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  1. Bellhorn04
    Giolito was a risky guy too. In his case it was performance risk after a horrific stretch of pitching. I was not upset when I first heard about trading Sale. But when the offseason was over and I realized all we had done was swap Sale for Giolito, I was disgusted.
  2. Bellhorn04
    You're right, but look at what it's done to the Sox the last 3 years. They've been very indecisive, knowing the team probably wasn't good enough but not wanting to chuck it all in. This is one of the results of the ever-expanding playoff system. Manfred and the owners like it because it means more money.
  3. Bellhorn04
    There's still a month left to the deadline, of course. A lot could happen. Or not. Sox fandom is generally feeling gloomy these days, needless to say. Some of our resident armchair team builders have been talking about selling for quite a while now.
  4. Bellhorn04
    The extension was before 2019.
  5. Bellhorn04
    They paid Giolito 19.25 (AAV) and Sale 17 for a total of 36.25. Some savings.
  6. Bellhorn04
    That question is only pertinent if we're working from a premise that all Breslow needed to do was replace Sale. Objectively speaking, what Breslow did was swap Sale for Giolito and Grissom, and that cost us $36.25 million in AAV. And before Giolito's injury the projected 2024 WAR's for Giolito and Sale were about equal. So even ignoring what actually happened, Breslow did absolute zero to upgrade the rotation.
  7. Bellhorn04
    There was deferred money in Sale's extension. Guess they thought of it just a tiny bit late...
  8. Bellhorn04
    I'm not sure this ever happened with Mookie. There is however a contingent of Sox fans who think Mookie was the one who wanted out.
  9. Bellhorn04
    They would at least retain the ability to rework the deal between now and November if Bregman is interested.
  10. Bellhorn04
    We don't really know what kind of return he would bring. He's on the IL right now, he's guaranteed a lot of money over the next 2 years and he has opt outs at the end of this year and next. It'd be a PR debacle because it'd be one more sign to the fans that this team still isn't really serious about competing.
  11. Bellhorn04
    Someone else mentioned this idea. It's one of those ideas that seems to make some sense until you really think about it. The problem is that it could only be a verbal agreement, and as such it would be worth less than zero. Let's not forget that one possible scenario is that Bregman's quad injury turns out to be a big deal. You think the Sox would honor their verbal agreement if it is? Once you trade him you're in the same position as the other 28 teams who don't have any control over him.
  12. Bellhorn04
    It's not so much the signing as that it was the only signing.
  13. Bellhorn04
    I don't think they trade Bregman. That would be one more PR debacle.
  14. Bellhorn04
    Yes, things are shaping up nicely for another confusing and frustrating deadline for the Sox.
  15. Bellhorn04
    The return from the trade stunk, that's for sure, but it'll always be Henry and his cohorts who wouldn't pay up to keep a Hall of Famer in his prime in Boston.
  16. Bellhorn04
    He's not exactly Jonathan Swift or Joseph Heller. 🙃
  17. Bellhorn04
    Signing Giolito, trading Sale and doing nothing else was a very questionable course of action on the 2024 rotation.
  18. Bellhorn04
    To me Henry will always be the stiff who traded Betts.
  19. Bellhorn04
    Devers refused, it's pretty simple. No need for head spinning.
  20. Bellhorn04
    Wow, until now I underestimated how much this is a racial thing for you.
  21. Bellhorn04
    They actually won 3 of their first 4 without Devers. Weirdly enough, the Red Sox and Giants are both 4-7 since the trade.
  22. Bellhorn04
    bWAR disagrees. Campbell had a bWAR of -0.9 in 263 PA. Hamilton's is +0.2 in 116 PA. fWAR disagrees somewhat with bWAR. Campbell -0.2 Hamilton -0.3
  23. Bellhorn04
    It's really hard for Cora or Breslow or any of them to just flat out tell us what they really think, because if they say the wrong thing we'll hang them for it! Twilight of his career, bridge year, full throttle... Cora made that statement about the 'third base promise' coming from Bloom, and he has taken plenty of flak for saying that. I don't blame these guys for being very careful what they say...
  24. Bellhorn04
    I believe a lot of it is based on the theory that it keeps players from being worn out at the end of the season. I agree that the fact that it also gets bench players some time adds to it making sense.
  25. Bellhorn04
    We're all just playing the guessing game here...
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