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  1. notin
    George Orwell might not agree with you here
  2. notin
    One year left….
  3. notin
    That’s fair. The idea of claiming Locastro only to release him shortly after is not exactly new in MLB. Plawecki is an interesting case. He probably gets offered arbitration, but if he doesn’t it could be because of the money or because of the roster space
  4. notin
    The biggest surprise will be if one of them isn’t Hudson Potts. We assume Rosario is at risk, and he probably is. But I think one unmentioned candidate is Austin Davis…
  5. notin
    I hear they’re adding instant replay to qualifying offer decisions. So I refuse to watch them…
  6. notin
    Maybe, or maybe he’s waiting on JD so he only has to have one press conference…
  7. notin
    Soxprospects.com has the Sox adding 7 players, including 4 pitchers (with ERod as one), a 2b, a DH, and a bench infielder. Of course, they also have 28 spots on the 26 man roster since they are unsure of how to handle Houck and Whitlock….
  8. notin
    That’s a fair argument. If so, we’re still not looking at a huge amount of protectees. Last year, Bloom added like 7 players. This year could easily be 2-5. Some of the newly protected and unprotected could be dealt between today and the Rule 5 draft as well…
  9. notin
    That’s no debate. You offer the QO, and unless he immediately accepts (which is unlikely), you continue to negotiate…
  10. notin
    So when is JD Martinez making his decision? This is Day 5, right?
  11. notin
    Bello probably gets protected, but he is essentially an A ball pitcher with no real dazzling repertoire and no history behind him. He just kind of broke out at age 22, while in A ball. He really represents a lot of questions going forward. Since his brief stint in AA was kind of meh, will he continue to get better? Was 2021 just a really good season? He might get protected largely due to the number of available spots, plus I doubt the Sox sign too many free agents…
  12. notin
    I was wondering. So that does mean he hasn’t least been exposed to waivers. Well that ruins that aspect of my argument. There are reasons to keep Crawford (depth) and reasons to not sweat protecting him (every team already has a 25yo mediocre pitcher in AAA already)…
  13. notin
    If it was me, I’d embezzle the cash and purchase multiple plane tickets to tropical locations, leaving my true destination (Kiribati) a mystery. Or did you want me to sign a shortstop?
  14. notin
    The only reason to NOT give a player a QO is you fear he’ll accept it. This reasoning is acceptable to not give one to Robles or Travis Shaw. But the Sox are consistently an upper tier team in payroll; are they really a team worried about the financial impact of contributing players having one pricey season?
  15. notin
    Last year the Sox added 6 or 7. This year, I have no idea. I’m certainly not committing to a number. Beyond Downs and Winckowski, I am not real certain of anyone. I could even see Bello not getting protected…
  16. notin
    Crawford has a much lower ceiling. He might get taken, but that doesn’t make him worth a spot on the 40 man. Wasn’t he on the 40 man roster briefly last year?
  17. notin
    I’m far less confident that Kutter Crawford is added than you are.
  18. notin
    Technically I never said what it was; I just inferred from your statements it wasn’t all that great and did so in wager form. Basically I was feeling confident about it. I mean, turned off by instant replay rules? Come on! Now if you were turned off by their previous overtime rules, I could see that. Heck, I’d stand by it. Turned off by their inundation of erectile dysfunction commercials interwoven with Domino’s ads? Absolutely! That the league clearly thinks their fan base are all a bunch of pizza-slurping limp lizards should be a reason to change channels! But instant replay? If THAT is what pushed you over the edge, just how far away was that edge? With a league that has given us so many real reasons to watch PBS, I struggle to believe instant replay was the reason why…
  19. notin
    And Schwarber and Robles…
  20. notin
    The Sox might not add as many as we suspect.
  21. notin
    Whether or not the Sox trade a Baseball America to 30 prospect depends very, very little on whether or not they were able to claim career bench fodder Tim Locastro on waivers. The fantasy that Duran was to fill the 4th outfielder/pinch runner role is largely limited to Red Sox forums unaffiliated with the team. It’s basically a fan pipe dream. I assume by saying MLB’s fastest player, you were referring to Locastro and not Duran? Because apparently Locastro is the fastest player in MLB right now (tied with Trea Turner per StatCast)…
  22. notin
    My bellybutton is puckering and unpuckering in anticipation!!!
  23. notin
    He’s like a 1970s porn star…
  24. notin
    2020, yes. But was staying below really the plan for 2021? And did it remain that way all season?
  25. notin
    Absolutely. The problem is he’s up against a team that not only cares about winning but also doesn’t appear to care whether or not they’re smart about it…
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