moonslav59
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Why can't Bloom find guys like them?
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Rough start to the season, but you guys will be back. I do think that like all of us, your eyes got too wide in the spring time.
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Very true, but clearly one main objective was to reset the tax and maybe even stay near the line for a year or two afterwards. Had we extended or re-signed Betts and kept the same budget restraints in place, it would mean going with in system or very inexpensive players at several other positions over the next 10 years. Now, that doesn't mean it can't be done. We've had a very large contract on the books pretty consistently, or at least 2-3 players over $20M/yr for many years since Henry's arrival. Look how Price's contract became a hindrance by just year 3 or 4 out of just 7. Clearly the Sox could "afford" Betts, but at what cost to the rest of the roster construction going forward? I think the Sox made the choice that having Betts was not worth having Verdugo, Downs, Wong and the money from not signing Betts to spend on several free agents and/or extensions. I do wonder when and if we'll ever sign anybody to a 7 or more year contract- maybe if they are 26 or 27 years old.
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I usually don't care much one way or another. Guys like JBJ, who was my favorite player, I root for, even though I argues against bringing him back at that high of a cost. I wasn't a huge fan of Beni, but I hope he does well, except vs us. I hope Porcello gets a chance some where and does well. Price, Kelly, Kimbrel and most of the others I can think of, I don't really care about.
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LOL Maybe it lasted just one year: 2020, and even then, it was just 60 games.
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Funny how you say once velocity is lost it can’t come back about Sox pitchers. BTW, I wasn’t trying to be cute about velo, but it is almost all you talk about with Sox pitchers with injury histories.
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No slack should be given. These guys need to know very simple rules and the have a large staff to help out. Besides, this was no new rule, and there weren’t that many new rules, anyway.
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It’s still early but where all those posters so dead set against trading Price? Too busy praising Kimbrel I guess
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He was a summer “steal.”
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My first marriage ended this way, but years later, I realized it was all for the best.
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Why not tell us about his loss of 3-4 mph on his velocity?
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Cordero could really end up being the steal of the winter, although Witlock might have something to say about that.
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Barnes has been real good for several years- just not as a closer and not on back-to-back nights. I'm 100% on building a rotation from the top.
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My HOF would be like 3 rooms.
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So? I don't think Dewey belongs, either. I also think had UZR/150 been around, Dewey would blow Cal away on Defense. It wouldn't even be close. Look, I didn't want to open a can of worms. I would not have even 60% of the players in the HOF now. No Cal. No Dewey.No Morris. No many.
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Yes, Lugo and Zeferjahn were drafted in the DD era. My bad.
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Yes, but I'm loving seeing Brice batting 5th. Gabby Sanchez has been their best hitter. Of course, when players come back from injuries...
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I think Bogey likes Boston. I hope he stays, despite his lack luster defense at such a key position. We don't really have anyone in the system to play SS, if he opts out, and most of the better SS are FAs, this winter, not next. I'm not so sure 1 or 2 from Duran, Downs and Casas make a big impact, but I am optimistic. I agree: extend ERod and sign an ace, but who? Grenke, Verlander, Scherzer (all 36 or older)? Kershaw or Syndergaard? We also could have way more than $45M to spend, after 2022, so maybe that plays into allowing us to go way over in 2022: some have options for 2022 13.8 Pedey 10.0 Richards 8.9 Ottavino 8.3 ERod 5.0 Perez 4.5 Barnes 3.1 Renfroe 3.0 Gonzalez 2.8 Beni 1.9 Andriese After 2022: 22 JD Maybe 20 w Bogey opt out 17 Eovaldi 16 Price 7 EHern 4.5 Vaz 1.6 Plawecki 1.5 Sawamura
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Fangraphs shows Cal was better than Dwight on defense?
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Did they even have UZR/150 and DRS back then?
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Batters in the HOF (including pitchers listed): https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/hof_batting.shtml Starting at about an OPS of .840 and below (or #80), I'd ax most of 'em, but realize fielding is a big part of baseball.
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https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/hof_pitching.shtml By and large, the vast majority of pitchers with an ERA over 3.00 should not be in, but ERA is not my stat of choice.
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He's not the only guy with 90+ bWAR not in my HOF. Here's a list of the top career WAR players. Cal is listed at 35th, so that seems like a lock. Not to me. (I also think his fielding was over-rated.) https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/WAR_career.shtml
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Nope. It took 21 years to get those WAR cumulative numbers. He was a drag on his team for many years, especially during the end of the "streak." .788 career OPS (112 OPS+) Dwight Evans was twice the fielder Cal was and had an .840 OPS (127+). Cal had a few awesome years, no doubt, but it was the 21 years, his name and the streak that got him in.
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I'm not sure Richards will do any better for us.
