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Everything posted by notin
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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...
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“Didn’t hurt us today” isn’t really a selling point. The Sox don’t have a lot of talented young, cheap pitchers. But they do have a lot of flexible fringey pitchers they can mix and match on the roster. They have lots of flexibility due to the options still remaining on Poyner, Lakins, Shawaryn, Reyes, etc. If these pitchers are effective, they can go to Pawtucket. The one guy they’re stuck with is Johnson. His lack of options could be a handicap...
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Using figures from here https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/boston-red-sox/payroll/2020/
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If Mookie gets $25mill, which is likely, that leaves $32mill for Bradley, Barnes, Hembree, Wright, Workman, Benintendi, ERod and Leon. That total of $57mill isn't just for the raise; it is for the whole salary. Bradley would command the biggest chunk, from $10-12mill. Benintendi and ERod probably looking at a combined $13-15mill. That leaves $5-9mill for Barnes and Workman and maybe Hembree. I suspect Wright and Leon will get non-tendered. If Barnes and Workman get even a paltry total of $4mill combined, that leaves $1-5mill for new acquisitions (and Hembree). Still want a new closer? Or another fifth starter? This is why I suspect Bradley and Hembree to get non-tendered, and Barnes to get traded...
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Actually it appears the big change he made was going from an open stance to a very closed one...
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The funny thing is, if Aquino can keep up that pace for the rest of this year, he would hit 40 home runs in 55 games. That's almost 120 over a full season....
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You can put one of those model rocket engines inside it and make it even more fun to watch...
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Well, the Sox have been giving Johnson a small chance, but he has done absolutely nothing to pique anyone's interest. I suspect he is DFA material this offseason...
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If you like UZR, Billy Hamilton will certainly be available and no one wants to pay him anything close to that value. Or the Braves might be willing (reportedly they are) to move on from Ender Inciarte, who is owed $16.4mill over the last 2 years (with an option) of a contract with a $6.1mill AAV. Inciarte might be a good "buy low" candidate. Also, Lagares UZR is pretty bad this year, but it is typically very good...
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Thinking this is just sarcasm...
