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  1. Bellhorn04
    Cooper and Smith are mediocre at best. Dalbec is done. The only real question is why they don't want to promote Kavadas. He's got power against RH pitching. There are holes everywhere else in his game. Maybe they think he's got no better chance than Dalbec of producing.
  2. Bellhorn04
    You were questioning me for starting the thread. My initial post said nothing about giving the trade a final grade. "Grissom Watch" is not the same as "Grissom Disaster". I can't control what other posters say.
  3. Bellhorn04
    a) Explain all you want, I don't agree that he "made more sense" for the Braves - not unless the Red Sox fully intended to punt 2024. My guess is this trade had a whole lot to do with the budget Breslow was given. We heard a lot of reports about the Sox telling people they had to cut payroll before they could sign a guy. They signed Giolito just days after trading Sale. Seems like a logical premise.
  4. Bellhorn04
    The Braves placed a $21 million bet on Sale. ($38 million guaranteed - the Sox $17 million assistance) If you think it was a virtual sure thing Sale would be lost to injury, you must also think the Braves are boobs.
  5. Bellhorn04
    Not a fan of sardonic humor?
  6. Bellhorn04
    Sale was healthy at the end of 2023. And in spite of all the injuries, he has always been a very dedicated and competitive guy. I'm not shocked he's pitching well. I'm a little surprised he's back at peak level.
  7. Bellhorn04
    This is some combination of incredibly bad reading comprehension and a feeble strawman attempt. Not once have I ever discounted the injury factor. This might actually be the worst post I've ever read by you.
  8. Bellhorn04
    Going with a lefty opener against the Red Sox 1-4 hitters, which normally include Duran, Abreu and Devers, seems like a very good strategy, unfortunately.
  9. Bellhorn04
    Seems to me you had a strong opinion of the JBJ trade pretty quickly. And on the other thread you're constantly handing out grades for performances for the season to date. It really does seem you have one set of rules for yourself and one set for others.
  10. Bellhorn04
    The old saying is you can never have enough pitching. And that includes guys who have question marks about health and durability. The more the merrier. If Sale had gotten injured again, well, it would have cost them an extra $10 million. This was cheapskate ******** through and through.
  11. Bellhorn04
    I'm not really even blaming Breslow for the trade. I think it had a lot to do with the budget they handed him. It was a way to cut $10 million. I think this is another one on FSG.
  12. Bellhorn04
    He doesn't have much choice in the matter. What's done is done.
  13. Bellhorn04
    That's part of why they shouldn't have done it. They weren't getting much back. Should have just rolled the dice on him. All they saved on the deal was $10 million. Not much in the big picture.
  14. Bellhorn04
    Right, and the 2024 Red Sox are not stacked, and they needed more offense, and fairly or not, Grissom was expected to fill some of that need. If they're going to write off 2024 then sure, give him a ton of leash. If 2024 matters it becomes a trickier call. Tonight is his second healthy scratch in the last 5 games. So it's not like I'm making something out of nothing here. They're obviously concerned too.
  15. Bellhorn04
    I'd bet they do sign him. He has made them a much more dangerous team. Hal recognizes the value of a big star like Soto.
  16. Bellhorn04
    Wouldn't you know it, Grissom is sitting today.
  17. Bellhorn04
    And he mowed us down in short order.
  18. Bellhorn04
    Modern baseball for ya, folks. Not only a damn opener two games in a row, but the same damn guy!
  19. Bellhorn04
    Are the Brewers using the lefty opener against us 2 games in a row?
  20. Bellhorn04
    Right, and that's why I've lost a lot of my patience.
  21. Bellhorn04
    I think we do this time.
  22. Bellhorn04
    It'll just pave the way for the July selloff.
  23. Bellhorn04
    Some of it comes down to circumstances. Pedroia was a highly touted homegrown prospect. You're sort of obliged to give a guy like that some leash. He had his initiation as a callup in a dead season. Grissom is a guy we traded for who was expected to step right in as a starter, with some MLB experience and great minor league numbers. I'm not sure how much leash they can give him. And of course it doesn't help that the guy they traded for him is posting Cy Young numbers.
  24. Bellhorn04
    Seems like that might be a problem.
  25. Bellhorn04
    Pedroia benefited to some extent from having his adjustment period at the end of a lost 2006 season and then the first month of the 2007 season. Then he caught fire.
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