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  1. notin
    Actually what you said - which I believe to be absolutely true and well-stated - is a fancy way of stating “they want to save money.” Yes they want to win cheaply, but recent history has shown they will sacrifice winning before they sacrifice cheaply…
  2. notin
    Abreu makes sense. He isn’t going to replace Tucker in that lineup, but not many can. A 3 WAR Gold Glove right fielder is a definite upgrade over the Jake Meyers/Chas McCormack/Ben Gamel types that appear destined to start for Houston…
  3. notin
    Dead pull hitter, too. 72 career home runs, all of them to left field…
  4. notin
    Why is Crawford a giveaway? Or Abreu? You think 4 years of a 2.0 bWAR SP plus 5 years of a 3.1 bWAR right fielder is worth 3 years of a 2.7 bWAR third baseman? And I looked on BTV Abreu - $35.3 mill Crawford - $29.7mill Paredes - $29.5mill It seems as though at least one source thinks Crawford for Paredes is even…
  5. notin
    “It’s not a question of available resources. We operate using an internal valuation for each player and then follow up accordingly. Using this methodology we feel gives our team the best chance at success.” Whatcha think, on a scale of 1 - 10?
  6. notin
    You need to stitch that on a pillow and sell it on Etsy…
  7. notin
    Wow, Buehler already made the list of injury busts. I kind of get the Giolito inclusion, but bear in mind had he produced last year, he’d be gone now…
  8. notin
    Tend to agree. While much is made of the loss of his 1.180 OPS vs LHP, no one mentions the loss of his .693 OPS vs RHP. I’d like a RHH bat somewhere, but a lefty-heavy lineup that’s stronger against the much larger population of RHP in MLB isn’t some sort of death nail. The big problem with the SP was that the Sox never had a complete rotation once Giolito and Whitlock went down before April was out. Criswell was fifth on the team with 18 starts. Once Whitlock went down, there was enough season left for 26-28 starts out of a 5th starter. The Sox got a little over half of that…
  9. notin
    Not entirely sure that’s a convincing argument…
  10. notin
    The clearest path is simply move Abreu for a RHH 3b option and then move Roman Anthony to RF. No team needs an OF upgrade more than the Astros. According to Roster Resource, their starting outfielders are Jake Meyers, Chas McCormack, and Ben Gamel, which isn’t much to show for that $200mill payroll. I expected Pitt, Tampa and KC - you know, teams that don’t spend- to have the worst OF. But nope. Houston. Isaac Paredes isn’t an offensive force, but he’s a good defensive 3b with dead pull tendencies made for Fenway…
  11. notin
    It’s all Press Conference Speak. Nothing new. The only CBO who was blatant and upfront was Bloom. And he drew a lot of ire from people who held him to his words. Or worse, their individual interpretation of his words…
  12. notin
    Why not just DFA Abreu if you’re giving him away in that deal?
  13. notin
    He’s a year younger than Sale was when the Sox traded him away…
  14. notin
    Boston should bring back Pivetta and deal Crawford for a RHH third baseman. Bohm? Paredes? Either one creates an opening for Bregman, thus officially ending the off-season…
  15. notin
    Reportedly Suzuki was not wild about being primarily a DH. But with Gold Glover Happ in LF, future multi-Gold Glove winner Pete Crow-Armstrong in CF, and superstar Kyle Tucker in RF, where else could he play? I think he played some 2b/3b in Japan, but the Cubs have filled those roles with incumbent Nico Hoerner and former first rounder Matt Shaw. DH is the best fit. So I’m not so sure this deal is about cutting salary. Although it might a factor if the Cubs hope to extend Tucker…
  16. notin
    Most player/prospect yield minimal results. Considering the Sox had chances to unload all of Sake’s deal and get nothing, it’s a good sign they at least tried to get something at the cost of several million. And hopefully they don’t just give up on Grissom after a questionable spring…
  17. notin
    He’s still a 2 fWAR player despite the declining offense. That makes him worth $16mill per year..
  18. notin
    $4.5mill
  19. notin
    As it has been pointed out multiple times (all of them by me), he does have all his options…
  20. notin
    On this, 5Gold. When you were a kid watching “Casper the Friendly Ghost,” did you ever wonder how Casper the Friendly Child died?
  21. notin
    Yes. But there has been plenty of speculation about Devers’ shoulders. Are they healed? Or will Casas re-injure himself by performing another mundane baseball activity? Last year it was swinging. This year maybe he injures himself while spitting sunflower seeds. If one goes down, the other takes over 1b. But who DHs?
  22. notin
    They’re from the mindset of “we need to run Yoshida out of town and pretend the Sox will spend the savings!!” So I can see where madman fits…
  23. notin
    No more heavily than Boston is…
  24. notin
    If they can do better than 5-34 against Detroit, Kansas City, and Minnesota, it would help Boston. But it just seems more likely they take a few of those 5 remaining steps backwards…
  25. notin
    Not sure why Sox fans want Yoshida gone. If the Sox are supposed to be worried about the recent injuries to Devers and Casas, why should they trade away the bat behind them in line? Do people want a clear path to a 1b/DH role for Romy Gonzalez?
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