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  1. notin
    Or the trade for Jose Urena?
  2. notin
    While I like Holt, I wouldn’t say not being interested in him equates to not being interested in winning. The guy is replaceable...
  3. notin
    Not to mention, there are no remaining free agent pitchers the Sox need to “clear room” to sign...
  4. notin
    The mugger was just trying to restock his farm
  5. notin
    He made 18 starts for the Sox that year. If he didn’t make them, those starts would have gone to someone who couldn’t even beat out Aaron Cook...
  6. notin
    Or Chris Mazza and Mike Kickham...
  7. notin
    Also in teen pregnancy. So at least they have another hobby...
  8. notin
    And in that short walk, how many homeless people accosted you?
  9. notin
    Well, at least he’s only practicing...
  10. notin
    Really he doesn’t like that it was a salary dump. No one does. Not even Bloom. But Dombrowski left an awful mess of bad contracts, injured, aging pitchers, and a barren farm system. If the Sox held Betts and Price, this team would be maybe above average in 2020, and then well below in 2021 and 2022. That might not bother him now, but it probably (definitely) would in 2021 and 2022...
  11. notin
    The blue crab cakes in the Inner Harbor are the only reason to visit Baltimore...
  12. notin
    You do realize the Dodgers also took Price, right? Even with the Red Sox paying half, that significantly lowers the return for Bets. If the Sox wanted more for Betts, the best Avenue would have been to try to deal Price separately. Which they did, to no avail...
  13. notin
    That’s a massive assumption. There is not a team in MLB that doesn’t upgrade right field by acquiring Betts. So why would these teams sit idly by while the Dodgers and Padres made sure Betts’ availability reached every headline? Especially after the Graterol physical gave them all a second chance. What suitors were going to come around if Bloom was even more patient?
  14. notin
    I do understand the Orioles know more about trading for prospects than either of us and are well aware of the risks of just grabbing multiple players over one or two good ones. It’s not always about what you know; it’s about knowing what you don’t know...
  15. notin
    Whether or not it was a bad deal will be resolved in time. It may very well turn out that way. More of these “stars for younger talent” deals turn into Machado trades than Bartolo Colon trades. The question was, was it the best deal Bloom could have gotten?
  16. notin
    It was a deadline for Bloom if he wanted the best return possible.
  17. notin
    Also that. Which means no reset and back to zero possibility of bringing him back...
  18. notin
    Only by one guy...
  19. notin
    But there was. Trading Mookie in the off-season is more appealing, because a team gets an additional draft pick if/when they cannot extend him. The draft pick disappears come opening day. That pick absolutely makes Betts more appealing, as they know they can recoup at least some of the minor league/young MLB talent they deal for Betts...
  20. notin
    Clearly you are unfamiliar with my recent string of Baltimore jokes. By the way, which aspect of Baltimore geography that you are highlighting makes you the expert on their trading process? Which street that you drove down told you the Orioles wanted more bad prospects than good ones and that the Orioles do not understand prospect attrition?
  21. notin
    Ok. I see where you’re going. But Belle was an extreme case. As crazy as Puig is, he’s never thrown baseballs at a photographer...
  22. notin
    Is this the same Scott Boras who waited out the JD Martinez negotiations to get $100 mill less than his asking price? Waiting only works if someone else gets interested and is willing to pay more. But if Bloom waited until April 1, Betts’ value plummets. There was a hard deadline...
  23. notin
    But even the Orioles know you don’t restock a system with Breyvic Valera...
  24. notin
    Exactly. The best player the Sox received in return for that deal is a debate between James Loney and Rubby De La Rosa....
  25. notin
    If teams were not in on Betts when he was all over the news, they were not going to jump in later, even if someone got hurt. Do people really think a team like the Braves was watching this go down and thought “we absolutely have the pitching prospects to outbid these guys. But we don’t need Mookie right now. Let’s hold off and see if Nick Markakis gets hurt.”
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