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Everything posted by notin

  1. notin
    How did that Beckett extension work out?
  2. notin
    So are you saying you think the Sox would be better off signing Charlie Morton instead of Chris Sale? As said before, paying for the post-season gets you Pablo Sandoval. ..
  3. notin
    if the Sox trade Bradley and his $6.1mill salary and then promote Castillo and his$11.7mill salary, they only increase payroll by $5.6mill, which is easily under the payroll penalty limits. Doesn't leave much room for other upgrades. Or include the salary of any player acquired for Bradley. ..
  4. notin
    I know the Sox are not going to be able to replace Betts during stretches where he is injured. But they have to be able to do better than Swihart. He really is a waste of a roster spot. ...
  5. notin
    And there's really no point in trading him. They'd either need another outfielder or need a DH. Bury him best the back of the order
  6. notin
    He caused his own problems today. For all of his terrific control, he walked 3 hitters today. Two of them scored, the third drove in a run...
  7. notin
    If he is easily replaceable, why is he good trade bait?
  8. notin
    What's your point? This team has also made the last two post-seasons and only one other American League team can make that claim. Post-seasons can be heavily dependant on who gets hot, something any Major Leaguer is capable of doing...
  9. notin
    Disagree. I'm sure i can find a few World Series champions with weak bottoms of the order. The Sox are a pitching-first team right now...
  10. notin
    And probably not overly excited about defensive center fielders...
  11. notin
    But are they prioritizing his confidence or just seeing how he pitches? This isn't a team that is strategizing how to win. They want their young guys throwing well. If Rodon retires Martinez, wouldn't that bolster his confidence? And if he fails, big deal. The guy is crushing everyone anyway. Teams more concerned with winning will pitch around Martinez. But right now, the Sox are not playing those teams. ..
  12. notin
    And the idea of trading Bradley to the Reds for Gennett is silly. Not only do the Reds have center field defense pretty well taken care of, but then the Sox have no one to replace Martinez at DH if he goes to left field. So the Sox weaken the defense and move one of Holt or Nunez to bench so they can get more at bats for Swihart or Travis? This doesn't seem like a good plan to me...
  13. notin
    Moustakas is already in to his plate appearances incentive bonuses and has a $1mill buyout as opposed to Freese, whose base salary is $4.25mill with a $500k buyout. Moustakas is more expensive, but it's a lot closer than I realized. The only advantage to Freese is the comparable dirt cheap asking price..
  14. notin
    Well, the tank mode White Sox are probably more into seeing how their younger and injured pitchers are coming along thsn worrying about whether or not JD Martinez beats them. What do they learn about Rodan's recovery if he walks Martinez?
  15. notin
    And Devers looks pretty weak this year. While demoting him might not be the best thing for Devers, playing him everyday might not be the best thing for the Sox. Bradley contributes defensively, making his struggles at the plate a little more tolerable. If the goal is to win a World Series this year, is Devers with his offensive struggles and defensive limitations really the best option at third for the rest of thr season?
  16. notin
    Moustakas would put the Sox over the payroll limits. Someone cheaper like Freese or Forsythe fits their budget better. An interesting thought that might work is Bradley for Moustakas. But 2+ years of Bradley for a rental 3b might be a deal Dombrowski doesn't like to make...
  17. notin
    The buzz on Bagwell didn't start until almost 20 years after that trade. I'm sure the Sox had a few steroid users between that deal and the start of the buzz...
  18. notin
    When is it time to think about denoting Devers? The Bradley trade thread was started a month ago. Devers had been as bad or worse since that time. At some point, should the Sox think about maybe trading for an infielder like Jed Lowrie or Logan Forsythe or David Freeze and demoting Devers?
  19. notin
    Yes and hindsight isn't the best basis for criticism. And thst is a good point about the insane Puig...
  20. notin
    Post-season stats are practically worthless. They are always a small number of games spread out over several years. ..
  21. notin
    Maybe the Sox should have traded Bradley for Puig when it was offered. After a very slow start, Puig has been on fire...
  22. notin
    Right. Wheeler threw 86 IP over the three previous year and isn't a health risk. And per your argument, David Price was never a power pitcher...
  23. notin
    Its like the "this team doesn't hit good pitching" argument...
  24. notin
    LaRissa did say that, but it was a one year opportunity. Did Renters also "wilt" under the intense spotlight of Detroit? Hr looked injured to me. I remember noticing that he never once diving for a groundball....
  25. notin
    Platoon Moose and Devers? Two lefties? Platoons are small market baseball. When teams can't afford one good player, they go out and find two dirt cheap bad players to take the single role. It's like when Jerry and George starting dating the one girl on Seinfeld. "The two of us, working together at full capacity, can do the job of one normal man!"
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