Kimmi
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Completely agree with this.
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We had a lot of cost controlled players this year who were big contributors. Will that be the case in a few years?
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I get very attached to our players. I hate to see any of them go. At the same time, I can't see handing out the kind of contract he will likely get. With everything said, my bet is that he'll be a Red Sox for a long time.
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So, a bad closer might have only had 39 saves, and as Notin pointed out, the Sox might have still won some of those games. Let's assume that the 3 blown saves were all against the Yankees and the Sox ended up losing all 3 games. That's a 6 game swing. The Sox still win the division.
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Theo > Ben > Dave Tito > Cora > Farrell
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We did not need Ben to clean up 'Theo's mess'. There would not have been a mess if he'd been given the autonomy that Dombrowski has. We did not need Dombrowski as the closer. We needed Ben to be given more time to close out his own success.
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Personally, I think it's the other way around. Posters here think Dombrowski is some kind of a god, the savior who pulled the Red Sox out of the abyss, the genius who can do no wrong. Anyway you slice it up, Theo and Ben are more responsible for the three AL East titles and the WS Championship. I'm not taking shots at Dombrowski, I'm just telling it like it is.
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{Raising hand!}
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It might not seem like a huge deal in terms of savings to Henry, being the billionaire that he is, but it's not good business sense to spend recklessly, just because you can.
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It's already been fairly ugly since the extension kicked in.
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Also, I want to clarify that the signing of Kimbrel was not only about the name. Kimbrel was also a top shelf closer.
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Theo also has more than enough acquisitions to show that he is not all about the big name. He is even on record as saying that this was one of the difficulties that he had with Lucchino, who wanted to sign the splashy players.
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Are you going to put Bailey, Hanrahan, and Melancon (at the time) in the same category as Kimbrel? They were not the well known names that Kimbrel is. We're talking about the appeal to the casual fans. IMO, I would place the former three into the 'second tier' category.
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I am with you on this NS.
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Again, not that I would do that deal, but it at least makes a little more sense from the Red Sox side of things. They have to get some kind of a discount if they're willing to buy out 2 arb years plus go that long term. I can't wait to see what Machado and Harper get.
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Oh yay. We finally agree on something. I was starting to get worried.
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Best managed season ever? Yes Best manager ever? Too soon to say. The same thing can be said about the RFer.
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Ha. Good one!
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We might have still won without any of those players.
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And somehow, this is one of my favorite moves of Dombrowski's era.
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Nice!
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Two words for you: Miguel Cabrera Maybe not shiny junk when he was first obtained, but definitely shiny junk when he was given his extension.
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Kimbrel was a top of the line closer, no doubt. But part of his appeal to the casual fan is that he is a well known name. So yes, in part, they traded for Kimbrel because he's a star player.
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I don't think it makes a difference in terms of having to sign him now. The Sox are still not getting any benefit from all of the risk they are taking. Not that I would do this deal either, but if Mookie is expected to make $35 mil AAV as a free agent, then the contract offer now should be in the neighborhood of $30 mil. Mookie leaves a little money on the table for his free agent years, but he gets more money for his remaining arb years, not to mention the long term security. And the Sox get a bit of a discount for taking on the risk. If the Sox are going to pay him market value anyway, then just wait until he hits free agency to offer a contract. See how things play out over the next two years.
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Maybe he's planning on having his family fly to the States regularly. It's not just a larger Asian population on the West coast, but more Asian culture. Maybe Ichiro was a big influence on him.
