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Everything posted by notin
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And unlike the Cubs, who allegedly were cursed by some goat-owning Wrigleyville warlock (real legend!), the Sox never were. It was just a catchy book title…
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I never said they weren’t flawed. But maybe Breslow, Cora, etc. like that crop better? It’s just speculation on my part. I agree they still do something. If you like next years crop better, you don’t need a seven year solution. But you do need a one year solution…
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The thing is - what if they aren’t real wild about Snell and/or Montgomery? You gotta admit flaws are there with both of them. If the plan is to try harder for one of the pitchers in next year’s class - Burnes, Fried, Bieber, Buehler, Wheeler - I at least get passing this year. You don’t make a 6-7 year commitment to fill a one year gap. Of course if you do like those guys, maybe a trade immediately to get a jump on signing? Obviously can’t with Burnes…
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Alex Cora and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Season
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Same Time, Next Year
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A Breslow Down Dirty Shame
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Working title - “Cheaper By The Dozen”
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Or Dalton Guthrie coming
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No but he had enough to get better than a $25.5 mill AAV. And let’s face it, his age alone made him a candidate for an overpay…
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Maybe. But I can’t speak for them. I could see it being an issue…
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But after 2019, when Xander would have reached free agency, he would have been coming off a 5.9fWAR season. His 10.3 fWAR in 2018-19 could have netted him more than a $25.5mill AAV, and was more than Rendon had at the same ages. He probably would not have gotten 11 years, since the fad at that time was to jack up the years in order to lower the AAV. But he could have definitely gotten a monster deal, especially given the (lack of) other options on the market that year...
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Assuming Colorado is amenable. The biggest downside to Valdez, unlike Cox, is he requires a 40 man roster spot. If I were on the payroll, I would have dealt Duran to SD for RHP Michael King by now. I honestly don't see San Diego not being interested in that deal...
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That would have been an acceptable albeit somewhat disheartening direction, but at least it was a direction. That they only added fringey upgrades with borderline players like Hosmer and Urias and failed to even bother addressing their biggest needs (which, judging from the deals other teams made, could have been done without touching the top prospects) was just completely unacceptable...
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It's not a bad deal for multiple reasons...
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Maybe. But at two years older, Anthony Rendon got 7 years $245mill that offseason, giving him an AAV nearly $10mill higher than Xander got. And the SS market was absolutely barren, with the largest contract being the one year $14mill contract Didi Grigorious signed...
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You left out the part about getting reimbursed for parking...
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It felt like it was an obvious slam dunk, but the thing is, him never signing that deal in the first place when he was one season away from free agency also felt like a slam dunk. If a 29yo Xander Bogaerts is worth $280mill for 11 years, what is 26yo Bogaerts worth in free agency?
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Even if the consensus is Sale will never be an ace again, at what point does an MLB starting pitcher become more important than a compensation draft pick? Ace or not, a reasonably healthy Sale was still one of the better options in what has clearly been the Sox biggest weakness in the past two seasons...
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I don't get the lack of follow up on that, either. The press never asking is the oddest part, since it's fairly common to report one side refused to comment in any journalistic endeavor. So either they were negligent or did not feel the answer told the story they wanted to tell. But if it's the latter, that feels like a loss of objectivity...
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I have repeatedly said it never should have gone on that long without an extension. But I can't pretend I know how everything went down because I don't even know how these teams negotiate, so I keep open to all possibilities. Hell, I don't even know the negotiation process. How much of it is Mookie even involved in? Is it possible some informal numbers get thrown around and he is unaware? He can't be on every phone call with his agent and the Sox, can he? Is it actually possible everyone is telling the truth here? And since I don't know, I can't simply blame one side or another, but rather simply acknowledge that both sides never came to an agreement and that can be on either side or both...
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Per MLBTR, the Sox have also added 28yo utility infielder Joe Dunand and 29yo RHP Melvin Adon on minor league deals. These should both be about as impactful as Guthrie. Fulmer might be acceptable in 2025, but there are plenty of reasons to doubt that as well...
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The Colorado Rockies West are another team that might consider Valdez. Of course, whatever he fetches in a trade will very likely not be a major piece..
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And that is on the Red Sox? I mean, if there was even a "We asked O'Halloran and/or Kennedy and they said 'no comment'", it would at least lend a little more credence to Mookie's story...
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Or a guy who simply acknowledges that I'm not an insider and the picture that gets painted for us might not always be the whole truth. I think players can be just as incomplete and dishonest with reporters as team officers can be...
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I was referring to the people who answer questions, not ask them...
