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  1. notin
    If the Sox deal JBJ, the team could also give a chance to Chris Archer. He would be affordable and probably better than some of those free agents. Think Cherington does a Bradley-Archer trade? Bradley will make maybe $2mill more and Fangraphs says Pitt’s outfield defense was among the worst in MLB. I would assume Pitt would like a minor leaguer as well. They are rebuilding after all. And really, if the Sox do trade Bradley, don’t you think they’re taking some money back in some way?
  2. notin
    Per MLBTR, most GMs are reluctant to trade anything decent for Betts and prefer to wait a year and just sign him. Granted, the article doesn’t say ALL GMs and you really need just one to say “My team could use Mookie Betts in his prime. So what do you want?” But in the event Bloom cannot find that one GM, trading Mookie should be off the table...
  3. notin
    You can rip the simulator, but the talking heads at MLB.com and ESPN thro so much worse stuff out there. I think they just look at positions and fits and NEVER consider control or whether or not the player is actually any good...
  4. notin
    Yes. According to Belhorn and Cot’s, the Sox need to shed $10.37 mill. That trade sheds $17.2 mill off payroll numbers. But it leaves 2 voids in the rotation...
  5. notin
    So... is there an over/under date for Bloom’s first move that doesn’t involve Josh Osich?
  6. notin
    Trade Price ($31mill AAV) to San Diego for Wil Myers ($13.8mill AAV). San Diego started the off-season with a glut of outfielders and has since traded for two more (while dealing one back). They don’t want Myers, which is legitimate internet rumor buzz, so, yeah, unsubstantiated. But what isn’t unsubstantiated is their mandate to win more games. Getting Price gives them a veteran atop a very young rotation. Getting Price (owed $96mill for 3 years) for Myers (owed $68.5 mill over 3 years) gets the Padres a 2-2.5 fWAR veteran pitcher for 3 years for a net cost of $27.5 mill, or $9.1mill per year. Or basically exactly what the Rangers paid Kyle Gibson (2.6.fWAR). Oh yeah . And the Sox get Wil Myers. Stick him at 1b and marvel at the adequacy in action...
  7. notin
    Just trade Price or Eovaldi. That doesn't constitute blowing anything up...
  8. notin
    Mick Jagger was just waiting on a friend...
  9. notin
    I think the Yankees need to sign Edwin Jackson. Everyone else has. Stop pretending to be so special. The man is on a quest to pitch for every team. Don’t stand in his way...
  10. notin
    I’m sure his agent does most definitely NOT want him saying he prefers Southern California. Now all his teammates - whom he probably rarely negotiated free agent deals with - have said he prefers SoCal. But then sometimes $280mill can convince a guy to only live there in the winter...
  11. notin
    Or “I Will Wait For Bloom” by Mumford and Sons
  12. notin
    1. Price to San Diego for Wil Myers. It’s going to happen. Consider the following : 1) already with no need, San Diego has acquired 2 outfielders this season 2) Reportedly they want Myers out. 3) It makes a ton of sense for both teams, despite the most exciting adjective that can be used to describe Myers is the word “adequate”. 2. Bradley to Oakland in a three-way deal where Boston gets arb-eligible Jose Urena from the Marlins and Steve Piscotty’s contract ($6mill AAV) from Oakland, and the A’s send Idont Carewho to the Marlins. And I don’t. And you don’t either. Stop bugging me about it. Seriously. These two moves save about $14 mill towards luxury tax for the Sox, and leave them needing a SP and probably a reliever. And they make Dalbec just that much more expendable time get that SP. My sources (which, as I have repeatedly said before, don’t exist) insist these moves are imminent...
  13. notin
    1. Not really a waiting song 2. Also from George Thorogood, who did a fantastic cover of that song...
  14. notin
    White Sox claim Tayron Guerrero. Guerrero was one guy I always wanted to Sox to get and hopefully fix. Dude has the fastest fastball in MLB - quite often topping 100 mph. His average velocity last season of 99.4 mph was a full mph over Aroldis Chapman's. Of course, what Guerrero lacks is any sort of command, control and possibly sense of direction. His increased velocity so far has just meant that ball four gets past the hitter a little quicker than it does from other pitcher. Still, he would be exciting if he was fixable...
  15. notin
    But the Yankees don't have the one thing Cole apparently wants - home games in southern California. Cole will be an Angel or a Dodger. Cashman needs to focus on Bumgarner...
  16. notin
    "Well, I was sitting, waiting, wishing" - Jack Johnson
  17. notin
    Not really. It seems like a big step down for only a $6.5-ish reduction towards the luxury tax...
  18. notin
    I actually like the White Sox package better, because Lopez is pretty good. I might prefer they replace Basabe (whom the Red Sox sent there as part of the Sale package) with a better prospect, like Nick Madrigal. Dunning is intriguing but I believe recently had TJ surgery. On the Reds deal, I would pass on Lodolo for Hunter Greene, as Greene is closer to MLB. I’m iffy on Winkler for the reasons they highlight. They are likely to want to include Jonathan India, since he’s a redundancy, but I would want a third team to take him...
  19. notin
    It loves you, too. Except Chavis, whose been talkin’ a lotta smack behind your back...
  20. notin
    I think this team is in a bad position going forward, but as this is MLB with insane levels of parity not seen I other sports, that can change quickly. But really, for 2020, this team won 84 games last year with one good starter and a ramshackle bullpen. A lot of teams with no significant injuries won less. I think they have a base, assuming a few key people stay healthy. And can be competitive in this year with the right moves. I’d prefer not dealing Betts, but I don’t think it’s a necessarily a white flag, either...
  21. notin
    We could. It all depends on what the Sox get, doesn't it? And what other moves if any are made. It's also not contrary to that previous statement...
  22. notin
    I’m not saying potential has no value, just saying it’s not quality yet. The Sox traded away half of a pitching staff the last few years for proven vets. It did get them one title and some division banners, but left them in a bad and expensive position going forward, which is where we are today...
  23. notin
    To be fair to Broxton, his playing time the last few seasons was sporadic. And in that season with the .719, he got off to an absolutely horrific start, but his OPS through May and all of June was nearly .900. He settled in with a .746 OPS after May 1, which is certainly acceptable for a minimum wage player...
  24. notin
    Before the 2018 season, I was listening to MLB Network on radio, and Steve Phillips and Eduardo Perez and guests were playing a game called “Three In, Three Out.” The idea is to name 3 postseason teams from the year before that were not going to make the postseason that year, and name their 3 replacement teams, based on recent history. The Red Sox and Twins were universal choices for the 3 out...
  25. notin
    Or Mike Wacha or Gabriel Ynoa...
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