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  1. notin
    .728 vs .747 seems like an inconsequential difference. There’s no clear quantification,” with OPS but that comes down to something in the neighborhood of 1 single per 100 at bats…
  2. notin
    At least you read my rhetoric. Most of it, anyway. (And I don’t blame you there; it’s not all worth reading.) But the one caveat I have always made is free agency is usually a good place for relievers, especially when compared to starters. Because at least relievers often take much shorter deals and for much lower AAVs. They can also impact more games in a season than a starter…
  3. notin
    No. It’s not a fact. It’s a myth that’s piled on, like the Bermuda Triangle. It happened twice. DD and Bloom. And no one disputes Bloom deserved it.
  4. notin
    And I’m saying he’s the only CBO where the.blame gets bumped up the ladder all the time. Earlier I made a statement about Betts not accepting what DD was offering. This is 100% true and doesn’t put blame on either side, yet you chimed in to make sure it was Henry and not DD. Cherington made a lot of mistakes, most notably Hanley, Pablo and Rusney. (Although I think Rusney was neglected and underutilized.). I’ve never seen anyone say “well, Henry authorized and made those payments.” It gets silly with DD. I was a Bloom fan for a few years, but I’ve openly criticized him multiple times, starting with the Betts trade. But no DD fan seems to ever even permit others to criticize DD without immediately chiming in to his defense. Did DD do some good? Absolutely. But he also did some bad, and it doesn’t make you less of a fan to acknowledge that. It might even make you more of one…
  5. notin
    Oh my God. You’ve become one of them. Those Who Never Speak Ill of Dombrowski. To any degree. It’s one thing to be an overall fan of him or the job he did. But DD is human. I hear he even bleeds red. He does make mistakes. It’s ok to acknowledge them. I’m sure DD does…
  6. notin
    I’ve been saying - top priority should be Tanner Scott…
  7. notin
    Curious about why Dubon (5.7 bWAR) and Beeks (0.9 bWAR) are better than Moncada (14.3 bWAR) and Kopech (5.9 bWAR)…
  8. notin
    It’s arguable (and many believe true) that DD’s spending was the reason Henry tightened the purse strings. Spending $240mill for a World Series championship team is one thing, but spending $240mill for an 84-78 team that misses the postseason by a dozen games won’t help you keep your job…
  9. notin
    If you want to argue DD got good or better value for the prospects he gave up, that’s one thing. But the notion that no one he gave up has worked out is a complete fallacy. Michael Kopech is currently closing for the Dodgers in the postseason. Santiago Espinal was an All Star. Mauricio Dubon and Jalen Beeks have both carved out decent careers. Also, while not prospects, certainly Travis Shaw and Wade Miley both went on to far more successful careers than the players acquired for them (Tyler Thornburg and Carson Smith), who were both complete flops. Yet, like the Chris Sale trade, both deals made sense at the time…
  10. notin
    Would Xander have signed a longer deal? As he was one year from free agency at the time, I’m surprised he signed one at all, let alone a below-market-value one
  11. notin
    We nitpick moves from every CBO or GM. So do you. Why is Dombrowski supposed to be exempt?
  12. notin
    Easily done if we include a crate of tater tots. Anyone whose ever been to Minnesota knows that would work…
  13. notin
    Hey I thought his response of “well-informed baseball fans” was also sarcastic…
  14. notin
    All part of the Master Plan…
  15. notin
    Not when I get named Commissioner!!
  16. notin
    2019 was the beginning of his downfall. He let Kimbrel and Kelly walk and (as far as anyone can tell) replaced them with Colten Brewer. His pitching staff was expensive and oft-injured. And Mookie was unwilling to extend for what DD was offering…
  17. notin
    This Phillies team should be dominant on paper. All DD (or any CBO) can do is make them look good on paper.
  18. notin
    Or Detroit. I’m not so sure his MO is conducive to working his way out of it unless he has a Yankee/Dodger budget…
  19. notin
    MLB did it for decades…
  20. notin
    Kyle Teel for Bailey Ober? BTV calls this one-for-one proposal a fair trade…
  21. notin
    We already have Pablo López. Or at least, we did last year…
  22. notin
    I’ve been saying it for years - bring back Sunday double headers!
  23. notin
    They’re going to need us all to drive more to extend some global warming further into November…
  24. notin
    I’m all for fairness, although a salary cap with or without floor won’t establish it in MLB. But I also don’t expect the Sox to be able to maintain the spending pace those clubs established. And if the Sox have to do things on a lower payroll, I understand that and have seen it work even for prolonged stretches (Tampa, Milwaukee, Cleveland). Because what I haven’t seen it it work well for Boston, and it isn’t just because they “sign the wrong players”; it’s because most worthy players get contracts longer than Father Time recommends…
  25. notin
    They still have Alejandro Kirk, who grades well defensively…
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