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But the important thing is to improve on what we have now...
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I don’t mind handing the ninth to Barnes. But right now the Sox third best reliever is Hembree. That needs to change, and not by Hembree or Brasier taking steps back...
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The folks at MetsMesmerized and I agreed on several names from my list posted someplace in this site. They like Holland and dislike Vincent much more than I do. And while I like Cedeno, I do hope the Sox avoid Sipp...
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The 2012 team was basically the 2011 team that dominated MLB from April through August but then suddenly just quit in September. They never really got going in 2012, some due to injuries, some due to the ineptitude of Bobby Valentine, but that Cherington had a fire sale trade in August was a strong indicator that management felt they needed a quick rebuild. That it resulted in an immediate championship involved the normal amount of luck, but also some excellent work by Cherington*, who rarely gets any credit for anything. *All praise of Cherington is in no way an indictment of Dombrowski...
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Well, when the Red Sox won, it’s luck. When the Yankees win, it’s dominance. And when the Yankees don’t win, it’s bad umpiring...
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And now MLBTR is reporting it might actually be Stephenson, Long and a pick. I guess the folks at River Ave Blues aren’t as plugged in as I hoped and who knows what Tucker Barnhart is doing. He might be crazy for all I know...
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Even if the Sox cut Thornburg and trade/cut/put to sleep Swihart, those are the two lowest paid players I mentioned, combining for about $2.6mill. That still leaves almost $8.5mill spent on twp bench players while the bullpen went ignored. Coincidentally, $8.5mill is the amount Cody Allen signed a deal for. Now maybe DD isn't a fan or Mr. Allen. To be honest, I'm not his biggest fan either. But he was starting to look like a worthwhile gamble. Right now, after Kimbrel, the top reliever on the board might be Justin Wilson. Wilson has some closing experience, and has played on Dombrowski teams before. And has never made more than $4.25mill. He is checking way too many boxes, albeit some in pencil, to be ignored...
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Call to the Pen calls that an underpay, given what Arizona got for one year of Goldschmidt. For a Gold Glove (6 in 6 seasons!!!) MVP-caliber player, you think Andujar and his -25 UZR/150 is not enough? Control is a factor, but the guy is a 1B/DH that needs to happen now, and if you're getting Barnhart, then those roles are filled. If I suggested the Sox could get one year of Dellin Betances for 6 years of Michael Chavis, you'd call that deal insane. Yet it's actually more fair than Andujar for Arenado, let alone Andujar for Arenado plus. Not every team is run by Derek Jeter...
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River Ave Blues seems to think the "2 prospects and a pick" is unlikely, although they specifically name Tyler Stephenson and Shed Long (#6 and #7 in the Reds system) as the prospects. But Tucker Barnhart did issue a cryptic tweet that many have interpreted to mean he is going to the Yankees. If the Yankees got Barnhart for Gray, that's a pretty good return, and if it moves Sanchez to 1b, that's probably for the best for that team as well...
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You don't think the majority of the 2018 Yankees will be retired by 2024?
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I’m willing to bet I can find at least eleven players on the 2018 Yankees who had one of their three best seasons of their career. So should we also conclude their 100 win season was a flukish overachievement?
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Thank you for that lesson in Team Objectivity...
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Not to mention, counting Doubront in for the “best season of his career” is stat padding. The guy topped 79 IP twice in his career, and one of those years was 2013. So it was the best of two? Real big outlier there. And Ellsbury’s 4.6 fWAR was hardly a freakishly good season. When with Boston, he had one season under 3.5 fWAR when he played at least 75 games. Now his 9.4 fWAR in 2010 was a serious outlier. Victorino had a rough 2012, but from 2008 through 2011, he was averaging over 4.0 fWAR per season. His season in 2013 was right in line. This may have been more a matter of getting a good player at the right time than anything else...
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He’s 24. Not exactly prospect age anymore and he’s been fairly slow and ineffective most of his career. But the idea of OF/P is apparently becoming a new thing, ever since Shohei Otani showed that it doubles your chance for injury. Matt Davidson is trying to add pitching to his repertoire. Michael Lorenzen is trying to add outfield to his. Is this some crazy new trend? Or will it disappear faster than the careers of Brooks Kieschnick and Christian Bethancourt?
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Email Dombrowski with your bullpen concerns. At the very least, I would have signed Cody Allen...
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Could the wife also keep herself warm by taking extra batting practice in order to have larger leads and be less dependent on her bullpen?
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I know a lot of it is influenced by betting action, but you’d think the Guardians would be at least inside the top 4 for 2019. There is no surer bet in baseball right now for making the postseason. Once the season starts, their Magic Number is 82...
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Nowhere near the bottom of the barrel. But getting harder to find actual impact relievers...
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The Dombrowski player evaluations rarely agree with mine (which is probably a good thing). But my list of the ten best relievers remaining who might fit into the Sox budget are: 1. Justin Wilson 2. Nick Vincent 3. Zach McAllister 4. Brad Brach 5. Ryan Madson 6. Xavier Cedeno 7. Hunter Strickland 8. Greg Holland (ok maybe a tough budget fit) 9. Alex Wilson 10. Shawn Kelley The Wilsons have both played for Dombrowski before, which does appear to matter.
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I suspected he knew what he was doing, but I am absolutely having my doubts. Whether he has something else lined up or not, he clearly prioritized the bench over the bullpen this off-season...
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If the Sox do, then why did they give $11mill to Pearce, Thornburg, Leon and Swihart? It is possible (likely) DD knows a little more about Thornburg’s health than me, but then his recent signing an subsequent announcement about Carson Smith isn’t filling me with confidence there. But the other three? Those are bench players who shouldn’t have been prioritized over bullpen arms...
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... pending a physical. One year $9mill is the early rumor. At this point, I’m starting to wonder if DD has lot his cell phone or didn’t pay the bill...
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I think there is a possibility that some of your posts are very ambiguous. If someone (rightly) calls out Sale’s behavior in Chicago as immature and the response is “Who are we to judge....”, that certainly can look like an attempt to overlook what he did. Would you agree that’s possible? Or like in another thread, I was talking about the Sox weak farm, and you replied about their potential to develop and in one mentioned watching the development of Benitendi into a rising star. Do you think that could be interpreted that you were saying at one point, Benintendi was also a weak prospect? Now given this medium, it is possible to respond to other posts and create confusion. But that only adds to the ambiguity.
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What if the Yankees get zero production at both shortstop and first base? Isn’t it amazing how Brasier is a crapshhot but Tulowitzki, Voit and Bird are locks to produce and Grigorius is going to step in and pick up where he left off by Memorial Day?
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There are also 47 unsigned free agent relievers. Not to mention 21 unsigned starting pitchers, not all of whom are going to find jobs in starting rotations...
