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  1. notin
    Depends on how they got him. But if they acquired him without touching the MLB roster, I think so. He fills a MASSIVE void in the rotation…
  2. notin
    Betts’ postseason struggles are not new. He wasn’t very good with Boston, either. Only once (2017 ALDS vs Houston), did he top a .700 OPS in a series, with a .790…
  3. notin
    I’d be surprised if he went anywhere. Of course if the infamous “right deal” comes along, that might change things…
  4. notin
    With Betts, there were only two reported offers. and neither was particularly dazzling…
  5. notin
    Brad Keller, right? Not Mitch…
  6. notin
    I do not have BTV. I just use the boards to get recent values…
  7. notin
    Norm or not, I was only showing it’s possible, and I meant for near term only. There are likely plenty of examples of teams dealing their best player and getting better. That doesn’t make it the recommended course of action, but it doesn’t always have to be a death nail either…
  8. notin
    Having Crawford pitch 60-80 IP out of the bullpen isn’t as useful as having him pitch 180 out of the rotation. The home run thing is overblown. 12 of his 34 home runs came in 3 starts in late July/early August. He only allowed 22 in the remaining 30 starts…
  9. notin
    As the best color commentator in the history of broadcasting, a man they call “Steve Stone,” once said - “don’t look at home runs. Look at home runs with men on base.” Crawford gave up 34 home runs, but only 10 with men on base…
  10. notin
    I do disagree with this. Crawford isn’t a guy to headline your rotation, but innings eaters are more valuable than they get credit for. He was a 2.0 bWAR pitcher, which no one rejoices over, but it’s absolutely serviceable. Part of his value comes from reduced emphasis on the rotation. If you look at the teams in the both LDS, you see some teams with rotations the kindest among us might call “questionable.” Detroit, for example, does have AL triple crown winner Tarik Skubal, but who else? The Mets have a rotation with people named Manaea, Quintana, Peterson, Severino, and ?? Megill, I guess? It’s a rotation that if someone said in March would be in the LDS, they’d be accused of taking LSD. The Sox need a starter, but they need the bullpen more. Crawford isn’t exciting, but replacing him will just create issues that don’t need to be created…
  11. notin
    I’d be very surprised - maybe even shocked - if the Sox actually traded Duran. I just disagree with the point that you can’t get better by dealing your best player, since San Diego clearly proved you can. And the differences in those situations might highlight why Soto was traded, but they also made it more difficult to find a match, as his $25mill salary limited trading partners and his one year of control made him less attractive to many teams. I do agree with the media in that Abreu and Yoshida are both more likely to go, but Yoshida will cost a lot to move and still might not bring back much if anything…
  12. notin
    The Sox needed to replace Kike, but Iglesias isn’t much of a shortstop at this point. But my point is of all the former Sox out there, Iglesias probably moves the needle the least. I’d much rather they brought back Matt Strahm, who was an All Star this year and would have filled a much bigger need, yet gets less love among the departed than a utility infielder…
  13. notin
    If we go back 3 years, wasn’t Iglesias pasty of those worst middle infield combos? But of all the players the Sox have failed to retain, I think Iglesias is the one I’ll lose the least sleep over. One area in which I thought the Sox were ok was utility infielder…
  14. notin
    The only real question I thought was where to play him. He’s not much of an outfielder or first baseman. Of course the Sox really didn’t do much for those positions in 2022 anyway…
  15. notin
    I mean 2024…
  16. notin
    I think any site tossing around trade ideas in October is clearly not doing journalism. But the Athletic did do a good job with the Astros’ scandal…
  17. notin
    … unless 2023 really was an outlier.
  18. notin
    This is the literal dictionary definition of a Strawman argument. In fact, it goes so far as to actually say the new pitcher acquired for Duran would need Strawmy John…
  19. notin
    It’s also much easier to run the team with hindsight…
  20. notin
    Nope. Let ‘em rot in the cellar!
  21. notin
    Fairly certain the days of worrying about luxury tax implications are over for the Sox…
  22. notin
    Worth noting, Helsley is a free agent after 2025…
  23. notin
    I am not so sure folks want him gone like they do Yoshida. The feeling most likely is “this might be as good as he gets” and he definitely won’t be getting cheaper. So why not capitalize?
  24. notin
    Duran was a big part of that September disappearing act…
  25. notin
    I looked it up on BTV. Helsley has a surplus value of 15.6 Jordan is 2.0. ERC is 3.2. Perales is 5.7. It’s not ridiculous on their model. But with Perales having TJ, I think that’s a problem. However if the Sox send Franklin Arias (10.5) instead, it works out much better on the BTV model and becomes a more tempting offer. Of course I never looked at Helsley’s money and years, which might be off-putting…
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