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Everything posted by notin
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Agreed. It was certainly mishandled up front...
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Be fair. Pillar is facing actual MLB pitchers! Put him up against this Sox staff, and he might turn into Willie Mays Jr...
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The only reason to bench Moreland is to showcase Chavis. Moreland has a $3mill team option, so is very likely to be manning first in Boston in 2021, assuming there is a season...
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Hopefully we get Sale and ERod back. That would bolster the rotation big time...
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Remember a few years ago when the Red Sox sent a lineup of patient hitters up to the plate and took lots of pitches and every wanted them to be more aggressive?
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I would have trade him. TRying to sign him was a failure, and inking him to the Dodger contract would have had massive implications down the road that I could ignore as a fan (for now, anyway), but not as a GM/owner. But I would not have rejected the Graterol deal, as we need the arms...
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I don't think the players mind that part so much. They still get paid. The fans and the General Managers might have issue with it...
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8/16 Sox at Yanks - Sox chasing history
notin replied to Bellhorn04's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Weber is looking like a potential long man/mop up guy. So we do have THAT role filled going forward... -
8/16 Sox at Yanks - Sox chasing history
notin replied to Bellhorn04's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
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I think if they take back a bad (but not so bad) contract, like Kingery, the bullpen-deficient Phillies might be willing to listen on a Major League arm that has untapped potential but is simply not working out, like Nick Pivetta or Vince Velasquez. FWIW, a trade of Workman for Kingery and Pivetta on the infamous baseballtradevalues.com simulator is acceptable, and a trade of Workman for Kingery and Velasquez is a minor overpay. A trade of Barnes and Workman for Kingery, Pivetta, and Velasquez is acceptable...
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So what should the Sox focus on at the trade deadline? Starting pitching is good. Although of Sale and ERod are back next year (a big if), it might not be their weakness. And it’s not like anyone will surrender an elite pitching prospect this year. Bullpen looks pathetic going forward. 2b is a mess of utility players. CF should be open, too. And Duran is unlikely to step in and fill that gap in 2021. Thoughts?
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I’ve heard multiple times that players view free agency as something they have “worked for their entire lives.”
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Because no one else will give him more? Like I said, a very similar player in Kevin Pillar only got about 1/2 of what Bradley is making. After this season, it actually is extremely likely Bradley will be looking at a much much lower salary. It's not like he is going to struggle to put food on the table. He'll still be a very wealthy man (and living a dream for most of us). But he will certainly be a wealthy man making less money in 2021 in whatever city, which could be Boston. But probably not...
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JBJ at $11mill or Pillar at $4mill? Which one gives you a better shot at Trevor Bauer?
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I think JBJ is likely gone after this year. Unless he is willing to take a paycut
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You can’t say the Sox don’t spend. They have the third highest payroll in MLB...
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The Sox would definitely be more entertaining with Betts. They’d still suck, however, because you need a few Mookie Betts’s to overcome this pitching staff...
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It only works out like this if you have to rely on them for starters...
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Exactly. This rotation is shrapnel...
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... with nothing to spend? Seriously? All he had budget for was one mediocre SP (Perez) and some long shots. And that’s the thing about long shots. They miss more often than not..
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Id actually take three straight 95 win seasons with no titles over the 2018 team and this dumpster fire. Titles are great, but I really just want to be entertained. This team is not entertaining me....
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Method 3 is the ONLY way, especially if you believe having a good farm system = small market. Heavy spending is actually a proven deathnail. I know a lot of people say they’re ok with the inevitable bad years if they get one title, but they do one mean it. Want proof? Read any thread on this board. And then ask yourself how many times a complaint has ended with the phrase “But 2018 made it all worthwhile”....
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No. Method 2 is the one where you sometimes cannot afford your best players. It was the contracts of Eovaldi, Price and Sale that made Betts unaffordable, not the development of Devers, Benintendi and Vazquez...
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The problem with Method 2 is that when it fails - and it absolutely will one day - it will ruin your franchise for years...
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And outside of Perez, he didn’t sign anyone to anything more than a minor league contract...
