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Ryu is no longer available; he signed a deal with a KBO team. Eric Lauer is borderline useful…
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Well, Giolito makes $18mill next year but his AAV is $19.25. Chapman makes $20mill, but his AAV is $18.0mill. After that, both can opt out. As for Montgomery, mixed emotions on him following suit with Chapman and Bellinger. The Sox won’t have some insane 6-7 year deal, which is nice. But most likely it would then be a one year deal…
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Three? Are you counting moving Yoshida from left field to left field as a position change? One change - Devers from 3b to DH - is all it would have required. I’ve seen you suggest lineups with more position changes based on lefty-righty matchups. As for Duran - not necessary, but it is something the Sox have already reportedly explored…
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Given that Chapman cost about the same as Giolito, are there really? The Sox might go out and get Montgomery, which will be an option until he signs elsewhere, but that’s going to cost more than Chapman did.
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Moving Yoshida back to LF undoes some of the defensive benefit. But it still looks like an overall improvement. And if they move Duran for pitching - which they have tried according to MLBTR - that at least clears a path for Rafaela…
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We all get that, but we all also have certain hopes for moves. If we only discuss what they are going to do, discussions are rather boring. Hell we still have discussion about Betts’ departure four years later, when it’s beyond inevitable that they had no plans to keep him. How are those conversations reality?
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It’s sort of shocking how many people repeatedly complain about the FO and club performance but also immediately leap to that same FO’s defense over anyone else’s ideas. There’s a lot more fantasy in thinking this team is going to go out and sign big names all stars than there is thinking they won’t go through a series of cost-conscious chess moves…
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Go back and re-read that post and please underline or boldface the part where I talk about upside for either player…
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Some of the OTM guys do get access to the Sox front office. Seth Mnookin, for example, used to actually deal with FO personnel…
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Well, they extended Sale when he was battling with injuries. Grissom’s injury is just bad luck right now and really doesn’t make that trade look worse…
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I will say when the Sox were initially trying to extend Devers, they offered him a contract similar to the one Matt Olson had agreed to with Atlanta, since they envisioned Devers eventually moving to 1b. They had the right idea at one point, but they don’t seem to want to actually do anything about their bad defense beyond hope it miraculously improves…
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Why would he?
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I believe them. I just think they will have an interpretation about when the “time is right” that I might not agree with…
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Arroyo in RF was Cora’s choice, and Arroyo want the starter. Not the same thing. Franchy at 1b was a questionable call all around. The man clearly belonged in the OF if he was getting on the field at all. But this is true from the bottom up that this team has been making a lot of questionable defensive calls on the roster and in the lineup. So they probably will use Valdez at 2b while Grissom is out. Apparently the Boston front office and coaching staff like to pride themselves for trotting out an infield that couldn’t catch a cold if they were naked in Norway…
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That would be a very questionable attitude from the Sox front office given how last year played out. Of course at least you must then agree with me that this poor defense is really a choice to here making…
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Great. That should round out the questionable infield defense perfectly. I wish Cora would just set that guy’s glove on fire. But if he’s truly thinks this guy is an option, then that’s on Cora and his extremely questionable valuation of infield defense, an odd trait for a former infielder…
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None of that is remotely true. Keeping Devers at third base is 100% a choice. Using the DH spot to bury his glove is absolutely an option that has been there since 1973. And this is just one way to rectify this situation that didn’t involve making a trade…
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No. Rafaela’s versatility is best left under glass that’s only broken in case of emergency. If Duran is the opening day CF, Rafaela can return to Polar Park for a while. Of course, it’s also possible (likely?) Rafaela is the opening day CF with Duran in LF and Abreu returning to Worcester. In which case, Reyes is the makeshift 2b and Hamilton opens the season on the bench…
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Disagree on whether or not it should have. But some of us think defense is more important than RBIs. Maybe you’ll be much happier to watch the Sox struggle defensively at certain positions than I will be. After all, you not only like Devers as a defensive option at 3b, but wanted the Sox to re-sign Turner thus forcing Yoshida back into LF. At that point, why even have a defense?
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So therefore you find it necessary to stop any further discussion on the topic? If you want to post about something else, start the conversation for once rather than telling everyone what you don’t want to talk about and playing Old Schooler Board Censor…
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What if it’s just one guy’s position? You know, like it is in this case?
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In-house candidates already on the 40 man roster are Pablo Reyes, David Hamilton and Ceddanne Rafaela. Most likely, Reyes starts and Hamilton takes the utility infielder role. I doubt any moves happen, since it doesn’t look like a long term solution is needed yet…
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Mondesi isn’t a scrub. But as Bloom should have known, when the problem is injured middle infielders, the oft-injured Mondesi is not the solution…
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notin replied to a700hitter's topic in Contests/Prizes
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Did he know at the time Chapman could be had for Giolito money?
