Kimmi
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Not that I disagree with gambling on Lee, but if Amaro is being stubborn with Hamels, he might not be any less stubborn in dealing Lee.
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How can you not get excited at this time of the year? The players look good, they feel good, and they all have great attittudes. Seeing the ST clips and pictures always puts me in a good mood.
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I was reading an article from The Hardball Times on groundball pitchers. Yes, they are valuable, but that value is also overrated to some degree. I don't remember the specifics, but their higher than average HR per FB ratio and their inability to induce pop ups take away from some of their value. I'm on board with the FO's plan nonetheless, but it will be interesting to see how it works out.
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Red Sox fans should feel very fortunate. On the whole, we have been very successful since this ownership group took over, and we are set up to look very good for the foreseeable future. IMO, the team put together on paper has been a potential contender every year. Sure, there have been years when the plan did not work out, but I don't feel like there was a single offseason where the FO punted. The FO is willing to spend. As you mention, they might not spend it the way the fans want them to, but they always spend. That said, they were willing to blow past the luxury tax this year. They will be working to stay under it next year, so that will limit them somewhat in their spending.
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Solid post SoxNCycles, and I agree. I really believe they wanted Lester back, but as usual, they put a cap on how high they are willing to go, and they did not go above that amount. That line I bolded is particularly true. When they lost out on Lester, they did not make a panic move to acquire Scherzer or Hamels at a price that they were not comfortable with. They had a solid Plan B, and did a very good job in adding Miley, Porcello, and Masterson.
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It's always risky to commit that much money to players who have not played in the MLB before, but IMO, those contracts to Castillo and Moncada are good calculated risks. If they are halway decent, they will be worth their contracts. If they perform to the level that some think they might, they could end up being steals. I would not put either of those contracts into the "insane" category.
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Dang. I was really excited and hopeful when I saw the thread title..... Imagine my disappointment at your opening post. Just kidding, of course. I think this lineup has the potential to be scary good. I would think that the table setters will get on base at a good clip, which will translate into good things for the meat of the order. I'm expecting good things from Bogaerts as well. It should be a strong lineup 1-9, with maybe the exception of Vazquez, but even with him, I'm not anticipating a black hole.
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Agreed Fred, well said. I wish him the best.
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Unfortunately, that what it appears to be.
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Fair enough opinion cp.
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Agreed.
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I still disagree cp. I think they are more willing to part with money than with prospects, no doubt. But I do think they have a monetary limit on every player, no matter how badly they want him. But we're all just guessing here.
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I just want to say, Pal and User Name, good discussion. Baseball porn.
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MLB introduces rules to speed up the pace of games.
Kimmi replied to Northern Star's topic in Other Baseball
Papi is not happy about the "one foot in the batter's box" rule. He says that he might run out of money, because he's not going to change his game. It will be interesting to see how long that lasts. -
They will do this until they hit panic mode. If they stink again, and especially if the Sox win another WS, they will spend again next offseason. They don't have the patience. It's just like when they spent the 2012 offseason insisting that they were gearing towards getting under the luxury tax, then did a complete 180 in the 2013 offseason.
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That still doesn't make sense to me. It's a club option that becomes guaranteed under certain conditions. So, unless Lee is healthy and good enough for the option to vest, the Sox have control over whether to pick it up or not. If he's bad, they would be better off buying him out. I don't see any benefit to the Sox in guaranteeing the option.
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Not all veterans can supply leadership. And while you may consider some of those guys veterans, some are still quite young. I think Shields is the type of guy who would perform, while at the same time providing leadership and mentorship to the young guys. So would Hamels, IMO. I agree, performance is what is needed too, but I wholeheartedly buy into the ideas of leadership and mentorship. Part of the leading and mentoring is given through performing. Having a guy to provide that in a rotation is a good thing.
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Agreed. Yes, Cano's contract was insane too, but how can the Yankees let their best player (and best free agent) go, yet offer Ellsbury and McCann that much money? Not that I'm complaining.
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I agree Fred. My Yankees friends will vehemently disagree with this, but it does seem like the pattern. If the Sox are fortunate enough to win another title this year, all the caution that the Yankees have taken this offseaon will be thrown to the wind.
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Well, we'll have to wait and see Fred. I know he has a reputation for having a bad attitude, but people to eventually grow up. Maybe he has actually matured. I'm also guessing that Papi and Pedroia are not going to allow him to become a clubhouse problem. Let's give him the benefit of the doubt.
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Nice read. The more I read about him, the more excited I get. Speed is good, but have I mentioned that stolen bases are overrated? LOL But I'm with you, let's get this season started! We need April to get here! I'm sick of cold weather, as we await another snowstorm tonight.
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So, the Sox would essentially be paying $60 mil more for 2 less WAR. That's insane!
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Iortiz, you keep saying that Hamels or Shields has nothing to do with it, but I think it has everything to do with it. Even though Shields is older, he is proven in the AL East, and he is much less expensive than Hamels, and for one less year. Even though they might both be exiting their primes, the cost/risk for Shields is much lower than the cost/risk for Hamels. You have to take the other factors into account, and can't just look at their ages in a vacuum.
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I agree that the cost of obtaining Hamels is too high, and I like the idea of the Sox going younger. That said, I do think it would be a good idea to have a veteran presence in the rotation. This is one of the reasons why I wanted Shields.
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Who knows where he'll end up, but the sense that I'm getting is that he will end up at 3B with Panda moving to 1B. That said, I have read that Allen Craig has been impressing so far in ST (I know, it's very early). But if he can bounce back to the form he had a couple of years ago, maybe he is our 1B of the future.
