Bellhorn04
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Devers's defense can be lived with IMO. But when the rest of the infield are also lousy it's a real cluster.
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Jeter always posted a pretty good WAR. That supports my point. Compare him to Andrelton Simmons and see.
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And a negative WAR tells the tale.
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Hitting is more important, but when most of your fielders stink, that's obviously a serious problem too. The front office is supposed to know things like this. I'm putting all the blame on them. What we think doesn't matter much.
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Sox fans don't hate defense. They just think it would nice to have a player or two who can both hit and field. Too bad the front office hasn't been able to get or keep players like that. Maybe John Henry didn't care enough about defense in his dealings with Betts. If Verdugo's offense didn't fall apart again last year people would like him more. Plus, last year of contract, attitude issues and all that.
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If we're not braced by now, we're just not paying attention.
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Younger and more upside, though. (Maybe the Yankees effed him up.) Plus it helps when you're Steve Cohen and you can set $13 million on fire if you feel like it. Plus tax.
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Most of them are overpays. It's not the worst gamble I've ever seen.
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Kike's -1.5 fWAR indicates he cost us 3 games in 4 months compared to an average shortstop.
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It's a dicey proposition. When DD traded for Sale we had 3 guaranteed years. With Burnes you get 1 guaranteed year, and if he does sign an extension, it would have to be a hefty one. So why not just go the free agent route?
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"A rotation teeming with question marks" - an apt description of the Red Sox.
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Craig Breslow hired as Head Of Baseball Operations
Bellhorn04 replied to Tedballgame's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Nothing to get hung about. -
Craig Breslow hired as Head Of Baseball Operations
Bellhorn04 replied to Tedballgame's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
I didn't misquote you. I quoted you as saying "easily up to 140". You said 450 total with 180 from Monty, which would leave 270 from Whit and Craw. -
Craig Breslow hired as Head Of Baseball Operations
Bellhorn04 replied to Tedballgame's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
And Whitlock has only thrown 70-80 innings each of the last 3 seasons. But moon has him "easily" throwing up to 140 innings in 2024. -
Craig Breslow hired as Head Of Baseball Operations
Bellhorn04 replied to Tedballgame's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Ay, there's the rub. -
Montgomery-Burnes. D'oh!
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Craig Breslow hired as Head Of Baseball Operations
Bellhorn04 replied to Tedballgame's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
And how do you guarantee you'll be able to extend them? -
"Waiting For Moto", a tragicomedy in two acts, by Samuel Kennedy and Josh Beckett.
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It's too risky for non-baseball reasons. Just look what happened with Dermody, a guy who pitched 4 innings for the Red Sox. As mvp suggested, I think he'll go to a lower-profile team where he can try to mend the image a little, if that's possible.
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Great, but that still leaves the Yankees and Mets and Dodgers and Giants and Phillies and whoever else has some cash lying around.
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Down goes Blaze!
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There are more big money teams out there than before. That's part of why we dropped to middle of the pack in spite of coming close to the tax threshold. The Rangers might keep spending for all we know. The Phillies' owner likes to spend and Dave is happy to help.
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Let's just hope we don't hear the Sox "made a strong push for Gray but he preferred to pitch for a team in the midwest."
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You really have become a non-believer of the Sox FO, even more so than me. For now I'm convinced they'll make a big signing or trade or two. And no one will be much more upset than me if they fail.
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Most of the nervousness is about the judgment of our front office, I think...
