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  1. That may be as well. But it doesn’t help the team this year…
  2. There is that possibility. But unless something chances, there are the target levels we appear to be aiming for..,
  3. It is possible our “Houck to the bullpen” fantasy is just that…
  4. Over the last 3 years, Keller ranks 31 in fastball velocity in all of MLB per Fangraphs. (300 IP min). https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?pos=all&stats=pit&lg=all&type=10&month=0&ind=0&startdate=&enddate=&season1=2021&season=2023&sortcol=3&sortdir=default&pageitems=30&qual=300&pagenum=2 Not the highest among FA pitchers - Snell and Montas are both higher, for two. But certainly higher than I thought Keller would be…
  5. From July 29 until the end of the year, 2.61 ERA/3.84 FIP with .596 OPSA. It’s easy to do worse…
  6. I think most of the retirees are moving to Florida and those not of retirement age and still work in NYC move to NJ/CT…
  7. Decidedly so. But a possible accurate assessment…
  8. What advantage would have been had by dealing him in December?
  9. And transposing it into what the Sox got for Betts. The Sox had TWO offers for Betts. One had Graterol. One had Quantrill and Joey Lucchesi. No one offered anything else…
  10. Not of retirement age…
  11. Hindsight? I was making this complaint the second after the deal was returned!! And hindsight is a better judge than alternates universes where Jeter Downs panned out…
  12. Ok. But he was still the right choice over Wong/Downs. And the Sox actually had him, unlike whatever trade you’re imagining that was never offered…
  13. He could have at least helped more than a Jeter Downs…
  14. All of that was true even when they were drafting pitchers high…
  15. I think the WAR stats are both worth looking at. More so than wins…
  16. Drafting pitchers is like high risk investments in the ol’ 401k. Bloom played it safe with low risks and just wanted guaranteed growth. There’s no safer draft pick than the best shortstop available…
  17. Steele threw 7 fewer innings than Snell. Steele had a better fWAR, but Snell had a better bWAR. Wheeler lead MLB in fWAR..
  18. I figured Bloom was avoiding pitchers because position players are safer picks and he was looking to bolster the value of the system. You can always trade those California shortstops for pitching…
  19. Snell was also helped immensely by a league-best defense behind him…
  20. Gallen and Snell over Wheeler and Steele?
  21. I don’t think that one was a Bloom mistake…
  22. Most common move in 2020 was NYC to Boise. Telecommuting made it possible, and the tax differences/cost of living was reportedly immense
  23. Can we stop pretending we missed out on Lugo? During the 15 minutes the Sox were connected to him, no one was excited. Had the Sox signed, only Mrs. Lugo might be thrilled. I can promise there would have been threads about how we settled for him. But now we missed out? I’d rather have most of the available top 50 starters over Lugo…
  24. Why? What’s punting do?
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