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Everything posted by notin
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He’s better than Hamilton. Maybe Sogard?
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Hypothetical question - how do you think the Sox would be if they acquired a career average Giolito? Career average for Giolito is 12-12, 4.43 ERA, 98 ERA+ over 193 IP…
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No one disagrees they’ve turned out badly. Not sure why you find it so necessary to reiterate it over and over…
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I was in favor then because I had complete given up on getting anything out of Sale after he just kept getting injured year after year. It couldn’t have worked out worse. And then Breslow/whoever did nothing when Giolito went down. So disappointing. I never figured out what “full throttle” meant. But when some Sox exec (Werner?) gave his explanation, all ingout out of it was he didn’t know what it meant either…
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Chris Martin and Josh Winkoeski aren’t ham and eggers. Let’s not confuse them with Brennan Bernardino or Bailey Horn…
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When the trade was made, you griped about paying too much. Not about losing Sale, Just about losing $-7mill in the process. Great that your hindsight is 20/20…
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Westbrook, Sogard, and Gonzalez are fungible talents. Hamilton has some nice skills and glaring weaknesses. Ditto Valdez. But this type of depth is hardly a problem. Hamilton isn’t going to replace Mayer. Neither is Sogard, Gonzalez, etc. In 2025, the Sox likely have Story, Grissom, and Mayer fighting for two infield spots. The rest, if still around, challenge the odd man out for a bench spot…
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When it looked like Giolito was a replacement for Sale, it was a clear step down in talent for an expected step up in IP. And with a bunch of young starters (Houck, Crawford, Bello), that was important, as it was supposed to tax the bullpen less. But when Giolito went down and they didn’t replace him despite the availability of numerous options, that was the real mistake. The Sake trade didn’t work out. Some trades don’t. Some just don’t right away. But not replacing the IP from Giolito was just negligent…
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Like most of us early in this thread, you were in favor of this trade, right? It’s an understandable position. It’s been a long time since Sale was Sale. I bet plenty of folks expected him to be injured by now…
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If the Sox could trade Story, don’t you think they would? Didn’t they try last offseason?
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But why was Martin pulled? Not that’s he’s the Second Coming…
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The consensus today is the only team to finish under .500 in the last two seasons should have gambled on keeping Sale for some reason…
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If the Sox kept Sale and he went down again, I’m sure lots of people would understand. Probably lots of people in favor of picking up his option for next year as well. Hey, eventually we can count on him…
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Heard that as well…
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For the last couple years, everyone said “you can’t count on Sale.” But this year its changed to “they should have counted on Sale.”
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Houston built a great farm, although it’s fairly depleted now. Their most impactful rookies this year have been Joey Loperfido (since traded) and Roniek Blanco, whose been kicking around their organization for 8 years…
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Bloom also inflated the Sox farm system by taking more low risk position players in order to bulk up prospect quantity. Houston is a great example of this strategy. Those three number one overall picks included one shortstop and two pitchers. The shortstop has been an All Star multiple times. Both pitchers were complete busts who combined for 10 IP in the majors, with those all occurring 10 years after being drafted…
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And you’ve done nothing but tell you what a genius you are since, despite clearly missing the point of this thread for only 2 months…
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What’s this? The third time since the All Star break they’ve had a lead of 2 or more runs with three outs to go and lost? It’s at least the third…
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Most ball players are superstitious to some extent…
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5 IP this year. None since May 14th. Is he even healthy?
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Dane Dunning
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It’s an amazing story stilll. Sale made his first All Star game in 6 years. I’m not sure if anyone has ever had a gap that large between All Star appearances. Sale is on track to win his first Cy Young. After 4 years of all but not playing! And at age 35! NL Comeback Player of the Year is already clinched. And clearly not enough. He should get Comeback Player of the Century…
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Your technical issues are from the site. I’m having them too. I also wonder if the bike accident wasn’t a bigger deal. Many athletes have activities like that prohibited for that very reason - injury. Like Aaron Boone’s infamous basketball injury that lead to the ARod trade. If Sale was violating his contract with extracurricular activities, it’s another possible contributor to wanting to move him …
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Getting hit by a comebacker is a definitely fluke injury. Ditto the bike accident, although I’m surprised riding a bike wasn’t contractually prohibited. (Was it?) I am hesitant to label breaking a rib while throwing a pitch as part of that same category, however…
