Bellhorn04
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OK. I guess I was arguing about something different, which had more to do with HanRam's being a terrible contract. There are, of course, a lot of random variances in player performances and outright luck that can make a GM look good or bad. With Ben a classic example would be Victorino. Terrific in 2013, a major contributor to a ring, and then useless, finito, in 2014 and 2015. A lot of guys had 'good outlier' seasons in 2013 for us, in fact.
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Don't you think the Rays have a good shot in Game 6 with the Dodgers starting Gonsolin, though?
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a) They'll pay him every nickel. No, they closed the Rusney loophole before Pedey got hurt.
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Can they just keep him on the 60 day IL all season? In any case it's a non-issue. They'll treat him with respect but obviously he won't be on the roster.
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In HanRam's Red Sox career, 2016 was the outlier. Surely you're not disagreeing with that.
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It's kind of a dubious argument IMO, because Porcello and HanRam's 2016 seasons were HUGE outliers in their Red Sox careers. Their 2015 seasons were not the outliers.
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It was a decent achievement, but like so many other things, you have to put it in perspective. -The first thing is that there have only been 3 divisions since 1995. -Second is that the 2016 and 2017 teams each won 93 games. That's very good but hardly great. There were a number of seasons the Red Sox won 95 games or more and didn't win the division. Not trying to be the cooler here, the 2016-2018 run was great, but it really needed 2018 to be great.
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If they generate value above replacement level.
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Cavan's offensive numbers look pretty solid.
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The Three Sons are pretty good, though.
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It almost seems like karmic algebra that Dave traded two starting pitchers who got hurt, and traded for two relievers who got hurt. Or maybe what it says is that pitchers are incredibly fragile and risky assets these days...
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I don't really disagree. But punting Game 6 of the World Series could be, perhaps, a slightly dubious strategy...
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Colorful hyperbole!
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The Rays big hope is that they light up Gonsolin quickly, and force Roberts into a lot of innings from the pen, weakening it for Game 7.
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It's impossible to predict what will happen in these games. But you're right, beating the Dodgers twice is a tall order for the Rays.
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I'll agree that it's premature, yes.
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I think you can take that to the bank.
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I agree with most of this. But I think 'traded the future' might be overstating it a bit.
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So he did a lot of good things.
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100%
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I would only add: -Signed Vazquez to extension. -Spent jacksquat on relievers for 2019.
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What I pointed out in my reply to your post was that Mookie turned down an offer of at least $300 million from the Red Sox. In Babe Ruth's day there was no free agency. The Red Sox could have kept him as long as they pleased. I think to be fair about this, you have to look at the differences between the two situations.
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Kenley Jansen has had 6 save opportunities in the World Series, and blown 4 of them. Ouch.
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Sure, and the guy who lost $100 at the track and the guy who lost $10 million to Bernie Madoff both lost money. Parallel cases!
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In this case the player made decisions too, He turned down hundreds of millions of dollars from the Red Sox on more than one occasion. But who wants to bother with such little niceties as that?
