moonslav59
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Not really. This post was dead over a month ago.
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By tanking for consecutive years, or do you mean something else?
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That was before draft slot money, when "unsignable" players fell to rich teams in the lower rounds or lower first round.
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Very true, nick.
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2018.
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Glad to see you have a sense of humor.
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It always does. Look at the years the Sox won or came real close: 1967: Lonborg 1975: Tiant, Lee & Wise 1986: Clemens, Boyd, Hurst 2004: Pedro, Schilling, Wake, Lowe 2007: Beckett, Schilling, Wake, Dice-K 2013: Lester, Lackey, Buch 2018: Sale, Price, Porcello, ERod It's no coincidence our ring years had some of our very best starting pitchers and rotations.
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This year depended on that, too.
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No, it's certainly been our biggest farm weakness since Lester.
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Yes, because it is not falling as fast as normal balls do.
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Also, Anibal Sanchez, Frankie Montas and Jalen Beeks.
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Replacing Wright with Chacin makes sense, especially if Wright will cost over $2-3M.
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Our possible 26 man roster opening day 2020: 6 SP: Sale, ERod, Price, Eovaldi, Wright, Johnson (out of options) 7 RP: _FA__, Workman, Barnes, Taylor, Walden, DHernandez, Hembree 2 C: Vaz & Centeno (Leon if back at near min) 2 1B: Dalbec & Ockimey (or Travis from LF) 2 2B: Chavis & Marco (or Lin/Chatham) 1 3B: Devers 1 SS: Bogey 2 LF: Beni & Travis (or Duran) 1 CF: __FA__ 1 RF: Betts 1 DH: JD Other 14 on 40 man roster: Chacin, Velazquez, Reyes, Weber, Houck, Shawaryn Brasier, Brewer, Lakins, Poyner, Kelley Lin, Chatham, Sturgeon or Gorkys
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Red Sox have fired GM Dave Dombrowski
moonslav59 replied to Jasonbay44's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
I've always lobbied for the 26 man roster, but I hope it doesn't lead to one more pitching change per game. I like the Sept limit of 28. That will avoid the 10 RP'er per game fiascoes. -
I think, if we lose JBJ's salary, we'll have about $5-7M to spend and stay under the first tax line. That could get us a cheap defensive CF'er and a cheap RP'er. The rest is filled in house.
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Or, you like Marco and Lin more than I do. I'm not high on Travis, but I do think Ockimey can work as a strict platoon 1B/DH type. He has killed RHPs for years: .898 in 2019 AAA .968 in 2018 AA .844 in 2017 A+ If Chavis (.742 v LHPs_ or Travis (.711 v LHPs) can do better vs lefties, we might be okay on offense at 1B. 2B looks much better defensively, if Marco and Lin play more than Chavis.
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I'm thinking it's about even: 1B: Chavis, Travis, Dalbec, Ockimey 2B: Chavis, Marco, Lin, Chatham (Dalbec?)
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Sox managers have been using some form of extra rest or scheduled rest days off for a long time. One could argue it sucks, but one could argue it has worked (4 rings). It's all conjecture. As for Remy and Eck being "clowns," I like Eck most of the time, but he certainly has some weird positions and has made clownish statements, like the "...rising fastball..." Remy is a cool guy, but to me, he's lost it and become a cult of himself. I think he tries to be funny, too much. That's why I referenced "clown" with him. They both make some great insights, and calling them "clowns" instead of saying they act like clowns, at times, was wrong.
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Nobody is expecting Dalbec to come any where near JD on offense, and since he's one of our better defensive players, he might be the last choice at DH. Chavis & Ockimey may try and fill that roll (not like JD) after 2020. I can see the point in trading Dalbec, who is blocked at his most value fulfilling position, but we really need a 1Bman next year.
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My guess is this will be the plan. I do think the trade or non tender JBJ to stay under the tax line. If we playw ell, we may pick up some players at the deadline and maybe even go over the tax line in an attempt to win in 2020. If we don't, we'll trade Betts and maybe more at the deadline.
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LMAO- literally!
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For a lawyer, you really misinterpret a lot. I have said over and over, I have no position on this debate, except that I think it's all conjecture and maybe pointless. There's no way we'll ever know what the tiny bit of extra rest for most not all of our players unleashed. For all we know, we might have done worse or seen more injuries had we played them more often. Pointing out factual mistakes in your argument happens so often, because you make more mistakes than others. Using terms like "the entire team" may just be hyperbole or "alternative facts," but it's not true.
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I didn't claim this case was an example of false equivalency. I merely pointed out the nature of such happenings and implied this might be such a case.
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1) It wasn't the entire team. 4 of our top 9 batters had more ABs this year than last. 2) A couple starters had more IP. 3) So, you agree with the NESN clowns, but that doesn't make it anything more than conjecture.
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It's conjecture to link a tiny bit of extra rest to poor April results. It's conjecture to to think restgate had nothing to do with our poor April results.
