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Yes - although really this was the best offseason to do it (Bogaerts). The team realizes they have a special opportunity. Henry has the luxury of letting the team's performance dictate this ultimately.
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it still does - i mean you can see it in the "position adjustment". They aren't as stark now - but it matters.
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I think the old rules still matter quite a bit. Offense on the corners, defense up the middle. Defense on the corners is awesome, but priorities are clear.
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i have no real issue with a double fisted 1B situation ... the only real improvement on the market is Goldschmidt and we don't have the stuff to do that
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It's a big bet on digital rights. Obviously live television is the one thing holding the "cord" together. Also for FOX it is particularly important ... FS1 needs content. Apparently talks are also occuring with the other TV partners. ESPN I'm sure wants to get more LDS rights. TBS in general is not very good imo although Brian Anderson is probably the best of the national PBP guys.
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it definitely looks like 1B defense has been valued more than ever ... there seem to be fewer "glorified DHs" (this is true about LFs as well)
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The Alex Cora Managerial Decision Thread
sk7326 replied to StephenCurry30's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
I have a hunch he will be the Red Sox manager as long as Dombrowski is at the top of the org chart. Heck I wouldn't be surprised if he got bored after 3-4 seasons and wanted to get into the front office. -
I am not part of this "we"
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We'll see what happens. The national level booths are filled with calcified "old man yells at cloud" types - and so turning it over is not a bad thing. And for a game which has been so enhanced by Latino presence - to have a less whitebread announcing situation is worth exploring.
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I agree with you in isolation, but if you look at the position around the AL this year, there was not much at 1B. Moreland/whomever was about as productive as most of them. I think it is fair to say that while Moreland is not a great all around 1B, the Red Sox used him to staff the position very effectively at a cost-effective clip.
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He had an okay 2010. In 2011 he was awful - but was a perfectly fine pitcher after his TJS. I have a hunch why he might have been awful in 2011.
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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
Johnson will be important - the way he was important this year. You need guys like him to get through the 162 game marathon. I wouldn't pay a ton for him - the ceiling is modest - but I respect what he brings to the party. -
1. These are regular season awards. 2. David Price went 10-2 in his starts as a hired gun for Toronto 3 seasons ago. They don't make it to the postseason without him. Was he the AL MVP?
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I don't think there is a real wrong answer in Ortiz v Edgar. But the Hall should take full time DH's more seriously - and they are clearly the two which should get first consideration. Now with Paul Molitor in and Jim Thome playing more or less the entire 2nd half of his career as a DH - the voters really should let them in.
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Pitcher wins means exactly zero to me. Snell provided 0.6 bWAR more than Sale over 30+ more innings, while providing almost 30 innings of bulk less than Verlander. Snell was a perfectly good choice. My point holds amply. Sale was a lock for the award until August - but he just did not deliver enough quantity. While I admire what he did when he DID pitch - that is 30-50 innings of above replacement baseball which the Red Sox had to identify contingencies for. Sale finishing 3rd was fine with me.
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You don't have to wonder - Papi never had an OPS+ above 120 during those years (obviously early in his career). Edgar's first batting title was in 1992 - and like Ortiz he had a brief stretch where he wasn't actually very good. But Edgar had a higher career OPS+. Edgar led the league in OPS+ once, Ortiz never did. And of course there is the on-base %. Ortiz will get in the Hall first, and it's not a robbery - but Martinez clearly deserves to be in and was every bit as good.
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Moreland was fine - dollar for dollar we had one of the more productive 1B positions in the league.
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Snell was a weird choice for Cy Young - though not terrible. But Verlander offered for quantity and Sale offered more quality. Snell splits the difference. But it is cool for him, and he had a terrific season. DeGrom absolutely deserved the Cy Young and absolutely is worthy of the NL MVP even if my betting dollars would be on Yelich.
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There are only a limited number of buyers - they'd get stars anyway.
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Not that much - baseball has a pretty good diversity of entrants. The tax rules and the draft/signing rules don't impact things much. In fact, draft and international caps hurt smaller teams A LOT more.
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It is just impossible to measure manager performance - so that is an easy way for writers to settle on an answer.
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Very much so - but it is a false pretext. These things don't really impact parity meaningfully.
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Boston got 6 extra home dates out of the postseason - that is a lot of money. Now - the team probably does not keep as much percentage-wise (the league at-large gets some cut) but the pie (on a per date basis) is much bigger ... and the Sox still keep on the game-day revenue (concessions and so forth)
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I wouldn't be surprised at all if Pom comes back.
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Russell is a non-starter ... Andriese is interesting. Eovaldi is arguably the 2nd best starting pitcher in this FA class, so while I am hopeful - I am pessimistic about him coming back.