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Snell was the only thing giving the Rays hope, tonight.
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73 pitches. Sick.
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I expected Snell to go 8.
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The Rays can shut down the Dodgers offense. They have a great pitcher going, tonight. I could see a 2-1 or 3-2 win.
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Top Yankee values: 64 Judge, 59 Torres, 44 Severino, 34 Garcia, 31 Dominguez, 26 Montgomery, 25 Frazier, 24 Urshela, 19 Voit & Schmidt, 15 German, 14 Green, 13 LeMahieu, 11 Peraza, 10 Vargas, 9 Volpe, Medina & Gil, 8 Florial, Alcantara, Wells & Smith, 7 Loaisiga, 6 Duran & Higashioka, 5 Yajure, Vizcaino, Contreras & Tauchman
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MLB Trade Values has these values for the top Sox players: 58 Verdugo 26 Downs 23 Dalbec 22 Casas 22 Bogaerts 21 Vazquez 21 Devers 13 Hernandez 12 Mata 12 Duran 9 ERod 9 Jimenez 8 Chavis 6 Yorke, Lugo, Beni 5 Chatham, Brasier, Ward 4 Potts, Houck, Song, Arroyo 3 Taylor, Murphy, Wong, Decker, Groome, Gonzalez 2 Bonachi, Cannon, Pivetta, Howlett, Rosario, Arauz, Wilson, Flores
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The feeling on that last out was worth more than anything else. The WS was a sweep, so there was not much drama or stress, but I'm not talking about the most exciting series. I'm talking most meaningful. I remember the first game was a close one. Manny & Ortiz put us a head, late. The Cards tied it up and Bellhorn- BAM! I remember Pedro & Schilling pitching a gems and Lowe closing it out with a gem in game 4. It was all pitching- something I don't forget. Yes, the Yankee series has more memories and nail-biting moments, for sure, but the WS win was the moment I had been waiting for for 34 years.
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I meant any other WS wins beyond 2004's. Greatest Sox series in my memory (since 1970): 1. 2004 WS 2. 2004 ALCS 3. 2007 WS 4. 2013 WS 5. 2018 WS 6. 1975 WS 7. 1986 WS 8. 1986 ALDS (vs LAA) 9. 1999 ALDS (vs CLE) 10. 2003 ALCS (I almost moved 1975 above a WS win, because it meant so much to me.)
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"I thought I'd be a Red Sox for life." -Mookie Betts tells David Ortiz
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I'm not sure any others even match the ALCS of 2004.
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I did say, "Now, I can rest in peace."
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Even better! (Not sure how many had all their years after age 31.)
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I never expected 4 rings, but that first one was oh-so-sweet!
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He did not make enough to make this list.
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Many do not work out so well, some even from year 1 or 2- like Pujols. Here are the biggest & longest deals in MLB history that are over or near over as of 2020: ARod II ('08-'17) ARod I ('01-10) Miggy ('16-'23) Pujols ('12-'21) Cano ('14-'23) Votto ('14-'23) Price ('16-22) Kershaw ('14-'20) Fielder ('12-'20) Scherzer ('15-'21) Greinke ('16-'21) Jeter ('01-'10) Mauer ('11-'18) Teixeira ('09-'16) Verlander ('13-'19) Felix ('13-'19) Posey ('13-'21) CC Sab ('09-'15) C Davis ('16-'22) Manny '01-'08 Others: kemp, Tulo, Tanaka, Lester, AGon, Ellsbury, Miggy I, Trout I, Hamels, CCrawford, Helton... Older ones: Johan Santana A Soriano V Wells R Howard J Hamilton M Hampton Giambi Holliday C Lee C Beltran Griffey Jr. Kevin Brown
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Most people think of the Manny signing as a wild success for the Sox, despite the way his Sox career ended. Did those last years really negate the great years? His first year with us was at age 29. His best career year came in Cleveland (7.5 fWAR in 1999. He also had a 5.4 in 1998) with BOS age f WAR 29 5.2 30 5.3 31 5.8 32 3.3 33 2.9 34 2.9 35 1.2 36 5.9 (BOS-LAD) 37 2.5 (LAD) 38 1.1 (2 teams) 39 -0.3 (TBR) Manny got no boost from his defense. BWAR starting with 1st year w BOS: 5.2 6.0 5.4 4.1 4.4 4.5 1.1 6.0 2.2 0.6 0.2 -0.3
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A great defensive OF'er as he aged well... Dwight Evans 37: 4.9 fWAR 38: 3.5 39: 3.4 40: 0.4 (123 gms) 41: 0.8 (101 gms) fangraphs had his defense as a huge minus towards the end, and he still put up all plus numbers. Other OF'er with great numbers at 37 and older since 1970: 41.8 Bonds 18.9 Aaron 12.9 Yaz 12.6 M Alou 9.5 Henderson 8.4 Finley 8.2 Gwinn 8.1 Lofton 8.0 Mays 7.4 T Phillips 5.5 J Cruz 4.9 T Hunter 4.6 Evans 4.5 Suzuki
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Being mostly a DH really hurt his WAR, so I don't like the comp to Betts, who will likely be a plus on D until age 50.
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There's not a great track record of OF'er doing very well after age 37. I'm not arguing Betts will still be great his last 3 years, but he could easily still be a net plus player. Even if he's just worth $15M, $10M and $5M his last 3 years, that makes his first 9 years (3 prime and 6 at the same age as Price) cost $335M. That's $37M/yr. That's pretty close to Price's yearly cost with no prime years included. If, he's worth $50M /year for years 1-3 and only $5M/yr the last 2 years, that means his 7 year pay during the same age as Price could be viewed as $205M/7. (less than what Price got.)
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No, you are right, we don't, but we do know hitters age better than pitchers, in general. Betts will likely be an elite defender for many years and still a plus at age 39, unless he destroys a knee or soemthing.
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He is better than most 37 year old pitchers. What they got wrong were his first years with them. He really fell off a cliff, right away. He had one decent year, but even .859 was very sub-par, for him. He might be the "worst-case scenario" for any post prime signing, but again, the Angels signed him post-prime (age 32) not during prime. BTW, his 162 game average at ages 38-39 was 28 HRs and 103 RBIs but a .718 OPS.
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Of the 18 "Keepers," ERod and Sale will likely start on the 60 Day IL, Beni and Eovaldi are questionable, Barnes & Perez are in their last year of team control, and Munoz, Arroyo and Pivetta are not really anyone to get too excited about. (I'll chalk 2021 up as an outlier for JD.) Vaz has been up and down. Houck started 6 games. Chavis could be mini-Middy. DHern still walks too many batters, and Dalbec's sample size is rather small. Our core of healthy and durable players is rather small. One could view it as only 11 players, 2 of whom are FAs after 2021.: Vaz Bogey Barnes ERod Devers JD DHern Dalbec Perez Verdugo Houck
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Once could argue most of the "near expendables" are players that could easily be replaced. They are not likely to be DFA'd, but trading some for prospects or players not 40-man roster required could be options: 11 Near Expendable: Walden Brasier Brewer Taylor Weber Arauz Mazza Plawecki Valdez Covey Grullon Only Plawecki and Taylor have clear roles on the 2021 team, and both could be easily replaced. Add these 11 to the list of "expendables," and you get 22 players that are not really prized in any way. This has to be one of the weakest bottom halves of a 40 man roster of any Sox team in a very long time. Yes, I'm bringing up his name: thanks DD!
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One would expect Betts to be better at 37 than a pitcher.
