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Everything posted by notin
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So you’re more sold on Dalbec than Benintendi? Despite his struggles last year, AB is still only one year older...
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But Bloom didn’t sign any MLB role players last year. Just a bunch of career minor leaguer hopefuls...
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Well can you blame them? The top tier free agents are just flying off the shelves. First it was Charlie Morton. Then ...errr... Charlie Morton. And umm... Morton Charles. And Chuck Morton. Oh and Arlie-Chay Orton-May. At this pace, there won’t be anyone good left soon!!!
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It’s aa minor league deal. I doubt it’s tempered their interest in anyone...
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Well he had 3 good at bats...
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Another Bloom guy. I like Andriese, but he’s a role player, not a difference maker...
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Castillo was worth 2.4 fWAR in that short season, but he was also worth 4.1 fWAR in 201, making it his best season. Also, if Torres is much more valuable as you say, then his arbitration years will also be more expensive, correct? That is a factor...
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Also, is it really any crazier than getting the reigning NL MVP for a salary dump and two low upside A ball players?
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It does help if you don't try to bulk up packages with expendable players and actually include someone other teams might actually want. I struggle to put Chavis and Chatham in the latter category, since most teams already have guys like that...
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TAmpa Bays is not exactly in dire need of middle infielder types, as their starting SS is younger than Chatham, their starting 2B is only 6 months older than Chatham, and they have two prospects ranked in the top 50 by BA who both play middle infield in 2B/SS Vidal Brujan and BA #1 Wander Franco. If anything, this is a team unloading middle infield, not acquiring it. They might take Ward or Groome, however...
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The 1980 Red Sox had 5 with those 4 plus Tony Perez...
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Well they both make less than Heyward and Darvish respectively, so they could take them both back and shave payroll. Just not as much
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They should stop being so judgmental about that and put ARod and the other PED users in. It's a historic museum, after all, and they are part of the sport's history. Millard Fillmore was a s***** president (maybe? no idea.) but no one is trying to take his name out of history books...
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No, the way to win a World Series is to have the best team. The top 5 players by fWAR over the past 50 years only combined for 5 World Series rings in 108 seasons of MLB. And fWAR leader (Barry Bonds) in that time frame never one won. The top 5 pitchers by fWAR over the past 50 years also only combined for 5 WS rings in 117 seasons. (Technically 6, but that would mean counting Ryan's 1969 WS ring, which was outside my range. HEy he only pitched 89 IP that year anyway.) It's not about the best players. The Sox had Hall of Famers in LF for 50 straight seasons and none of them ever won a World Series....
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I know. Wht a boob. Of course, with every team in the NL Central slashing payroll, and the Cubs very likely hanging on to Darvish and Heyward, there might actually be a Default Post-Season birth in their immediate future...
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Well, Torres just finished his age 23 season with a career total of 8.3 fWAR. After his age 23 season, Villar was worth -0.3 fWAR....
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I don't think any team should do it. I don't think the oft-injured and aging Darvish is sufficient enticement for the massively overpaid Heyward...
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But why would the Sox (or any team) take on Heyward's deal (3 years $65 million) to get the declining years of Darvish without reaping the benefits of his good years? That would invovle committing over $120 mill over the next 3 years to two players in their 30's whose best days are not only behind them, but were not really all that great when they were in them? (With Darvish's best years being muddled by various injuries., which are not likely to suddenly heal themselves as he ages.)
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Yu Darvish (age: 34, 3 yrs $59million left) is reportedly available. Certainly he was an ace last year, but will he be worth is for ages 35 through 37? At that point, probably better to have just kept Price...
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WEll, they also "dumped" Josiah Gray in that deal, and I bet they'd take him back. But the Sox just do not have the resources to get Castillo, Cincy interest in Downs or not...
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And the weird part was it was some stupid Sports Illustrated Player of the Year Award to finally get him to write it. I’m picturing his internal struggle. “Do I publish that article where I say the Sox need to be embarrassed by the World Series? Not yet. How about after the Gold Glove? Or Silver Slugger? Or great season Graterol had? Or after coming in second line NL MVP? No, no, no and no. Too soon. Timing is everything here.” “Betts won SI Player of the Year!! The time is now! Get that blog online!”
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No. I said Castillo is likely out of play for the Sox. And because that’s probably what the neighborhood of the asking price...
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He'll cost you Torres, Garcia and probably another. Although taking back, say, Moustakas, might soften the blow a little...
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The only thing the Sox need is pitching. Really just a frontline pitcher and some relievers. The "bare cupboard" was still 11th in runs scored last year, and that was with virtually no contribution from Benintendi or Martinez. Teams with money don't rebuild. "Rebuilding" is just a salesmanship way of saying "going cheap"...
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My DD complaints were the Price contract and the Kimbrel trade. I was a bit hesitant with the Espinoza trade as well as the Kinsler and Nunez deals. But not so much as to hold them against the guy...
