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We have no choice but to live through it, but this could be worse than 2014-2015. The Sox had a better farm back than and no daunting contracts like Price and Eovaldi. All the current buzz is that the Sox have no intention of exercising that first “one last time” option.
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If JD does opt out, expect him to receive the dreaded Quailfying Offer that further limits his appeal. It's just another reason I don't expect him to...
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The only name the Chicago press is focusing on is David Ross, which would be a stupid hire in as much as he has never coached anything more than his kids' little league teams...
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I'm doing what little I can with limited ability in this medium and the fact that I'm trying to make 30 year old pop culture references. There are people reading this who weren't even born when that show went off the air....
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Nice condition. What about if we have those years of suffering? Whoever takes over for Dombrowski has a pretty arduous task and the outcome is less likely to be positive...
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I think everyone agrees that is where we are. The problem is, it doesn't bode well for the next season or two...
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"Ehhhhyaaaaaaaaahhhh that's a common misconception. It was originally the ancient Egyptians who invented what we call writing. It was the King Cheops who wrote down the blueprints for the pyramids based on instructions from the aliens...." OK it's really hard to do a Cliff Claven impression on a message board...
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At some point, there is the potential that Groome will be a factor as well. And really, ranking a farm system is all about ranking potential...
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"Ehhhhyaaaaaaaaahhhh actually it was the ancient Sumerians who first had the concept of the modern farm system.... "
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Aren't the Sox standing on it and looking down?
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ALDS: Minnesota Twins vs New York Yankees
notin replied to jacksonianmarch's topic in Other Baseball
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The Sale trade was the cost of doing business. Someone good had to go, and if we had dealt Benintendi, we'd probably still see this same discussion with those two names reversed. The initial asking price for Josh Beckett was reportedly Pedroia and Lester and the Sox managed to get away with a package of Hanley Ramirez and Anibal Sanchez. I'm sure a lot of people hated that trade when Pedroia had a .561 OPS in 2006 and Lester had a 4.76 ERA, meanwhile Hanley had a .833 OPS that first year and Sanchez threw a perfect game. But I think we most people now agree the Sox traded the right two players there...
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Fractured his kneecap on a foul ball a while back and is out until next year...
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So is Trent Gresham the new Bill Buckner?
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That's not how it works in the NFL. The only option is to hold out, and while MLB rarely sees that issue, it has happened, notably in the 1990-1991 off-season when both reigning MVP's Rickey Henderson and Barry Bonds held out....
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Given no budget limits, I'd like to see all of them back except Moreland, who I'm a bit indifferent on. Of course, I can only judge him as an MLB first baseman and not as a teammate...
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That's how we got Lars Anderson...
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Does winning in 2018 justify all the moves that were made to build that club? "We might have won with different players or we might have won with different trades but those are just 'might's. Yes, the farm is weak and there aren't the players we'd like to have to fill positions in the next couple of years but I'll live with that every day for the 2018 season and the World Series Championship." Just substitute farm system for defensive shortstop, and is that statement still accurate? Not sure why people think it's horribly incorrect to appreciate the title, but critisize some of the moves that got you there. That's OK. But be consistent about it. (I didn't like the Peavy trade, either. I wanted to see the Sox just deal Middlebrooks directly to the White Sox for Peavy and keep Iglesias at 3b.)
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Was he talking about the baseball team?
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I'd have more faith in the Brewers if Yelich was playing...
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It's even funnier when we ask him to apply the same logic to the Jake Peavy trade...
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Personal guess - not a lot. Maybe Dalbec and Hernandez...
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If JD opting out means keeping Betts, is it a bad thing?
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Yes and how much of that will come from the farm system?
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If you like depleted, that's fine. Right now the Sox are trying to cut their payroll but have limited minimum wage players ready to step in. That can be devastating...
