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He did, but only topped 150 innings in a season twice and never topped 160. Seems like more of a short term solution as opposed to a starter. Cora played over half of his 1100 career innings at SS in Boston, despite playing less than 1/3 of his career there (by games played)…
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Fair. But I think I do highlight questionable choices that Cora probably has some rationale for. Now would I find his logic acceptable? TBD To bring back the stupid, that was mentioned as a hypothetical when Red suggested Cora would not play a younger player as a full time DH. I absolutely would call that logic stupid, but we have no evidence Cora adheres to that philosophy…
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Ok. I get the priority there…
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To me, there a big difference between sticking with a slumping player with a legitimate track record of success, and sticking with a player in a new role when it’s clearly not working out and costing you games…
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My point exactly. I stand by his decision to give Kike a legitimate try. But Cora kept it going far too long and much longer than he had to. But if you really think Cora values defense, don’t you find it interesting that he played Justin Turner at 2b - a position where Turner had played all one ONE INNING since 2015 - more often than he played him at 3b? Pretty sure Cora’s goal was to get another bat into the lineup at the expense of a light-hitting player with better defensive skills…
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That was also not a defensive move. Certainly the fiasco at SS is last year is also on Bloom. Mondesi? When your problems are SS injuries, Adalberto Mondesi is NOT the solution. Elvis Andrus was sitting there begging for work, too. But Cora kept playing Kike over Reyes even with Kike extending inning after inning. And he moved Kike to CF for one game, and Kike showed he belonged there and could impact a game with his CF glove. So where does he play the next day? Back at SS. It’s not hard to doubt Cora’s commitment to defense…
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Jumping the gun? I’m sorry - did I interrupt your typing? “I get that but does it matter that Kike was a FA the first time, and technically not a FA the second time signing with the Red Sox? I think there are to many labels now.“ Looks like a complete thought on one subject to me and most people, especially within the context of the board convo (a new label for returning FA.) If you meant something else, that’s on you. Don’t expect me to clarify things for you, either…
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If they had a good defense, maybe the Sox wouldn’t need to spend as much on the rotation…
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Cora was dealt Pablo Reyes and Yu Chang and still kept playing Kike. Heck he could have tried Christian Arroyo there with better results. If the Sox DON’T make a drastic move to fix their defense, it will continue to be a problem. And make it much harder to attract good pitchers. But also - if he was dealt Chapman, do you think he would or would he not move Casas/Devers over to 1b/DH in some arrangement? Personally I hope he would…
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Tim Dierkes of MLBTR offers the same (paraphrased) advice every year on the annual free agent contest - “you could probably win if you just put each player back on his old team, and then maybe tweaked a handful”
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Dombrowski has been pretty paralyzed this offseason too. Outside of bringing back Nola, has he done anything?
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I can agree Chapman is unlikely, but I can’t guarantee the Sox haven’t talked to him. So many conversations go unpublished. If we only believe MLBTR, no one has talked to Chapman in over a month now. Your statements are contradictory. The Sox had the worst infield defense in MLB, notably at 1b and 3b. If Cora really emphasizes defense as you say, why would he be so dedicated to the status quo? (That he left Kike at SS for so long does tell me his commitment to defense just might be all talk.) And if Breslow doesn’t see this as an issue - especially since it’s one even I was able to spot - I have serious questions about him, too…
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You don’t think sticking with Kike at SS for as long as he did - even after other options were acquired - was stupid? I’m not even a huge Cora Basher. But there was no other way to describe that…
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Still just a free agent. And RFA would be confusing. Some sports journalist use UFA to describe baseball free agents, but baseball only has unrestricted free agents, unlike other sports. So this is unnecessary and redundant. This would get further clouded if someone started using RFA along with UFA…
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He’s been in baseball for years. Surely he’s formed many opinions by now…
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Breslow doesn’t fill out the lineup cards, but if he thinks DH isn’t a real position but rather a place to rest regulars, I’m questioning him, too. I see DH as a freebie - a place to stick an elite hitter with defensive issues you’ve now buried. But if Breslow sees DH as bouncing between a couple of everyday hard hitters with weak gloves - like Devers and Casas - rotating on one defensive position, then I can agree with that.
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Ok, but can he make a few “fragile-glass-Christmas-ornament-shattering” deals?
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There are two labels. Two. That number hasn’t changed since Curt Flood…
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Exactly. And even after 2018, there is no way Eovaldi- a nearly 29yo pitcher with a grand total of 850 IP in 8 years, and two TJ -surgeries - gets any sort of 4 year deal without the benefit of negotiating with multiple teams, let alone a 4 year deal for that $17mill AAV. There’s a huge difference between extensions and FA for that reason. Heck the Yankees offered Judge 7 yrs $230 mill when no one else could talk to him. Let the Giants negotiate, and the deal climbs to 9 yrs $360mill…
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Ok we can split this one. You say Cora won’t make a young player a FT DH regardless of how poor he is defensively. (You did essentially say just that.) I will say to me, if Cora truly thinks that way, than, yes, he is stupid…
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Hopefully the Red Sox (or any team ever) doesn’t look at their AA roster and think “when these guys reach MLB…”. Hopefully the Sox have learned that it could be 7-8 years before any of them becomes a worthwhile core player. And hopefully they realize even then, it’s unlikely anyone in the Sox farm system can hit like Devers and Casas. Why waste what they have already?
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So you’re saying Cora is stupid and prioritizes age over defense…
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The Cubs were closer to the postseason than Boston and are not going to trade Steele in order to step backwards. Despite their lack of activity this off-season (they remain the only team to add no players to their 40 man this off-season), they’re not likely going into sell mode. Teams with pitching surpluses that might be willing to deal include Miami and Houston…
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Yoshida ($74.4mill) to San Diego for Jake Cronenworth ($80mill)…
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Nate was a free agent…
