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Red Sox-Yankees rivalry extends to offseason
notin replied to BillyWilliams's topic in Other Baseball
While that game was by definition a regular season game, the entire AL East pennant in 1978 was decided by that one single run. Do you disputed that somehow or is this simply the best trash talk you have to counter that salient point? It’s certainly a better point than th “if the Yankees swept that 4 game series instead of getting swept” one I didn’t see you counter... -
He is a better fit from the perspective of being a left-handed hitter in a righty-heavy lineup in Yankee Stadium. But a worse fit than Machado with regards to position. At least, I think that’s where that writer was going...
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Red Sox-Yankees rivalry extends to offseason
notin replied to BillyWilliams's topic in Other Baseball
Except Game 1. Which ended with no runners on base. Really the only game that fits that description is game 4, and that Yankee rally was more a gift from Kimbrel than anything the Yankees did. (To their credit, they did willingly accept that gift.) -
So ... Dave McCarty 2.0? Either way, do my points and your assumption influence your decision on which was the worse pick?
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The difference is you keep highlighting Sox injury concerns but operating on the assumption all Yankee pitchers are going to be 100% all season long. Both staffs are going to have injuries. And as both rotations are stacked, those injuries will be to significant players....
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Mostly because it’s January 8th. There are still at least 50 unsigned free agents left, plus other possibilities. Not only can a lot happen, a lot will. All around the league....
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It’s a little unfair to hold picks after Ball against him when the picks after Groome have yet to have sufficient time to make the majors. If we are operating on the hypothesis that Groome never makes the majors, certainly people drafted after him are going to. Also, while Ball was picked higher, Groome only fell due to signability issues. Groome signed for nearly $1mill more. In the slot system, that balances out the draft pick number at minimum. And while Ball has apparently abandoned pitching, he is still in the system as an outfielder, which is probably the shallowest position in the Sox system. If Groome flatout retires and Ball goes on to be even a system depth outfielder (with maybe the occasional call up, like a Sam Travis type), do you still stand by that analysis?
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If that happens - worse draft pick, Jay Groome or Trey Ball?
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This year? Or ever?
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Red Sox-Yankees rivalry extends to offseason
notin replied to BillyWilliams's topic in Other Baseball
But they did hit the ball Benintendi made the diving catch on (which was in Game 4). And the Yankees did put up a fight. If the Sox didn’t score those last 16 runs in game 3 and if Kimbrel hit and walked a few more batters in game 4, you might have won the series... -
Red Sox-Yankees rivalry extends to offseason
notin replied to BillyWilliams's topic in Other Baseball
I think you might be confusing yourself with an Astros fan here... -
Must be nice to have such bastions of health like Paxton and Tanaka in the rotation...
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Velasquez is likely to be AAA support as he has options left. Johnson and Thornburg round out the pen as it stands today...
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Apparently the Sox are ubiquitous favorites to land him. Atlanta is the only other team getting mention. I see fits on the Cubs and Angels, but the Cubs appear to be a complete spending unknown and the Angels were linked to Britton, but as far as anyone can tell, no offer was actually made...
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Herrera was someone that even as late as June looked like a great idea. But he fell completely apart. I wouldn’t have minded if the Sox got him, unless he was their only bullpen acquisition...
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He is down to waiting on Kimbrel, but it’s not the same as with Martinez, who had no other teams bidding. The Braves are reportedly in on Kimbrel, but they’re usually not tough to outbid. But the Cubs and Angels, while no rumors yet, could both use closers and typically have a good bankroll to draw from. I do think he is prepared to use Barnes, but I doubt that’s DD’s top choice either (despite that he will publicly say it was all along if it happens). But Kimbrel or not, the status quo for the pen is not a good idea...
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Which would make him unique how? It’s not like the news is overflowing with stockpiles of offers for relievers. Oh that’s right. It’s because every player in MLB is so dying to play for the Yankees to the point where they all are willing to take less money and reduced roles. I hear Bryce Harper is willing to pay the Yankees for the honor of being their batboy...
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But we all know that “interested” doesn’t mean “offers” and certainly not “good offers.” My guess is he signed with the Yankees because they had the best or possibly only actual offer on the table...
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Did Britton have other actual offers? And if so, for how much? I do realize not every offer gets reported by every website...
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It looks like the only debate is - is not spending heavily at closer the only way to build a bullpen? Right now, the Sox de facto closer is Barnes. It’s only January 7, so a lot can happen over the next 80 days. But if Barnes closes and they backfill his set up role with a good pitcher who doesn’t cost $15mill, is that necessarily the death nail of this team? Dombrowski does and always has valued the rotation over the bullpen, which may not agree with Cora’s managing style. So the question is- has Dombrowski learned his lesson from his Detroit days? We are talking about a GM who once entered the postseason with the three then-most recent AL Cy Young winners (Scherzer, Verlander, Price) and another future Cy Young winner (Porcello), but his closer was 39yo Joe Nathan. Is that what you really still expect from Dombrowski?
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If both teams offer 2/$24, then why does he choose setting up in New York over closing in Boston? And if the Yankees sign him, will it be an obstacle in the pursuit of Machado?..
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Maybe for Ottavino? Not for Kimbrel. Now maybe Kimbrel comes back on a 1year / $18-20 mill deal, assuming Henry allows the expense as long as it doesn’t hamper a reset (if the budget constraints are real)...
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The only real difference than is Span. The prospects dealt by the Mariners were weak, to be kindMoore was ranked 8th in the Mariners farm in mid-season 2017 by some and Romero was outside the top 20 of what was also a bottom third farm system. And citing their post-trade accomplishments doesn’t change what their status at the time of deal was. It’s not like improving is something limited to Mariner minor leaguers. Actually predicting a trade like this is difficult, but plenty of deals are made because GMs often value players differently than fans and scouting organizations. The Sox do lack the prospects to add major pieces, but could certainly add a reliever similar to Smith (who, again, has only one year of control left) using some combination of players like Chavis, Dalbec and Hernandez, whose status has apparently risen with his recent AFL success.
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It’s not a fallacy; it’s a hypothesis. It is very likely he is working on a budget and trying to win in 2019 without leaving an impossible situation in 2020 and beyond. If he was simply on it for 2019 and had a blank checkbook, why are the most notable additions to the bullpen to date two guys named Colten Brewer and Domingo Tapia?
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Keeping 2020 in mind is NOT the same as resting on laurels, andd the fact that so many key players are free agents after 2019 is more of a reason to keep 2020 in mind than it is to just worry about it later. My guess is Dombrowski plans on having a job then, too. If the goal was solely 2019, why Eovaldi over Kimbrel? Eovaldi was only with the Sox for 12 starts and 54 IP - hardly numbers one would associate with a core starting pitcher. The answer very likely he was brought back with not only 2019 in mind, but also 2020 and beyond, as Sale and Porcello could both depart. Kimbrel might return still. But not with a contract that Dombrowski figures to hamper his ability to re-sign Betts or whoever. I do think he knows what he’s doing and his plan isn’t simply 2019 and then “see what happens.” Because he knows that if the team sucks in 2020, no one will say “Yeah but we won it all in 2018, so it’s ok.” Just like no one said it about Cherington in 2014...
