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I don’t like Benintendi in CF either...
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Well, a last place team with 15 players with World Series rings...
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We weren’t going to get Jose Abreu for Santiago Espinal...
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Every organization has a Sam Travis already...
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If the Orioles do that, throw in Dan Butler and see if that’s enough for them to include Dylan Bundy...
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Well if we didn’t go 71-91, we might not have Benintendi. If you want a glass that’s half full...
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So who replaced Lucchino as the Corporate Scapegoat?
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It's not about waiting for them to develop. You have repeatedly said the Sox gave up "garbage" in their trades. Now if Yoan Moncada (97OPS+ in 549PA at 23 years old) and Manny Margot (OPS+ 86 in 885PA at 23 years old) were performing similarly on the Sox, would you recommend they be replaced? If so, you'd hardly be the only fan. But on the other hand, both players are only 23 and don't have much experience. Not to mention most of the payers the Sox have dealt away have not even reached the majors yet, including Kopech, Dubon, Basabe, Espinoza, Guerra, etc.). I think calling them garbage is a bit premature. They might be that way, but not yet...
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Agreed. Reportedly the goal was to emulate the Braves’ farm system from the 1990’s and have a continual stream of prospects in Fenway. The Braves did manage a division title or two in that stretch...
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Except that he didn’t get fired. He quit. I know his critics struggle with this, but Dombrowski was brought in to replace Lucchino, not Cherington. Some articles even made it sound like Dombrowski was disappointed Cherington quit. Now maybe Cherington saw the writing on the wall and figured he had little time left. Maybe he figured he wouldn’t like his new (potentially reduced) role. Or maybe he figured he couldn’t work with Dombrowski. Or very likely, some combination of those three things. But there is a lot more print dedicated to him quitting than there is to him not getting another GM job because no team would trust him with their payroll. Now I don’t know if Lucchino was fired or asked to retire. But I think even Dombrowski should have respected the job Cherington did building the farm enough that firing him would have been a stupid thing to do...
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Christian Vazquez breaks finger, headed for DL
notin replied to Jasonbay44's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
It didn't look that way to me. If they got an offer they liked for Swihart 6 weeks ago, he'd be gone. It looked like they only kept him around because they feared losing him for nothing. If the Sox do think they need a BUC, they will not have trouble finding one. Those guys go from team to team as if they were the punters of MLB... -
Christian Vazquez breaks finger, headed for DL
notin replied to Jasonbay44's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Bryan Holaday reunion? I could also see the Sox moving on Jeff Mathis or Raffy Lopez or Dombrowski draftee Alex Avila... -
Or less pressure? There is always a trade off...
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The Sox did have Lester and Lackey for the majority of those years. Lackey was the rare free agent bust who finished so strong, many don’t consider him one. In 2015, the Sox didn’t have starting pitching. The 2012 rotation added only Ryan Dempster and won a title one year later...
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True. One of those seasons he was saddled with payroll limitations (and forced to trade Marco Scutaro), and saddled with the incompetent Bobby Valentine. His signings of Hanley (which I liked) and Sandoval (which I hated) certainly were bad moves for the franchise. Castillo will likely be another failure, although Rusney has shown enough of a glimmer that the jury should still be out a bit longer...
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Bill Simmons summed it up best in the book title - “Now I Can Die In Peace”...
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That wasn’t the question. All I asked was if they were here posting the same numbers, would you expect the Sox to give up on them? This isn’t a question about re-arranging trades; it’s about what is expected from a prospect and how quickly.
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Which means he might be on the radar. With Swihart moving to backup, the Sox do have room for him (or any upgrade, really)...
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Pre-Henry era, a lot of fans said that. But the past 15 years have spoiled a lot of Sox fans...
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If the Sox want to upgrade 2B, the Tigers just DFA'd Dixon Machado. I know Machado was only hitting .206/.263/.290, but he hasl had a .249 BABIP. On top of that, per fangraphs, he had a 25% line drive rate. Only one other player in MLB had a line drive rate of 25% or more and a BBIP of .249 or less, and that is Anthony Rizzo. Machado also had a 32% hard hit rate, which puts him about 15th in MLB for 2B. And naturalyy, he posts positive defensive numbers. Best of all - he's free...
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They are the most recent New York team to appear in the World Series...
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He's the Vice President of Baseball Operations. And apparently in charge of building the farm system...
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To be fair, all of those assets have had very little chance yet. Some haven't had any chance. If Margot or Moncada were putting up the same numbers here, would you think the Sox should give up on them?
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Ironic you ask they “groom” a young starter.,,
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For zero risk minor league deals, why not? There are some it made sense to avoid, but plenty of others that it didn’t...
