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An argument can be made that Verlander in 2017 contributed as much as both with his 4-1 2.21 across 36.2 IP...

Interesting phrasing...

Well, I’d say several. Off the top of my head, Aroldis Chapman, Rickey Henderson and Lou Brock. Teams that didn’t win the title but got amazing contributions from deadline acquisitions include the Cubs with Rick Sutcliffe, the Yankees with Dave Justice, the Astros with Carlos Beltran and the Tigers with (a very costly) Doyle Alexander...

Sad that I missed that because I checked twice.

I would think getting Kinsler for less would have been easier than getting Thornburg for less, especially given what cheap and controllable closers typically go for...

You left out one of DD’s best under-the-radar trades- dealing Deven Marrero for Josh Taylor...

Weird. So did Kevin. Gross team...

He’d probably be flattered to be remembered at all

Vaughn Eshelman passed away in 2018...

f*** him. Actually I like him for playing too shallow when JD Drew came up in the 2008 ALCS

$27.7 million is not 2/3 of the total contract value of $83 million. It's about 33%. And if the Sox are on the hook for $3.8 million of the $13.8mill AAV, they're reponsible for about 27%. So the difference is nowhere near as great as you think even using your methodology...

A 51.6% chance might not save Preller's job. Especially since it basically means there is a 48.4% chance he is fired...

Entirely possible the loose bodies are more recent and he might not be fully truthful about his offseason activities. Hardly a first for a ballplayer...

Kevin Gross? Or Wayne? Both were pretty good players, although you're probably too young to remember Wayne "the Human Triple Play"...

Another name that crossed my mind. He is an interesting one given how polarizing he is among Sox fans. I have certainly campaigned for him on this board, and he absolutely has justified any interest, even recently. I figured someone (Kimmi?) would mention him. And Buchholz was one of the two guys (Daniel Nava being the other) who really made the ol' WAPM look good, which gives him a permanent place in my heart...

With every transaction this off-season, I keep expecting Bloom to DFA Ryan Weber. And every time, it has been someone else. Bloom just sees something in Weber I just don't see (and is more liekly to be right than me). But, really, I can't rip him for that. There have been probably dozens of players I have seen something in that no one else has, and most of the time, probably for good reason. Chad Gaudin being the prime example. Gaudin was one guy whose peripherals just seemed to be so much better than his performance, and on that other website that mvp hates, I had players I would refer to as Chad Gaudin All Stars, which basically meant I was probably (likely) mentioning them as potentially good acquisitions for the Sox a lot more often than they actually deserved to be mentioned. Some of the Chad Gaudin All Stars did actually pan out, including Cody Ross (for one year in Boston) and Miles Mikolas (but in St. Louis). Of course, the overwhelming majority were largely ignored by the baseball world for good reason. There have been others for me, going as far back as Chico Walker (who barely ever got out of Pawtucket) and Michael Coleman (ditto, for for a variety of teams). And some, like Danny Salazar, actually might have panned out to the extreme levels I predicted (potential Cy Young candidate) but instead decided to put the whole concept to bed with repeated injuries. And I probably had hopes on Juan Pena a lot longer than most rational people. Even this year, I started off with making Cesar Puello my newest addition to this list. We might even see how/if that one ever pans out. Who was your baseball man-crush for Boston or that you wanted in Boston for whatever reason that no one else ever saw?

Not a surprise, but definitely a shame...

Oh I agree.. But as we had no real history with Bloom, it felt too much like the last two offseasons where every team rebuilt themselves throughout December and January and the Sox made no moves...

Unless you consider successfully following the directive of owner Ron Fowler that Myers be dealt as a result...

He was hard to like in November, December and January. But at least he has been incredibly active lately...

Not before September. And only if the Sox are out of it and his salary won't push them over the CBT...

I do wonder if this is still active. No real updates. Has it blown over? Tough to tell. My first impression of Bloom is he let’s very little news escape from his camp. But then my impression of Preller and his crew is the only secrets they keep are the real medical reports. Any wild fire that spreads quickly as it destroys a large area is said to spread like a Padres’ trade rumor...

We all would have liked to see Betts extended, but I can’t fault Henry if the story about Betts’ initial demands are true. Unless you’re buying the island of Aruba, I can understand not committing $420 million to anything without at least shopping around a bit...

German is suspended. Stanton is Stanton...

And fans argue it's not the same thing, but the Hall admitted Gaylord Perry. Even if you overlook the "degrees of cheating" with Perry, as if such a thing exists, the fact is he openly and arrogantly defied the rules. He even titled his autobiography "The Spitter And Me." How exactly is that not thumbing his nose at the MLB rulebook? If that level of cheating and arrogance is worth immortalizing, I have no issue with Bonds or Clemens or any other steroid user who at least had the decency to lie about what they did...