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Rich Hill...
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What are the chances of Porcello being offered a contract extension?
notin replied to TylerD's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Cole will be very expensive, and certainly cost much more than Porcello, who has expressed an interest in coming back and might even take less money. Cole is a better pitcher, but signing him over Porcello makes keeping Betts that much more difficult... -
Yes, I’m actually starting to see why DD doesn’t get as involved with minor league free agents as I’d like. He isn’t very good st it...
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Playoff-free, too...
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He could be replaced by any of a bunch of other pitchers for the same money, but have options left. And possibly can pitch as well...
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Worst case scenario for the Mariners was Encarnacion couldn’t play and they were forced to have a player worth paying to see for the rest of this one season. But apparently they were not willing to take on the risk of having a baseball player worth paying to see...
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I think one of the most disappointing things about DD is his never ending faith in Brian Johnson...
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Even if that’s the case, the Mariners would still have been smarter to hold out to see what Houston, Tampa, Milwaukee, whoever would have given up for Edwin. Either interest in Encarnacion was vastly overstated (which can change with one injury), or the Mariners are impatient and stupid. Or both...
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Maybe not their best move...
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Every team in the majors already has a Juan Then. In Boston, we call him Brayan Bello...
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What did they do in the 1970s?
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What was that again?
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Actually with several other players hot right now, the Sox can afford to wait on Mookie, maybe when another hitter or two cools down...
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He’ll get a minor league deal somewhere. Might even give preference to Boston due to heir lack of a closer...
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The annual Jackie Bradley Jr thread (2019 Edition)
notin replied to Station 13's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Personally I think (and repeatedly said so this off-season) the Sox could use an actual fourth outfielder. If you’re going to give Bradley off days, at least minimize the defensive loss as opposed to re-arranging the outfield and downgrading multiple positions... -
The annual Jackie Bradley Jr thread (2019 Edition)
notin replied to Station 13's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Frankly the JBJ hate makes no sense for multiple reasons, the foremost of which is - who’s the replacement supposed to be? Rusney Castillo? Cole Sturgeon? Or better yet - Jarren Duran? Hey he can crush A-ballad long as he has an insane and unsustainable BABIP. If that doesn’t qualify him to replace a 29yo former All Star in CF, what does? -
No, long term free agent deals to players 30 and over piss me off. Is that difficult to grasp? How many players like that were on the 2004 team?
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DD was wise to avoid this guy. Allen got a lot of K’s but also gave up a lot of walks and home runs and somehow did not blow a single save...
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Exactly. And if they spent that money on a 2b and 1b, at some point those players are likely to become deadweight contracts as well. Pedroia, for example, was a very productive 2b on his contract for a long time...
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And not exactly against the strongest part of the schedule...
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So the Sox didn’t add HRam and Sandoval in2015? Good thing, because they might still be feeling one of those deals today...
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Those results also include 3 last place finishes in a 4 year stretch. I don’t care how profitable the team is; I just want them to be competitive as often as possible. The easiest way to avoid stretches of non-competitive Red Sox is not have the team bogged down for several years by a lot of dead money...
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Or ie, which is the square root of -e^2
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But there is a distinction between payroll and spending. Paying/extending your current players through their peak years = good. Spending for post-30yo free agents for big contracts long term = bad Free agency for the Red Sox (and most teams) typically has been a case of short term gains, and sometimes coupled with long term commitments. Manny Ramirez remains the outlier case where the team spent heavily on a player and he was productive for the life of the deal...
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And that it’s been hit and miss shows what a complete crapshoot that process is...
