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I'm not defending Joc. I don't want to trade for him. I was firmly against the Carl Crawford signing for the same reason (.682 vs LHPs- career). That being said, unlike many here, I'm fine with platoons. Joc's career .860 vs RHPs is a nice thing to have in the line-up. This year, Joc hit .920 vs RHPs with 36 HRs in just 401 ABs. That's 50 HRs per 650 PAs. That far outweighs the zero HRs vs lefties. I just said his one year of team control is more of a deal-breaker than the splits.
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I haven't heard any rumors, but I'm thinking Bloom must be pretty confident he can trade him, or else he wouldn't have offered him arb. There really are not too many CF'ers on the market this winter- good ones, anyways.
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That part doesn't bother me as much as the one year of team control. Rebuilding with one year players is not a good idea. BTW, Yaz was a career .692 vs LHPs.
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I'm thinking a deal will be happening real soon. Price, JBJ or Betts?
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I suggested I'd do it, if we could flip him for something longer term, but why not just get that from LA?
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To me, trading Betts would only be for helping our long term future. Urias does that, but Pederson does not. Betts is worth every penny he is getting paid and then some, so taking Pederson just to offset salary doesn't make sense to me. Someone like Maeda, who has 4 years of control at just $3.1M/yr makes more sense.
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I'd only do it, if we could flip Pederson for someone with more years of control. How about Betts for Urias & Maeda? The trade simulator accepted Urias, Maeda & Barnes for Betts.
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They won't get him for cheap.
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How does Pederson help the rebuild?
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Pollock offsets a lot of Price's deal. He counts as $48M over the next 4 years ($12M x 4). He essentially cuts Price's deal in half. Add the $3M x 3 years we pay, and the Price/Pollock aspect only costs LA $39M or $13M x 3- about what he's worth. Pollock would be an expensive bench piece on the Dodgers, if he was not part of the deal. Seager and Maeda for Betts may be a stretch, but I don't think the deal is that wild.
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So, he'd play 2B for us? The trade simulator accepted this: Betts, Price (+$9M), Chavis, Walden & Duran for Seager, Pollock & Maeda We should be making 3 for 5 trades, though, not LA.
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I'd rather not trade Betts for a guy with 1 year of team control (Pederson). I like Maeda and his 4 years of team control at $3.1M, but I'd prefer Maeda and Downs. I still like this better, and LA wants a pitcher, too: Betts & Price for Pollock, Maeda & Downs
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We are not getting Lux. We wouldn't get him just for Betts alone. Adding Price cancels out the value of Betts.
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We might be able to do this for just May, but we'd probably have to take back Pollock or add a bunch of cash.
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Cool. Will look into it.
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Bastards!
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I've been slow jogging for a few months with my dogs in the early morning- sometimes before or as the sun is coming up. I wear shorts, unless it's under 40 or so but throw on a hoodie. My legs rarely feel cold. If I wear sweat pants, I sweat like a pig, no matter how cold it is. I hate letting the hood down in the cold, once I've started sweating.
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I don't see the budget priority as having much leverage. We have numerous players we can deal and teams that may be interested. If we deal Price and JBJ, it will be because the team wants them. Yes, knowing we have to shed salary adds some leverage, but I doubt it's all that much. If we wait until July, it will be because we are making one final run at it with the idea that we may have a fire sale, if we are out of it in July. Maybe teams can take advantage of the desperate nature of that sale, but we will likely be selling way more players than needed to get under the tax line, so no single deal will be holding us to the fire.
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Not many deals are made in March or April, and only a few in May. My guess is Price and JBJ are moved this winter. It's not so much about the return as it is about making budget space for Bloom to work his magic. We might get a useful piece or decent prospect or two, but I'm not counting on anything special.
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That would be the ultimate worst case scenario.
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I agree. I didn't mean my statement about Price's value possibly rising greatly with a good start to 2020 as a call to wait on trading him. To me, he should be the number 1 trade priority with JBJ close behind.
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Who is the greatest under-the-radar player in Sox history?
moonslav59 replied to Northern Star's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Jeff Gray was another sad story. DMac is a good choice. -
Who is the greatest under-the-radar player in Sox history?
moonslav59 replied to Northern Star's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Thanks for refreshing my memory. Sad. -
Yes, and there is no guarantee he will start off strong. It would be nice to get back more for him, though, assuming he starts well. If we traded JBJ, now, and traded Price in June, we'd be under the tax line.
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Who is the greatest under-the-radar player in Sox history?
moonslav59 replied to Northern Star's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Esasky did have a great year, but it was sort of out of no where. I think he developed vertigo and was out of baseball shortly afterwards. Quintana was unsung. He started to improve, and then he got shot or something back in Venezuela. I think he tried a comeback but didn't make it.
