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  1. notin
    But in order to miss the postseason, the Yankees would need to lose 5 games on the standings to Texas with only 15 to play. The lead is 4 games but the Yankees hold the tiebreaker. It will take a monumental collapse to miss the postseason for the Bronx Bombers. Especially since they have no games left with Texas…
  2. notin
    Not really. Detroit’s record has them 0.5 games ahead of Toronto for best record in the American League. Unless they have wrapped that up along with the home field advantage that goes with it, don’t expect them to sit Skubal. And if Houston can challenge them for second seed, expect them to go all in trying to secure the first round Bye…
  3. notin
    Lowe’s recent history is hardly the most alarming part of this lineup. Everyday they use at least two from Eaton, Refsnyder, Hamilton and Sogard. These are all players whose CEILING is “last man on an MLB bench” and the only reason they’re surpassing it now is only one player can be the last man on the Sox bench…
  4. notin
    That’s odd because you think almost no one deserves one…
  5. notin
    The Sox weren’t going to finish up 16-0. I’d rather lose to Oakland than NY…
  6. notin
    Add my name to the “no chance Pivetta gets a QO” list. Assuming I am not the headliner…
  7. notin
    Hes a career .265 hitter with a Gold Glove at 1b. But as he is due to make some $11-13 million in his final year of arbitration, coupled with the potential return of much cheaper Casas and possibility of the pre-paid Campbell, Lowe is a very likely non-tender candidate this off season…
  8. notin
    Skilled defender. Fast baserunner. And no obviously better replacement below him. The injury to Mayer is another factor…
  9. notin
    Different draft board or not, the Sox could have never traded Priester and still selected and signed Eyanson with the same pick. It’s not like tying Wade Miley to the AGon/Crawford/Beckett trade with the Dodgers. The Six dealt players (De La Rosa and Webster) from that trade that they otherwise would not have had in order to acquire Miley. The Sox still had that same pick that they used to select Eyanson. The slot money could have come from that pick and another pick…
  10. notin
    I assumed he would accept the QO…
  11. notin
    Keller has a surplus value of $16.8mill, not $72.4mill, per BTV. Campbell alone has a surplus value of $32.9mill on that same site. Sandlin ($4.8mill) and Mullins ($2.3mill) alone are nearly half the value…
  12. notin
    Think he cannot get a better offer?
  13. notin
    I suppose thsts your option. Of course shouldn’t considering him part of the return entail him (or his pick) being a Brewer if the deal never happened?
  14. notin
    Never do that again or I will throw a Fitts…
  15. notin
    And to do so with such illustrious hitters as Narvaez, Eaton and Sogard…
  16. notin
    I read somewhere Harrison was working on both a new pitch and a new grip for an existing pitch. If so, that would explain not only his mediocre numbers to start in Worcester, but also why other itcherscwere primoted first. of course the Early promotion is silly to count against Harrison; Kyle was to be promoted last week (earlier than Early) but instead injured his ankle…
  17. notin
    Absolutely. The Sox were wrong to keep Ortiz especially in the 2013 ALCS. I mean, other than one measly game-tying grand slam in the 8th inning of game two and prevented the Sox from going down 0-2 at Fenway, what exactly did he do in that series?
  18. notin
    Definitely not Phillips as his pick was a direct result. The Sox might have taken Eyanson anyway and saved bonus money on another pick. Maybe they don’t take Godbout and draft a more singable player instead. Whether or not there is a penalty system is immaterial. Most teams have budgets for signing pucks and the system for DECADES was to draft signable players and let the higher ranked picks fall as needed.
  19. notin
    Since folks are still hung up on the trade deadline activities not being as happy as we needed, Joe Ryan has been getting torched since the Sox failed to acquire him. He’s been barely better than May, but would have come for a much more significant cost. Time to let go of Ryan…
  20. notin
    He clearly did try to secure another arm - Dustin May. Just because a trade doesn’t produce the desired results doesn’t mean it didn’t happen …
  21. notin
    Ok but why the accusation that he lacks interpersonal skills?
  22. notin
    Does he? What are we basing this on? Hopefully not TV appearances. Theres a big difference between having interpersonal skills and handling yourself in a press conference. I speak from experience. Always had some social awkwardness, but I was always and still am a terrific public speaker. Go figure…
  23. notin
    Or the AGon/Crawford trade where the Sox unloaded a boatload of salary commitments for absolutely nothing. I think the most productive player they acquired was Wade Miley, who was only linked to that trade indirectly (acquired from RHPs Rubby De La Rosa and Allen Webster, both of whom were acquired from LAD) and who still stunk ( and was apparently a very unpleasant human being).
  24. notin
    Really it comes down to that by including a pick, Milwaukee essentially upped the Sox draft pool money. But Milwaukee had nothing to do with how Boston allocated that money. Its like that Bible story - and I will do my best here - where the master gives each of his three servants several talents (which were large sums of money) and the one loser servant buries them in the backyard. Meanwhile the second one built a house of sticks or something while the third one drafted Marcus Phillips and used the savings on a later round pick. So the master naturally chastised the one who buried them, until he learned they had blockchained into Bitcoin. Sunday school was a long time ago and clearly too early in the morning. Bottom line - don’t drink and drive. Plus no one credits the master for anything in that parable…
  25. notin
    That’s a stretch. While I get your point that the money saved helped sign Eyanson, the Sox were going to draft someone in that slot regardless. It’s not like they even knew Eyanson would still be on the board. It’s like saying taking Williams Jerez was a good second round pick because the Sox saved enough money to go way over slot on Mookie Betts. Phillips was from a pick in that deal the Sox otherwise dont have. It’s not the same…
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