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Wasn’t Mayer that same f***ing guy in 2021? You’re f***ing amazing. Last week I said Eovaldi wasn’t worth his contact and you immediately jumped all over it with a poorly-researched stat. And then cried victim and got into all sorts of accusations against me. Let’s rehash some recent chats quickly Notin: Eovaldi wasn’t worth his contract. 5GG: You’re wrong. He was. He lead the SP in WAR over those years. Notin: Actually he didn’t. 5GG: We’ll if you’re going to jump all over everything I say, WTF? That’s why other posters don’t come here anymore!! And it’s way worse you correcting me than me doing it to you, which is how this whole argument started! I get stuff like this all the time, too. Like yesterday. Notin: Giolito would have had the second best bWAR on the Sox last year. Bellhorn: Incorrect. You didn’t add in his negative performance across two other teams. Notin: yeah I f***ed that one up. But yeah. I’m the only perp and you’re the only victim…

Right, the obvious solution is to just draft pitchers higher. I mean, if you select a player in the first round, he automatically becomes a first round pick. Look at Atlanta. They’ve clearly done better with their first round pitchers. Who wouldn’t take first round picks Kyle Wright and Ian Anderson over 4th rounder Spencer Strider and fifth rounder Bryce Elder? And obviously 1st rounders Hunter Waldrep and Owen Murphy are clearly better talents than the higher ranked seventh rounder AJ Smith-Shawver. So go ahead! Force those first rounders! We need more Ricky Romeros!! That’s the obvious plan…

Right. Much better strategy than moving the Gold Glove right fielder to a position he hasn’t played since A-ball to make sure Jason Heyward gets into the lineup. If Miguel Rojas and his 396 games over the last 3 years is a utility player, how do you classify Heyward and his 276 games? But Heyward does give better offense, bringing his OPS+ of 87 over the past 3 years to the starting lineup and benching that paltry 78 Rojas brings. I mean, obviously it’s the smart move. The Dodgers are doing it! This isn’t some stupid Red Sox move, like letting Dalbec start one game at SS…

Would it be better if we passed on Troy Tulowitzki to draft Ricky Romero? These names were chosen because Toronto did exactly that, and did so for the exact reasons people on this board are complaining about - the Jays wanted to draft a pitcher. Also Trey Ball was a BA top 100 prospect at one point. I don’t think he was dragging down the farm ranking to much…

No one has said that. Don’t be the guy who blames the rest of the world for not being as negative as you want them to be…

Why do Holliday and Skenes get credit for turning their organizations around already? What have these guys done that Teel and Anthony haven’t?

Just draft the best players available. Don’t worry about position and don’t worry about college vs high school. The pitching situation can work itself out. The Sox have two pitchers they drafted slated to start in their opening day rotation, including one who was a first round pick (and is quite possibly the worst of the five, and definitely one everyone wants to see bumped back into the bullpen). So maybe first round pitchers for the sake of taking first round pitchers isn’t the way to go. In fact, that seems like an even worse strategy than what they’ve been doing. Just take the player you think has the best future…

Bench Hayward, who only brings defense to the table, but is still worse defensively than Betts in RF. Put Mookie in RF. Put Miguel Rojas at SS, as Rojas is basically to SS what Heyward is to RF. The Betts-Rojas lineup is significantly better defensively than the Betts-Heyward lineup. And not much worse offensively. Am I missing something? Or are the Dodgers really this f***ing stupid?

Cora is not exactly known for his attention to defense either. But both guys - especially Cora - are heavy into metrics…

Yeah. That type of thing rarely has sources that are exactly. Most people don’t even understand what they are ranking, myself included…

That’s what happens when you draft high schoolers. At almost every high school in the USA, the best player is the SS. Are you suggesting the Sox should instead draft players who lost out on the SS position to another kid? Especially when you remember the position played by high schoolers is irrelevant…

Actually 15th seems high. I mean, they did have a record roughly indicative of league average last year. But given their division, the chances of even making the postseason should be less than that. That’s why I don’t like Vegas odds as predictors of MLB. Certain teams have their odds artificially reduced by the amount of bets placed on them so as to minimize payouts just in case…

Daughter is a huge Cubs’ fans. I plan on going several times already anyway. And I do watch their games with her. Plus the Other Sox are always dirt cheap and never sell out, unless the team is winning, which is not expected this season. Very easy to get good seats even on game day…

It was 30th out of 30 four years ago. 14th might not excite you, but it is a massive step up…

I’m starting to think the Dodgers are stupid. So they’re taking the best defensive right fielder in the game today and moving him to SS why? Why not leave him in RF? Because of Jason Heyward? Crazy thought Dave Roberts - put Mookie in RF, Miguel Rojas back at SS, and bench Hayward. Problem solved. Geez. $300million dollar payroll with no shortstops. That’s just sad…

I do agree with every word here. But I think the overall lack of effort from the front office is still disappointing. And the only saving grace for the FO is there are still a few free agents left capable of making an impact…

But he was born a pauper to a pawn on Christmas Day when the New York Times said God is dead so he dumped his tobacco spittoon on a baby’s head. That actually rhymes better, sadly…

Up next - Lorenzen and German? Let's see how little they go for to other teams...

Stanek to the Mariners. notin favorite Brad Keller (whom notin admits he probably likes more than Keller actually deserves) to the White Sox. I do get avoiding Keller, who is coming off TOS. But Stanek was right there for only $4mill. Is that too much now?

That's my point. There is a rush to add someone to the 40 man, particularly if that someone is a pitcher still in search of a contract...

I agree. Unless his plan is to get the payroll so low he makes his money with revenue sharing, it doesn't make sense. In Chicago, for years the Blackhawks were owned by alcohol distributor Bill Wirtz, who decided to forego any TV deals for his team to force fans to attend games and purchase massively overpriced beverages, figuring that would be more lucrative. Instead it plunged the Blackhawks deep into irrelevancy. It was always a stupid plan. TV deals themselves can generate more money that beer sales. And by allowing the team to be broadcast, it stimulates greater interest. But by not being on TV, attendance plummeted to record lows and there was no one there to purchase all that booze. After Bill Wirtz died, his son took over and got the team back on TV. A couple extremely solid drafts later and the Hawks were the talk of Chicago winter sports and even went on to win the Stanley Cup 3 times. And more important to the Wirtz family, the team became a viable source of wealth again. Fans bought tickets. And once they bought tickets, they did purchase that booze. Fans want winning teams. Nothing excites especially the casual fan more...

They did try to extend Devers earlier, right after Bogaerts rebuffed the 4 year $90mill extension.. They offered Devers a deal similar to the extension Matt Olson received in Atlanta, with the article stating they viewed him as a first baseman long term. Devers did not agree with their assessment...

Also, you can't bring up that you like FIP and then call someone out for using it. Especially when comparing it favorably to two pitchers you have repeatedly called out the Sox for not bringing back...

Never should have been let go in the first place, and is always overlooked among the departed players.

Lance Lynn was right behind him with 20HRs. Is his career over too? (St. Louis felt differently.) And why is Houston wasting time with Hunter Brown, who gave up 17 HRs in that same stretch?