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And the ones who don’t say it are either fairly ignorant or immensely wealthy...
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MLBTR is reporting the Sox are likely to tender Bradley a contract and then trade him. This is good news for Bradley fans who want him to be part of the team next year. Trading him will be difficult. Reportedly Dombrowski tried to trade Bradley aggressively last off-season and found no takers. This season, with a bigger salary and less control, he should be even more difficult to trade. Of course, not sure how this plan leaked. Since the Sox don’t have a GM yet...
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Then how is a GM supposed to acquire one?
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I get that. Plenty of teams have won without an “ace.” Heck, who was the “ace” of the 2018 Red Sox? Easy to answer in the first half of the season... Signing an “ace” pitcher is an unimaginative way to solve a team’s rotation issues, and the best part for a GM is, the fan base seemingly understands when the contract goes bad...
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Completely irrelevant. If the Sox kickoff a “rebuild” by trading Betts - a movement with no equivalent in Yankee history, they could be halfway to where the Yankee farm system got in 4 years in one quick deal this December...
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I’ve been told that doesn’t count, despite the 2015 Royals...
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I’ve been told repeatedly on this site a team needs an ace to win a World Series. Do the Yankees have one?
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Beltran was dealt midseason to the Giants 3 years before the Yankees signed him. He was with the Cardinals for two full seasons before signing with the Yankees. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/beltrca01.shtm And he did receive a QO from St. Louis. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2013/11/no-free-agents-accept-qualifying-offers.html
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Except for your failure to acknowledge the quote was written by Simpsons’ writers and not reflective of Bill James’ opinions at.all. Incidentally Bill James other chief interest seems to be unsolved murders, and he has a few books about some cases. Anyone read any? If anyone has, we can take it to another thread where non-baseball stuff belongs. Or mvp will yell at us
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The thing is, I’d gamble 10 times out of 10 on that Sale contract before giving that deal to Eovaldi. And I’d go all in on Eovaldi before giving that deal to Price. But DD went all in for all three. And had me not been fired, would he be going 10 years $250 mill for Gerrit Cole?
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No. It’s performance vs money for comparing to other players for trading purposes. It’s a well done site...
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And Maddon appears headed to the Angels..
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It’s a quote from The Simpsons. As Bill James voiced himself in the episode, he technically did say it...
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Has anyone considered the possibility that the reason Sale signed the contract in the first place is he knew or strongly suspected he wasn’t 100%? And that maybe if he was 100%, he would never have signed that deal?
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Not what it means. The surplus trade value is a measure of projected WAR (converted to USD) vs projected/remaining salary...
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They only know how to examine right arms...
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I like the simple idea 1b: Devers. Hoping for a repeat of the success Youkilis had moving 2b: Lin. I think he’s a better all around player than Marco 3b: Dalbec. If he doesn’t hit, he is at least a defensive upgrade SS: Bogaerts Chavis is the new Brock Holt. Make it happen, ummmm... errr ahhhh... new GM person...
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Well, in most cases, the depletion of the farm was prospects who were well spent. No one, for example, dislikes the Sale trade. But the subsequent contracts have made maneuvering without a farm that much more difficult...
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The only thing I would say is missing is also that the Sox are also left with what could be some truly awful deals that limit their ability to sidestep the issue of no upcoming prospects. And sure, any contract can go bad, but the deals given to Price, Sale and Eovaldi are all already in a position where the Sox are waiting for them to produce, not waiting or them to go bad. And really, there was something stupid about each one from the outset. Price? Seven years for a 31 year old pitcher means you’re hoping for 4 good seasons. Eovaldi’s health history made it questionable before the ink dried. And Sale was coming off an injury, and any notion the DD clearly checked him out before putting this deal together immediately came into question about 3 innings into Sale’s season when his diminished velocity lead to him getting battered about by a rebuilding team...
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I just want the farm analogy to stop. It’s a bad analogy. But talking about the state of the Sox farm seems to be relevant to the purpose of the forum, right?
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Please stop this analogy...
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What term do you prefer to use for calling trading multiple prospects for numerous major leaguers with varying degrees of effectiveness? Do you prefer “eradicated”?
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The Sox would have to kick in quite a bit for either since both spent most of the season injured and came back with questionable effectiveness...
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Ok, but I have always had the viewpoint that that was just part of the equation...
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But they all measure the quality of the final destruction, not the euphemisms used to describe the process...
