Bellhorn04
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Ha, but who won in 2018? Maybe we won because of the price our pitchers paid in how they were used, starting and relieving? Remember Keith Foulke in the 2004 postseason? Terry Francona destroyed Foulke's arm in the Yankee series. Foulke threw 100 pitches in 3 days in cold weather. But it was worth it.
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6/28 Marlins @ SOX 7:10PM ET
Bellhorn04 replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
The post I replied to suggested Henry didn't want to operate like a big market team any more. I think that would ultimately lead to a lower market value. -
Oh I get that 100%. But don't sell us fans short - we're the people who put that money in the bank account.
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I would agree about Duran being our most logical trade chip right now.
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Personally, I think the 2019 team was a classic case of championship hangover. And it seems pretty obvious some of the pitchers paid a price (pun intended) for their use in the postseason, with starters also pitching innings in relief. If Henry was really frustrated by the 2019 team's underperformance, that's on him IMHO.
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Minutiae. (Frankly, I just like to test myself to see if I can spell that word right the first time.)
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Kick it down the road, man! Screw 2024! We've all got lots of time.
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Trading Jansen and Martin would be disgusting.
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The franchise currently has an estimated market value of $4.5 billion. Henry has a massive unrealized, untaxed capital gain in his pocket.
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Yeah, I think the one-year suspension had something to do with it. The fact he hired him back after that actually spoke well for his opinion of Cora as a manager, no?
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Henry is only "shelling out" money that he gets from the customers. And he gets to keep a pile of it. It's a profitable business, not a philanthropic venture.
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I don't think there's any such thing as a successful last place team. I'm impressed, though, that you can still find the 2023 Sox entertaining. Clown shows can be pretty entertaining, of course, if you're into that.
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It ain't necessarily so. DD stayed with Ben's guy Farrell for 2 years. Bloom re-hired DD's guy Cora.
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I'm being penalized for not saying head of baseball operations this time?
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I'll always appreciate what Henry has done, but his record has a lot of negatives on it now too. Bad breakups with Epstein, Francona, Cherington, Dombrowski...6 last place finishes in 12 years (#6 pending that is)...cutting loose Mookie Betts.
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Jansen is under contract for 2024 at $16 million. They might get a little for him, but they'd look like they're already giving up on 2024 if they do that.
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A change has to happen eventually. John is almost 74 years old.
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6/28 Marlins @ SOX 7:10PM ET
Bellhorn04 replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
So you think Henry is trying to lower the team's market value? -
No basis for that actually - this front office has removed the same number of GM's as *real* managers. GM's Epstein Ben DD Real Managers (not counting Valentine or Roenicke) Little Francona Farrell
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True, but it wasn't really what you'd call a PR signing. I'd say Sox fans in general were underwhelmed and confused by it, and many of course figured it meant Bogaerts was gone.
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Henry could do it, but it seems a bit antithetical to the direction he's going in with Bloom.
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Yes, and it's things like this that make me question Bloom's acumen in some areas. His approach can be the best in the world, but if he whiffs on the big moves, it's a serious problem.
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Like you've been saying, it's a bad team.
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There's only one Ohtani.
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I'm mainly complaining about Yoshida in view of Bloom supposedly being under spending restrictions and supposedly operating under a plan to build for the future. Not sure how a big outlay on Yoshida makes a lot of sense under those conditions. Especially when there's so little being spent on starting pitching.
