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While I questioned Eovaldi at the time and Pearce after other facts were known, bringing back Bradley (who is still in arbitration) was the right move and Nunez exercised his player option, so DD had no choice in the matter this off-season. The Red Sox do have about $31mill in AAV tied up in Sandoval and Pedroia, but they still have over $200 mill in other players and plenty of teams have more money tied up in bad/inactive contracts or spend well under $200mill (or both) and have found a way to stay competitive. Those deals really aren’t some huge insurmountable constraint...
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It’s getting to the point where the announcement that he’s the new closer is the same lip service the Colts front office kept feeding their fans about the imminent return of Andrew Luck...
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I thought the Pearce signing made sense but I was unaware of the budget limitations at the time. I assume DD was aware of them. I didn’t like the Eovaldi signing because of his track record for arm problems...
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Not to mention the assumption that Sale is done. Sale’s peripherals are remarkably similar to his 2016 season, which wasn’t the end of his career, either. His HR/FB% is up this year, but whose isn’t?
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[mic drop]
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Yeah but the idea was to send Holt to a city he where he will not enjoy life and forget about Boston...
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And therein lies the problem. Dombrowski did what he’s always been known for - pay heavily for star talent in the lineup and rotation and ignore the bullpen. It’s the same tactic that kept Detroit as an also-ran for half a decade. It has worked for him on occasion, but had he ever decided to bolster the bullpen in Detroit, there’s a good chance the Sox don’t win a title in 2013. With the payroll he has, there’s no reason to leave such a glaring weakness on this team and no reason to throw a bunch of relievers at the wall and see who sticks. In Miami in 2003, you can pull that off. But in 2019, with a rest-oriented manager, this was a bad idea...
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To be fair, he didn’t say a team should improve every year. He said they should be looking to improve.. World of difference. It was a statement about complacency...
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But the journey gets tiresome when the team decides to go back and start all over again every 3 to 4 years...
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Then we’ll trade him to Detroit.
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Yes the big difference was DD had the mistakes of Ben to learn from. Ben had no such predecessor..
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And that was a huge mistake. Especially since the 2008 Red Sox at least had an influx of younger players like Ellsbury and Lester stepping into larger roles...
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The Sox goal was winning...
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The starters have been a big problem, but the bullpen isn’t without some culpability here. Most of which I pin on Dombrowski..,
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At the deadline, the Sox (or any team) areolikely to make 5 or 6 deals. Too much needs to happen too fast. If they really go into Sell Mode, it makes sense to focus on the more valuable and more sought-after trade pieces. Forget about Moreland, Pearce or Holt unless someone else initiates it. Focus on better trade pieces like Betts, Barnes, Porcello, and Hembree. And maybe Bradley..,
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The Sox have used the opener strategy a couple times this year. But not as much as Tampa...
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It’s a combination of the two. Not all innings are created equal. Because our RPs haven’t been very good, I expect they have averaged more pitches per IP than the pens in Tampa and NY...
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I’ve been on the “Deal Mookie” bandwagon for some time now...
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Porcello would be good for an NL team, since he’s actually a pretty good hitter...
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Although if this rule happens, KC is going to feel pretty stupid for DFAing Billy Hamilton. His one weakness was his inability to steal first base...
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Except that this one is stupid. A defensive mistake on a batted ball in play is one thing. But to give that same importance to each pitch?
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The Starting Rotation Performance Thread
notin replied to YastrzemskI's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
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Exactly. He wasn’t some great unheralded discovery. There was a reason other teams avoided him. Some of that was his injury issues, but a big chunk was probably that he just wasn’t anything special. It’s like when career tweener Aaron Small had that great run for the Yankees. Despite his success, it’s not like Cashman plugged him into the front of the rotation the next year. Small made a few more starts and then just disappeared...
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Which is how rebuilding works. You trade veterans for farm help and work back up by either developing that farm help or flipping the pieces for other major leaguers with more control.
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Anything that can be had for Moreland and Holt isn’t worth the phone call. Not at first. Sell the other names first. Cashner can be a lower priority as well...
