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  1. notin
    If Sale had gotten hammered again, I’d be more concerned. Even without the velocity, this was an encouraging game for Sale. Some nights, for whatever reason, pitchers just don’t have it. But Sale showed is he can be effective even without his best weapon. Not every pitcher can do that...
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    Most bubble players go there to die. Bryce Brentz and Sam Travis will probably retire as Paw Sox...
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    They re-signed Gardner to take his at bats. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Yankee fascination with Harper died the day they acquired Stanton. How many $300mill corner outfielders can any team handle?
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    That he also sucks at hockey and probably can’t even skate might also be factors here...
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    Is AAA even a necessary developmental step anymore? The International League is filled with players signed on minor league deals and 40 man roster overspill. The average age is like 28. It’s ok for a player to go there, but I don’t think it’s necessary...
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    I don’t even see signatures on these posts. Where are they? Or did I make some setting that blocks them?
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    How did you expect the Tigers and Orioles to be? The Mariners and A’s were the two teams that started the season early in Japan. As Cora made very little effort to get the Sox regulars going in ST, we might be looking at preparedness issues with the Sox. None of the Sox SP threw even 10 IP in ST. I think the price is being paid a little for that. There were positives to that approach. For example none of the Sox starters got injured in those games. But I can see it contributing to a slow start...
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    But with the best bullpen in the Major Leagues...
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    And if you bring a glove, you can be the starting right fielder...
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    Despite the Sox slow start against two teams that ramped up to start the season early, they’re still only one game behind the other AL East playoff “given”, who have been struggling against two of the consensus worst teams in the American League...
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    Unless it was a risk aversion strategy. Maybe DD thought Betts would be too difficult, so the idea of saving budget for him by letting Sale and Bogaerts walk was a bad idea that might have left him with nothing. Two birds in the hand...
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    Well let’s start with my hypothetical. It might be a bit much for them to give up, but would you trade Betts for Corey Seager, Julio Urias, and Alex Verdugo? Now typically these superstar trades involve prospects, but that’s because teams trading them are budget—conscious. Boston isn’t...
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    The good news for Betts is very few teams have a history of giving out huge contracts like the Red Sox, and even fewer GMs have a history of giving out mega contracts that rivals Dombrowski’s...
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    So do people choose to believe the Yale graduate or the two drug-addled ex-cons?
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    Hall’s case was insane. The Red Sox used to have an infielder named Julio Valdez who was arrested for statutory rape in the middle of a game, but evidently the grand jury found insufficient evidence to proceed and Valdez continued his career for a coupe more seasons. It was possibly all made up. But Hall was a serial predator...
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    Higher than what Mallex Smith’s will be this year once my waiver claim goes through. You have no idea the devastating effects of being on my fantasy team. Now behave. Or Marco Gonzalez is next...
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    It was a complaint of mine for most of the off-season. That and prioritizing Pearce over the bullpen. The list has expanded a little, but I’ve been beating this drum for weeks...
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    At the very least, are you in agreement it seemed silly that pitchers like Bud Norris, Alex Wilson, Nick Vincent, Tyler Clippard, and Matt Bush went for minor league deals, while the Sox passed on all in favor of Brian Ellington and Dan Runzler?
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    Of those names, I only listed Porcello. Moreland seems like a tough move, but Vazquez?
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    Don’t bring back Pearce and non-tender Thornburg and we could have paid for 88% of Ottavino, for example. I’m also surprised the Sox went all off-season and kept both Chavis and Dalbec...
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    Maybe moving Porcello or Vazquez or Moreland. I know he tried to trade Bradley, but what offers was he rejecting? Or are you saying moving any Sox players to free up money was impossible? At the very least, an entire bullpen plus of major league relievers went unsigned until March and DD remained uninvolved, despite many going for risk-free minor league deals....
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    I’m not so sure payroll is the limiting factor we thought it was three months ago, given the recent splurge on extensions. And moved could have been made to free up some money. This is now new territory for Dombrowski....
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    Well, those upgrades were with the Sox last year. As of right now, the biggest name on the 2019 Red Sox who wasn’t on the 2018 Red Sox is Colten Brewer, a man the overwhelming majority of us never heard of 12 months ago...
  24. notin
    Whether Denny has specific ideas or not, does standing pat work? I suppose it can, but the Sox did stand patafter 2013 and the results could not have been worse. Look at the Yankees from 1996 to 2000. How many players played the same position for all 4 WS titles? Four? Maybe five, if you want to consider Rivera a relief pitcher and not a closer. They had lots of turnover, especially in the rotation, where only Pettitte was around for the entire run. The bullpen was actually more stable, despite the rude thinking that relievers are crapshoots...
  25. notin
    First base? Rotation? Catcher?
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