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  1. notin
    So the Dodgers are a small market franchise?
  2. notin
    It's not about saving Henry's money. That's a cheap copout. Billionaire or not, he has clearly shown there are limits as to what he is going to spend on payroll. So if you give this contract to Mookie, will you be able to surround him with a competitive team for the life of that deal? The first couple seasons should not be a problem, but what happens when you have a declining 35yo RF making $38-40mill and no good young talent coming up? Everyone says they will be OK with the bad years as long as the team wins a title. But that changes when the bad years actually get here. I didn't see a single person in 2014 and 2015 justifying those awful years with even one "Hey, at least we won it all in 2013."
  3. notin
    I think I have to have some trust, but I also find it odd he is unloading all the younger RP arms and replacing them with older pitchers jettisoned by other teams like Hall, Osich, Springs, and Mazza. And I'm not sure what to make about Austin Brice yet, although he was good last year (although he outpitched his peripherals)...
  4. notin
    Remember the uproar when Pedro signed his extension with Boston for 6 years $75mill? Nowadays a $12.5mill AAV gets you an aging Brett Gardner or most of Will Smith...
  5. notin
    And if Reyes has already reached his ceiling...
  6. notin
    And it's not likely he settles for the same AAV as Rendon...
  7. notin
    It's obvious Bloom has reserved a place for Weber on the 26 man roster. I think a big reason is he is at best a marginal talent. He pitches to contact and gives up a lot of hits that don't leave the ballpark, so his peripherals do outperform his performance, but really, he needs an elite defense behind him to be effective and the Sox simply do not have one. He has only had an ERA below 5 once in his career in a season with more than 4 IP, and even then it was a 4.76. As he turns 30 this year, he is not ikely to suddenly morph into anything better, whereas younger pitchers like Lakins, Poyner and Reyes did at least have a chance to improve....
  8. notin
    Cody Ross was on the 2012 Red Sox, a team that was doomed the second they named Bobby Valentine the manager. Kotsay had that triple in one of my favorite and most exciting post-season comebacks I have ever seen...
  9. notin
    I know. It's a sad state that with Kotsay, his two most memorable accomplishments are having a hot wife and a pig Latin name...
  10. notin
    So you can hear his agent say “Exactly. You guys are shortchanging my client by a full All Star contract!”
  11. notin
    I think I gamble on Matt Adams if the goal is a LHH 1b. I don’t know if Greg Bird would be better (very likely not) but he was the low risk high reward candidate. Or the Sox could have looked to 2b at Yolmer Sanchez, Scooter Gennett or Addison Russell and moved Chavis/Dalbec to 1b full time...
  12. notin
    To me, Mitch Moreland is like a Vin Diesel movie. The actually work isn’t always bad on it’s own, but there is always a better choice somewhere else...
  13. notin
    I don’t even think of him that way. He was a good role player and fourth outfielder and he had one of the strongest arms I’ve ever seen. Also one of the hottest wives...
  14. notin
    I’m 5’7”. People of my stature are not bullies. (Also Napoleon Complex is a complete fake. Napoleon’s stature was normal for his time.)
  15. notin
    He’s clearly making the team. He has no options and therefore if they don’t DFA him, he has nowhere to go but Fenway. I am surprised. I am well over 100% confident Weber would clear waivers if DFAd...
  16. notin
    Right. And how many years are we away from renaming the Cy Young the Ryan Weber Award?
  17. notin
    I don’t mind if Boston gives him fair market value. But he doesn’t want it now...
  18. notin
    Moreland just doesn’t excite me. Every off-season I hope for the simple task of improving 1b. And every off-season they bring back Mitch Moreland...
  19. notin
    Why is Kotsay a bad choice?
  20. notin
    Kielty has the home run in game 4 of the 2007 WS. Kotsay had the big triple in the 8th inning game 5 of the 2008 ALCS (a game the Sox trailed 7-0 in the 7th while facing elimination) and scored the tying run on a single by Coco Crisp on roughly the 115th pitch of the at bat. I hope that clears this up...
  21. notin
    Will he put James Franco and Jonah Hill on the coaching staff?
  22. notin
    It is official. The Sox are NOT rebuilding. Rebuilding teams do not DFA Denyi Reyes while keeping Ryan Weber...
  23. notin
    And Pedro with his outrageous contract!
  24. notin
    Yet they found takers twice...
  25. notin
    He was traded twice on the contract Cleveland signed in to...
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