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If we really have problems at second next year, remember this:
sk7326 replied to Dojji's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Betts wants to embrace his free agency - as all players should. But there is time to change his mind. It's not like the Sox won't be in the running. -
I agree there is a risk - but at the same time Eovaldi has put together a unique track record considering. The multiple TJS candidates did not recover at all from the 2nd surgery. I think it will be tricky to resign Eovaldi, though I'd go 3 years myself. He's arguably the 2nd or 3rd best starter on the market. The Red Sox will have to decide how much of a priority is re-signing Kelly. Kimbrel probably is not worth the years/8 figure salary someone might lavish upon him.
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Right - he had 3! And the third one rather quickly followed the second. Eovaldi's second came back with a full season of performance and (frankly) better stuff
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If we really have problems at second next year, remember this:
sk7326 replied to Dojji's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
He has 27 wins the last 3 years ... I don't think maximizing his value is much of a problem. -
If we really have problems at second next year, remember this:
sk7326 replied to Dojji's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
You are right Kinlser is past his prime. His struggles last year were based on some likely to recur stuff and some flukier stuff (the reverse split). Bottom line, we're okay at 2B and have some ways to insure it. -
Right - and Wainwright was also 37 and went right back on the shelf after he tried to come back last year. Eovaldi has some actual performance behind him and is 8 years younger, and developed a pitch to change his career.
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I'd like to talk about Brian Johnson for a second
sk7326 replied to Dojji's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Maybe, maybe not. If Cleveland holds the fort for a couple of innings, maybe the Cubs have zero rings - that's baseball. As Kimmi said, once Lester left, the Porcello deal has been fine. Now it has not been a "STEAL" at the price ... but it has not been a ripoff either. -
If we really have problems at second next year, remember this:
sk7326 replied to Dojji's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Let's put it this way - if the worst 2B becomes is a Holt/Nunez platoon that is fine. If you really want to, bringing back Ian Kinsler is perfectly fine too. (he had a reverse split last year which had all the makings of a fluke) But between Pedroia-Nunez and Holt we should be able to find 162 adequate games. Obviously healthy Pedroia is the best choice - still a 2-3 win player - but you obviously should not plan on that. -
Also I think TJS is not nearly as much of a hindrance than shoulder problems (relative to scaring teams off)
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There might be - but that should be a reason for us to laugh at Henry ... not to sympathize that he does not have enough boats
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I would too - yes, the durability is a problem ... but a guy who can start and maybe give some multi-inning relief is worth a look
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It assumes the team cares about the threshholds which Dombrowski has indicated it not really true. Given the impossibility of resetting in the next season or two, short high price contract are a non-issue for this team.
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So - you want Moreland batting against lefties?
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It was a good amount of money and a familiar, good situation. Good for him.
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And 200 IP seasons in the other season and the one before that. Now would you want to pay a ton for a (mostly) durable midrotation guy? I don't know. It's a moot point anyway.
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once he went to NYY he had a 78% ground ball rate. Just a matter of being healthy - who doesn't want that.
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Keuchel's floor is Rick Porcello - meh numbers with outstanding bulk and durability.
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Who's moving to 1B? ... Donaldson. This ain't Beltre who was still a great 3B who needed to restore some counting stats so he could make money. It's an injured guy who is past his prime but can stiill hit. Britton, if healthy is an obvious "sure why not" choice. He is such an absurd ground ball pitcher that his floor is extremely high. If it wasn't for the Lisfranc, Herrera would be the best reliever on the market.
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Something like that - where one of the league's better bats can restore his value. He also would fill a useful spot for us (1B/3B).
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There are enough interesting options that Dombrowski will add. The Sox will be in the market for a starter too - though what that means I don't know. And I do think it is worthwhile to see if there is a 2010 Beltre-esque sort of deal that Josh Donaldson would agree to.
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In the short term the Red Sox biggest asset is money - they ability to dole it out and the ability to absorb it via trade.
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I think so - Zach Britton looks really interesting if he's healthy. He had a 78% groundball rate in his Yankees tour. If he was healthy Herrera would have been the best reliever in this crop, so certainly worth checking him out.
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Right. The question is what end of the pool will they be fishing in. Dallas Kuechel and Patrick Corbin are the best starters otherwise. The Red Sox rotation is already more lefthanded than they'd prefer. I guess if Eovaldi goes, would you be okay with Morton or Ryu for 2-3 years.
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Is? Almost any black and white picture of a minor league outfield wall gave that up.
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Of course they are ... narrative is still rewarded in the MVP. (Why Yelich got the NL MVP in a year where there were better candidates among starting pitchers) The Cy is the easiest of the four big awards to evaluate. Who is the league's best pitcher? It's pretty simple - and even then it's not perfect. (see any year with a closer winning it) As Dan Symborzki noted, the manager of the year - the least stat-y of the awards - has been decided in the most stat-y way of the awards. (the largest jump in wins) Rookie of the year and MVP are sort of in the same vein - narrative factors come into voting if the quantitative case isn't sufficient. As I've noted - future stardom is absolutely something I'd consider when the candidates are pretty close together in terms of production. Part of the goal of something like rookie of the year is to point out to casual fans the stars of tomorrow (not the primary goal, but certainly a consideration). No need to run from that.