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The year before he signed with the Yanks, he hit .781, and that was his 2nd best OPS of his career. I know his game was more about things not related to OPS, but when .781 is your second best OPS ever, you can never be worth what the Yanks gave him. He has had 6 seasons with 502 or more PAs, and these are his OPS in those seasons: .928 (Talk about outlier) .781 .770 .747 .729 .703 (His 501 PA season, he hit .663.) He's a career .760 OPS guy with speed and plus D that would have been better had he not had a noodle for an arm. His 162 game career line is .284 14 67 (45 SB/9 CS- not a super SB%). In his 11 years in MLB, he has averages less than 500 PAs in 110 games per season.
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I know the history. I understand both could not repeat, but Pearce has gone 3-4 years of pretty good hitting (12th out of 40 1Bmen with 900+ PAs since 2016). Eovaldi's history is severely hampered by injuries. To me, it's almost all about his health.I've been wrong before, but what he did for us in the playoffs transcends data and history.
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No arguments, here. I thought you were talking about adding someone who would add to the budget. I'm not sure we need to do much better than Centeno, Lin, Chavis, Travis, Renda, G Hernandez and even Brentz. They all look like typical AAAA players. Who is out there, right now, wnho is a significant upgrade over these guys and won't cost us a bump is budget costs?
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I'm not saying I am happy with our extended depth at 2B and OF, but I don't see it as a priority right now. We can always pick up someone like Kinsler mid season, if needed. "Finding out" about the health of Pedey and Nunez is nearly impossible. We'll know it when we see it. If both are hobbled, then yes, we need to add depth, but ST'ing should help us know more. We also have to know that at any moment, one or both could go down. I'm fine with Holt and Lin filling in until we trade for more depth. If we keep Swihart around, somehow, we'll have some more depth. Chavis offers some 3B/1B depth, but his defense is suspect. I think we built a pretty solid team with good depth and flexibility on the 25 man roster. Our AAA depth is not good, and we all know why, but it is what it is. I think DD is being smart by holding back on signing anyone and keeping enough budget space to make deals once we determine where the need is greatest.
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You're assuming Pedey starts. The fact is, our budget blew others away last year and will be ahead of everyone else this year, though not by as much. Plus, our rotation is full or FA signees or trade acquisitions. If we keep this up, we will hear the talk, whether we think it's justified or not.
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I'm worried we have or will become the target of those same complaints from non Sox fans.
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On the surface, it does look pretty blase. Replacing Pom with a full season from Eovaldi should be a big plus. Replacing 2 months of HRam with 6 months of Pearce should give us a bump. Replacing Kinsler with Pedey is the big wild card. Better health could give us another boost, but it's not like we had more than our fair share last year.
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The large age differential makes the comp irrelevant.
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For me, it’s 1) Does Boston get another reliever? Mid season- very likely. 2) Do the Sox replace the lost 2b depth... No, Pedey, Nunez & Holt are enough, and Lin provides emergency depth. ...and try to fill Cora’s desire for a defensive 3b? It's a need, but I think we just grit our teeth and hope Devers keeps improving on D. 3) Do the Sox try to expand outfield depth or SS depth? Admittedly, there isn’t much left for SS. Maybe mid season, if needed, but I think our precious budget money will all go to the pen.
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Didn't they just sign McCutchen? If so, isn't there a time frame where he can't be traded?
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If the cost in contract is overwhelming, then I'm all for it. The more the better.
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Yes, either no Eovaldi or we go over the max line for one year (more). I think the Sox were very impressed with Eovaldi last year. His heart and soul rubbed off on the rest of the team. I can't imagine Cora & DD not doing everything possible to bring back Eovaldi. Maybe, if we had CK and Eovaldi, we'd have not signed Pearce and trade someone else to stay under, but it's hard to see us trading JBJ or Vaz and Nunez to get under the max line. I'm kinda glad he refused the QO, but a one year deal for someone like CK is not a bad thing.
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Let's avoid spending pages and pages on Brentz.
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Seems like the Phillies will get him. The Padres are looking at Keuchel. Who is left for Kimbrel?
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Think of it this way: if the Yanks are better on paper than us, and we still beat them, the Yanks have to be "chokers", right?
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He's a cancer. His contract will weigh them down for many years. (I plan on being alive and a Sox fan for the remainder of Machado's deal.) When we beat the Yanks again, it would have been even sweeter.
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I'm glad we didn't get him, and I hoped the Yankees did.
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He'll be in AAA not AA.
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With our lack of extended OF depth, he might actually get to play some.
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2 years was too much.
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It's hard to slam an organization for not wanting to give more than $300M/10 to a player who prides himself on not having to hussle. Yes, the Shields trade was awful. As for Stanton, he is costing the Yanks way less money than Machado and had better numbers before the signing.
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Story on Sale extension... https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/02/valuing-a-chris-sale-extension.html
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Where did I prop up Lin other than to say he was "decent"? I'd love to add Iggy. My point was about how weak our everyday player minor league depth is, and trading or DFA'ing Swihart only weakens our ML depth.
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I agree. Travis will be gone at some point. Marco can be put on the 60 day DL for one last hurray chance. I'm fine with trading Swihart or DFA'ing him for Pedey (Lin), but personally, I think this... Swihart > Centeno at C (May just be slight) Swihart> Chavis/Ockimey at 1B Swihart > Lin in the OF (LF and move Beni) Swihart may even be better at 3B. As for the OF, in an emergency we have a ton of guys on the 25 man roster that can play LF. If JD is DH, we wouldn't want to lose the DH for a game, but he can play corner OF, if someone misses a few games. In-game OF emergency subs could be Holt, Moreland, Pearce and Nunez.
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If we dump a catcher somehow, we'll have Lin ready at AAA to come up if anyone but a catcher or 1Bman gets hurt, but we have very little, decent minor league depth after Lin. C: Centeno, O Hernandez 1B: Travis, Ockimey (Chavis) 2B: Renda SS: M Hernandez (starting season on DL--again!)/Chatham (AA)? 3B: Chavis (Dalbec AA) OF: Travis? Brentz?
