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The problem was more complicated. Year one, we did not even replace the Betts and half-Price money, in full, and we had about 15-20 weak spots on the 40 man roster to fill. It was impossible to add "generational talent" on that 2020 budget. In 2021, we spent about $40M in AAV- almost all on 1 year deals (Kike and Sawamura got 2 year deals at under $7M/yr.) Again, we had so many weak spots to fill, it would have been hard to sign a big FA without leaving many slots near bare. 2022, started out much like 2021. It looked like we were going to spend about the same as 2021- just replacing the one year contracts that elapsed. Then, in late March, we signed Story to a $140M/6 deal- not a mega deal, but the biggest since Sale. A generational talent? Ummm.... Had we used the Betts projected contract offer plus the $16M Price savings, we'd have about $45M a year plus whatever Dugo, Wong and Downs give us. In theory, that seems like a reasonable deal, but $45M was likely not enough, unless Bloom hit on 90%+ of all of his low to mid level FA signings. It's hard enough to hit on 50% of signings over $15M a year, and those are supposed to be the better and surer signings. The one year signings were basically punting the choices down the road, until we found out more about what we could expect from our farm. The farm infusions were so sporadic and underwhelming that no real help was realized. Had it not been for Bloom's freak Rule 5 finding, in Whitlock, and some production fro Houck, we could say that we basically have gotten near nothing since the Devers call-up so many years ago. Expecting a rebuild to occur solely from free agency on a $40M winter spending budget is pure folly.

That was "extensive" and difficult to understand?

The pressure must have been enormous. He deserved it.

That was some season by Rice! Amazingly, he had 15 triples in '77 and '78!

Now, 16 Ks out of 21 outs. No record, tonight.

Mets pitchers have 12 Ks out of the first 15 outs made by the Nats.

The Mets' pitchers have K'd 12 of the first 15 outs by the Nats. Is a record in the making?

Add some mayo to that Cole Slaw.

True dat!

MLB.com reports... RHP Garrett Whitlock talks rehab from hip surgery For the first time since undergoing surgery on his right hip on Sept. 26, Whitlock was back in Boston's clubhouse. He spoke to reporters and plotted out his course of recovery, which he expects will have him back in time for Spring Training. Whitlock pitched in 31 games this season, including nine starts, going 4-2 with a 3.45 ERA. His last appearance of the season was on Sept. 16, before a joint decision was made for him to undergo an arthroscopic procedure performed by Dr. Bryan Kelly in New York. "I’m no doctor or physical therapist, but from the knowledge I’ve gathered, it’s three months of rehab and then I’m good to start building up and going from there, throwing-wise," said Whitlock. "When I first came off the IL [in July], it was definitely better than when I went on it. Then it just slowly kept nagging on me. Then seeing the docs, they were like, 'Hey, it’s time to get this thing fixed.'"

"In my world." lmao. I know some players perform better in pressure situations. That's true in "my world", too. I don't deny it. My point is that the vast majority who do are also very good in non clutch situations. The rest that "overperform" may be attributed in part to some innate skill that allows them to stay calm under pressure or it may just be plain random luck- like how some batter do better on Tuesdays or Saturdays than others. I have seen some players called clutch or chokes turn things around, quickly.

Sox Pitching Farm Leaders (50+ IP) xFIP 2.56 Walter (1st in WHIP at 0.90) 2.56 Bello (5th in WHIP at 0.98) 3.33 Kelly 3.40 Mosqueda 3.42 E Polanco (3rd WHIP at 0.95) 3.45 TWard 3.50 J Webb 3.57 Pannone 3.64 B Mata 3.72 A Politi (4th in WHIP at 0.97) 3.76 Winckowski & H Dobbins 3.80 J Stock & B Van Belle 3.84 K Ort & J Paez 3.86 Uberstine 3.89 German (2nd in WHIP 0.91) 3.93 Shugart 3.99 Drohan 4.01 Luis de la Rosa K% 35 J Webb 34 Kelly & Bello 33 German 32 Walter & Ort 31 Mosqueda & Ward 30 Mata & Politi 29 Stock & Drohan 28 Wikelman & de la Rosa HR/9 0.0 Polanco (0/51 IP) 0.0 L Cohen (0/47) 0.18 Wikelman (1/98) 0.19 Thompson 0.22 Ort 0.36 Kelly & German 0.37 de la Rosa notables: 0.53 Ward 0.54 Mata 0.56 Bello 0.59 Wink GB/FB 3.38 Bello 2.70 Thompson 2.06 Mata 2.00 Walter LD% 12.6 Ward 15.3 Thompson 16.2 German 17.6 Walter GB% 62.0 Bello 61.9 Thompson 54.9 Walter 52.9 Ward 52.6 Mata

One can argue that with the money saved, we signed Richards, Perez I, Perez II, Paxton, Marwin, Andriese, Diekman and others, or Wacha, Kike, Hill, Strahm and others, but actually, it's all of them.

I was thinking he had one year left, but earlier I said 5 years vs 1. My math is impeccable.

Do they pay scribes to enter the numbers, or have they gone roboscribe?

The Big leagues keeps the stats?

Wait for more...

So we made the trade, too early.

Dugo is certainly no Betts, but the argument might go something like this: 5.2 bWAR from Dugo with one year to go> 3.6 bWAR from Betts in 2020 w no years to go. fWAR 5.3 > 2.9 Like I said, I would not trade a 9 WAR player for nine 1 WAR players, but it's not that simple. As far as I know, no better offers were made.

Probably more. The Rays and Os might have 10, too.

One reason could be the SSS of 109 PAs.

One could even argue 5 years of Dugo was a greater value than 1 short season of Betts, not even counting the Price salary dump that took $16M of 3 budget years each.

Yes, all of his 230 career playoff PAs.

I'm guessing this should be in green.

Devers Forevers!