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  1. notin
    Let’s not completely overlook Bregman’s highest AAV in team history contract that allowed him to control his own free agency. It’s a fairly nice enticement. Since 2018, the Sox are barely over .500 under Cora (and that didn’t count 2020, as he was not here). That includes his 2019 season, in which the team won 24 fewer games than the year before (second largest difference in team history). If the roster was a great one in 2018, what made it a .500-ish roster in 2019? What exactly does Cora bring to the table that gives his fanbase such dedication?
  2. notin
    Who did it before Cora? Cora has been around through 4 CBOs. At what point do we stop blaming everyone else around him and look at him? Or are you trying to argue that everyone else everywhere in the organization are the incompetent ones and Cora is just the victim here? And can we stop blaming the downfall of the organization on the Sale trade, as if no other team has made trades that didn’t work out? Wouldn’t the Yankees have been much better off holding on to Fitts and Weissert over the nothing they got from Verdugo?
  3. notin
    More likely, Cora is vastly overvalued. Hes the common link in a long chain of mediocrity. Even his supporters defend him with “but he can win if you give him a roster anyone can win with,” as if meeting expectations is some sort of super power. He’s been around almost as long as Francona, with nowhere near the track record. Heck his predecessor was fired for being more successful (and Cora may have had a hand in that as well)…
  4. notin
    Right! Anything but play first base, you mean!!
  5. notin
    And they want to run this like a Tampa Rays forum. Even if it means packaging mvp with dgalehouse’s contract to make it happen…
  6. notin
    Or more often with someone already on 2b?
  7. notin
    I’m not worried about Mayer. He’s been slow adjusting but doing well. His biggest obstacle will be Cora benching him against LHP during a lost season…
  8. notin
    McLain has a polished .631 OPS / 70 OPS+ this year. Mayer has a .690 OPS / 89 OPS+, but it’s very unpolished. The kids are fine. The Sox already white-flagged the season. Bring up Campbell, Harrison and the Password. Sell off Duran, Chapman, Wilson and maybe Refsnyder. And maybe fire Cora and look forward to 2026…
  9. notin
    Cora bailed on the entire situation at the word go…
  10. notin
    Yoshida could have been activated already if not for some questionable management and selfish teammates. The guy was a DH all through ST and then got injured? Im seriously questioning Casas’ worth. He is going to miss most of 2024 and 2025 because he injured himself 1) seining a bat and 2) running to first. Whats 2026 hold? He going to miss next year because he hurt himself fielding a ground ball? I’d trade him in a second if I thought he had any value (and I had a job that allowed me to do so). Most likely, he’s a non-tender candidate.
  11. notin
    That’s a bit presumptuous. Could any manager have won with those rosters? No one thought the 2025 roster was a .500 team in March. And essentially if his defense is, your defense boils down Cora essentially adding nothing. “Give him a .500 roster and he finishes .500.” Yeah, manager…
  12. notin
    Small samples but it is obvious what happened. i dont get why they didn’t wait until July 31st. Devers was probably being a complete tool, but he didn’t let it affect his hitting. Did Devers give some sort of deadline? Did SF? So now Breslow has to pretend to be a buyer for 6 weeks while the offense flounders and no one will sell him the replace he wants. (Why is Breslow ignoring that Toro stopped hitting, for example?)
  13. notin
    Jhostnyxon “The Password” Garcia was added to the 40 man roster last November..,
  14. notin
    Depends what they get for him…
  15. notin
    BTV says Duran for Painter is equal value, but Philly says Painter is untouchable
  16. notin
    Then maybe stop picking him up by his tail…
  17. notin
    I listed him among them. I think Duran, Chapman, Wilson and, if healthy, Hicks…
  18. notin
    The 2005 Astros were 37-44 after 81 games en route to losing the 2005 WS to the White Sox. The 2019 Nationals were 41-40 after 81 games...
  19. notin
    They’ll sell Duran and maybe Chapman. They’ll by Hoskins (or equivalent).
  20. notin
    SP - Kyle Harrison?
  21. notin
    You’ve combined Hicks and Harrison into one pitcher. Harrison is in Worcester, true. But he doesn’t make $12.5mill; he makes the league minimum. Hicks does make $12.5mill, but he’s on the Injured List with some sort of toe injury…
  22. notin
    The Nationals traded Soto with 2.3 years remaining, not 1.3 years. That extra year made the return for Washington MASSIVE. Devers was traded with more control, but also with some $280mill in guaranteed deals, which can be a pro and a con…
  23. notin
    Again, the direction for this year is already chosen. They’ve already started selling. Sure they might make some Rhys Hoskins/Josh Bell/Josh Naylor rental acquisition . But they likely move Duran and possibly Chapman, Wilson and maybe even Hicks if he’s healthy.
  24. notin
    They made moves that didn’t work out. Thats going to happen. At least the Sale trade 1) wasn’t solely about money and 2) made an attempt to get back talent. We’ve seen free agents not work out before. Thankfully Giolito has struggled on a very short contract. Ditto Buehler. Both deals end soon and the Sox move on. Neither will force extreme measures like David Price’s contract did when it went south. And the Sox aren’t packaging cheap talent to entice teams to gamble on Story or Yoshida, either. While some moves have failed, the Sale debacle was at lest the type of move you want to see, right?
  25. notin
    If it was only about the money, the Sox would have traded him to Texas and given up the entire contract. There is a good chance you’re (deliberately?) overstating Atlanta’s interest. They did insist Boston include money if Boston wanted anything of potential value in return. If they were, as you say, VERY interested, that feels like a demand that could jeopardize the deal. I mean, Boston had a 35yo oft-injured pitcher who had posted less fWAR over the previous 5 seasons than Martin Pérez. They traded him clearly not solely to move the money, but also tried to get something of value back. Would you prefer management that just unloaded contracts without trying to get back players and saved more money? Do you prefer management that clings to non-performing veteran talent and keeps their salaries on the books so as not to pave the way for other players? It really seems like you do…
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