Bellhorn04
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Random variations, nothing new.
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Should have read: the 2016 team was 92-64.
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And your whole point is based on the totally arbitrary opinion that 93 wins isn't a strong number. All you're looking at is that one number, with no context. The 2016 team had a run differential of 184 for a Pythagorean record of 98-64. They were 88-64, had the division wrapped up and lost 5 of their last 6.
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The Even Stevens did it again. -
I'm going with zero, as part of my new policy of realistic expectations.
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Flexen has a golden opportunity for a perfect game today.
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On the plus side, Craig, unlike Bloom, won't have any reason for uncertainty about which lane to pick at this year's trade deadline.
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What I'm saying is, any year in which the second place team had 92 wins or less, 93 wins would have sufficed.
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The American band Living Colour spelled it with a u.
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I'm guessing there were other years it would have won...
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And the American way makes much more sense in this case. The u stands for "useless".
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True, it's just something to jabber about.
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Some of what's going on is like Hapless Harry or Born Loser comic book stuff. Like trading Sale in favor of signing Giloito.
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Zack Kelly vs. Chris Flexen Everything looks to be in place for another beautiful exhibition of baseball.
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5.82
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It did, but we can also see it didn't really have to with a bit more spending and better moves. They made very conscious decisions to trade Betts, cut payroll and hire a CBO with no experience. The real cliff-bringers just might be the guys still here running the show.
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And let's face it, Giolito was pretty much a dumpster dive, albeit a more pricey one than usual. He had one of the worst stretches I've ever seen to finish 2023. Obviously they thought they could "fix him".
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Isn't this kind of leaving out that in the next full season, 2021, the Sox made it to the ALCS? Plus the 2022 and 2023 teams arguably had playoff shots with a few better moves.
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Nope, not buying the "only 93 wins". 93 is several more than a number of recent WS and pennant winners.
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They could both have been big factors. Kennedy said the payroll was going to be lower in 2024. Sale was part of the reduction. I don't think it's unreasonable to think the $10 mill tipped the balance toward trading him.
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And it seems like a virtual certainty that's where he'll want to go.
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Make it 4 as soon as they trade Pivetta.
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And that's why the Sale trade pisses me off. Because my suspicion is the $10 million off the payroll was a huge factor in it happening.
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Everybody wants him to do well, and he has done some very good things. But his MLB career K/BB of 93/12 is horrific. That kind of ratio generally spells doom.
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They fired their CBO after 2 78 win seasons, they talked big, they gave the new CBO a smaller budget to work with. Little wonder so many were uninterested in Breslow's job.
