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Everything posted by notin
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A nice summary. I like the deals for Sale, Smith and Thornburg. But I think Dombrowski gave up too much for Kimbrel and Pomeranz. ..
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If he is, it certainly helps that he came here after a division title and not the consecutive last place seasons
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I don't think any non-White Sox trashes Kenny Williams as much as me. And while I agree with Sale that Williams was out of line for going back on his word to LaRoche, I wouldn't be surprised if Sale's outbursts expedited his departure from Chicago ...
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Ok. My bad. He did have a bad history, starting with trashing Williams and Hahn over the whole Adam LaRoche thing. But then if hr didn't do that stuff, he might not have been available. Its not like thev White Sox had a bad team core to build around...
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No one said they hate Sale, but his actual real life that actions are being discussed and, in some cases, joked about. So quit being a judgmental prick and learn to read...
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Very true. Doubtful Lackey would have sat out for a year and tried to come back later. Because if he did that, he probably would have had to sign for that same league minimum. ..
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The dumbest part of that whole thing with Sale was he complained that the throwback jerseys were uncomfortable and the White Sox were more concerned with marketing than winning, but he wasn't even pitching that day. So why was that jersey such an issue for him?
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Was there ever a story about this? I looked around and never found anything. On one hand, it would explain what otherwise was a stupid trade. On the other hand, Lackey did play for the minimum in St. Louis...
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Did this really actually happen? Ive searched around and never found any stories where Lackey himself said thus. Ken Rosenthal wrote an article that stated retiring was Lackey's only leverage, but Rosenthal also stated an extension was a good solution for both parties. Then lazy and stupid writers like Tony Massarotti started citing Rosenthal for reporting Lackey himself threatening to retire over playing for the minimum...
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Not soft selling. Dombrowski was brought in to replace Lucchino, not Cherington, presumably because Dombrowski had worked gor Henry previously. However, Dombrowski wanted a more active role in roster decisions, and Ben didn't like the new direction for his role.
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And if we're being technically accurate, that is the very definition of being fired, just phrased as softly as possible. . And Detroit should have fired him. He overextended almost every good move he made well beyond usefulness, he killed the farm and failed to replenish it, and he never seemed to address yearly glaring weaknesses on his team...
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He had his good points and bad ones, much like any GM. I didn't like that he never traded any prospects, but then I also don't like Dombrowski's approach of trading them all
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It offends me when people say Cherington was fired, although I don't see that on too much on this board. But if we want to set the record straight, Dombrowski was fired and Cherington quit...
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Agree. Outside of Moncada, and even going back to include Guerra and Margot, a lot of fans justified the deals with "that might never pan out anyway." But panning out can be a serviceable minimum wage player who enables the Sox to keep Bogaerts, Betts and Bradley and whatever other overpriced players the Sox have...
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We have two. Mookie Betts and you, mvp. But your inclusioin might be more of an honorary thing
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But if Sale doesn't get the start, he might take a pair of garden shears and destroy everyone's uniform. ..
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Since arriving, Dombrowski has traded awayan impressive list of prospects. But let's not go overboard. In any BA Top 100 list, you have about 10 players give or take who go on to be star players. Another 30 who are serviceable starters, another 30 who are bench players, and 30 who never make MLB beyond maybe a September call up. Those of you from BDC might recognize this as Notin's First Law of Prospects or the 10-30-30-30 Rule. By the logic of this rule, we probably traded away one star, three other starters, some bench players and AAAA fodder. At most, four players we might miss. If it is 4, we did give up a lot. Quite a bit to give up 24 years of starting MLB service time, especially if 6 of them are from a star player. We better win a title or two to justify it. But it might be less than that...
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So minimum wage earner Roenis Elias should have a lot of surplus value at that valuation.
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65 innings spread out over 10 years doesn't mean much either.
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I thought you were all about Steamer projections this time of year
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And it will to some extent. Of course he's a victim of the numbers more so than actually pitching poorly sometimes. Last year he blew past the Guardians in the first, and if Chisenhall didn't hit a Pesky Pole home run that gets out of no other ballpark, he might have actually had a good outing. But as it wad thr post-season, there was a quick hook...
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Keeping Buchholz and using the options on Rodriguez and Barnes makes the most sense. We won't be able to get a pitcher with that type of contract unless he sucks.. Last deadline the Twins decided it made sense to keep the remarkably inconsistent Ervin Santana because replacing him would be too difficult even at his price point. Look how much mediocre pitchers go for now. It only gets worse at the deadline, because that's not a desperation tine for sellers nearly as much as it is for buyers...
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People make WAAAAAAAAY too big of a deal of post-season numbers like they are an indication of handling pressure when a lot of times they are nothing more than a handful of games spread out over several seasons. ..
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Unless he's doing 100 reps;)
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It is possible that they all do bad or are hurt and hopefully someone elevates up. That comment did remind me of the 2003 ALCS against New York. The Sox lost the four games started by Pedro and Derek Lowe, but won the three games started by Wakefield and John Burkett. Not that Burkett outpitched Pedro that week...
