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You paint a good picture here for Porcello. Do you think that the majority of GM's see Zimmerman and Porcello as having equal ability and value?
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Who wouldn't?
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Looks to be a similar amount of money to what we will be paying Porcello. Porcello is younger maybe we could pull a switcheroo with them.LOL - I could understand an overpay for Price but not Porcello.
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If they aren't able to get that number 1 somehow, we are in trouble. An interesting pattern has been created in 3 out of the last 4 years. You have to go back to the 60's to find a similar pattern for this team. I don't want to see this pattern develop again and I don't think ownership does either. I think the GM change was made with this in mind. Farrell's leadership will be under scrutiny as well. It would have been a big time negative PR move to let him go at the end of last season but he still represents 2 of those last place finishes. I am glad that we won our WS even though I still don't quite understand how it was done - some magic involved there.
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like a I said - You add them all up to create one pitcher and they might be equal to signing another middle of the road arm. Might doesn't mean would. Signing another middle of the roader makes no sense. Have to improve on what we have.
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A combination of Buchholz, Kelly, Owens, and Johnson might equal the signing of anyone available after the 3 best. No need to add more help to the pile we already have.
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There are so many different ways to look at things. Will we be ok in a few years with Moncada as our new second baseman? very possibly. How about Benintendi? Is it possible that he might become a better player than Betts? Deevers? No one has the magic crystal ball to the future. In or 4 or 5 years we get rid of the contracts of both Ramirez and Sandoval. IMO - Signing Price as a free agent alone will only affect the future of our team positively. Using your approach- if Betts chooses to follow the big money out of town and he is covered by a very good cost controlled young player, I will be fine.
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265 million invested in Ramirez, Sandoval, and Porcello. Not sure I like that direction much. We have an experienced GM leading the way. I am willing to accept the direction he takes us for a little while. It was time for a change.
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I agree with you but I have to say that fans of most teams feel exactly the same way.
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I like this post in a lot of ways. You have to go back just about 20 years to find a time in Red Sox history where they have finished like they have in 3 out of the past 4 years. There were some blips on the radar screen but honestly you have to go back to the late 50's up to the 1966 season, to actually see a pattern like we are currently in. Since that time, we have expected them to compete and for the most part they have. Throughout the history of the franchise, it is safe to say that we are not known for producing an abundance of great pitching prospects. We have acquired pitching though every means possible. bought, traded and grown. Done what we had to do. I really hope that with some new leadership in place, that we will see a return to a time that we can expect to compete year in and year out. I'm not fussy as to how it gets done. it was time for a change.
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Agree - to a lesser extent maybe, but I think they still have to see a catching progression at least defensively. Also, as good as the outfield looks to be defensively, will Castillo and JBJ produce the types of offensive numbers that we hope they will. They could certainly have the potential to keep us watching throughout the course of the summer.
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Way to early to say that it appears that there is a philisophical change at this point in time.
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I really hoped that they would sign Lester but I gave them credit for having some sort of plan to replace him. Anyone who knew anything knew that signing Porcello and Miley did not and would not make up for his loss. I really can't recall anyone here thinking that they were done. We all had a pretty good idea that we needed top of the rotation pitching. If there ever was a plan, it was the wrong one. We will see what DD does but I like his experience and his overall track record.
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I really do applaud your loyalty but where is this idea of winning at all cost even coming from? Would you agree that it is a little early and a little unlikely that that is going to become the scenario? Positive approach for me. The plans if that is what we should call them, did not work out for last year. We have a new GM. He gets the same chance to prove that his way works from me that Ben did. His big move to date sends no shock wave through my spine that he is going to give away the players that we really might need going forward. Can we make more trades without that happening? - of course. I am betting on the fact that DD is not a numbskull who just doesn't get it.
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I also suggested that it might have been possible that the Red Sox were not all in on signing Lester. I still believe that to be true. I'm also not sure that it was a horrible decision to not resign him. It hurt us for sure last year but if we are able to sign Price, it will become nothing but a memory. They could have ponied up the cash for him I just don't think they felt that spending what the Cubs spent for him was the way to go. At the time it all went down, most of us felt that they allowed this to happen with intentions of trying to actually go out and get a true number one either before or during last year's season. Personally, I gave them too much credit for actually having a good plan going forward. They might have thought that they did, but obviously they didn't.
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I think that you are right about much of the criticism directed at Ben. I have to say though that I would be very surprised if it becomes a win at all cost philosophy all of a sudden. Just need to make better decisions overall.
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I do not blame Ben actually for anything that he did. I don't think blame is the right world. Ben is no longer here and I hope that he is happy. I am glad that we appear headed in a little different direction.
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Is he healthy? Victorino was one of my favorite players but if he isn't able to play he wouldn't help much.
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It looks like if they ever really had this as an over riding philosophy (which I doubt they did) they have amended it a bit to try to make the team better. I'm sure that their preference remains to sign shorter term contracts with younger players. Sounds like what everybody would like to do in a fantasy world. Looks to me like they want to be a better team this time around and are willing to do what they need to do. All the better for us.
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Tomase picks and chooses very well. Putting faith in this piece of writing, a person has to assume that the current Sox situation is the same as last year. That the free agent market is the same as well. It isn't whether anyone likes it or not. Saying that you would not pursue the best pitchers available because of a team philosophy when you have the funds would be ridiculous. Team needs this time around say that we need to go after the best we can. If we can get two of them, even better. Probably won't happen, but it would not bother me and I do not believe that it would hurt the future development of this team at all. Just my opinion. Also, I am willing to give Ben all of the credit that he deserves for the young players that we have in our system but with respect to his free agent signings - not so much. If he gets credit for the farm, he takes the blame for the free agents he signed and didn't sign.
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Tomase - Not one of my favorites. I doubt he writes very much what he believes. I've felt for a long time that stirring the pot is his about his major goal. Interesting - yes. He might even encourage people to think about things on occasion. It is a definite skill to write to a perspective that you know you don't truly believe in and make people think that you do. Lots of opinions but very few facts coming from him.
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Absolutely!
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You bet!
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Does that mean that you think he might come through in the clutch as well?
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I know - my attempt at being a wise ass. I really remember it. The sparks were flying. I think that things will heat up soon again. I'm sure that you saw the same article that I did talking about who our two biggest improvements are going to be this year. Pablo and Hanley.