moonslav59
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Hard to know.
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Rusney cost a fortune, too. We've done okay with IFA's, but not like the 4 year period of Bogey, Iggy, Montas, Margot and Devers.
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Maybe it happened more by chance than by what actually happened in the meetings. Maybe teams want to do their due diligence more, now.
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What part of Many of his pen building moves was unclear? I just pointed to 3 successful moves and gave a reason why (budget) maybe it hasn't been good. You chose to misinterpret my clear statement.
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It's a GM meeting- not a GM and agents meeting. If anything, it would be a time where trades are made or discussions begun.
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I may end up being wrong, but it wasn't sarcasm.
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No, but it has not brought us anyone between Devers and Bello, except Moncada, who yes brought us Sale, but has not been all that great. When you couple this with no great draft picks that have helped us greatly since 2011, it's hard to find a better reason for our drop in rings since 2013- one in nine seasons.
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Agreed, and my guess is all the ZIPs and other predicting services with give Story better O numbers, too, not just overall WAR, and for good reason.
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Yes, it is, but we are talking a long time between Devers and Bello. I can't see one year being the major reason for that.
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Usually, I think they estimate on the low side. This looks pretty generous in several areas.
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Was my point saying Bloom did a fine job with the pen? I thought I said he had many misses, then named 3 guys and two hopefuls (leaving out Wallace). That sounds like the opposite of praise, to me.
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Based on just 2022, I assume.
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His late signing and spring training playing time did have him start the season by not playing everyday, until the second week of the season. Not making excuses. He was inconsistent in 2022, even when healthy.
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I'm just paraphrasing what he said, himself.
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That was just one year of penalties, right?
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The Dodgers, too. It's not impossible to build and keep farms strong under this system, but it's not as easy as it was years ago, either. On paper, it looks like we are close to being "there." We have 12-15 prospects or recent grads that should get a significant chance at earning a key role on the 2023 team. We have Mayer, Yorke, Lugo, Ward, Binelas, Hamilton & Koss in 2024. We have Paulino, Wikelman, Jordan, Hickey, Kavadas, Abreu, Drohan & Uberstine in 2025. We have Bleis, Romero, Anthony, Perales, Coffey, Rodriguez-Cruz & Brannon by 2026 or later. Again, I know many of these guys will not work out well, but with so many, I'm hopeful enough stick and enough do well.
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That 2011 draft did have some massive carry-over affect, but this is a great point. It really goes beyond the 2017 Devers call-up. Theo once spoke about how the team got away from it's core principles and relied too much on free agent signings and mortgaging the future for the present, but what does he know. Sox radio talk show callers know better.
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I'd much rather have seen us sign Suzuki than trade for JBJ, especially knowing we were going over the tax line, anyway. That being said, I like the Story signing more.
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While Bloom had many misses in his budget-minded pen building moves, Andriese and Diekman to name two of the higher paid ones, he did pretty well with Schreiber, Strahm, Valdez and hopefully Kelly & German, next year.
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Maybe that was why JH made losing a higher priority!'
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$8M seems about right for him. He'd be a good 4th SP'er or an okay 3rd starter, but we have enough of those.
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You don't think several names are being bandied about on the second and later rounds? Someone makes the final call. I'm sure, many times, there is a general consensus, but maybe the GM plays a bigger role than we know. Ultimately, they are basing their opinions on what the scouts and talent evaluators are saying, so I'm not saying you are wrong.
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I've actually been giving DD props for obtaining better prospects than I gave him credit for a few years back, but I can't stop thinking about that 5 year period from the Devers call up (not DD's prospect) and the Bello/Casas call ups where the most notable call-ups were Dalbec, Duran and Houck. That, alone, is enough context to add to Bloom's tenure as the Sox GM to give him 3 get out of jail free cards. What GM can build a championship team around 5 years and just one prospect like Houck? We can poo poo how badly many of the prospects DD traded away have done, but he was the man in charge, and it's all about "results," right? 5 years: Houck. That's the results DD left Bloom, until late 2022. Don't get me wrong, I'm excited about many of his prospects, including Bello & Casas who will be playing for us, next year, but geeesh! 5 YEARS and HOUCK! OMG!
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Ramon Vazquez to become Sox new bench coach.
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Ottavino has been a good to very good RP'er for almost his whole career. He had like one bad year with the Rockies and an 18 IP 2020 season that apparently made him no good anymore. He didn't do great for us, but a .728 OPS Against was not too bad, and it was .621 in high leverage was good. He was no Kimbrel, but he was good before we got him.
