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Everything posted by notin
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I’m never going to consider settling arb year pricing with the backup catcher should be a “major move.” But that the list has only 3 moves out of 9 that cost more than $3.1 mill really says a lot about the budget he’s working with.
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Oh you’re more guilty than the rest. Ink isn’t even dry on the contract and you’ve already given him a detrimental nickname
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Last year Drew Smyly was signed for a one year $11 mill deal after posting a 5.71 ERA over 126 IP over the previous four seasons combined. $10-12 mill isn’t impact pitcher money. These one year deals given to Wacha, Kluber, etc. are basically lotto tickets…
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And always remember, history does not repeat itself. But the History Channel does…
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Kluber is a better pitcher when he actually pitches, but that hasn’t been too often in recent years. The 116 IP he’s totaled in the past three seasons is less than Wacha threw last year alone.
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So like Gausman, Scherzer is apparently on the cusp. Scherzer is a little more predictable in that he will clearly just take the most money. He has to. He really has no choice. Apparently Scherzer is one of 8 players on the Executive Board of the MLBPA. This is the very board that delivers the message to players to take as much money as possible so as to increase the value of their peers. It would be hypocritical in a big way if Scherzer took a lesser offer for whatever reason after being part of an organization that criticizes players for doing the same thing. The only other free agent on this board is Marcus Semien, I believe. So when it comes to Scherzer and Semien, the signing strategy is very simple - most money. There will be no bargains or hometown discounts or “better chances to win”…
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Well, it’s not that. It’s that you openly criticize anyone who praises Bloom at all…
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Well, it was $7mill to get him to take a one year deal. He might have been asking for 2 years $10mill. Is he a better value as a $5mill AAV pitcher that you have to take a bigger gamble on?
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Helpful. But not going to get me to uproot my family, move back to Massachusetts and purchase season tickets…
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I can admit it doesn’t make my nostrils quiver…
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I personally think this is a load of crap. Most of the players who are deemed “unable to handle Boston” played on the Sox a very short time. Sometimes players just have bad seasons. Whether you’re in Boston or Tampa or Oakland, if you don’t perform, you could wind up a bench player or a minor leaguer. Or on the waiver wire hoping for one last shot before you tell your agent to contact the Chunichi Dragons. I think fans over value the aspect of what city that all happens in…
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Oooh I know!! I know!! Neither team! The Astros won the ALCS this year….
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Sale only pitched 42 innings. Counting him as an addition is ok. I’m not too on board with Wacha. Bloom does have some credibility in my eyes, but Wacha was all Lao on my “do not touch” list. So wait and see if my only approach. I suppose the good news is in the (unlikely?) event the Sox bring in another starting pitcher on an MLB deal, it’s good news for the current bullpen construction, since it would actually mean Houck and Whitlock stay put…
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When my sister and I were kids, we were thrown clear from a Scrambler in a local carnival. We were tiny things and this was back in the days when people were less litigious, carnival rides were just thrown together and often didn’t have working (and occasionally existing) seat belts, and child safety was “oh well, have another kid.” She was concussed, and to this day she can’t sit out in the sun because of that concussion. (I was unharmed, but that’s just how it always goes with me.)
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The good: Wacha has seen his FB velocity increase the past two seasons The question: So? He still really didn’t pitch that well despite throwing harder. The good: Lowest xFIP since his best season. The question: So? His HR/FB was atrocious and he pitched in the best (for pitchers) home run park in the AL East The good: I agree he’s probably replacing Perez and not ERod. The question: Why not just upgrade when replacing Perez, too? Also, maybe he’s not replacing ERod, but does that mean Sale is?
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Yeah no one understands why people might have faith in Bloom! I mean, a lot of people predicted last years team would win 75 games!! And damnit, they were all right! And would have been even more right if the Sox didn’t with those 17 other games!! And those 7 postseason games!! Bloom should have earned some credibility last year. Just because he didn’t win a ring doesn’t mean he didn’t do a good job and show he knows what he’s doing…
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Well it might fill out the rotation. Opening day, 2022 rotation might be Sale, Eovaldi, Whitlock, Pivetta and Wacha…
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Like every move Bloom has made so far?
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So… same commentary as last off-season when Bloom went after Perez and Richards? And again after the deadline when all the pitching help we got was Robles and Davis? And how did all those tragic acquisitions turn out? Only with a trip to the ALCS? So at any point do we maybe at least think Bloom might know what he’s doing?
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Oh I am 100% behind keeping him in the bullpen. But it’s not going to happen…
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No. If I knew it based on something (history?) then I might use him as a starter because it’s usually easier to replace relievers than it is to replace starters. But right now my opinion is Houck and Whitlock work will in the bullpen. It’s not broken. Why fix it? Getting new starters might put question marks on the rotation, but moving Houck and/or Whitlock there and replacing both creates more question marks.
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Absolutely true. Eating innings is essential. Of course, we really don’t know if Houck or Whitlock are capable of eating very many. They might be Diet Relievers…
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I’m 100% being on board with keeping both Houck and Whitlock in the bullpen. I can see the arguments. Starters are hopefully good for 150 IP, but also only impact maybe 28-32 games. As relievers, they are only good for maybe 70-80 IP, but also can impact 60-80 games…
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But the Yankees did trade Chapman elsewhere so he could win one…
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That can be changed with one bout of forearm tightness…
