Story comparison - are you hoping he gets healthy again, or do you wish they would unload him and eat a big chunk of his salary?
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There was still a real chance of him staying healthy and pitching well again - obviously. The Braves wouldn't have done the deal otherwise. Do we think Trevor Story's career is over because he's had a horrible run of injuries?
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They had two years of control over Sale.
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Time to say it again: You can never have enough pitching. There's not a pitcher in MLB who is guaranteed to get through a whole season healthy and effective. The more you have the better your chances. Again, it's not complicated stuff.
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Giolito was projected as an innings eater, which the staff definitely needed.
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I don't blame them for not having faith. I blame them for throwing away the possibility of him having a decent season. Like I said, it's not like they had a surplus of reliable starters.
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Yeah, but Grissom was and is a prospect, and you said it was about the future, so it's all kind of muddled.
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The point is that with the budget he was given, Breslow couldn't both keep Sale and sign Giolito. It's not that complicated.
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The stupidest thing about blown saves is that they include inherited runners. If you come in with a 1 run lead, bases loaded and no outs and retire the side allowing one run to score, you're credited with: -A scoreless inning. -(Anecdotally) a great job. -A blown save.
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Not solely, no. But I think the budget played a very big role. We kept hearing the stories about the Red Sox having to shed payroll before they could sign Player X. And Sam Kennedy practically bragged that the payroll was going to be lower than the previous year.
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Somebody really like Giolito. Sale's injury risk was obviously part of the calculus. I think the spreadsheets had the final say.
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Red Sox team ERA by month: March-April 2.62 May 4.12 June 4.33
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Only Breslow knows all the whys and wherefores. Obviously somebody thought highly of Grissom.
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We all expected them to add starting pitching. What they actually did was subtract one and add one. And the guy they added had a 4.9 ERA over the last 2 seasons. It was one more amazingly underwhelming offseason in the starting pitching department. Of course the rotation got off to a great start this year and Bailey seemed to be a magician. But the magic has been wearing off.
