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  1. Kimmi
    It is no secret that I am not a fan of Dombrowsk's methods, but he is a very smart and experienced baseball ops guy. I think he has a very good read on where he stands on being able to sign JD. He does not feel the need to increase his offer to JD. I think that is a very telling sign.
  2. Kimmi
    I have no doubt that whoever lands JD is likely to overpay. $125/5yr is an overpay. Another team could certainly swoop in and offer JD more money or more years. I just don't believe that a higher offer to JD currently exists, which is why Dombrowski has neither budged from his offer nor announced that he is moving in another direction.
  3. Kimmi
    Multiple teams pursuing JD is likely. JD having a 6 year offer is not likely.
  4. Kimmi
    Ha. Never heard of it (them). One word for heavy metal - UGH.
  5. Kimmi
    Fair enough. I never said that Ben was without blame. I just feel like he receives too much blame and not enough credit. At the same time, I feel like Dombrowski receives too much credit for getting the team back into the playoffs when they were pretty much already at that point when he arrived. I have no doubt that Henry was looking for Dombrowski to take an aggressive approach. I blame Henry for not having enough patience to let Ben see his 5 year plan come to fruition.
  6. Kimmi
    No, but if this drags into spring training, it could be to the detriment of the team.
  7. Kimmi
    The fallacy of that article is that Silverman is suggesting that because one team was willing to hand out a bad contract, all the other teams should be willing to do so.
  8. Kimmi
    Like a contending team without a foreboding cliff. It's hard to know what subsequent moves would have been made. But for instance, we might have focused on Darvish or Arrieta this offseason. Or traded for Stanton, then traded JBJ or Beni for starting pitching. Not that I'd be thrilled with doing that, but my point is that I think moves could have been made that kept the Sox competitive now without so much of the farm.
  9. Kimmi
    I don't see how JD can have an offer that is higher than or equal to the Red Sox offer. If he did, then Dombrowski would either top it, or he knows he's not going to top it and he would move on. This is just Boras and JD thinking that JD deserves more than what the Sox offered, and hoping that Dombrowski will eventually cave as spring training draws closer. It is time for Dombrowski to set a take it or leave it deadline.
  10. Kimmi
    Well if people would just stick with fWAR, we wouldn't have to worry about it.
  11. Kimmi
    But they mostly all become free agents within a year of each other. We don't have the cost controlled quality to replace them, and we can't keep them all.
  12. Kimmi
    My spin has nothing to do with gagging in the playoffs. The playoffs are a crapshoot. My point is that we were likely playoff bound anyway with the signing of Price. I wasn't thrilled with that contract either, but I understand that we needed a top pitcher that offseason, and he cost only money.
  13. Kimmi
    Alternative moves - Don't trade for Kimbrel or Sale. That's the gist of it. I am on record as not being thrilled about either of those moves when they happened. They were both overpays, and IMO, the trade for Sale was overkill. I'm pretty sure we would have won the division in 2016 without Kimbrel. We might not have won the division in 2017 without Sale and Kimbrel, but that would have been due to injuries that were unforeseen at the time of the Sale trade.
  14. Kimmi
    Hanley > Braun
  15. Kimmi
    I am not interested in Braun either.
  16. Kimmi
    Can you say 'cliff'?
  17. Kimmi
    If we win a title, Dombrowski will be justified and forgiven for trading away the farm.
  18. Kimmi
    I think you give Dombrowski too much credit or leeway. He could have built a contending team without depleting the farm.
  19. Kimmi
    Why do we need another catcher? Especially one that will cost prospects?
  20. Kimmi
    You should go see the movie I, Tonya.
  21. Kimmi
    Ouch. The Brewers are dealing. I'm glad at least one team is.
  22. Kimmi
    Let the Clay era 2.0 begin!
  23. Kimmi
    !!!
  24. Kimmi
    Meh. I was hoping for someone more along the lines of Darvish, but his contract will not be reasonable. The shorter term deal for Arrieta might be the way to go.
  25. Kimmi
    Yup, this is what I mean.
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