Kimmi
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You are probably right about the owners. They probably have huge egos as well. I don't think that alters my opinion though. If players are indeed playing the sport only for fame and money, and not for the love of the game, then that's a true shame. It really is.
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In the meantime, here are the projections from three of my most followed projections systems: PECOTA: Red Sox are projected to win 84.4 games and finish in 3rd in the division behind the Yankees (98.3) and the Rays (87.4). They are projected to be the 7th best team in the AL, which leaves them on the outside looking in for the playoffs. Fangraphs: Red Sox are projected to win 87 games and finish in 3rd in the division behind the Yankees (93) and the Rays (90). They are projected to be tied with the Athletics for the 5th spot in the AL, battling for the 2nd WC spot. Davenport: Red Sox are projected to win 85 games and finish in 3rd in the division behind the Yankees (97) and the Rays (90). They are projected to be tied with the Angels as the 6th best team in the AL, which would leave them just shy of the playoffs.
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The offseasons are always far too long, but not too much longer! Someone needs to start a 2020 Red Sox wins projection poll.
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Bloom's next Socratic seminar needs to be on "How to construct a line up". Roenicke is talking about batting JD in the #3 hole. That said, I will give Roenicke credit for wanting to bat Devers second.
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I hope Bloom is right about this. His peripherals do suggest that he should have gotten slightly better results than he has, but hopefully Bloom and team have something more to go on, which I'm sure they do. It's cool that he would have taken less money to join the Sox over the Rays.
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Any player is subject to being traded if the trade makes enough sense. If the return for Devers was so overwhelming that the Sox just couldn't refuse, then it would be stupid for them not to trade him. I don't see them getting that kind of offer though. To trade a young, cost-controlled player of Devers' caliber for young pitching, creating a huge hole to fill another, doesn't make much sense. I don't expect Devers to match Mookie's production. As you said, that is a rather lofty expectation. That said, Devers produced an fWAR of 5.9 in his age 22 season, while Mookie produced an fWAR of 4.8 in his age 22 season. One season does not an All-Star make, but needless to say, Devers has a lot of promise.
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Sale will be pitching with a huge chip on his shoulder because of his performance last season and his sense that he let his team and the fans down. That chip won't necessarily keep him healthy, but if he can stay healthy, I expect to see a return to near vintage Sale.
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The Sox are not trading Devers.
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I never said it was right or okay, just that I understand how or why they could be less loyal than the players. In short, they are more detached from the team than the players are.
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I'm talking about loyalty to the team. Ownership doesn't play alongside the other players day in and day out. Ownership is in it mostly as a business. Supposedly, the players are in it for the love of the sport, etc, etc.
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I have never loved or even like Stanton's contract. Ten year contracts are just not a good idea. Period.
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That said, I can understand the 'lack of loyalty' more from the owners side of things than I can from the players side of things. Not that it makes it any more right, but I can understand it.
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I agree, and I was posting that at the same time that you posted this. Loyalty does work both ways. And I am disheartened by the lack of it on both sides.
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LOL I think Manfred should forfeit his salary to Mookie. Not that it would put a dent in that $420 million, but it at least Mookie would be earning that money.
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I completely agree with you that management is also at fault in terms of sometimes treating players like commodities. I still have not forgiven Theo for trading Bronson Arroyo. It works both ways. By all accounts, Mookie seems like a very stand up guy, both on the field and off. Right or wrong, I am just so turned off by his need to squeeze every last penny out of his free agency that he can that it has really slanted me against him in that regard. Give me a player like Bogaerts any day over one like Mookie.
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This is a part of it. There's also just the fact that Mookie doesn't care about what team he plays for, as long as he's getting the most money. That doesn't scream 'team' concept to me. That screams "me, me, me!" Also, I remember reading a comment about how part of Mookie's arbitration settlement involved him getting a private suite on the road. I don't know if that was true or not, but if true, what kind of message does that send to his teammates? IMO, and it's only my opinion, when a player is going to hold out for the most money without regard to any other factors, there is a lot of ego involved. I think most posters have agreed with that. This is a self-centered approach, not a team approach.
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That could be. There's a very real possibility that the Sox will see how well things work with what we have, then go from there. Our pitching depth really stinks though. I can't imagine the Sox not adding another starter sooner rather than later.
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There you go Larry. Give Bloom a call and tell him to get on it.
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I'm sure Bloom is working on some very creative ways to get us some cost-controlled pitching. Whether he'll be successful in doing that is another story. I am hopeful.
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I am holding out hope for some decent starting pitching.
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You do not joke about Varitek in that manner. You just don't.
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Prediction: Cole's contract will quickly become another albatross. He might eat our lunch for 2-3 years, depending on how true the 'invisible substance' rumors are, but we're looking at possibly 6 years of heavy money.
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I don't know. I didn't catch the logistics of it. I just read that they are possibly trying to involve a 3rd team because SD was hesitant to part with young pitching.
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Yes, he's an exemplary player. I still think that he thinks that he's bigger than the team.
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