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But it wasn’t contrary to mine. It is possible to say DD traded away the Sox farm system without it being a complaint. It actually happened. It’s a part of the history of this team. I can provide links and everything for proof...
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His career didn’t start in Boston. I’m talking about his MO. Outside of going all in for a closer, he’s basically being the same executive here he’s been for a long time. The entire point was when the Sox prospect pipeline falls, the Sox aren’t very likely to go into some sort of freefall due to a dearth of minimum wage players stepping in. Sure there will be some, probably of lesser quality than we’ve been seeing recently. But he’s still going to spend to do things like keep Betts and/or Bogaerts, sign free agents. I doubt the 220 payroll will be under $220mill. And while the team won’t have superstar big names at every position, they will still be competitive. Just like we expect them to be this year even if Barnes and/or Brasier wind up closing games...
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I suppose. Basically he trades lots of prospects. That doesn’t mean he trades all his prospects . He even held on to a few in Detroit, like Castellanos and Rondon. The bottom line is, he’s going to spend to retain some good talent, because he is allowed to. The Sox won’t be having as many good minimum wage replacements, but the team likely won’t go into a complete free fall thanks in large part to their large payroll...
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He inherited both, and Devers was the only top prospect he didn’t trade..,
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The cliff has only to do with the Sox getting some good minimum wage talent to offset the high-priced stars. But make no mistake - they’re going to spend for those high-priced stars. As long as Dombrowski is here, he’s never been a GM to depend on his farm system for anything more than trade fodder and the occasional minimum wager...
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One thing is for certain regardless of the differences in the game today vs a century ago. Ruth would do a better job hitting against Ottavino than Ottavino would do against Ruth...
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But they also lost a bunch of prospects in some illegal signing scandal, so imagine where their farm could be...
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There was never any question he was going to decline it. If you look at the small percentage of players who have accepted a QO, they’re all players who were not among the game’s elite and were never going to get an annual salary even close to that amount
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Love to see Buchholz back, but he some think he might be out of the Sox budget...
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James Harden with 23 straight games over 30 points scored.
notin replied to moonslav59's topic in Other Sports
Imagine OKC if they had been able to keep Harden, Durant, and Westbrook together... -
And yet he walked fewer per nine than Aroldis Chapman...
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Yes his one career inning at Fenway should be the decisive factor here. Also, Kimbrel got hit hard that day, too...
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Well,it couldn’t have gotten ranked any lower without league expansion...
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By message board standards, it’s actually a fairly reasonable trade for both teams...
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The trade off is he’d be about 125 years old....
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What does Swihart have to do with this?
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Cut Jeter some slack. He’s trying to build the Marlins and the Yankees at once...
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So... not going to mention the -0.1 fWAR Steamer projection for Guerrero? Also, many others seem to think Drew Streckenrider will get the majority of the 15 or so saves for the Miami Marlins this year....
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He’s certainly wrong about Babe in how he describes him, which, while consistent with the footage and pictures from his later career, is apparently inaccurate with how he looked i his heyday...
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Or maybe Blake Swihart for 28yo Tayron Guerrero? The Marlins might not even mind the athletic Swihart (who can fill their lefty bench multi-position void created by non-tendering Derek Dietrich) even if they never trade JT Realmuto, which is looking likely given that this is a saga closing in on completing it’s second full off-season. Guerrero is a minor league journeyman who did manage to get his fastball velocity up into the “Dombrowski Takes Notice” range. But he’s got some control concerns...
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Will Smith, like Rodney, also has a higher salary and only one season of control left. Given how awful SF was last year will continue to be, the only question about his availability is “when?” And while certainly someone will point oout other teams could offer more than Boston, why haven’t they? It’s almost February. Oakland might not want to dismantle their bullpen (of which Rodney was a member for 2 months and 20 IP), but they also might not want to start the season with Josh Phegley as their starting catcher. I’m not the biggest fan of it, but a Rodney-Vazquez swap does make some sense for both teams. And the AAVs are roughly equal...
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Vazquez, Chavis, Dalbec, Hernandez, Feltman, Swihart, Sharwyn, Mata, Houck All you need is one GM who likes a prospect or two in the Sox system....
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Mychal Givens, Will Smith, Joe Jimenez, Fernando Rodney
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Vazquez was closer to .700 than Leon as recently as last year, but he still wasn’t close to it. In the last 3 years, each has topped a .700 OPS once and failed to top even a .600 the other 2 seasons. If Vazquez’ control and contract makes him more easily dealt for something good, he won’t be missed. It’s also really hard to say his departure leaves some sort of gaping hole when we won 118 games last year with him posting a .535 OPS. One could easily argue we had that hole already. I’m not even sure what the Sox could get for Vazquez; if it’s not worth it, DFAing Swihart might be the right way to go. But if Vazquez can get the Sox even a half decent bullpen arm, it needs to be considered...
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That’s basically the goal - to fill it for $5mill or less. A few names have come off the board for that price, but none of them were blatantly obvious missed opportunities. The closest might have been Justin Wilson, who is good and has someclosing experience, but maybe his $5mill AAV was too high. Hunter Strickland was another possible miss, but maybe DD isn’t a big Hunter Strickland fan. If so, he’s not alone. Strickland didn’t get non-tendered because his last team thought he was worth every penny...
