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Is it still 10 days?
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There's got to be a tipping point where Kimbrel on a bargain deal outweighs the tax and penalties. To me, it's more about the years and the effect a longer deal might have on keeping better and younger players around.
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The haven't made this official, have they?
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The differential between Leon and Vaz or Swihart with Sale and Price is enormous. I'm with you. Leon is the last catcher I trade or DFA. I think Vaz has more stamina, and he does well with Porcello, so I'd choose him over Swihart, but trading Vaz might free up enough money to get a better RP'er. I knida think keeping all 3 makes sense, unless Pedey looks super healthy.
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Disabled List (or phantom DL).
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I disagree. The article printed is one person's opinion. If the Sox really liked Swihart over Leon, why didn't Swihart catch even close to the amount Leon did last year? Chris Sale & David Price both do exceptionally better with Leon. I'll be surprised if they choose Swihart over Leon. The only way I see that happening, is if we trade Leon for a decent RP'er (doubtful) that would help us more than losing Leon would hurt us. We may keep all 3 catchers, especially if Pedey or someone else begins the season on the DL (likely). Plus, I did say "not happening, in my opinion", so I'm not trying to come off as the final word authority. To me, it would be a huge mistake to keep Swihart over Leon, unless management thinks Swihart has grown a lot over the last year and/or maybe Leon has declined a lot. I didn't see signs of that last year, except for Leon struggling when forced to catch nearly FT while Vaz was hurt.
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I think it would have to be a real bargain, but who knows what Kimbrel's market is right now?
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That would mean out-of-options Workman is traded, DL's or DFA'd, so Brewer could make the roster. I doubt they do that. Wright might start on the DL. I might add Velazquez before Brewer, especially since we start the season with 11 straight games with no days off. My guess is, we may start with a 6 man rotation (Johnson?), so Velazquez may be needed as our long man. The rest has no surprises, except for Swihart over Leon (not happening, IMO). If Pedey starts on the DL, it would be Swihart (no options) vs Lin as the 25th man.
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I also showed where the Sox would be, if you took away their two best stretches.
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Is Washington's initial offer still on the table? If yes, why hasn't he taken it already?
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Put our two best stretches together and we were 40-7 (85%)! The amazing thing is that even if you take that away, we went 68-47 in the other games. That's still better than a 59% winning percentage... enough to win any other MLB division, except Houston's. In our worst 5, cherry-picked stretches, we went 28-35. That's a .444 winning percentage, which was better than 8 MLB teams last year. Without those 5 stretches we were 80-19 -- an 81% winning rate!
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For 8 years? 7?
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Our season did start out awesome: 19-2 Then... 11-12 15-5 6-7 21-5 4-3 13-3 2-6 13-5 5-7 Then, the playoffs
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It should count 1 as NY and 1 as BOS.
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The Yanks open the season at home vs BAL & the Tigers. They hit the road to BAL & HOU. They end the year, starting AUG 20th, with... 3 @ OAK 3 @ LAD 3 @ SEA day off 3 v OAK 3 v TX day off 4 @ BOS 3 @ DET 3 @ TOR day off 3 v LAA 3 v TOR day off 2 @ TBR day off 3 @ TX
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There other west coast trip leads into September. 3 @ SDP day off 3 @ COL day off 3 @ LAA day off (travel) 3 v MN 4 v NYY 3 v TOR day off 2 @ PHI day off 3 v SFG 4 @ TBR 3 @ TX 3 v BAL End of Season
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I agree, and if we can start 2019 like 2018, we'll be off to a great start with the major west coast trip out of the way early.
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Yes, I could see it happening, after all WASH did offer Harper a massive deal. I'm thinking Philly is looking big splash, and I guess Kuechel & Kimbrel would be just that, but Machado would fit better, IMO. If the CWS are for real on spending, Machado fits their longer term plans, so it makes sense.
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Then ignore the conversion to dollars like most of us do.
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Our season begins March 28th with a 4 game road trip to Seattle (no off days until after game 11). With no injuries, I'm assuming we start with Sale, Price, Porcello & Eovaldi 4 at Oakland: ERod, (6 man rotation to start the year?), Wright or Johnson, Sale & Price 3 at Arizona: Porcello, Eovaldi & ERod Day off/ travel to BOS 4/9 TOR Day off 4/11 TOR 4 vs BAL then, at the Yanks for 2
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I could see signing someone who will still be around when the youngsters mature. That won't be Keuchel.
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Very true, and some players take longer to get over an issue that held them back, so their curve looks out of whack. Others seem to really respond to the experience aspect of the game. Dewey Evans comes to mind. Others, who maybe relied more on their physicality seem to drop quickly. Jim Rice comes to mind, although his eye sight troubles may have been the real reason. I'm sure GMs are wise to all this, or are getting there quickly.
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Originally, I was going to say CWS, but I think he fits better with SD.
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Yankees by Age: 38 Sabathia 36 Happ 35 Gardner & Ellsbury 34 Tulo 33 Ottavino & Kontos 31 Britton & Hale 30 Tanaka, Paxton, Chapman, Betances, LeMahieuRomine 29 Stanton, Hicks & Kahnle 28 Gregorius 27 Voit, Green, Heller & Harvey 26 Judge, Sanchez, Montgomery, Bird, German & Cessa 25 Holder 24 Severino, Loaisiga, Frazier, Adams, Wade, de la Cruz 23 Andujar 22 Torres
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Red Sox by Age 35 Pearce & Pedey 34 Wright 33 Price & Moreland 31 JD M, Nunez,Brasier 30 Porcello, Holt, Velazquez, Hembree, Workman, Thornburg, Walden 29 Sale, Leon 28 Eovaldi (turns 29 before season), JBJ, Vazquez, Barnes, Johnson 26 Bogaerts, Betts, Swihart, Poyner, M Hernandez, Brewer & Shepherd 25 ERod, Travis & Josh Taylor 24 Beni, Lin, Lakins 23 Chavis 22 Devers, D Hernandez & D Reyes
