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Everything posted by notin
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The Sox biggest need is MLB-ready arms. Even bullpen arms. Barnes was very good unless he pitched consecutive days, then he was a Little League BP hurler. He can’t be the “go to” guy again if he can’t pitch 2 days in a row...
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I don’t think the lineup matter much on 2018 vs 2019. In fact, the 2019 Red Sox outscored the 2018 team 901 to 876. Even if you took Betts off that team, it’s still a good lineup. The rotation, OTOH, has a bit much going on with injuries, ineffectiveness, and a complete lack of depth. The bullpen has some good pitchers, but could use improvement as well. Especially since having no starter depth exploded their workload...
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They have a couple bad contracts they might insist on including. Hey it’s not our fault you thought Dexter Fowler was good!!
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Yes for people who base everything on one snap judgement. What if he keeps Betts, and Mookie goes on the DL?
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Name?
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1. Well, it’s not Verdugo yet. 2. Safe bet if it is, Bloom will have more information about Verdugo’s back than a singular 4 week old news story. 3. If the Sox can’t reset, zero chance of Betts returning anyway, so any sort of jump at 2021 makes sense. The farm ain’t giving us the next Mookie any time soon...
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They might be “better” with Betts, but that doesn’t mean they’ll be good enough...
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A new Bloom sweeps clean...
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What makes you think it’s the same staff as when the Sox acquired, say, Pomeranz?
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Actually suspecting losing future draft picks makes trading Betts the right move. With you think this 85 win team can make up 19 games through sheer will power, or 2020 is a bust. While many in the Keep Betts crowd advocate “dealing with 2021 in 2021 and not a second before,” the problems will be obvious. No Betts. No replacement. And if the reset still exists with penalties, the Sox won’t do that either. Since there is a chance MLB takes draft picks to further the damage (and zero chance of MLB adding draft picks for kicks), the strategy of getting ahead is clearly the best. If Bloom guesses wrong and MLB takes no picks, is that really a bad sign for the future?
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But you have no idea when Bloom knew about it. Surely you can’t think he learned the same time you did...
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Yes, and you have accused Bloom’s inactivity of being just that. And now you’re condemning any new activity without all the facts as being impudent...
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I’d only do it if SD also threw in a dirt cheap replacement for Price. On it’s own, the deal doesn’t clear enough for a reset, and having to replace Price with whoever not from the ill-equipped farm doesn’t make it easier...
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So you think Bloom needs to wait for penalties, but also that his waiting is clearly “paralysis by analysis.” There’s absolutely no pleasing some people. Bloom could extend Betts, surgically replace Sale’s arm and Price’s wrist on his own, acquire Trout for Marco Hernandez with Anaheim paying the whole deal, and do it all in one day, and your first comment would be “BUT WE HAVE NO CLOSER!!”
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No you’re right. The Sox with a Betts won 85 games last year. And so far they’ve added Martin Perez and Jose Peraza and a few wishes for the health of Sale, Price and Eovaldi. By all means this team should “go for it.” Exactly what do you expect from them if they do keep Betts and “go for it”? They finished NINETEEN GAMES out of first last year. They missed the second wild card by TWELVE GAMES!! Which of the Killer P’s (Perez, Peraza, Plawecki) is going to cut into those gaps? And then when they lose Betts in 2021 by not resetting, how many wins do you expect? But yeah, status quo in MLB and complete ignorance of the farm is the way to go here. That makes sense. (
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Dumping Price while taking nothing back (like Myers) would be a massive accomplishment in itself...
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Strawman alert!!
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1. None of the players Sox will get will be as good as Betts. 2. Whoever the Sox draft as a compensation pick is extremely likely to not be as good as any of the Dodgers coming back. 3. Stripling was an All Star in 2018. Cut him some slack. 4. It’s possible the entire point of dealing Betts is to reset and allow the Sox to position themselves to offer him a record-setting contract. Trade or not, rumor has it the only way to keep him off the market is with a 12 year $420 mill contract.
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One way to fix the farm is to trade Betts...
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That presents a conundrum. If the Dodgers offer a good player, beware. If they don’t offer a good player, the deal isn’t enough...
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At what point do you realize this adds nothing to the thread?
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Brady might walk, but Kraft will certainly attempt to keep him. While no one says it and Brady denies it, at some point retirement is a possibility...
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I stand corrected. Bible verses clearly show deep thinking. Proverbs 23:7
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Looking at our last 4 posts, I’m clearly the more likely of the two of us. I broke down the flaws in assuming Kennedy has a clue and established the flaws in just using incorrect cliches. You posted 6 words that merely that said “wrong” and implied you were the deep thinker. But never showed actual evidence...
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For someone who criticizes superficial logic, you sure do like to say “wrong!!!” and then not explain anything. For someone who says Americans have lost the art of debate, you clearly epitomize your own criticism...
