Bellhorn04
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We'll see how it turns out. Because of COVID they only paid Sale $9 mill for last year, so that shaves more than $15 mill off the total cost of the contract.
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So you're officially predicting the Red Sox finish last this year. Got it.
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Regardless, Sale is one of the best pitchers in the game. We risked $128 million (present value) on him. You guys risked $324 million on Cole. Elite pitchers are expensive and risky.
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I think it's pretty obvious there were injury concerns, but there was also uncertainty.
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Roll of the dice, I guess. One of the best pitchers in the game when he's on. Plus it seems like they realized they wouldn't be signing Mookie to an extension, so they went quickly to Sale and Bogaerts. Not many seem to remember it, but this is exactly what they told the fans after 2018 - they hoped to keep 2 of them, but didn't think they'd be able to keep all 3.
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Sale had been pitching like a man possessed - 1 run allowed in 6 starts - when they put them on the IL the first time that year. I highly doubt it was done to manage his innings.
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And JD has two hits today. So he's been on base 5 times in 2 games.
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Not sure it's rewriting history. He missed most of the last 2 months of the 2018 season, and he was used in the 2018 postseason very carefully.
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If they just let ERod walk, that would be rather disappointing.
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I do like the SID acronym.
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Owners don't have to peep. They just have to sign. Henry has never been the most loquacious fellow. And it doesn't help that most everything he has said about players or payroll has been turned against him somehow.
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2021 MLB draft
Bellhorn04 replied to jacksonianmarch's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Me want pitcher! -
I don't care if Henry is hiding in a bunker in Afghanistan. We still ended up with a payroll just short of the tax threshold this year. You'd have to be quite a pessimist to really believe this team has suddenly decided not to spend.
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$145 mill, present value $128 mill - I'd call that a pretty big discount for a pitcher with his numbers.
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Thanks for the insights, maybe that explains why a bunch of us have been talking about his possible loss of bat speed...
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I have a ton of confidence that if JH tells Bloom he can spend up to the tax threshold or a little over every year, he'll do it...
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Last game he had a hit and two walks. I take my reasons for optimism where I can find 'em. Maybe he needs to get a little more patient and take more pitches.
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Good to hear. When I first read this, I thought your last sentence meant you had to go back there.
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2021 Spring Training Games
Bellhorn04 replied to mvp 78's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Dalbec and Chavis each with another dinger today. They both have 6 in spring games. -
In general I would agree, and the big money is definitely part of it. There are exceptions in every sport too - guys who are just as tough and durable as the old time guys in spite of the money - LeBron, Tom Brady etc.
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Sox sign Garrett Richards, pending physical
Bellhorn04 replied to illinoisredsox's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
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2021 Spring Training Games
Bellhorn04 replied to mvp 78's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Didn't mean to be, Larry. Just saying the "three outcomes" are home run, walk or K, not hit, walk or K. -
Hitters did sort of figure it out. Launch angle. The end result is, roughly the same number of runs scored, but a lot less balls in play.
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When you're Leon Russell you can do things like that.
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I don't know, I think some sports like football allow for clever strategy and the actual element of surprise. You can't really say that about defensive shifts in baseball. The big surprise would be if they weren't used.
