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Other Philly trades: (I have not heard of many of these guys.) Hao-Yu Lee for Lorenzen Billy Sullivan for Cristian Pache Vierling, Maton & Sands for Kody Clemens and Gregory Soto Moniak & J Sanchez for Syndergaard Ben Brown for David Robertson Logan O'Hoppe for Brandon Marsh (I know O'Hoppe was a highly regarded catching prospect.) JoJo Romero for Edmundo Sosa Picardo for Norwood Haseley for M Moore Toffey for L Williams Joel Valdez for N Nelson & D Sands Spencer Howard, Gessner & K Gowdy for Crouse, Ian Kennedy and K Gibson This what I found since the 2021 deadline.
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Turner has almost caught him in OPS+ (125 to 124.) He's now just .012 behind in OPS. wRC+ 127 Turner (T28th) 126 JD (32nd) 124 Casas (T37th)
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Just one? What's up with that?
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Should be a great series. Must wins for the Sox. I'm not sure which game I will go to. I'm thinking Sale's game on Wednesday. Paxton v Javier Houck v Verlander Sale v Urquiddy Bello v Frances If we can somehow take 3, our odds of making the playoffs will greatly increase. It's time someone put an end to the Astros streak of making the playoffs and going to the ALCS. One game at a time, though.
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No doubt. ' In the years when the Sox really sucked, hoping the Yanks lost was almost as important as us winning.
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I don't pay attention to Phillies baseball, but has DD traded away any top prospects since taking over? I know he's spent way more than Bloom.
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So, "luck" makes DD the winner in 2023?
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That's actually the number one reason.
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Mookie Betts and David Price have been traded to Dodgers
moonslav59 replied to Jasonbay44's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
I wonder, if way back then, we'd have come back with $24M/8, his mom would have said, "Sign that contract!" -
DD "wins" by being in a weaker division and weaker #5 and #6 WC teams.
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We are 26-16 since June 30th and have won 7 of 10. Just keep this going against tougher teams, and we will be okay.. We are 8 games over .500. We were 7 games over on May 6th- the end of an 8 game win streak. We were 6 games over after a 4 game win streak ending on May 20th. We were 6 games over, again on July 14th, after a 6 game win streak. We got up to 9 games over on July 28th, after winning 5 straight, but then lost 7 or 8 surrounding the trade deadline. The worst we've been has been... 3 games under on 4/13 2 games under on 6/13 & 6/29 Longest winning streaks: 8, 6, 6, 5 & 4 Longest losing streaks: 5, 4, 4, 4, 4
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Here is an interesting comp on August 20th: Tax Budget 2023: (source: cots) $256M DD's Phillies 67-57 $217M Bloom's Sox 66-58 Could be an interesting storyline for winter banter.
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Mookie Betts and David Price have been traded to Dodgers
moonslav59 replied to Jasonbay44's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
They also did not bring back Kelly and made no deals at the deadline. It was obvious the spending strategy changed before DD left, and even DD could not turn 2019 into a highly competitive team. The declines from the vest were as much a reason for the disappointing season as losing Kimbrell, who was a ticking time bomb over the end of 2018, as it was. (Hell, some argued for Kelly being left off the playoff rosters in 2018.) It was obvious what direction the team was headed, and JH read the writing on the wall. He chose not to try and spend his way out of it, and that sealed the deal, totally. It sucked, but it was what it was. I'm not throwing blame on JH, because he's the best thing that happened to the Sox in over 80 years. Had he decided to spend more money than he ended up doing in 2019 and beyond, then signing Betts was essential, but once he made the choice, trading Betts makes more sense. I still wish we kept him, regardless, but our team would have been totally stripped of a supporting caste had we extended Betts and kept the same budgets. -
That's why the season is 162 games long.
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We may need to go 5-2 v HOU and 3-0 v TOR, but 4-3 and 2-1 would inch us closer, and greatly improve our odds. We have our work cut out, but facing our closest competitors offers us the best chance to gain, quickly.
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We could go 4-3 and have a shot, but yes 5-2 puts it in our own hands, for the most part.
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Even if we decide not to go over the tax line, don't you think we will come close to it? Let's assume the spend to about $5-7M under the line. That's still a lot of money to spend, and the need areas are greatly reduced, no matter how pessimistic one might look at it. SP SP CF Depth MI (I don't think we need pen help, unless the plan is to use all our long men as SP'ers, again.)
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I guess he's looking ahead.
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Mookie Betts and David Price have been traded to Dodgers
moonslav59 replied to Jasonbay44's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
I get it, and it still hurts. It's hard to know what would have happened had he gone to free agency as a Red Sox player. The whole COVID thing might have messed things up, but I have to think the Dodgers would have offered a lot, and they would not have lost Verdugo, Wong and Downs to offer the world for him. How high would have been reasonable for the Sox to match or better the highest offer? If Betts meant what he said, you'd think we'd just have to match or come close for him to return. I tend to believe Mookie, but I do think players would want to give the impression they have always been "loyal" to the team they are on. If it would have cost $360/12 to get him, I'm not sure that would be a good thing for the team, in the long run. Personally, I'd have done it. -
MLB OPS Leaders 1.071 Ohtani .989 Betts 12. Devers .877[ 16. JD .856 22. Turner .844 27. Casas .836 39. Masataka .817 79. Verdugo .765 (Duran DNQ)
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DD's team sucks! LOL
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I think it's like $3M a year.
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Many of those who declined were expected to decline due to aging and recent trends. Many who got hurt had long histories of getting hurt. True, the Yanks had some bad luck, but even with average luck, they'd be near .500 or a little above.
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Weird, right? The whole JBJ for Renfore thing was supposed to be about D.
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I agree. I can see us spending very little on everyday players. Maybe look for a 1 year CF'er. C: Wong and McGuire 1B: Casas (Dalbec AAA) 2B: Urias & Reyes 3B: Devers SS: Story LF: Duran/ Refsnyder (Yoshida) CF: ______/ Rafaela RF: Verdugo (Abreo AAA) DH: Yoshida I hope this also means we spend more on starting pitching.
