moonslav59
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We are one game from the halfway point of the season with a near equal chance at being 41-40 or 40-41. We all had hopes we'd be better, after a few teases, earlier in the season, but with every tease has come an offsetting letdown, and here we are. My hopes and optimism are waning but not extinguished. I'm not sure why I have more hope than I had last year, especially with our IL list growing, daily, but as of now, I still do.
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Then, back to... 85-77 in '96 78-84 in ''97 Two good years in '98 and '99 then... 85-77 in '00 82-79 in '01 I think it comes down to 2021 getting fans' hopes up too high. We shoulda known the rebuild was going to take longer and be painful and may not be linear.
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The crowd gets bigger on the down streaks, too.
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A month ago, he was a great signing. The board has gone extreme fickle.
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It will be the late 20's soon enough. Is the farm better? Is the 40 man roster depth better? Does the budget have a brighter or dimmer outlook than 3-5 years ago? (Less deadwood and sunken costs) These are the first 3 questions that probably all need to be answered yes to think we should improve, assuming JH doesn't stay under the tax line, every year. I'd answer: 1. It appears to be better. 2. Certainly yes. 3. A certain yes.
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Normal ebbs and flows to a season.
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The "experiment" should be ended. Probably with Houck, too. 3.99 as SP (.643 OPSA) 5.05 this year (.695) 2.68 as RP (.570 OPSA) .514 1st time through (.474 first 25 pitches) .715 second time (.650 26-50) .944 third time (.833 51-75) This year: .504>.812>.901 1-25: .534 26-50: .596 51-75: .931 The problem is, who starts, instead?
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June 27, Miami at Boston
moonslav59 replied to Maxbialystock's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
The Devers extension kicks in, next season, but if that is the only expense that puts us over the tax line, then we can probably expect just slow progress. I had hopes that once a deeper foundation and farm were established, we'd "splurge," but I'm not so sure when that will be, anymore. Had we spent Kluber ($10M) + Duvall ($7M) on a better pitcher, would the narrative been much different? Had we signed Eflin to whatever it took and not Kluber, would it have made a huge difference? If your answer is yes, then maybe Bloom is more to blame. If no, then it's mostly about JH not spending what you would like him to spend. I will only add that replacing JH may not be the solution to more spending and or better management. 4 rings in 2 decades will be very hard to duplicate with any new management/ownership group. -
Soxprospects.com's top prospects by GM acquisition- not: one would expect more and more of DD's prospects to be graduated or get closer to it as the years go by. Red= Bloom 1.Mayer 2. Bleis 3. Rafaela 4. Yorke 5. Drohan 6. Anthony 7. Romero 8. Perales 9. Mata 10. E Valdez (Vaz trade) 11. Paulino 12. Wikelman 13. Walter 14. Abreu (Vaz Trade) 15. E R-C 16. Jordan 17. Bonaci 18. Hickey 19. D Hamilton (Renfroe-JBJ trade) 20. Murphy 21. Alcantara 22. Castro 23. Meidroth 24. Lugo 25. Guerrero 26. Ravela 27. Fernandez 28. Kavadas 29. C Coffey 30. Rogers
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Are they no longer "suspects?"
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Well, most of the trades under Bloom have involved us getting a prospect or more, even deals like Pivetta and Ottavino and Hosmer. We have not gotten great results this way, and only Wink and Wong have given us meaningful MLB production that way. It’s mostly been just adding fluff to the minor league teams, but some additions are still pending, like EValdez, Abreu, Rosier, Gambrell, and other longer shots. The Whitlock addition was nice. Adding younger,cost controlled players like Dugo, Pivetta, Refsnyder, Schreiber, McGuire, Arroyo, and others has helped us keep near .500. The overwhelming higher draft picks being from HS has delayed the Bloom farm infusion results, and added to the roar from the impatient fans, but it is what it is. We won’t know just how well Bloom built up the farm for a few more years.
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Are you saying it’s a brilliant job we got up to mediocrity so quickly after 2019-20? Lol!
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Totally agree. I do still think a healthy Sale would have been worth $145M/4 not 5, but in hindsight, it’s looking like $145/2 at best and not even vintage Sale.
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Slash and burn because you are unsure. Sounds like a well thought out plan!
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I’m not living in New England anymore, but I just don’t recall all this hype talk. Nobody should have expected this to be quick and painless. Wasn’t the Betts/Price trade followed by further budget cuts enough to lower everyone’s expectation? To be fair, I did expect more gems found in the roughs- via trades, waivers and slight of hand, like Whitlock, Schreiber, Ref and Wink,but anyone who thinks any GM can come close to winning every trade is kidding themselves. I was hoping more farm players would be nearing ML readiness by now, but I did not expect so many HS top draftees. That’s not a knock, but it pushes back the time expectations on that front. I did expect better than Kluber and Richards, but it’s not easy finding guys like Wacha, Hill, and Paxtonfor peanuts.
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The next 5 weeks will decide the buy or sell question.
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Something about 1B defense with this team. Everyone ends up worse than expected.
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I said 5-10 teams those seasons. It might be 5 not10.
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It’s too speculative, at this point,especially since he drafted almost all HS kids. I gave him the same grade for MLB and overall. He did add young talent Whitlock, Wink, Wong and young vets like Dugo, Ref and Schreiber.
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I think a lot comes down to where one felt the Sox were after 2019 and then the Betts/Price trade, and then what was expected and how quickly.
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This team is all teases and let downs. I’m still hopeful we can find a long enough groove to ride to the playoffs, but my optimism is lessening. I still feel better about this team than 22’s, but even that is slipping.
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We are no longer spending like a “small market team.”
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No, I said since the Stiry signing and counting the Devers extension, we are showing signs is repeating what JH has done several times, already. We spent a ton from Story to Devers but lost a lot of salary and prior production, too.
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Finally, you said it. Lol! Look, I have agreed his percentage spent on starters was too low, he should have blown Eflin away with a multi year offer. In hindsight, it does look like the O and pen did need spending, too, as well as the D. You think he had enough to fill all our needs? The first 2.5 years of his time here, the answer should be obvious. The last year, not so much, but still….
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He’s got a hundred to spend and needs 200 in groceries.
