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  1. notin
    Four+ years of Abreu plus Garcia all for two months of Helsley plus two weeks exclusive time to negotiate a deal with him?
  2. notin
    And if you use fWAR, Helsley has more. Last year, you didn’t like Scott because he only had two good years supporting his career. Helsley might get a QO; he spent Be The wrist reliever to get one. No reliever has ever accepted (although Will Smith extended before receiving a QO he admits he would have accepted)…
  3. notin
    If you were Helsley, your agent might advise against it and remind you that the inferior Tanner Scott got a slightly lower AAV for multiple years…
  4. notin
    I’m only talking about being offered one. Six relief pitchers have received QOs to date. Kimbrel, Jansen, Robertson, Iglesias, and for some reason, Greg Holland and Wade Davis. I could see Helsley turning it down in pursuit of a multi year deal…
  5. notin
    And while Helsley’s BTV value is pretty low, if it is accurate, the Cardinals are potentially better off just offering him a QO and taking the pick. Unless they collapse in the next two weeks, I don’t see him getting dealt unless someone really overpays…
  6. notin
    Toro has not been a godsend of late, and his history and BABIP strongly suggest he will not be one again anytime soon. Romy is insanely hot right now, but again, reality will set in. I’d think a 1b is likely. Im not sure why “pitching is the biggest need” matters. It’s not like MLB only allows teams to make a limited number of deadline trades. And any prospect dealt for a rental 1b probably wouldn’t bring back a pitcher anyone wanted anyway. It feels more like a way to deflect unwanted conversations…
  7. notin
    BTV gives Helsley a surplus value of $2.7 million. Their closest matches in the Sox system are Jedixson Paez ($2.9mill), Yophery Rodriguez, Nelly Taylor, and Antonio Anderson (all $2.5mill). To me the real question is - are the Cardinals selling? They are right there in the thick of the NL Wild Card and I don’t see Helsley bringing back the kind of franchise-altering return to justify selling..
  8. notin
    It’s that So Cal lifestyle where they feed those prospects a steady diet of enriched tofu, beet juice, and Stanislozol…
  9. notin
    Yoshida at 1b? He’s like 5’1”! I actually did advocate for Duran. But for a while it looked like 4’2” Andrew Vaughn was an easy and possibly undervalued trade target from a tanking team. But he has since moved on to a team that felt similarly. I think by the end of the month the Sox will trade Duran and acquire a full time starting 1b. And these will probably be two separate moves…
  10. notin
    Duran should have been already IMO. He’s a lousy outfielder and a former infielder.
  11. notin
    Hey I’ve been advocating (somewhat) for 4’3” Andrew Vaughn. https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-player/andrew-vaughn-683734?stats=statcast-r-hitting-mlb
  12. notin
    Toro might get squeezed, but no one coming back has played 1b…
  13. notin
    Probably also not enough to get Joe Ryan…
  14. notin
    DD did draft Duran, Houck. Casas and Crawford. But I believe they remain the only Major Leaguers he drafted with Boston. Unless you want to count Dalbec. At this point in time, that seems low. But it might be fairly normal or even a good amount. I am NOT researching into that. Moon?
  15. notin
    I always thought he was talking about the minor leagues for that phrase. But fans leapt on to it as an admission the team wasn’t even going to try. Even though they signed John Lackey to the largest contract given to a SP in franchise history at the time. Fans just seem to cling to anything that the organization will not be trying and instead doing whatever possible to ruin their enjoyment. They spent more money on MLB players during the Bridge Year than they did when going “full throttle,” but yet the Bridge Year persists as a non-effort. Just another Florian Wirtz situation, I guess…
  16. notin
    And now it’s viewed as a World Series Championship year…
  17. notin
    Actually 34% of LCS MVP awards (32 out of 94) and 42% of WS MVP awards (29 out of 69) have gone to pitchers. As far as any one position goes, that seems fairly dominant…
  18. notin
    I know that turtle. Terrible hitter. I mean really, really bad…
  19. notin
    I think the only way Mayer would be optioned is if Romy became the everyday 2b, which makes some sense while he’s hot but certainly not long term. Hamilton is the smart move. I agree in letting Mayer play every day and keeping the platoons at 1b and RF…
  20. notin
    When was that first Bridge Year?
  21. notin
    That would have been as big of a waste as Buehler…
  22. notin
    They’re both other worldly (Rimshot)
  23. notin
    Not until he fixes that sweet spot problem…
  24. notin
    Senzatela can have that effect on hitters…
  25. notin
    No it doesn’t. It puts the onus on Anthony. Let’s not start pretending Password was an equally viable starting option just yet. And Refsnyder? If Anthony struggled like Campbell did, do you want Refsnyder and his very limited skill set out there every day? They reportedly shipped Abreu, which is looking like a questionable move on their part as well as on every team that passed on him. And Abreu is probably worth more now. Not sure why depth is considered a problem by so many fans. I’d rather they held off on moving an OF. Aren’t they better off with 4 starting OFs than they would be with two?
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