Kimmi
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Double oof. In all seriousness, he's reportedly a sold defensive catcher. For me, that precedence over any offense he might provide.
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Oof.
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Possibly as a short term fill, but it's not something I'm counting on. I'm wondering if McGuire could amount to more than a backup catcher.
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The question is what makes so many old guys become grumpy?
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I understand why they did it, but this move truly makes me sad. Above every other player, Vaz was the one who cared the most, was the most invested in staying with the Red Sox, and wanted to win the most, IMO. Plus, I've just always been a Vaz fan. I'm sure that Vaz will turn the page and soon be very happy with the Astros, but it was tough for me to watch his 3-second pregame interview.
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Hill was activated, so you're probably on the right track.
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Sorry to hear that you went through what you went through. Congrats on being 10 years sober and for turning your life around. I wish you the best.
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Fans don't have to care about future years, but that's not a luxury that a GM has.
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Bloom is trying to play that fine line between buying and selling, present and future. There are not a lot of Bloom fans right now, including the team apparently, and I can understand why. All I can say is have patience and keep the faith.
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Curiously, Bello is now slated to start on Wednesday.
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When I first heard that the Brewers traded Hader, my reaction was what the heck are they doing. The more I looked into the trade, the more it makes sense. I really like this move for them. Rogers' numbers this year are actually very close to Hader's, and Rogers has an fWAR of 1.3 to Hader's 0.6.
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Fair enough. I think the plan was always to have one of Houck or Whitlock be in the rotation rather than the pen. Barnes flaming out was a huge blow.
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The team was built around the strength of the offense, not the strength of the pitching. It's difficult to continually pitch in high stress situations where your offense doesn't give you any kind of a cushion. The pen is at fault too, but I'm more prone to blaming the offense for scoring only 3.3 runs/game during that 10-19 start.
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I think Bloom's philosophy is very similar to Theo's and Ben's, which mirror Henry's philosophy. I think Henry got off track when he hired Dombrowski.
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Get on the phone Bloom!
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On the whole, it has not been good.
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It's another one of those great baseball enigmas. I can understand some difference, but this is like day and night.
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Most people would probably agree with you.
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It hasn't been good. I don't think it's as bad as as most people do, but I can agree that it hasn't been good. I still contend that the lack of offense has been the bigger issue this season than the bullpen, especially during our terrible start.
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I don't think Henry's philosophy right now is really all that different than from when he first hired Theo. He really has been more of a 'long term sustainability' type of guy than a 'win now' guy. I don't believe that Henry is not willing to spend. Possibly, the difference is that the contracts are so huge these days that Henry is not willing to go to that extreme, and rightly so, IMO, but that doesn't mean that he won't continually hover around the luxury tax line, going over in some years and staying under in others.
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Of course it's true. Maybe not to the extent that the Sox fell off in July, but it's true. OK, I'll grant you that the Rays are one team that can seemingly sustain injury after injury and not miss a beat.
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I really had no problems with the way the rotation or bullpen was constructed. I did think they would add one more starter, but I was okay with what we had. Losing Sale at the beginning of the season hurt depth wise.
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100% Going all in to win does not come without consequences.
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That's fine jad. Many posters feel the same way, and there's absolutely nothing wrong with wanting that. If I thought that the Sox would do that year in and year out with no regard to payroll or to the luxury tax, I'd say go for it. But knowing that huge moves like that today are going to handcuff us in future years, I feel differently.
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I agree on the RHH outfielder. I don't blame Bloom for not getting a 1B. Dalbec showed great promise at the end of last season and Casas was waiting in the wings if he didn't.
