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  1. notin
    He definitely was taking flak. I will say though, it is surprising he didn’t opt out after a 3.0 fWAR season as a DH…
  2. notin
    It was. It was actually kind of shocking Bogaerts signed so close to free agency…
  3. notin
    JD was a huge success? He was a monster in 2018, a scary predator in 2019, some sort of kitten in 2020, and in 2021 and 2022 he was an unwelcome guest that everyone wanted to go but just wouldn’t. The Bogaerts contract was stupid. Why give the $29mill AAV to the older and injured pitcher? Sale was the guy you give the opt out/lower AAV to…
  4. notin
    I could see it not happening. It’s not hard to envision since the Sox haven’t signed one since Eovaldi in 2018, and their last few contracts with upper echelon starting pitchers have not worked out very well…
  5. notin
    Really? It’s very easy to imagine him NOT signing two top tier starting pitchers. Those contracts are not risk-free.
  6. notin
    Opt outs are there to incentivize the player to sign and allow him security if something goes wrong. They’re for the player benefit. No way in Hell Bogaerts signs a 6 year $120mill deal without the ability to opt out. Turner might not have signed without that clause….
  7. notin
    Oh no! Bloom would try to sign a pitcher on a list of former All Stars and Top 6 Cy Young finalists!! He’s so out of touch!! Seriously, you think Breslow is going to avoid those pitchers? Every one except Mahle is a former All Star or Cy Young finalist or both. Plenty of GMs will talk to those guys. Except maybe Miley, since he’s an insufferable ******* (paraphrasing Joe Castiglione)…
  8. notin
    Opt outs are very simple. They allow you to lose good players or keep struggling one…
  9. notin
    As much as he actually provided some excitement, the Sox (re:Bloom) should have passed on Adam Duvall, kept Kike in CF, and acquired an uninjured shortstop (Andrus?)…
  10. notin
    I don’t think India is terrible, but he is really not a 2b. And Cincy probably wants pitching for him anyway. I don’t mind I’d the Sox give up a pitcher for a 2b, but I would prefer it be someone like Brendan Donovan, who is an OBP machine. At least he brings something to the table that he excels at…
  11. notin
    Some fans couldn’t tolerate Dustin Pedroia soaking up his $13mill AAV for three years and thought he should retire. Think there is any overlap with the ones who think Trout and his 7 years / $37.2mill AAV is a good idea?
  12. notin
    No one cares…
  13. notin
    There were others. Frank Castillo, for example. Mike Boddicker.
  14. notin
    … except that’s probably not the case…
  15. notin
    We also acquired Nathan Eovaldi, Don Baylor and Tony Armas Jr. (key component in the trade for Pedro) in intradivisional trades…
  16. notin
    I have no idea. I do know Dombrowski was surprised…
  17. notin
    Right. And the mercurial and volatile Henry resorted to duplicity to coax Cherington to leave, in spite of Henry’s overt firing of others with seemingly little to no regard for PR. One would think, given Cherington’s lack of popularity, Henry would have leapt at the chance to fire him. Just for the positive story…
  18. notin
    Those are facts, but you are combining multiple roles. Epstein was replaced by Cherington, who was replaced by Hazen, who was replaced (eventually) by O’Halloran. Lucchino was replaced by Dombrowski, who was replaced by Bloom, who was replaced by Breslow. Of all of these names, only Dombrowski and Bloom were fired. The rest left of their own volition or are still on board. This spans 12 years for two positions…
  19. notin
    There was a stretch in Detroit where he seemed to forget that bullpens were a thing…
  20. notin
    But was this a new aspect of DD? Henry certainly knew his personality from their days together with the Marlins…
  21. notin
    The whole “won’t trade within the division” is either a media myth or straight up stupidity by teams. If you’re dealing away your best players, it makes more sense to trade within the division than to trade outside it. Since you’re already running up the white flag on the present and building for the future, why not enhance your team’s future while simultaneously weakening that of a direct rival? The only real arugument for trading outside the division is that the greater number of teams enhances the odds that one of them will be the one that presents the best return. That’s fine, but when all things are equal, within the division does give an added bonus…
  22. notin
    It is if you say he was fired…
  23. notin
    It is possible my oft-stated theory that Henry didn’t like the state of the Red Sox was a factor, if not the primary reason. They had numerous heavy contracts, no farm system, a high payroll, and were a mediocre team. This exact scenario resembled the Tigers when Dombrowski was dismissed there after a successful run. So maybe Henry opted to change the direction of the franchise and hopefully right the ship…
  24. notin
    No. Comparing the myths behind the end of each’s tenure. Very different…
  25. notin
    And there is a third option that involves twisting the facts to meet the desired conclusion. Some realities not being examined critically include 1. Dombrowski wanted Cherington to stay. This gets repeatedly dismissed. 2. The position was not eliminated. Mike Hazen filled it, albeit quietly, for multiple seasons. 3. The entire premise is Henry’s mercurial and volatile nature of wantonly firing executives is undermined by any theory that Cherington’s role was reduced to subversively induce him to quit. Henry clearly has no problem with straight up firing people . Why was Cherington different? (Hint: He wasn’t.) But Cherington didn’t have many fans, and he just needed to be fired to too many. For the sake of Cosmic Justice, many just cannot live in a world where Ben Cherington was allowed to quit…
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