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Everything posted by notin
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But that is not what the 1919 White Sox did. Some of them took money to throw the games, but some of the ones charged also lead the team to three wins in that series. And they reportedly had to throw the series at the end due to threats of violence against their families. The Astros faced no such pressure...
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Not arguing that point. But no rebuild goes perfectly. The Astros, for example, chose Mark Appel and Brady Aiken with back to back number one overall selections, and that clearly did not help their rebuilding process. The bottom line is Bloom made a lot of positive steps with is rebuild. Was it worth firing him and starting over for that one misstep? Was this supposed to be a Zero Tolerance Rebuild?
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That depends on why he was fired, but it is a possibility. But again, if the primarily goal was a cost-saving rebuild, is that one error worthy of firing him and starting over under someone new? Teams can survive losing a high draft pick...
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Bauer never had charges dropped. Primarily because there were never charges filed. That was a civil lawsuit...
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I will let you know when someone writes the book about McGuire's scandal. The real question I wonder is - are the 2017 Astros the modern equivalent of the 1919 White Sox?
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Wong has the potential to be the best backup catcher in the league. But that is about it...
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It may not be the problem. but it could be the solution...
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Plan? If the plan was to rebuild under Bloom, why was he fired? Because he couldn't compete while rebuilding? AS much as he handled the midseason stuff poorly, Bloom was good at kickstarting the rebuilding process. If that was the priority all along, they should have stayed the course. I think the problem is, Henry wants the Sox to be the Rays. But only the Rays of the last 5 years and not the Rays from the previous five that made the past five possible. It's like he wants to build a great penthouse, but not waste money on some dingy, dirty foundation for the building...
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Nobody said the execution of the plan was done properly...
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Oakland is a dangerous city.. You need two people to leave the house heading to the park just to get one to show up.
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But they are better (by their goal) set up going forward. Right now the Sox have only 4 players under contract for 2025, and only 7 arbitration-eligible players, four of whom (McGuire, Dalbec, Reyes, Heineman) are non-tender candidates. Now if Story stays healthy and Yoshida bounces back to his July/early August numbers, the contracts the Sox do have remaining might not be so bad…
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I think you have to be. The point isn’t how good the player is but rather how invested the team is in the player…
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The new plan is to have a great rotation and a bad bullpen. They figure that way you will at least watch the first 5 to 6 innings…
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Boston sports journalists use Lawyer Logic - never ask a question you don’t know the answer to. Since they don’t the answer to that question, they never asked it…
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Hopefully. It will be nice to follow a team that spends for a change…
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I could see that, but I think they might have valued him as even better if he was used like a normal reliever and not the guy who constantly came in facing tough hitters with men on base…
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Is he paid like a franchise player?
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Focus on short term players whose deals expire in the next 1-2 years. Pivetta makes more sense of this odd about rebuilding. You have plenty of time to deal Schreiber later…
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Probably a good idea to wait until the franchise player is in his 30s…
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Why Schreiber? I get moving Jansen and Martin, as both are one year deals. But Schreiber has 3 years of control left…
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Vitriolic?
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Talking into the mirror? You have already judged O’Neill to be a steroid abuser. And ranted anout Verdugo’s incident multiple times spanning 5 years, never once acknowledging he was cleared of any involvement. And also questioned the morality of any and all Bloom acquisitions. And probably other stuff I’m leaving out. But I forgot to disallow questioning the morality and ethical background of a member of the Sox for whom your fandom is already spoken for…
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I still had some batspeed, but I was only hitting stuff off the end of the bat. Basically just hit lots of pop ups to CF. Now which is harder? Baseball or fast pitch softball? It seems obvious, but have you ever tried facing an underhand pitch traveling 50-60 mph from only 40 feet away?
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Boycotting is a bad idea. If you kill the revenue stream, they might just cut the budget that much more. And if it gets too low, they might just move the team to Nashville…
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I know huh? It definitely helps that the AL East was the only division with a last place team…
