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Henry not looking to add much payroll
notin replied to jacksonianmarch's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
I still think he’s blaming Thunder for stopping watching Seagal movies... -
Well that may have been a negotiation ploy. The highest-paid relievers make about what he makes now under a contract for a mid-rotation starter. And if it was a negotiation ploy, it worked. Or, he just wants to start. Not eliminating that possibility either...
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The Sox are third in MLB at 5.51 R/G, behind only theYankees and Twins, while getting subpar production from Betts and Benintendi. Certainly it would be great if both could turn it around, but the season doesn’t depend on it...
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The “bullpen every fifth day” is s bad, Bad, BAD idea. The pen has been overworked and has underperformed. The idea should NOT be to try and get more innings out of them...
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Actually he would. He was a starter then, having throw a 9 IP shutout the day before...
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Trevor Kelley was called up today. He could be a real shot in the arm for this bullpen, meaning he could be painful and not enjoyed by anyone. Also make small children cry. Or not...
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I really hope the Sox don’t do the opener thing. Right now the main purpose of their rotation should be to keep the bullpen off the mound...
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While I prefer that idea, can he physically handle it? Even knuckle ballers have to have some stamina in their arm and shoulder...
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I think maybe a starter. I originally assumed a “starter turned swingman” who could go to the bullpen when Eovaldi returned. Then I assumed it would be Shane Greene Now I’m thinking a starter - with Mets’ PR blunder Jason Vargas climbing to the top of the list of affordable candidates...
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Especially since television was still in its early stages and televised commercials were only 8 years old at the time...
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I can wait for the official cause of death. But before anyone assumes it’s an overdose (or an adverse medical reaction), it is worth noting his father passed away at 40. So it could be congenital...
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In fact other teams stopped doing it a long time ago...
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Henry not looking to add much payroll
notin replied to jacksonianmarch's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
His PR department did clean it up a little... -
But we don’t even know who the fifth starter is...
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Henry not looking to add much payroll
notin replied to jacksonianmarch's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Whoa!! Are you justifying “Restgate”? -
Henry not looking to add much payroll
notin replied to jacksonianmarch's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Whatever anyone thinks about Henry as an owner, I can’t criticize him for being cheap. I don’t blame him at all for not wanting to spend more. As an experienced MLB GM, Dombrowski should be able to build a better team with a quarter of a billion dollars at his disposal. And I don’t consider Sandoval or Pedroia to be sufficient handicaps there. Even taking them out of the equation still leaves him with over $200 million. Not exactly a shoestring budget. It may not be easy. Hey maybe it will be. But this is the job Dombrowski signed up for, and a lot of the obstacles in turning this team around are of his own doing... -
Normally I agree. But like I said, I think this is more about Eovaldi than the Sox bullpen. Maybe full time starter duty this year is just too much for Eovaldi’s frequently rebuilt arm. Maybe it’s a choice of limited action or no action. This might not be the cautionary reaction I think you’re implying. It might be based on the condition of his arm post-surgery...
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Luis Valbuena also died in a car crash 3 months after being released by the Angels. But this Skaggs story is a shocker. Very reminiscent of Darryl Kile...
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I think with Eovaldi, you can predict it....
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Maybe he gets closer to Joe Biden?
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For his experience in the role, yes. But he’s paid in line with Davis, Chapman, Jansen...
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As I mentioned before, Halberstam talks about Sox and Yankee payrolls briefly in “Summer of ‘49”. According to him, the Yankees at that time were underpaid and the only way their players made real money was by winning titles. Back then, apparently low pay was a motivating factor...
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Sure we can. I get that teams in the hunt rarely (re: never) break up theirs team. But maybe I’m too stuck on this package, but I like the idea of Alex Verdugo and Julio Urias. Betts would be replacing Verdugo anyway, and Urias is in the bullpen....
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No but there is lots of evidence that pitching large amounts of innings is damaging to his arm. This is probably more about Eovaldi than the Sox bullpen...
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I liked Kimbrel and Keuchel over Eovaldi. But I can admit their prices then differ drastically from now
