Bellhorn04
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I think you'd be surprised how many of them know a little about the contracts. Much of the coverage of the team this year has been about contract situations. How many fans do you think are totally oblivious of the fact that Bogaerts may not be on the team next year? Or that JD and Eovaldi are likely gone?
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Yankee fans will not be happy if they don't win it all. They've been waiting since 2009, and a lot of them think less of Cashman than we do of Bloom, crazy as that may seem.
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Well, we're all just here to jibber jabber, and that's all we can do, so I agree with that much. But I do think a lot of fans are aware which of the players are signed for a while and which are impending free agents and so on. I don't think the "average fan" is quite the oblivious doofus they're sometimes made out to be.
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Congratulations to Judge. Glad he got it done.
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Dugo is hitting .283. Mookie is hitting .271. Not even sure what the discussion is about.
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I feel perfectly comfortable calling Ortiz and Schilling clutch performers. Those are the only two I concern myself with, because of their obvious roles in the Red Sox title runs and because their postseason numbers are that good.
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Kike has a .900 OPS in 194 postseason PA's.
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Think he may have found a Pharmaceutical Fountain of Youth?
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I got the joke.
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Radios? I think your phone is losing it, man.
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"Opening the checkbook" is a relative term. Open it like pay a bit of tax, or open it like Dodgers and Mets owners?
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Bard isn't really a great example of the importance of closers, since the Rockies are even worse than us.
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There's also the "stigma" of 5 last place finishes in 11 years... That has not happened for a long long time.
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You also have to consider the cost to Henry of falling attendance and TV ratings.
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That's true. But they made the decision with eyes wide open, so it must have fit into the plans. Teams like the Dodgers and the Mets are basically saying screw the tax and penalties. Maybe JH is looking in that direction?
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Correct. $20 million is a lot for a DH. Signing him, along with the other moves, would have put us another $20 mill over the tax threshold, minus what someone would have paid for JD.
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I'd rather spend the $55 mill on Devers/Xander. I certainly agree that does nothing to improve us. Improvements have to come from money freed up by Price, JDM, Eovaldi, JBJ and Vazquez.
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10/01 SOX @ Jays
Bellhorn04 replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
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It's been reported by multiple sources that Paxton's 2022 AAV is actually only $5.6 million.
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There never really was any such rule about 30 year old pitchers. I think Henry made one comment about it, and we've been running with it for years. It's no wonder he doesn't like to say much.
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10/01 SOX @ Jays
Bellhorn04 replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Teams do tend to look unmotivated when they're losing. You can blame it on Cora if you want. I think he did what he could, considering his starting rotation was decimated by injuries and his bullpen was mostly a pigpen. -
Rodon and Syndergaard actually have similar profiles. Both right around 30 years old, both with about 850 MLB innings under their belts, both with around 16.5 bWAR. We have to sign somebody like these one of these two. notin's guy Snell also has a very similar profile to these two.
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Four possible ways to acquire a pitcher: 1) Draft and develop. 2) Trade. 3) Free agent signing for real money. 4) Dumpster dive.
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I still think Syndergaard is worth considering. His numbers this year are nothing spectacular, but that should keep the cost from being exorbitant.
