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Everything posted by notin
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I take it the new era started sometime between the second and third sentences? Regardless, the defense of him always misses the major part of my complaint...
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Meanwhile the other Billy Bean, also an outfielder, was one of, if not the first openly gay Major Leaguers. I wonder how often these two get confused...
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As you said "player", this is not true. Unless you don't count Travis Shaw for some reason....
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I'm sure they all prefer contenders. But at the end of the day, they can only choose from the offers they get...
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It's Billy Beane with an "e" on the end. Billy Bean without an "e" is a completely different baseball player with a much, much different legacy...
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There very well could be more, but that list is only for the top 50 free agents...
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Sure fWAR shows that. Lester has 46.3 fWAR for his career. Good for 72nd among all pitchers since 1950, just ahead of Johan Santana and just behind Kevin Millwood. Perez has 10.9. Not even worth looking up the rank. Perez is 7 years younger and is extremely unlikely to make up the 36 fWAR difference in that time. But by being 7 years younger, Perez might have a slight edge in 2021...
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Rank the folllowing from fastest to slowest Snails Sloths Glaciers 2021 MLB Off Season
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All that matters is 2021. Neither of these guys is getting multiple years guaranteed...
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5.1 isn't much better than 2.2? That averages out to a full WAR per season...
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Not to mention, the uncertainty surrounding the 2021 season means this off-season could be less eventful than the last two...
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Maybe he only wanted him short term? That he is not back now means at the very least, either Bloom was not totally committed to him or that Cora is not totally committed to coming back. I mean, some of this could easily be on Cora...
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This year. He took the surname of his mother, who was murdered when he was 7. His first name isn't even "Dee." It's Devaris. But no one could even pronounce it right throughout his baseball career. So rather than go by Devaris Strange-Gordon, he opted for the much simpler Dee Gordon, with Dee being nothing more than a pronounceable expansion of his first initial.
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Hand went unclaimed because too many teams are uncertain what 2021 will look like, or even if it is going to happen at all. The first clue about how teams/players/agents feel about this will be how many Qualifying Offers get accepted. That only 6 offers were made - the lowest amount since the inception of the program - does lean towards this being the case. And I would think a minimum of 2 players - defintely Gausman and Stroman - simply take the offer. So there may only be 4 players rejecting a QO this off-season...
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Well, slight alteration to that timeline in that Cora was fired prior to being suspended. While no doubt the suspension was a major factor in firing him, that still leaves the majopr question. Is he the guy Bloom wants? It's hardly uncommon for a new GM to sweep clean and leave his fingerprints all over dugout management. So did Bloom think cora was his manager going forth, or was he just going to be the stopgap guy for what was an inevitable bad season, sort of like other managers like Dale Sveum in Chicago? Had Cora not been suspended, it is possible he could have been fired after the inevitable last place finish. That he is still under consideration obviously bodes well for Cora, but he also could have been brought back by now. One unknown obstacle is if Cora actually wants to come back to Boston. Or if he wants to come back over whatever Bloom is offering.
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With Gausman getting a QO - something I did NOT see coming - I would consider him no longer an option. Taijuan Walker now becomes much more likely...
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It is very possible that handling Swihart properly still lead to him sucking. In fact, it’s very likely... -
Sox already danced with Cora once. If rings were all that mattered, Francona would still be in Boston...
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And Perez is still an option...
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Fuld had a career OPS of .632. Cora had a career OPS of .648. If hitting is a requirement, both these guys are out...
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Do you really think the Sox care about appeasing Cora’s fans? Or what fans think about the manager at all? This is an organization that hired Kevin Kennedy as a manager. Know who likes Kevin Kennedy? NOBODY!! Not even his mustache!
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It frees up a 40 man roster spot until Spring Training, meaning one less player gets DFA’d...
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Eh. Remember when the Yankees cut the corporate dental plan do they could sign Hideki Matsui?
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One odd prediction - more players sign with NPB, Pacific Coast and KBO teams than in any previous off-season.
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The talking heads on Sirius MLB Network predicted this about 6 weeks ago. They also said Boston would be one of very few teams to spend...
