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Everything posted by notin
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But even if he was not allowed to make significant payroll additions, why avoid the waiver claims? And you can’t tell me John Henry said no to players like Anthony Bass, David Hernandez, Trevor Rosenthal, etc, but suddenly gave roaring approval over the decision to sign Chris Owings and Joey Curletta. I don’t think I’ll mind if he gets fired...
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The utility infield position, judging by the actions taken by Dombrowski during the season
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My overall point has been his inactivity this season. Do you realize the only reliever he acquired in 2019 is Andrew Cashner, a guy who only became one since flopping as a starter? How many players has Dombrowski made moves on this year with trades, claims and signings? Five? And of those 5, only two have seen MLB - Cashner and Owings? Why was he in on Owings and Cody Asche and Joey Curletta, but none of the dozens of MLB relievers to hit the market? I think I’m calling him an idiot because at least that gives an excuse for his complete inactivity since the World Series. Because if he isn’t an idiot, then that just leaves that he just doesn’t care...
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But with Fenway, is it the ballpark or Porcello?
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Or perhaps he would prefer a team where he’d have a better opportunity and therefore a better chance of pitching next season. Picking off table scraps left by Chapman, Britton, Ottavino, Green and Holder might not present him that chance...
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Ah but it’s one way to beat the dreaded shift...
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No but he is yet another missed opportunity. If DD had done anything for the bullpen besides sign Ryan Weber and trade for Colten Brewer, I’d feel different. Has Dombrowski added a single reliever yet in 2019 besides one guy who failed as a starter? (Weber and Brewer were both in December, 2018. And it’s sad that I can quantify everything so simply.)
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El Peasanto. But it’s close..
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The good thing about Chavis is you can stick him anywhere. He’s not elite (or even good) defensively at any position, but he is adequate everywhere. At one point, the Sox talked about trying him in LF. That might actually have to happen...
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So a 5.2 IP sample is enough? 11.2 K/9, 2.65 K/BB, 4.35 FIP. That’s better across the board than what the Sox are getting from Colten Brewer...
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I’d get to Vegas and place that bet ASAP!!
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Seriously? So DD gets Chris Owings but passes on bullpen help? My only explanation for his performance at this point is my new theory - Dombrowski has already been fired. But the Sox brass are keeping it quiet because ... well, there’s really no reason to, is there? So I guess Occam’s Razor applies and I’m back to my old theory - Dombrowski is an idiot. And not even one of those good savant ones..
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While I respect your optimism, I don’t share it. I do think the Sox will be following your course of action and not mine. And hey, the 1995 Mariners were 12.5 games back on August 20th and wound up winning a one game playoff for the AL West title. So it’s not unprecedented for this year’s Sox team...
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Play more Marco! Also, call up Dalbec and give him a chance. It's audition time for 2020!! Sox might as well see if they need any infielders for 2020 or if they already have them. And start the audition before September when the rest of the league floods their bullpens with AAA pitchers and ruins any evaluations...
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Didn't ask if we would. I don't see the two teams swapping young superstars. Just seeing what he thinks the price should be...
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THe funny thing is, Lackey is remembered as a good signing by a lot of people despite his horrific first two seasons followed by a missed third season. He did bounce back, but it's not like his trade netted that much - Joe Kelly and what was left of Allen Craig. But his bounceback season netted a ring. Consequently, JD Drew gave the Sox two good seasons on a five year deal, just like Lackey, but was never appreciated at all, despite playing for the same number of title teams. But Drew gt his ring in the first season and then nothing for the next 4. I guess it's also in the timing. Julio Lugo also won a ring here, but no one thinks he was a good signing...
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Would you trade Gleyber Torres for him?
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I applied through Indeed.com...
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My grandmother would be a perennial 40 HR hitter in Yankee Stadium. Of course I mean my maternal grandmother, as she was a left-handed pull hitter with line drive power. My grandmother on my dad’s side was just an old lady with no real hitting skills at all, but did have lots of doiles and hard candy and a vicious 12-6 curve ball...
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Guilty as charged...
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Hopefully if they do trade Betts, they reset and sign him back after 2020. They will be in a good position to do so given their past spending limits and available budget. But if I were to guess, they won’t move Betts until they have to. Not really sure what one season if Betts brings back, but it’s tough to imagine getting a frontline starter for him in a two team trade, simply because, with one year left, any team acquiring him is looking to contend immediately and therefore won’t give up a frontline starter. A team like Atlanta might deal a good prospect or two for one season and make a solid run at 2020. But I think Atlanta will be more interested in Barnes...
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Certainly possible, although a lot of ballots do come with the name “Mike Trout” pre-checked. But is Devers even the top candidate on the Red Sox?
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I wouldn’t call it an opinion so much as a theory. Not an unsupported one, but nothing that can’t be proven right or wrong for a few months...
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Johnson might be back, but it doesn’t make me happy...
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Not unless he takes a pay cut or money gets freed up another way...
