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Everything posted by notin
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I had to check that list twice to make sure they didn’t activate me...
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But in comedy (and politics), he’s a one trick pony. He’s like Gallagher that way...
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Ok but the deadline for an extra year already passed. I don’t think there is any ability, let alone reason, to play service time games...
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I like to think I’m funnier than Henry Kissinger...
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But if they hold him back for a bit to keep an extra year, how is that bad? Especially since that deadline has already passed?
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Daily play is exactly how he gets out of it. He’s not going to start hitting while sitting on the bench moping about losing a starting job. It feels like you’re trying to rationalize why it makes sense to sit him. Occasional break? Sure. But benching him for a stretch makes no sense. Let’s just be happy the worst stretch of his career happened in a season where the Sox chances of winning the AL East were about the same as my chances of winning the Nobel Prize for Joke Writing...
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Now Weber I think has some seriously good blackmail on Bloom. As in “I’m the number three starter or these photos wind up with CNN.”
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Right. Let’s not let service time stand in the way of the Sox chances this year..,
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Moreland is probably one of those guys who’s a better teammate than player. Statistically, it seems like he’s always the easiest guy to improve upon, but the Sox keep showing they just don’t want to...
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Yeah he might hold the team back...
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Office Politics 101 Anyone no longer with the organization is immediately at fault for all remaining problems.
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I don’t think the Sox could trade Eovaldi without having some good blackmail. He’s owed too much and simply not durable. Devers looks like a building block. Sure the Sox could arguably get more for him than anyone else, but in any trade of a marquee piece, you’re hoping to get a controllable asset you can build around, which Devers already is. So why trade Devers when you’re hoping to get someone like Devers back? JDM has the most uncertain future on the team. The smart move might be to negotiate an extension with a lower AAV but more years...
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Only 30 people get to be an MLB GM at a time. That’s the cream rising to the top considering the number who want the job. Some of them build losing teams. But that doesn’t mean they don’t know what they’re doing. Losing is 50% of sports. And it’s going to happen when you’re among the elite even if you are the elite...
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Whenever possible? The Sox are 3-7 with a pitching staff that would be mildly competitive in the Internatioal League. Has it occurred to you he is winning “ whenever possible”? Pick the greatest manager in MLB history. Your choice. What record would he lead this roster through for 10 games?
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With 2 years $34mill left? The Sox should take any offer. And while 26 teams are scheduled to make the postseason, don’t you think many will be wary that there is no postseason at all?
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But how much? 3/4 of the relief pitchers in the league fit that description. The whole “not closing” thing would help him as a midseason piece, as it has kept his salary down . And most contending teams have the closer role occupied anyway...
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And not a philosophy anyone should. Chavis, for example, should be traded if anyone wants him. The guy has some skills, but not so much that the Sox would miss him...
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Eovaldi has 2 years $34million left on his deal after this season. That’s an awful lot for an injury-prone pitcher who has only thrown 189 IP since 2016. Eovaldi has very little trade value left, if any...
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Barnes has pitched four innings this year!!. I can promise you not a single GM is out there thinking. “I liked Barnes as a pitcher. Up until those last 4 innings.” And Barnes would fetch much more than Bradley and JD because 1) he is a relief pitcher 2) he makes comparatively little money and 3) he is under team control for 2021.
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Springer is from New Britain, CT and attended UConn with Barnes...
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That may be, but even the best manager in baseball history is not going to win with a staff where Ryan Weber is the #3 pitcher...
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The baseball aspect might fall flat, but the team is definitely saving money. Jack Z. tried to rebuild in a baseball sense when he stripped down the old team and brought in a new roster focusing largely on defense. But the notion that hording prospects in hopes of building a winning team in 2-3 years does seem like hoping against normal attrition rates for prospects...
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He might not. With no virus issue this year, it's a no-brainer he opts out. But as it stands now, there are reasons he should and reasons he shouldn't...
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Having robot pitchers programmed to hit their spots better would also help...
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Maybe I’m just saying his SLG is not the only factor. Owings was one of if not the the worst offensive player in the league. No amount of defense was going to make him a positive contribution. Just because his defense didn’t save him doesn’t mean Gallo’s was insignificant...
