moonslav59
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I do think a risk of being taken factor plays a big role- same as with Jimenez. Also, we will be looking at how good our 40th player is, and how much we care about losing him. If it's Rosario or Potts, we may decide to protect Ward, but depending on how many FAs we will be adding, maybe it's a much better player.
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I get the fan part, and don't disagree, but if we keep having seasons like this, I don't think there will be a noticeable turning away fro supporting the Sox, because we did not spend more. There may be some fans that do, but this was one hell of a season and was below the tax line.
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To be honest, I don't think it will even be noticeable, except after a while, you'll start thinking, "Man, I haven't seen a bad or inconsistent call, all game!" I don't see how this can be a bad thing. People actually prefer some bad calls- just to "add a human element" to the game? That's like saying every now and again, a basketball ref can say a basket does not count, because he did not see it go through the hoop.
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10/22 ALCS Game 6 @ Astros
moonslav59 replied to Thunder's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
They were when he played. I don't say Mookie plays for Brooklyn. -
I don't disagree, but staying right below the tax line is still spending more than all but a handful of teams. With Bloom's penchant for finding low-cost gems, we should be able to stay highly competitive when at or slightly below the tax line. My guess is, we might do that, and when the perfect storm looks like it is upon us, we will pounce and go significantly over the line to maximize a window.
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I totally agree, but we'd be replacing Dalbec at 1B, so I'm not sure undisciplined hitting is a step back. I also think a line-up with a variety of hitters works best. His .324 career OBP outweighs the ks and blows Dalbec's away.
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I'm glad we kept the undisciplined hitter, Devers.
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It's a human calling out "ball" or "strike," and he's getting all the calls right. I don't see how this transforms the game in a bad way, if at all.
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I seriously doubt we stay below the tax line for more than one more season, but who knows what the next CBA will bring.
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It's hard to get top talent on short deals, and signing more quantity rather than quality eventually get's your roster "too deep,: and you start losing Rule 5 guys you want to keep. Our 40 man roster has not gotten to that point, yet, but we have half the holes we had last winter, and in my estimation, about the same amount of money to spend, this winter as last. If we ever decide to go significantly over the budget, we'll be almost forced to go large and long or sign 3-4 guys at $12-18M each. (That may be next year or the following season.)
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Sometimes I give my opinion knowing it’s not likely to happen. My guess of what happens is we spend about the same as last winter but on 3-5 players not 7-8. That’s not going to be a big name. I do think he makes some sort of big trade or two. Maybe trading Bogey. Maybe trading some prospects but not to DDs level. Maybe he does both. I just don’t see us repeating last winter over and over. Maybe we do. Maybe Bloom finds a few more gems each winter, and it’s always more or better than who we lose every year, but I am pretty certain, when the time is right, and the right player comes a long, we’lol go big again. I think Betts was the right guy, but it was exactly the wrong time. I’m not sure when that right time will be, but I’m pretty certain it’s not this winter.
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You think that is a sign of “the new way” in Beantown? We are now Tampa North?
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There is a gray area between Ben and DD. I’ve already said I doubt Bloom goes large and long this winter, but I can see him doing it once every now and then, or making one Chris Sale type trade not dumping almost the whole farm.
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My point was that trading for big names need not be highly paid big names, which would be something one might think Bloom might do. I know he seems like the type who would not trade prospects for something like the Sale deal. The Tampa way was trading big names for guys that turn into big names, so it’s hard to imagine what Bloom might do when he’s in the other seat. This is part of what makes this winter so interesting.
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Sale was not a big contract when we traded for him, neither were Pedro and several others.
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I never said it was Bloom’s way, but Bloom is in a much different environment, now., I’m not sure we can know what he might or might not do.
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Actually, big names are usually traded for multiple top prospects.
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Yup, but we didn’t.
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It not like we haven’t given any big contracts. The Sale extension was big and long. The Bogey deal eas team friendly but not cheap. I think we’d go large and long this winter, if there was somebody we felt was the exact right fit. I don’t see “that guy,” this winter. Maybe we trade for a big name.
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im having a hard time understanding how calls made into an earpiece of the ump, and he making the call as normally done “ruins the game” for anyone. It won’t even be noticeable. Just the thought of the voice whispering “ball” or “strike” into the umps ear is somehow bothering people? I don’t get it.
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The Betts choice does not mean we never spend big again. The only reason I see someone like Scherzer is the shorter term- lower risk aspect. I, too, do not think we go large and long on anyone, this year. It’s not the year to look for a great ace.
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if ERod bolts, I’d look into Scherzer, dead arm, age and all.
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Here is the complete list of Sox Rule 5 Players: December 2021 Brayan Bello Kutter Crawford Jeter Downs Durbin Feltman Victor Santos Josh Winckowski Cole Brannen Franchy Cordero Kole Cottam Tyler Dearden Tyler Esplin Frank German Devlin Granberg Kyle Hart Gilberto Jimenez Kaleb Ort AJ Politi Tyreque Reed John Schreiber Thaddeus Ward Jose Adames Marco Cardoso Pedro Castellanos Felix Cepeda Ricardo Cubillan Osvaldo De La Rosa Jonathan Diaz Ryan Fernandez Ryan Fitzgerald Antoni Flores Rio Gomez Geoff Hartlieb Zack Kelly Dominic LoBrutto Bryan Lucas Charlie Madden Elih Marrero Joan Martinez Alexander Montero Oddanier Mosqueda Brendan Nail Yusniel Padron-Artiles Aaron Perry Antonio Police Ceddanne Rafaela Oscar Rangel Jesus Rosillo Roniel Raudes Yasel Santana Zach Schellinger Gregori Segovia Chase Shugart Caleb Simpson Miguel Suero Jake Thompson Grant Williams
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We should have traded Flores when his value was high. LOL.
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I'm pretty sure the guys they bring in to replace "the worst" will not be all that much better, if at all.
