Bellhorn04
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Yeah, I think Bauer is the only splash even worth considering for the Sox.
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I was going to mention the early comparisons of Mookie Betts to Andrew McCutchen. I read an article in a respected baseball publication which concluded that Mookie was not going to be quite as good as McCutchen - close, but not as much power. But I refrained, because I figured someone would think I was somehow comparing Dalbec to Mookie. I'm not!
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Then you would be funny.
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I'm just not a big fan of the instant profile thing.
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MLBTR predicts Semien getting 1 year and 14 million. That would chew up a lot of budget room.
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But if the splash signing doesn't work out it can also put a damper on the team's financial ability to fill other needs. We've seen a lot of splash signings like that in the last decade.
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Denny, the truth is that too many Red Sox fans are spoiled and fickle. Take the JD Martinez signing. That was a splashy signing and one that almost every Sox fan wanted to see. And DD signed him on a very reasonable contract. And he had an awesome season in 2018 and an excellent one in 2019. But how fans feel about JD now, after he had a bad stretch of 60 games in 2020? The answer is that a lot of them would love it if we could unload him and his 22 million hit to the payroll tax the next 2 years. They want the splashy signings but they bitch and moan if the player doesn't keep performing at the very highest level. Fans want it all, basically.
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I shouldn't have left out Beni. And I'm not sold on Dalbec-as I said, if he's the real deal. He has potential to be a serious power hitter.
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Martin Perez blew up last year's budget LOL.
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Yep. You remember in as much detail as I do.
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I think the following guys have real or potential star appeal: Sale (when he gets back) Eovaldi (stay healthy bro) E-Rod Houck (if he's the real deal) Bogey Devers JDM Verdugo Dalbec (if he's the real deal) If you've been reading my posts you'll have noticed I keep arguing against trading Eovaldi or Dalbec, and it's because of their star potential in my view. It is nice to watch guys who have that pizzazz thing.
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To this day I remember which of our hitters came through that day and which didn't. Yaz was one of the ones who came through. Jerry Remy had the game of his life.
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Whenever Yaz talks about baseball, he comes across as totally honest, to the point of painfully honest. After the Red Sox lost Game 7 of the 1975 World Series, with a 3-0 lead in the game playing at Fenway, Yaz said they choked.
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The old schoolers are not liking him one bit LOL
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It's not meant to be disrespectful at all. It's just the way it is. Yaz was my favorite player and it just about killed me not winning a World Series with any of those Red Sox teams he was on.
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Liar.
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Sox sign Matt Andriese to 1 year deal plus team option for 2022.
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Sox sign Matt Andriese to 1 year deal plus team option for 2022.
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But is Torres a good enough fielder?
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Nobody liked the 2019 team all that much. People spent most of the season berating Cora for Restgate. Mookie had a solid season but there were grumblings about him not doing all that much. He didn't really salvage anything for the fans that year. It's the W-L record that people usually dig the most.
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No asterisk for the Dodgers 2020 title, IMO. It was a rocky regular season, but the playoffs were the real deal, and they earned it.
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And then there was Herb Hoover, that guy who kept running out of weed before everyone else did, and would then mooch off others until he bought more.
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Agreed. Half a dozen.
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The 1978 Red Sox had 4 HOF'ers - Yaz, Rice, Fisk and Eck.
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That would be a whopping 5 mill shaved off AAV.
