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I think by the time most pitchers get to the majors, the whole concept of dealing with pressure is in their past. If you can’t do it, you’re not in the majors anyway. As for the last three, none of us knows if there’s more pressure than or not. And saying “most people “ in the game would agree” is 100% conjecture. You didn’t ask any of them and I didn’t expect you to. The whole idea of extra pressure in the role seems to only be supporters by the short leash typically given to new closers. Blow a save? Next! Most closers’ numbers seem to be consistent with any they had as non-closing relievers and the ones that differ usually only do so per sample size...
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Kimbrel isn’t signing a deal for fewer years than Joe Kelly did, unless the AAV is through the roof. The market for relievers is crazy, but close to last year. That means Kimbrel is likely to find someone willing to pay him somewhere among Davis, Chapman and Jansen type money. The complete lack of (public) interest in Cody Allen has me thinking he might be the market bottom sneak target. But that could change any minute now. Brad Brach is looking like King of the Discount Closers, if it comes to that...
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But it’s not just about the ninth inning. And the logic of “closing isn’t easy” is based on what? Not like any of us have been out in the ninth inning with men on base and Mike Trout up. How is closing different than any other non-mop up relief role? Really, I’d rather see a high leverage pitcher. The game isn’t always on the line in the ninth. It isn’t. A 3-run lead means a pitcher has to get 3 outs before giving up 3 runs. This is something every major league caliber pitcher can do the overwhelming majority of the time. But protecting a 1 run lead with men on second and third, one out and the 3-4-5 hitters up? Now THAT is a job for Kimbrel or whoever. And don’t pinch the pennies there...
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For all this talk about relief pitcher prices, the market seems better for closers than in previous years. Pitchers like Familia are barely paid barely better than set up guys like Joe Kelly...
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If the Sox do, it won’t be because of any of these signings...
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That’s a mighty big gamble for a player labeled a future superstar. Which of Ramírez, Weems or Jerez justifies that risk? Heck, what player drafted by any team in those rounds would have justified that gamble? The Occam’s Razor of the whole idea is they liked those players better than Betts at the time. But Betts became a superstar on his own....
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It proved the old adage “If you stand still, you’re roadkill.” It was a tough offseason to make improvements because the majority of the roster was under contract for another year or two and getting too old to make deals. One thing that really hurt that team was a foolish belief that Will Middlebrooks didn’t suck, as it required I -season moves that compromised bringing up younger players and eventually lead to the horrific signing of Pablo Sandoval. The failure of Garin Cecchini in the upper minors also didn’t help. I’ve said it many times - Middlebrooks should have been dealt for Peavy.
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And yet the Sox still took Jordan Weems, Noe Ramírez, and Williams Jerez ahead of him...
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Is Paxton really an upgrade? He’s a better pitcher, but if the Sox has acquired him I would expect a few reminders about how he has only pitched more than 136 IP onetime in his career. Lance Lynn, conversely, has only pitched less than 160 IP once in his career. (Although he did miss a season with TJ.)
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Plus the Reds didn’t re-sign Harvey, which leaves an open spot on their Disabled List...
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If you look at the careers of both, the level of improvement is up for debate. I guess Eovaldi is an improvement over a gimpy Pomeranz. But Pomeranz wasn’t really gimpy last December....
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Not if it was the Yankees...
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No one was more critical of Duquette’s signing and subsequent comments about Offerman. “Jose Offerman is one of the best offensive players in the game.” But in hindsight, I have to give Duquette some credit. While not among the game’s best, Offerman was actually a very good offensive addition to the Sox...
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Just asking if you got excited. He was certainly a superstar and a lot of fans were excited. He was a massive flop, however...
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1. He’s made way more than 3 or 4 bad movies. 2. He has an EIGHT MOVIE CONTRACT in place with Netflix. No matter how bad they are, he is going to make at least 5 more for them 3. The original deal with Netflix was 4 movies for $250 MILLION!!! Netflix extended it for another 4 movies and who knows how much more money. He’s the Carl Crawford of Hollywood... was
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Per MLBTR, both the Phillies and the White Sox are willing to outbid the Yankees. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2018/12/manny-machado-rumors-phillies-meeting-yankees-white-sox.html
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But if Tulowitzki is available for minimu wage, it does make trading Nunez and his contract more difficult. If it does come down to needing to shed $5mill, then Dombrowski will have done a poor job anticipating the market against his budget when he exercised Nunez’ option...
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It would probably be easier to find a taker for Nunez if he wasn't coming off an injury-plagued season. I think I'd rather have Nunez anyway. This isn't 2014 anymore where Tulowitzki was a dominant offensive force in the game. From 2015 thru 2018, Tulowitzki has an OPS+ of 97 and Nunez has a OPS+ of 98, so this seems like a lateral move at best. Not to mention, Troy's desire to play 2B is not known, but I can believe he would prioritize an opportunity to play SS over it, even on a bad team...
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The Scherzer contract drew a lot of criticism, but it's worked out so far. We'll see about Corbin and Sanchez. Ultimaltely the worst this deal does is hamstring them for 2 seasons...
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They might struggle to get a decent prospect for Voit, whose 27 and never did anything prior to his hit month in NY
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The difference here is Tulowitzki can’t sign a minor league deal like Phillips did. He’s still in the middle of a Major League contract with Toronto. All he can do is decide what team is going to pay him league minimum while he collects the balance from Toronto...
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Actually Netflix did give Adam Sandler a contract for his next 8 movies (actually he’s made at least 3 already including an atrocity called “The Ridiculous Six”).
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But why would they cut Holt? He still has an option left and can be sent to Pawtucket until needed. The Sox aren’t signing Tulowitzki anyway, not as long as shortstop-bereft Pittsburgh and Detroit are in the picture....
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Or Pedroia goes to the DL...
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Where?
