Jack Flap
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Business as usual for Rafy.
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I hear you, Slash...and I'm not ready to jump off the bridge, either, for the record. Watching winnable games getting pissed away because of the inability to get a big hit just gets old, that's all. This lineup has a very different look with Devers and Nunez so far, and if we can get the B's and Hanley going, we'll be just fine.
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Some interesting RP prospects, but nobody I'd worry too much about. I was bracing myself to lose someone like Beeks or Shawaryn in this deal at a minimum.
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If it's just those three, that's surprisingly light. Hard to complain about this deal.
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At the time of Price's injury we still had a rotation of Sale, Porcello, Rodriguez, Wright, and Pomeranz...there were some questions about depth, but no real urgency to make a move for a starter.
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Dombrowski has come this far to put us in a "win now" position (supposedly), and it's hard to imagine he'd draw the line at trading guys like Chavis and Mata, maybe even Groome, if there are significant upgrades out there to be had. I'm not saying I want to see us overpay for a rental player, but for Dombrowski to suddenly start prioritizing 2020 over the here and now would fly in the face of everything he's done up to this point, and as quiet as things look right now, I wouldn't be shocked if he had a surprise or two up his sleeve...
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A Reed/Bruce package would be nice, but I would worry about the cost...we'll see.
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The loss of Papi's offense obviously hurt, but it's more than that. In theory (as people kept telling me before the season), we could make up that production at various positions, but we were counting on best-case scenarios virtually across the board to do so: the B's had to repeat what they did in 2016, Hanley had to keep mashing like he did in the second half, Sandoval had to at least not be a disaster, etc. -- and by and large, those things have not happened, or have happened only for brief spurts. Having a near-guaranteed 30 HR, .900 OPS masher in the middle of your lineup gives the supporting cast a fair amount of margin for error, but post-Ortiz, we no longer have that. Dombrowki thinking he didn't need a middle-of-the-order bat looks a lot like Cherington thinking he didn't need a top-of-the-rotation starter in 2015: no matter how well it could be rationalized on paper, when the actual games got underway, the absence was glaring from day one.
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https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2017/07/dodgers-acquire-luis-ysla-from-red-sox.html THE TRADE DEADLINE BLOCKBUSTER WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR...SIT DOWN BEFORE READING THIS ONE.
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Sad news regarding Espinoza, but he's young enough to come back from it, hopefully. Disappointed that Fister is the pick to replace Price. The guy looks like he's toast, but Dombrowski seems to have a lingering crush from their Detroit days.
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He basically had two months where he got significant playing time in Boston -- one of which was very good (August '15) and one of which was bad (Sept. '15). He lost the job based on s*** that happened in spring training...always a reliable indicator of major league talent, as we know. Last year I'd have agreed he wasn't doing anything to merit another shot, but his performance in 2017 has very much put him back on the map as someone who could help us. He'll get another chance at some point...whether it's here is less certain.
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I've always liked Castillo, felt he never really got a true shot in MLB, and hate that his salary has landed him in roster purgatory with no end in sight. That said, the team clearly cares about the luxury tax whether we as fans like it or not, and pretending or wishing otherwise just isn't going to lead anywhere...
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Definitive, sustantiated role of Pedroia in Price/Eck incident
Jack Flap replied to dustcover's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
I can agree with most of this as well. What should have been a blip on the radar has been allowed to snowball thanks to Farrell's failure to handle the situation. Pedroia's words today were encouraging. Get Price and Eckersley together, squash the damn thing, and move on. I'm a lot more worried about Price's health and what it means for our postseason chances at this point... -
Price opting out after next year is the best-case scenario for everyone involved at this point, and fooling around with fake injuries would only hurt that cause further. Both Price and the team should know this.
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Yonder Alonso has a career .404 slugging percentage...why is everyone so excited about that guy?
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A good example of how just throwing out stats with zero context behind them can be misleading and disingenuous. (Actually, a lot of Harmony posts that are good examples of this...)
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Definitive, sustantiated role of Pedroia in Price/Eck incident
Jack Flap replied to dustcover's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Probably true, but then, he should have known who he was taking on and how it would resonate in the media and a fan base that was already somewhat wary of him. Not all of the criticism of him has been fair, but I have zero sympathy for the entire Eckersley episode and its fallout. Completely needless and self-inflicted. -
My in-depth analysis of these developments: not good, whatever the underlying reason.
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At this point any move needs to be geared towards maximizing our window of opportunity. Prying Justin Bour away from the Marlins would give us a power-hitting 1B under team control through the 2020 season, but the price would obviously be high. Might Travis, Chavis, Groome, and another lower level piece be enough to land Bour and, say, AJ Ramos?
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Evan DrellichVerified account @EvanDrellich It is my speculation the Red Sox simply want to talk to Nunez and whoever is getting demoted before announcing Devers is not getting demoted 2:07 PM - 26 Jul 2017 This would make sense.
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Hell yes, Devers!! First of many!
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I feel like a horrible person for saying that being diagnosed with cancer saved his job, but I really think he'd probably have been canned at the end of that season otherwise...
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I don't love it, but Anderson probably isn't a huge loss and nobody seems to know anything about the other guy. Hard to believe this is the only thing coming. It sounds like we'll still probably add a reliever, but a 1B type bat like Alonzo could really help this offense, too.
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Alex Speier @alexspeier The Red Sox are sending RHP Shaun Anderson (3.99 ERA in HiA Salem) and 17-yr-old RHP Gregory Santos (0.90 ERA in 30 IP in the DSL) to SF.
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This.