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Sometimes people use these forums for cathartic purposes. Hey if trashing the Sox in an online forum gets that frustration out of your system, it’s probably a good thing. There’s no praise because no one needs a catharsis when it’s going well. During those times, we just deal with doom and gloom prophecies from Jacko...
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Joni Mitchell for reminiscing about old lovers? That’s what Green Day is for!!!
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The Sox also have Daniel Gossett. Very short track record as an ineffective MLB starter, but might be a viable option in the back of the pen. All he has to be is better than Valdez or Brice right now...
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Cashman likes injuries and hates shortstop defense...
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Certainly Houck needs to be on the roster and Taylor needs to go to Worcester. Replacing the other 2 will just have to take longer. But Taylor has to go first because Cora seems to think he can pitch in important spots...
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Or make a Tommy John Surgery Thread and stick him on the list after Kirby Yates and James Paxton...
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And they likely will, unless injuries get in the way...
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I'm fine with 14 pitchers. I'm happier with it if at least two of Brice, Valdez and Taylor are not among them...
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He’s a mild mannered reporter for the Daily Planet. But whenever there’s a cry for help...
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Anyone with an option. Taylor and Valdez head my list...
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And I think we all know what the most important factor has been - Max’s complete inability to read a calendar...
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The Sox are 2-3 when trailing after 8 innings. 2-0 when trailing by 1 run...
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Well, German’s numbers look a little better if he doesn’t give up a 2 run infield single highlighted by apathetic defense...
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I have to see the Yankees are playing some of the worst defensive baseball this side of Leominster Tee Ball. Yesterday, the Rays got two runs on an infield hit because both Bruce and LeMahieu couldn’t decide who should go pick up the ball. The day before, 2020 Gold Glove Finalist Cliff Frazier quadruple-pumped throws while holding the ball, completely clueless on where to throw it, while runners (plural!) advanced. I get making a rushed bad throw. I get taking your eyes off the ball for a split second. But sometimes these Yankee players just look like they’ve never played baseball before...
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Might be worth acknowledging his leash might be a bit longer. Because Plan B comes from the list of Chavis, Ockimey and Marwin Gonzalez. If Dalbec continues to struggle, he probably takes up the weak side of a platoon with Marwin...
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Every hitter in MLB will have at least one bad 8 game stretch...
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Sale has not even come back yet and you're already talking about his lot velocity that is clearly gone forever...
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Over/under?
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Also the PTBNL from the Mets should also be a very intriguing one, as Khalil Lee was regarded as a very solid prospect and therefore likely demands a very solid one in return. I'm guessing J.T. Ginn. But I doubt we see anyone named until the 6 month deadline gets very near...
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Lugo was drafted in 2019 (second round), several months prior to Bloom's hire....
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And given how their off-season went, they also would have very possibly extended him. No team looked more prime to spend then the Padres, since they had an elite farm of cheap players to fill the gaps and their GM was under the gun to produce a winner, per the owner. Of the two, the Dodgers might have been the least likely, given that they had other potential mega deals coming up in the immediate future, primarily that of Cody Bellinger. (The Padres had Tatis, but there was no rush to lock him up just yet since he hasm't even reached arbitration.) So if the sox kept him last year, he would have gone elsewhere via free agency since the Sox would probably not be able to afford him unless they cleared massive salaries elsewhere (Bogaerts and ?) And if they dealt him, the only two teams showing interest were both primed with cash to spend on an extension. So - who offers the best package? And was San Diego still trying to pawn off Myers as part of that deal? Plus not willing to take Price?
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I’m sure Friedman was thinking extension and fairly confident in getting it done. Otherwise why include Verdugo? Bloom might have suspected this, but Friedman certainly never tipped his hand. But what other teams were even involved in rumors? At the time it looked like the Sox only shot at keeping Betts was to deal him, reset, and hope it all worked out...
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You do like a Front Office with sinister, self-serving motivations. It’s also extremely possible that trading one year of control of a $25 million outfielder will only appeal to a limited number of teams. And those willing to take on $48mill of the $96mill still owed to an aging pitcher struggling to re-capture his form whittled the field down further. And those actually willing to give back something potentially useful for that package isolated the deal in the Dodgers. I think if one of Bloom’s professional goals was to avoid media scrutiny, he would have stayed in Tampa...
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Now you’re using my Steroid Era argument. You just need to add the “Ken Caminiti Room”...
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Or Pivetta...
