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There will be no wrong offers for Cole, who will not be in Boston next year under any circumstances. My prediction - Angels...
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That same website had Price having roughly the same value as Wil Myers, which might be a deal that makes sense for both teams under certain conditions...
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And yet here we are...
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It is entirely possible that DD’s plans as implemented were a different interpretation of what was agreed upon. Or, it’s like any other job. You’re boss might trust your judgment about what will work, but that doesn’t exonerate you if it fails...
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Maybe he approved of the extension for a healthy Sale, but felt DD ignored some very alarming arm issues before actually signing him..
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No it wouldn’t.
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I take it you've been watching "The Godfather" a lot lately...
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Like who? Last time he was a free agent, he was 29 years old and coming off a season with a 1.066 OPS, which was carried by a .690 SLG (you know, the more exciting part of OPS), and interest was still pretty minimal. Now he’s two years older and coming off worse seasons and had minor back issues that likely limit him to DH, and plenty of teams will be interested? Opt out or not, JD will be in Boston next year...
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More like Chaim Doom if you ask me!
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What’s he even doing?!?!
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But that’s practically verbatim what was said about Dan Duquette when the Sox hired him. Sometimes these low budget guys act a little different when they have access to actual money...
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And a trade of Betts might yield a lot more than Larry Anderson...
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Many have given up on JBJ but what about Benny ?
notin replied to Swiharts Ghost's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Also not panicking about Benintendi here. His failure to become Christian Yeilich overnight is the least of the Sox problems... -
I don't know how we can draw that conclusion as Bloom has no history of doing anything either way. This isn't like hiring Dombrowski, who had a well-documented history of spending money, trading prospects, and going all in every year...
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Apparently it’s closer than I realized... https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/10/chaim-bloom-interviewed-for-red-sox-gm-position.html
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This would make Bloom the first ever blogger-turned-GM...
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I disagree. At least the Sox will have gotten 5 or 6 great years from Betts. All they got from having Bagwell was a mediocre middle reliever...
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Whaddaya mean “sometimes”?!?!?
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Many have given up on JBJ but what about Benny ?
notin replied to Swiharts Ghost's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
So squeeze Stanton to get mre ABs for Tauchman? I think if Tauchman got 600 ABs, you'd wish he didn't. Really the Yankees should add a catcher. Yasmani Grandal would be great, but probably not where they should spend their money. So trade Frazier (plus?) for an actual good catcher. The Cubs have two; start there. But get a catcher, move Andujar to 1B, LeMahieu to 2B, Torres to SS. and leave Urshela at 3B. Stanton-Hicks-Judge in the OF with Tauchman as the fourth. They will probably bring back Garnder, but not for $13mill per, and they will need someone who can play CF, since Hicks has not shown himself to be remarkably durable. Oh, and Sanchez at DH. It's still very right-handed, but also better defensively. And a lot of money has been saved to get a pitcher or two. Or trade Happ or one of the bigger contracts to the Giants for lefty-hitting Brandon Crawford. If the Giants take Happ, they save considerable money and therefore would be more tempted to make the deal. And Crawford, while owed more money than Happ, comes with a significantly lower AAV. -
In less than 4 innings...
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Oh it's a baseball trade for the Padres and a financial trade for the Red Sox.
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Game Thread Oct 23/19 Nats (Strasburg) @ Astros (Verlander)
notin replied to TylerD's topic in Other Baseball
I don't think the network matters to any players. I doubt there is a single player in MLB history who thought "This is a tough situation for me, so I better not screw it up. But if I do, only people with basic cable will see it, so I should be OK." And I think all MLB players are so insanely competitive (because if they are not, they are AAA players), that the post-season is the post-season. Do you think Cole was out there mowing down Rays and Yankees so easily because it wasn't the World Series? There is no difference between losing the ALCS/NLCS and losing the World Series. You're not a champion either way, and that is the competitive mentality... -
Many have given up on JBJ but what about Benny ?
notin replied to Swiharts Ghost's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
I don't see the Yankees getting JD, unless JD 1) converts to pitcher, and 2) is really, really, really good at it right away. With Stanton, Sanchez, and Andujar, the Yankees have the DH position more than covered. -
And here I thought the dumbest one was letting Kevin Romine hit for Mike Greenwell. And then lo and behold, Romine hit a walk off home run to win that game...
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No. Not me there. I am the fellow who pointed out 1) it was never a "closer by committee," unless you think Chad Fox is a committee, and 2) the real problem with the Sox bullpen that year was coming in the 6th, 7th and 8th innings and not the ninth, as they only blew 3 9th inning leads before acquiring Kim, and only lost 2 of those games. My stance was always, closer by committee is not doomed to fail, but having bad bullpen pitchers in that committee will make it fail. And the Sox problem was not that they had what they called a committee; it was that they had a bullpen full of mediocre to bad pitchers. (Although Timlin did manage to right himself.)
