moonslav59
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Shoulda yanked Perez like I suggested. -
Some of our outs have been hard hit, so maybe we'll piece some hits together, soon.
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Perez now has an ERA below 5.00 (4.84). The rotation is really shaping up nicely.
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It's not like I'm happy we are struggling offensively.
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Third time seeing these batters.
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Are we supposed to go 80-0 vs the worst teams? We already showed we can get swept by the O's, and it means very little. That was 3 games. This is one, and it's not over.
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I think the trade was pre- 90's.
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YES!!!! Houck raised a lot of hopes after his nice career start, last season. Whitlock is on his way to topping that. Two years in a row is blowing my mind!
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Sox in the top OPS in MLB: 6. JD 1.095 19. Bogey .940 21. Devers .936 33. Verdugo .884 RBI 3. JD 21 T6. Devers 19
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I'm not sure we'll ever be done talking about the departure of Betts, but I'm thinking not much new can be said about it.
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they only made one offer. What do you mean by "always?"
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Yes, but they must have known, not making him a second decent offer was going to make them look bad, of he extended with the Dodgers. Maybe they took him at his word and figured they could make him an offer as a FA- like they ended up doing with Lester, but as we saw with that case, even a decent offer as a FA did not change the unpleasantness.
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I agree, but by not giving a second- more reasonable offer- it forced the drag out public unpleasantness.
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Agreed, so why not counter with that or even $320M/10?
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I agree. We should have made a second offer we would have paid. (Hopefully, that first offer was not close.)
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Cause, what's only $6M more, and so on...
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He sure seems to feel entitled.
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Agreed, and they did comeback with a sizably higher offer with Lester, much later. In defense of Sox management, Lester did say he was willing to take a "hometown discount." It's hard to know exactly what that means. many felt Pedey took way less than he could have gotten, and maybe they looked at the Pedey contract as a comp. That being said, I do think it was insultingly low.
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The initial $30M still counts and was viewed as a trade-off. Adding $6M tilted the balance to a know. How about another $6M? And then another? (I'm actually not even sure they wanted him at their initial offer they knew he'd refuse- same as Lester.)
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Easier said than done. I'm fine with the argument about preferring Betts over Price, or more realistically, choosing not to extend Sale, Eovaldi or Bogey, so we could keep Betts, but I'm a firm believer in the idea that Henry insists on re-setting before we ever reach the 3rd year mega tax, and his history shows he likes to stay under for 2-3 years at a time- not just one. I'm fine with disagreeing with that plan, but within that framework, signing Betts would have meant serious budget complications for at least 3 years, especially since it also meant keeping $16M of Price's deal. maybe we could have dumped Price's $16M elsewhere, but I doubt it.
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I said I will never criticize him about checkbook opening. I'm not saying nobody else has the right to or not. I just don't get it. Criticizing one of MLB's biggest spending owners for not spending enough invites pushback. Criticizing him for hiring or firing GMs is open season. Again, just my opinions.
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OPS Against 2021 (PAs) .319 Whitlock 48 .351 Barnes 50 .368 Valdez 40 .577 Andriese 52 .603 Pivetta 104 .606 Ottavino .633 Sawamura .643 ERod 89 .669 Eovaldi 119 .773 Richards 109 .803 Perez 83 .806 Houck 45 .837 Brice 28 .921 DHern 35 1.039 Taylor 46
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Looking at the team 3.66 ERA, I was kind of surprised to see that it's also 3.65 over the last 14 days. The team leaders have flipped, but still... Last 14 days: Listed by IP 2.70 Richards 2.45 Pivetta 3.46 ERod 6.35 Eovaldi 7.36 Perez 0.00 Whitlock 5.14 Barnes (that one pitch!) 0.00 Andriese 1.50 Ottavino 3.38 Valdez (All others with less than 5 IP)
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You really think spending $30+M a year on someone has no affect on what you spend on several other players? (maybe even more than 5)
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It's easy to sit back and think Henry can and should spend like the Dodgers, if needed, but the guy has spent and improved this club like no owner before. I can never even come close to thinking I should criticize him for not opening up his checkbook more. I'm fine with criticism on how we spend it, but that's more on the GM not Henry, despite Henry hiring and firing them.
