moonslav59
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So, we sign an ace and then trade ERod (and others) for who? Votto? Make Stanton a 1Bman? Am I missing anyone?
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1st question, notin: If you only could get one of these guys for 2018-2019 (forget the beyond), who would it be? Hosmer Santana JD Martinez (at 1B? or DH?) Duda Morrison Alonso Moreland 2nd question: Is trading for Votto or Stanton a realistic option and what would a reasonable package look like? HRam or Porcello (as salary offset?) Bogey (we then maybe sign Cozart?) Groome or Mata Chavis or Ockimey
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Yeah, I meant more than just power, but the power was the "must".
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Yes, but my guess is his next outing will be pushed back a day or two, and then the next and the next....
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While I do not think acquiring an ace is our top priority, and maybe not even our second priority, I'd always be kicking the tires on any ace that becomes available. When I saw Quintana and Gray traded away for what I felt were relative underpays, I couldn't help but wonder "what if...". Acquiring an ace would allow us to trade Porcello or ERod or Wright, of just keep them all. Look at the Dodgers. They stockpile starters and still end up needing another. With Pom becoming a FA after next year and Sale and Porcello the year after, you jump at an ace whenever you can. That being said, we need a top quality clean-up hitter for 2018 to maximize our chances at a ring.
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Then, there's this.... Had Price pitched 2 days earlier, maybe that might have helped accelerate his build up to 60-80 pitches a little more quickly.
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Debunking the 3 year window myth -- the Red Sox in 2020
moonslav59 replied to Fan_since_Boggs's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Does HRam need surgery? If so, maybe he'll come back and have a year like 2016 or even better. He's not too old to have another really big year. One problem is, he could have a great 2018, vest the option and then stink again in 2019. -
Yes, but his best season was really after his team control ran out with the Marlins.
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Except that there are really no great dependable power hitting 1Bman fee agents.
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Countdown to the Playoffs - 2017 Edition
moonslav59 replied to Slasher9's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Ding, ding, DING! -
"Nobody told me there'd be days like these."
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Porcello & HRam for GS (LOL--just kiddin!)
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I'm a huge Beni fan, but some of his "bonehead" plays don't count as errors, so maybe it's all evened out this year. Beni still has so much upside potential. It makes me giddy.
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Not Phat but not flaca either.
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Buddha
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Nice win. Porcello is my 5th starter right now. I'm actually close to feeling more confidence in handing Price the ball in game 4 of the playoffs than Porcello or Fister. We gotta hope our big 3 (Sale, Pom & ERod) get us to at least a 2-1 lead. I'd still like to see Devers bat 4th or 5th, but I have no big beef with the line-ups lately. Loved seeing the Yanks get bombed.
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Countdown to the Playoffs - 2017 Edition
moonslav59 replied to Slasher9's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Making the top dog team sit for a whole series may not be that helpful. Sure, a bye is better than playing, but I don't like it. We can't let 16 out of 30 teams make it. I think the one game play-in for the two scrub teams is fair and not time consuming. I suppose you could have 3 wild card teams and make the worst division winner play a one game play-in. (6 teams make it in each league or 12 out of 30) -
I got no stress in my life. Maybe that's what's wrong with me.
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I agree, and I hope we will say the same about Pom-Espi. Here's a look back at the Beckett trade: HRam with FLA 2006 .292 /.353/ .480/ .833 (51 SB) ROY 2007 .332/ .386/ .562/ .948 29 HR (51 SB) 10th MVP 2008 .301/ .400/ .540/ .940 33 HR(35 SB) 11th MVP 2009 .342/ .410/ .543/ .954 24 HR (27 SB) 2nd MVP signed extension Anibal Sanchez 2006 10-3 2.83 (17 GS) 1.19 WHIP 2007 Injured 2008 2-5 5.57 (10 GS) 1.57 2009 4-8 3.87 (16 GS) 1.51 2010 13-12 3.55 (32 GS) 1.34 2011 8-9 3.67 (32 GS) 1.29 (He later led the AL in ERA and FIP in 2013)
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I agree, but it also has something to do with the team's success, rightly or wrongly. Example: no Sox fan complains about trading HRam & Anibal Sanchez for Beckett & Lowell, even though looking at just years of team control and production given, HRam and Sanchez probably did better. Did the Marlins win the trade? I wouldn't say yes, or I might say both teams won.
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Ok..but I think we can get bogged down in the details too. Keeping Espinoza in the hope that he'd be ready in 2019 could very well affect the acquisitions we make in 2018 and what their performance is in 2019, 2020, and until Espinoza is actually ready to pitch again. How do we figure that into the equation? I'm not fully judging the trade until Espi's team control ends with SD.
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He's looked real good pretty much every other start for 10 games. I guess that's good enough for most posters.
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I did answer the part about 5 innings. On the 4 and 5 days rest? I don't know, but I'm sticking to the common sense idea that tells me more rest helps those that are fatigued.
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Because we should not judge a trade in hind sight until the team control of all players expires. It would be like me saying we didn't actually need Pom last year, because he ended up sucking, and we won anyways.
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Spinmaster extraordinaire Keep believing extra rest does not help alleviate fatigue, at least to some extent. Of course, it guarantees nothing, but clearly team management sees that benefit of resting players when they can. This debate should be about "if we can" or "if we should" and NOT about spinning whether rest actually helps players or not.
