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Mazza might not be so secure either. He might have been the best of the Reclamation Project Pitchers from last year, but he was still a reclamation project. If Weber can clear waivers untouched, Mazza stands a good chance to as well. And Valdez looks fairly borderline to me. He did outpitch his peripherals last year...
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The Sox really did not have the chance to have Price for $16mill per year. Keeping him meant he was on the books for $31mill/year. In his last 2 seasons, Price threw 283 IP and was worth 4.7 fWAR. In 2019 alone, Morton was worth 6.1 fWAR in 194 IP. Now Morton is 2 years older, but if he is only worth $15mill/yr, Price is not worth anywhere near $31mill year anymore. and if Price continues his trend of being a 2.3-2.5 fWAR pitcher, it was time to unload what the Sox could get. In that time frame, he has been worth fewer fWAR than several current free agents, including not only Bauer, but also Jake Oridizzi, Mike Minor (who just signed with KC for 2 years at an undisclosed amount), Jose Quintana, James Paxton, Corey Kluber, and Masahiro Tanaka along with Morton, and just 0.1 fWAR more than Jon Lester. He's also posted fewer fWAR than several reportedly available pitchers including Joe Musgrove, Jon Gray and Matthew Boyd and barely ahead of Jameson Taillon and non-tender candidate Reynaldo Lopez. Price's deal is replaceable at this stage of his career...
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Mike Minor is off the board. Bound for Kansas City...
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I’ve always linked Rizzo with Jed Hoyer. Hoyer was with the Sox when he was drafted, and was the GM in both San Diego and the Cubs when each team acquired Rizzo. Could be a coincidence, but they were my thoughts at the time...
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So you think 2017, a season in which Price made 11 starts and threw 74 IP, should count for one in which he “stayed healthy and pitched well?” 2017 was the season that ruined his Red Sox contract..
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And you're only using the people already in-house. They hired Ron Roenicke to take a beating. They fired Roenicke, so the beating is over. They reset, and used it as a marketing tool. That means additions. No idea who (although I have theories and wish lists), but there should be some improvements to this team. Thy might not (likely won't) win a WS title in 2021, but I expect a markedly improved team, one that is at the very least, still playing for post-season games in September (assuming 162 game schedule)...
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If Price had been able to stay healthy and pitch well for a two season stretch, he might never have been included in the first place...
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Downs and Vazquez head the list...
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Why can’t they become competitive in one year? The Sox have gone from “worst to first” TWICE in the past 8 years...
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Not at all. In that movie set in the old West, Clint Eastwood gets revenge on the lynch mob that tried to hang him by trading them to the Dodgers, thus resetting the tax...
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Well, not one we wanted to keep anyway...
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The thing is, fans and the media always say things like a team is “1-2 away from competing” and I have no idea why. Nearly every team in MLB will win at least 40% of their games and less than 60% of their games, and the teams that fall outside that range don’t do so by much. So any team can become competitive in one season if they make the right moves. None of them are really that far removed from it. And in some cases, the most limiting factor isn’t what you have or need, just how much you can spend...
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At the start of that season, I did not hate that rotation. But I did question the "heavy groundball pitching staff" concept with out infield defense.
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Rotation or bullpen? His 2015 rotation challenged what we “know” about building pitching staffs, with it’s lack of ace talent. But many forget the World Series Champion that year had a rotation headlined by Edinson Volsquez...
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“Hang ‘Em High”. Reference to the old Clint Eastwood movie. But it doesn’t work as well in print...
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He will have his share of IP (assuming an actual 162 game season). But the Sox would be better off with 5 better SPs in the rotation and calling up Houck when someone (Eovaldi?) gets hurt. Right now they have ERod, Eovaldi and Pivetta in the rotation, and hopefully they add 1-2 more MLB starting pitchers. Houck has never thrown 120 IP at any level and putting him in a role where he is expected to throw 150-180 IP is not a good idea...
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Doesn’t make me like it any better...
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For now, probably. But that doesn’t mean his successful 3 start stint has him locked in. He might be the 6th starter this year, starting out in Pawtucket. He might be more of an opener than a starter. Or they might move him to the bullpen, an area that also needs help and lots of it. His role might not be as defined as we think it is today...
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Personally I’ve always felt Lucchino got a bad rap as a scapegoat. For a guy whose been linked to numerous winning franchises in multiple sports, he was actually pretty humble. I have always and still do hold Ben accountable for Sandoval. Hanley might not have been such a bad deal had he not injured his shoulder. Rusney had some pluses but never got a real chance and had his own injury problems. Although it is very possible DD’s original assessment that he was a 4th outfielder at best is correct. But I never liked Dombrowski’s “win now and f*** tomorrow” strategy, because it ALWAYS leads to messed up teams like the 2020 Red Sox that can take multiple seasons to fix...
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By that logic, the Sox should not have signed Napoli, Victorino, Drew, Dempster and Uehara after the dismal 2012 season. What was BC thinking?
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While Larry is the anti-a700 (aka "Desperate Dave vs Coffee Boy") in the Great GM War, does his criticism differ from what was often said of Ben?
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Agreed. And the Mariners are better positioned if/when the Rays make Blake Snell available, since the Seattle farm is better and they're not in the AL East. In fact, the Red Sox might be better positioned to get Taillon and/or Musgrove, since our farm has no untouchables. Sometimes these GMs focus a bit too much on the top tier guys and walk away if they cannot pry them loose. If you think about it, that's how Musgrove got to Pittsburgh in the first place, isn't it? (Hint: The Yankees refusal to part with Gleyber Torres.) So if Cherington insists on Kelenic and /or Dunn, it really helps out the Sox...
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Other than Feltman, it could still happen...
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I don’t see any issue with Pedroia repeatedly trying to come back. As former closer/reliever/Sporting News journalist Todd Jones once wrote “Make them rip the uniform off of you”...
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With DD, the “bashings” are just criticisms of his philosophy for building a team. Not like anyone is saying anything personal about him. GMs and managers are long standing fodder for criticisms from fans. Immediately after he invented the game, rumor has it Abner Doubleday’s first words were “Stupid time to call for a steal”...
