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  1. notin
    A reboot of the 1984 World Series? With Tarik Skubal playing Jack Morris and Kerry Carpenter as Kirk Gibson. I do think casting Colt Keith and Javier Baez as Whitaker and Trammell were poor choices. I’m ok with Tatis as Tony Gwynn but Jake Cronenworth’s Steve Garvey feels shallow…
  2. notin
    I’m definitely in a minority but I wouldn’t mind if KC won and the media ignored the coolest streak in sports as LHRP Will Smith would win his 4th straight title with 4 different teams…
  3. notin
    And lost in Frazee’s legacy is he owned the team when they won the 1918 title. The 1919 team came in 6th and that preceded the sale of Babe Ruth…
  4. notin
    f*** Philadelphia. San Diego, baby. But ultimately as long as neither the Yankees nor Dodgers make it, and especially not both. An Ohtani-Judge World Series would make for insufferable television’…
  5. notin
    Watching the ones I can. Just not posting about it
  6. notin
    Well, it’s when Henry’s pact with Satan expires, if thats what you are referring to…
  7. notin
    Some is adjustment. Some is health/durability. People talk about him like the Sox put some Vince Papale type garbage man out there…
  8. notin
    Yoshida played 7 years in NPB with a career .960 OPS and 133 HRs. His numbers there were fairly comparable to Seiya Suzuki. It’s not like he was putting up Nick Punto numbers overseas. He just hasn’t hit as well as Suzuki so far…
  9. notin
    “Sustainable” also means “don’t get attached to young superstars that refuse team-friendly, long term deals early on in their service time”…
  10. notin
    Ok all of this was divulged prior to 2020 when they said they wanted to duplicate the Rays’ methods and start competing with a consistent pipeline of young talent that negated the need for eight-figure hired guns every year. They even hired a Rays’ front office guy to get it going (possible subtle hint). I think most of us didn’t want to believe it would take a few years to get the 29th/30th ranked farm system in place to do this, but in hindsight, this is clearly what happened…
  11. notin
    Until he added “this year we’re going FULL full throttle!!”
  12. notin
    2039-2040 off-season. I thought it was obvious…
  13. notin
    Cherington was likely more of an issue than Bloom, as Cherington’s commitments of some $280 mill (or so) to Hanley, Sandoval, and Rusney Castillo ultimately proved useless. I won’t count Porcello, because at least he worked out…
  14. notin
    Sale (and Bogaerts) signed after the Betts negotiations broke down. I got the impression they were Plan B. If any single existing contract prevented the Sox from signing Betts, the only one that makes sense is Price with its $31mill AAV that went through the end of 2022. Most likely it was the Big Picture with numerous 8 figure AAV deals including Price, Eovaldi, Martinez, Sandoval, Hanley and Rusney Castillo. Any others?
  15. notin
    Use the search on the boards…
  16. notin
    Can’t it be both?
  17. notin
    Obviously they pay and play at a high level. If the stories at the time were accurate, Betts’ side was talking about $400million (plus?). That’s an even more substantial demand. Of course this was all back when the Sox had a three year cycle of pay-pay-reset, and I think luxury tax payments were a bigger factor than fans generally prefer.
  18. notin
    The logic here is that $65mill is inconsequential pocket change? Teams move players making $5mill to cut costs and turn down deals for players making less for financial reasons. Boston certainly was a team that operated in the financial stratosphere at one time, but that doesn’t mean $65mill was ever just thrown around haphazardly…
  19. notin
    I definitely would say always go “best player.” The MLB draft is far and away the biggest crapshoot of all professional drafts that it’s easier to find a developed pitcher in another system and use your chips to land him, just like the Sox did with Priester. You’re better off having lots of prospects than hoping certain ones work out. And taking best player available doesn’t mean “never take pitching;” there are plenty of times the best player available is a pitcher…
  20. notin
    https://www.nbcsportsboston.com/mlb/boston-red-sox/dave-dombrowski-nearly-traded-mookie-betts-to-the-dodgers-last-season/397746/ This story says no return was known, although I’ve heard other rumors that the deal was to be for catcher Will Smith. Either way, it does say DD broke off talks after a winning streak, which is a very understandable move on DD’s part. Trying to win should be the priority…
  21. notin
    Yoshida isn’t Mike Lansing, who was well paid to do almost nothing; Yoshida does have a skill set. And one that’s always useful somewhere. The big issue is the contract. Even teams that could use a LHH contact hitter wouldn’t pay that much for one…
  22. notin
    Wouldn’t that mean they also had to overbid on his teammates?
  23. notin
    The better players you prefer the Sox deal from. No one, for example, listed Braden Montgomery or Chase Medroith. Are they more favorable trade chips?
  24. notin
    But who are your favorite trade chips that might actually interest other teams?
  25. notin
    They’ll move him, pay a huge chunk, and get nothing except maybe some other team’ questionable contract in return..
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