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Everything posted by notin
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As you are asking, I'm going to go with Kyle Lewis...
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Possibly also trade for a pitcher in the final year of his deal. Interestingly, the bulk of the Astros rotation fits that description, in Verlander, Greinke and McCullers...
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Per Fangraphs, Eckersley was more valuable as a starter, earning 41 of his 61 fWAR in that role. The thing about closers is, they’re useless if you’re trailing. Not really true for a good SP...
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Nope. Even she was bummed out. She wanted a pitcher...
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“Yeah!! Dylan Covey!” said no one ever...
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So if they sign him, he has to pay it back...
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Sale’s contract was actually only one year longer, right?
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Actually not. Saying the best players do not always win titles is not even remotely the same as saying teams would be better off without them. However, if someone did say allocating far too many resources to keep the best player hampers a team's ability to build a competitive team around that player (which was the original actual point), would you agree or not? Most GMs would agree with that, which is why they frequently backload heavier contracts. It is a strategy that gives them more financial flexibility when the player is at his most productive and therefore easier to build a better team around him. And when he hits his more expensive years, he was unlikely to be as able to carry the team anyway...
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Well, yesterday's cliff is today's abyss...
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As do you apparently...
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No Pivetta? Bloom apparently wanted him. That trade was far from a salary dump...
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With Eovaldi, the question was never really talent. Not many pitchers can throw as hard as he does as many times as he does. But that is also probably the cause of the real concern...
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A team should probably have about 10 SPs ready to go for a full season. Might not need that many, but a team should be prepared if they do. If ERod returns, they should have ERod, Perez, Eovaldi, and Pivetta ready on the MLB roster. Mata and Seabold in the minors. That's 6, and 7 if they think Ward is good to go. So maybe 3-4 SPs, at least two of whom will need an option year. But maybe 5 if ERod just can't go, Ward isn't added to the 40-man, and maybe if someone is dealt...
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What do you mean by “starters”? Starting pitchers only? Or position players and starting pitchers?
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I wonder if he explored the trade market for starters instead of closers...
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Can we let the Patriots play one game before we bury them?
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They started the pummeling against Pablo Lopez, who is usually a very good pitcher...
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My philosophy is typically - sign relievers and trade for starters, although that latter part is not always possible. Good SPs do usually demand the type of contracts that become a big problem, whereas closers often take shorter contracts. I'm ok overpaying a closer of it's only for 3-4 years. Has any free agent closer ever signed a long term deal?
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Except that I do not think Bloom will move Eovaldi to the bullpen. At best, maybe he can utilize as a into a high-priced opener. There were rumors of an Eovaldi/Oder swap in August. I have to wonder if that might get revisited, and if it is a good idea. Oder is cheaper, creating more flexibility. But Texas isn't dissatisfied with him solely because of his contract. He really does sort of suck at a lot of things. He's basically Michael Chavis, but with a bigger, uglier contract. However, he is only 26, 16 months older than Dalbec...
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And yes, it is a foolish retort to say that anyone who suggests not overpaying for an aging free agent with a mega contract is "trying to save Henry's money." Fans who say that typically think the contract is going to go south and be a burden that hamstrings the team's ability to improve, and do so sooner rather than later. The foolish people think his spending is limitless and the Sox can "print money" in some sort of neverending supply. History has shown repeatedly this is not true. And right now, what exactly do you mean about "gave us some excitement to "look forward to"? That's actually the exact opposite of what Dombrowski did. He did give us some in the past, but the situation the Sox are in was actually a very predictable one. How many posts in the past 3 or 4 years have referenced the inevitable "cliff"? You know, the one we fell off this year?
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And Eovadi probably would have also fallen into that same category, but he had a whole different set of issues that made his contract foolish....
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No. You drew the conclusion that teams would therefore be better off without star players. When it comes to the players I mentioned, the economics of baseball were different and those players (as far as I know) did not command the type of payroll-flexibility killing cotnracts some players get today. But they still did not win. Nowadays, teams certainly can limit themselves with huge contracts. Especially if they give them out rather freely, like DD did with Price and Eovaldi...
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The 2020 Red Sox are part of what he did...
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That's not what I said. Just expounding on S5's point about stars and championships. Nothing I said there is incorrect...
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A fact that changes not one character in my post.
