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Hey!! Thats my schtick!! You can’t do the I just called/texted/emailed/carrier pigeoned MLB personnel TO ME!!! -
I was thinking Martin and typing Slaten…
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This post also didn’t explain why Jansen and Slaten were unavailable…
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But he has been better than Kelly, Booser and Bernardino, which is important some times…
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Maybe to not go to a guy who let all 4 batters he faced reach base just last night when he had two fresh relievers in the pen. Or - facing Soto and Judge with the game on the line in the 7th. And those two up constitutes “game on the line” in that case. So why not Jansen? Saving him so he can face the 7-8-9 hitters on the ninth? That’s a solid use of your best reliever…
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It might help if Cora didn’t keep using the same bad pitchers in key situations despite them never succeeding…
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Why would their Sox move the best defensive SS above A-ball to 2b due to some underperforming offense? (He might even be better than the A-ball crew; I just don’t know any of them very well.)
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Kelly is a fungible reliever who will pitch out of a tough jam one inning and get pummeled around the ballpark by the bottom of the lineup the next. He’s the most extreme form of volatile. Booser needs to go. If Cora still has any faith in him, then maybe Cora should follow. Booser stopped being useful in late July…
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I’d rather they made moves to go for it than just got close and repeatedly gave up. And the last two years they did neither, which is the worst possible path. As for the deadline trades, they didn’t give up much. Yorke was the biggest piece, and they did get a future piece for him. Several of the others were going to require Rule 5 protection this off-season anyway…
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So you’re saying a team that goes 81-81 with a $250mill payroll with lots of long term commitments is in the same place as a team that goes 81-81 with 6 rookies? After all, identical records are identical records. The Sox have 3 ROY candidates (per this site) and (IMO) saw steps forward from 3 starting pitchers. Shouldn’t that count for something?
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Failing to do so was the biggest mistake they made this season. Plus, whether or not you think it’s going to be a successful move, you know I’m right that it’s going to happen…
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Barring unforeseen trades, if you think the Sox need that many pitchers, you’re going to be disappointed. A better hope IMO is that the Sox don’t foresee Whitlock and/or Fulmer in the rotation that is (and barring trades, I say this with a 100% guarantee) going to include both Bello and Crawford. Not one or the other. I also doubt the Sox guaranteed $10mill to Liam Hendriks so he could pitch a second string set up role while they bought a more expensive closer and another set up guy…
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Well lots of trades conjured by fans never happen. Was your ridiculous proposal equal or not? The Mariners did give up Kirby, but they didn’t exactly take back all our refuse in that deal…
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And wasn’t that trade ridiculous?
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Criswell could easily be a one season wonder himself. But he’s earned another shot in my opinion…
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Like Weissert and Bernardino, I will not mind off Booser doesn’t return next season…
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That you had to include $41mill in cash also shows it was ridiculous. A simpler one with no cash included would be Seattle gets Yoshida (-21) and Boston gets Castillo (-7.5) and Garver (-13), It works on their site because Castillo has 3 years and $72mil left on his deal plus a vesting option. But he’s only 31 and I don’t see the Mariners taking an offer like that seriously…
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Francona owns the top spot. I put Farrell ahead Cora. Farrell is the only manager in team history with three AL East pennants. That has to mean something. i know spending was cut under Cora,, but the spending done for Farrell’s teams (Sandoval, Rusney, Hanley) wasn’t always helpful…
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Is this a serious justification to equalize Abreu and Baty? So we should ignore that one player list his starting job while the other is in the running for AL ROY. But, hey, ZiPS said something 5 months ago. Apparently, as I paraphrase Douglas Adams, ZiPS is definitive; reality is frequently inaccurate.
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With JP Crawford signed for 2 more years and $23mill, interest in Mayer might be tempered….
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You want Campbell to play 1b without a mitt? Seems a bit cruel…
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If Seattle insists on equalizing the BTV values, they can call Texas themselves…
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No. They have Arozarena, JRod and the newly extended Victor Robles in the OF already, plus Raley and some younger role players like Cade Marlowe and Dominic Canzone. They have nothing at 3b. And no real 3b prospect in the minors, just a bunch of guys all named “Ben.” Who was the last good third baseman named “Ben”? I rest my case…
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Boston gets: Bryce Miller (55.4) Texas gets: Wilyer Abreu (29.7) Seattle gets: Triston Casas(27.9), 3b Josh Smith (23.9) Works out reasonably with current BTV values. When the off-season gets here and teams can make trades, most figure to go down as all of these players will lose some control. No idea how much each had when the current values were calculated. Boston gets a much needed SP, and clears RF for Roman Anthony and 1b for Kristian Campbell (his new home). Seattle gets a much needed hitter in Casas and upgrades 3b over the dregs they’ve been throwing out there all season. Texas deals from their 3b surplus to upgrade their near-bottom (in terms of fWAR) right field position. Everybody wins. Texas benefits about $6mill in surplus value, with Seattle losing maybe $4mill and Boston losing $2mill. But at these values, I accept that as equal…
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Casas (27.9) and Abreu (29.7) for Bryce Miller (55.4) Buy Campbell a 1b mitt. Done…
