moonslav59
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It's hard to know for sure, which is harder on the arm, but it does seem like SP'ers have more TJSs than RP'ers.
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Nothing is for sure, especially with Whitlock.
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We needed a 2Bman. Apparently, JH needed to save money. The uncertainty of Sale's ability to stay healthy played a major role in the choice. As it turned out, iraon man Gio is out for the year, and Sale looks like a HE-Man, again... for now. Not spending the money saved by the trade, unless we want to count adding O'Neill's deal, which would be a major stretch, made the deal look worse. Grissom's start makes it look worse, too.
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Looks great, now. Can I ask, did you hear one single poster advocating an extension of Sale, before the trade? Hell, we were still hearing about how bad his last extension from back in 2019.
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It hasn't really be a "steady" payroll cut. We had a lot of money on the books in 2019, some pretty long term. There was a massive cut with the Betts-Price trade and not replacing Porcello's money coming off the books. (Not brining Kimbrel and kelly beck for 2019 just amounted to paying the raises others got. Of course, inflation make spending now look higher than it really is, comparatively, and the extensions kicked in for Sale, Nate and Bogey, but after 2020, we spent more and more- just poorly. The CB Tax budget went like this: $243M 2019 $185M 2020 $208M 2021 (one of the biggest jumps in spending in Sox history) $236M 2022 (another one of the biggest jumps in Sox history) $225M 2023 was the second decline year in 6 years 2024 will be the third decline year i the last 7 seasons and 2 in a row and 3 out of 5. FYI, Sox spending declined for 2 years in a row, before under JH: 2007>2008>2009 It almost did from 2012>2013>2014, but for $2M more spent in 2014 than 2013.
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He sure would have, and maybe keeping Whitlock in the pen, had they chose him to be the odd man out, might have saved him some time on the IL.
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Promote to Woo?
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At the time of the trade, how would you have felt, if we extended him like ATL did?
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I think many felt he could be or maybe someday would be. I'm not sure anyone felt he'd start off like that, for sure.
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As Joe Walsh would croon... "Just turn your pretty head and walk away..."
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We were looking at extending Betts to 8+ years. Many of us were counting down the days left on Sale's contract. Night and Day in that area, but yes, both were stars, years ago. One kept being one. One is trying to get it back.
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IMO, linking judgments made over two 40 PA sample sizes if a lot different than linking two guys traded. The only thing I linked was sample sizes, not production value.
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Maybe he will become one of those guys that comes out of nowhere. The kind of guy we hoped Bloom would find several of.
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soxprospects says 2 options remaining. Of course, he will be sent down, if this continues for a couple more weeks or longer, but I see no reason to think it will. He has hit the ball hard for outs, and I'm thinking some will fall for hits, pretty soon. If Romy and DHam keep doing well, the leash might be shortened, but I think he will be given a pretty long leash, especially since he just got off rehab.
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A very confusing statement.
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It's not even close to the Betts deal, IMO. Calling it "lite" doesn't take away from the fact that you linked the two together. BTW, it takes two to argue. You are pretty good at it.
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The deal is 7 weeks old. Sale is not Betts. Nobody wanted us to extend Sale. I never heard you suggest it. That is the truth, and it feels fine. No pain.
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Never, unless for short rehab assignments over the next 5 years. Better than 50% odds on this.
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I hope you meant this as gross hyperbole.
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No. I felt devers deserved a chance to improve at 3B, and he actually looked like he was for a stretch, here and there, and for one pretty solid season, but I did discuss the chance of him moving to 1B back then, yes. His issue is mainly arm accuracy, not his glove or quickness. His footwork can be a problem, and maybe that hurts his chances at 1B, but for most of his career, he has been a negativa on D at 3B. Keeping him there, just because he makes $30M has always seemed hollow to me. I'm not torn up about him staying at 3B, and I do think Casas can improve his D at 1B, if he can stay healthy long enough. We also still have Yoshida at DH, so I can understand the reasoning for keeping Devers at 3B. If Grissom turns out to be a bust, this is fine with me: 1B Casas 2B Story SS Mayer 3B Devers
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Replacing Smith with Kavadas has nothing to do with his 2024 small sample size. There is nothing to explain. I've laid it out at least twice.
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Certainly, the money saved was what JH liked, and if the budget was a set one, probably Brez, too, but I really think they thought Grissom might outplay (in both senses of the word) Sale in 2024. So far, that has not happened.
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I agree. 2025 template 1B: Devers/Casas (by "resting" at DH, they can start more games and maybe avoid some injuries) DH: Casas/Devers 2B: Grissom (Story) SS: Mayer (Story/Rafaela) 3B: Story (Devers) C: Wong, McGuire (Teel) LF: Duran/Refsnyder (Abreu) CF: Rafaela/Duran (Anthony) RF: Abreu/Refsnyder (Anthony) Utility: Romy/DHam (Yorke/Valdez)
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I've answered this, already. I'm looking at those two guys last 500-100 PAs and they direction they are trending, along with one of them's age.
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Sample size judgments, yes.
