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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.
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They don't want parity - they want money. They want to curb spending on players, which is why they are capping these things. There is some secondary consideration of competitive balance, but that is more for the marketing than anything. You are right that things can be harder. At the same time, the penalties MLB has put on spending are only somewhat powerful. The surcharges can add up - you'll have to see what ownership will be willing to swallow - but the draft pick penalties are basically zero. (10 draft slots for a good team does not alter the value of the pick much at all)
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I'll worry about that when ownership does.
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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
What Brian Johnson can't do (save for that astonishing start a couple of years ago) is provide Rick Porcello's bulk - which is incredibly valuable over the marathon. Eduardo Rodriguez was a competent homegrown starter with higher upside. He was acquired via trade, but you have to count that. I like Johnson but I am realistic. That said, the value of multi-inning arms is higher than ever - and if Johnson can give them 100 innings in a swing role (and he has a better chance of doing that than Velasquez), so much the better. -
Melvin and Snitker as manager of they year - both perfectly fine choices, although I don't think we or Tampa will be asking for a refund on our guys. This is usually the stupidest of the major awards ... it proxies to the "most surprising team", because otherwise it would be much too hard for writers to assess this.
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I think they will try at some point if the opportunity pops up ... but they also realize they have a special opportunity with a core that frankly every farm system in the league is trying to get to.
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Bregman was wayyyy up there
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Every offseason is a good offseason to add relief pitching.
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It will be interesting. It is clear the market is not itching to pay tons of money to less athletic 1B/DH sorts (I know JD played the OF, but he is a 1B/DH sort). And often when the guy downturns, it can be an Albert Pujols level cliff. That said, I think the odds are like 50/50. I am not sure he will get many more years from opting out and going back into the pool. He could get more money.
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I think 1 year achieveable option is sensible ... I could see 2 years with a more team friendly third year. But given his age and career, you have to bet the under on his production going forward if you are looking at him outside of a platoon deal.
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Depends on how the FA/trade market goes ... if they sign Machado, Andujar clearly moves. If they can meet the price for Goldschmidt (and want to), then it's a different deal.
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Yes - although with any free agents of THAT ilk, it's ownership as much as the GM who deserves credit/blame. I doubt that any GM has that level of signing authority - and besides "sign the top FAs in this year's class" is the sort of thing that is easy for an owner to understand and/or recommend. That is the key with Dombrowski now - he has done everything in baseball ... built a champion, developed a farm system etc ... it's really ownership's priorities that matter here. He can do whatever.
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It makes perfect sense to offer Pearce a 1 year deal and see if he can do better in the market.
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This year was a tough year on the farm - injuries in particular. We'll see what happens.