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  1. notin
    It is possible, but I think it might be a bit risky from the Sox to put both Whitlock and Houck in the rotation. I prefer neither, but I do believe at least one will make the jump. In their brief careers, both have shown to be elite relievers while questions remain about them as starters. Moving both to the rotation not only raises those questions but also might raise questions about whoever replaces them in the bullpen. While certainly sometimes the answer to these questions is a resounding "f*** yes!", I still like the idea of simply not having those questions at all...
  2. notin
    I remember Lugo actually having a pretty good World Series at the plate. Of course, I also remember him committing the error that might have cost Schilling a perfect game, as that was the only runner to reach from the first 27 hitters Schilling faced before he lost the no-hitter with 2 outs in the ninth on a clean single by leadoff hitter Shannon Stewart. I wasn't as down on Lugo as many, but there were both bad and good memories of his time with Boston. He was also once traded to the Cardinals for 1B Chris Duncan (son of legendary Cardinal pitching coach Dave Duncan). Sadly, neither player from that trade is still with us. And I liked all the tweets by players lime Will Middlebrooks talking about how he worked with the young infielders in the Sox system. Lugo had his struggles with the Sox, but he clearly will be missed by many...
  3. notin
    It's actually possible that, as a team up against the tax limits, Bloom wanted to know what the parameters of the new CBA were before signing anyone. Detroit has no such worries...
  4. notin
    There is a very good (roughly 100%) chance you're reading way too much into this. One thing I have learned over the years of watching baseball - while players do occasionally leave teams because they want off that particular team, it's nowhere near as common as fans think. I've seen players sign with teams they had on-field brawls with the season before. Signing with a new team is almost always about 1 of 2 things - years and/or money. Bottom line with ERod is, Boston probably did not match Detroit on both...
  5. notin
    Replacing ERod with Houck/Whitlock is already a step down. Not sure why people think replacing him with either of two pitchers who have never thrown 6 innings before is such a lock…
  6. notin
    Archie Bradley and Lou Trivino?
  7. notin
    Taylor rejected his QO...
  8. notin
    I think the logic is easy. Both are outstanding relief pitchers and unknown commodities as starters. It doesn't strike me as being all that difficult to believe, Especially given how important the bullpen is rapidly becoming...
  9. notin
    Can someone dazzle me with the appeal of Matz?
  10. notin
    Not to mention the notion that we have to keep all of our good prospects out of trade consideration is very counterproductive. The very ones we want to keep are the ones most teams will want. And in the long run, some of them are going to suck. But sometimes prospects are like cryptocurrencies. Deal them when you think they're at the most valuable, and then let someone else HODL...
  11. notin
    but more likely he will be traded...
  12. notin
    I'm not sure sure. The Tigers ranked 30th out of 30 in team UZR and UZR/150 last year. The Sox actually ranked 11th. The Tigers ranked 29th in DRS. The Sox ranked 19th...
  13. notin
    I would venture that not all of them are future conrnerstones. Now, Castillo might be one. If the Sox can get Luis Castillo for Houck and Duran, it's probably a wise move. Houck is good, but Castillo is better....
  14. notin
    To be fair to him in Philly, he inherited a few good relievers that have just struggled to stay healthy...
  15. notin
    The Sox didn't finish in last place in 5 of 6 seasons. They finished in last place in 4 of 9 seasons...
  16. notin
    Maybe Bloom did match it. His agent would be negligent to not ask around unless for some reason no human will ever fathom, ERod wanted to go to Detroit...
  17. notin
    I think Noah Song and his 0 professional career IP might not jump into the rotation as quickly as many would like...
  18. notin
    Yes. Next question...
  19. notin
    The funny thing about the deal moving Miley was Dombrowski came to Boston with a well-deserved reputation for ignoring the bullpen. But three of his first moves with his new team were to acquire relief pitchers (Smith, Kimbrel and Tyler Thornburg), twp of which were actually complete flops. I was starting to understand why he ignored bullpens so much...
  20. notin
    It was 100% about the money. Wade Miley was only in Boston for one year, and while he was actually pretty good, he was then turned and dealt for a reliever who gave the Sox 23 ineffective innings over the next 3 seasons. I actually liked that trade at the time, but it turned out to be a disaster in hindsight. Miley gave the Sox 193 unappreciated innings with a 3.81 FIP and was credited with 2.7 fWAR and 2.3 bWAR. Although maybe his personality was a problem, since I once heard Joe Castiglione strongly hint that he was an insufferable *******...
  21. notin
    The "cliff theory" is based on how good a team can continually be if there are numerous aging players making millions upon millions while declining and no minimum wage players coming up to pick up the slack. For all the annoyance the occasional reset brings, even during those years the Sox are still among the highest spenders in the league. Heck, the Sox have not splurged on a major free agent acquisition since JD Martinez, and yet they are STILL among the league's top spenders...
  22. notin
    70, I believe
  23. notin
    Agreed. I'm sure there are other candidates we are not even thinking of, but some of the pitchers in Oakland are certainly going to be moved somewhere. The rotation will likely be Sale, Eovaldi, Pivetta, Whitlock, and someone acquired via trade. (There are not ordered, and I am not saying it will be a #5 starter)...
  24. notin
    The 2011 team was highlighted by the offseason acquisitions of Carl Crawford and Adrian Gonzalez. Neither lasted 2 seasons in Boston and were part of the horrific collapse that September for a team that was 83-52 on August 31st with a 1.5 game lead in the AL East and then concluded the year by going 7-20 in the final month. And even by 7-20 standards, it was still ugly. Both Crawford and Gonzalez were dealt less than 1 year later along with Josh Beckett and (for some reason) Nick Punto for a package that included no major league talent better than James Loney. But somehow, it still worked because they won a title 4 months later...
  25. notin
    Yes on Rodon, but no on Gausman and Stroman. Losing ERod is obviously a big loss that the Sox are going to need to fill. It's still possible (likely?) that this need is not filled via free agency, however. I would have liked ERod back, but I do have faith that the Sox are not going to simply stand pat on the pitching market. If last season is any indication, Bloom will make some moves that just look flat out stupid but will pan out better than expected...
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